Hunger programme services consultancy

Department of Foreign Affairs/An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha

Ireland’s programme of development assistance has traditionally had a strong focus on tackling hunger, a focus that has been strengthened further since the publication of the Hunger Task Force report in September 2008 on foot of which hunger was designated a foreign policy and development priority. Since then, a strong policy direction has been adopted throughout the overseas aid programme and more broadly within the Department of Foreign Affairs to reflect this prioritisation.
The Hunger Task Force recommendations called on Ireland to focus on:
— Increasing productivity of smallholder farmers in Africa, especially women farmers,
— Improving infant and maternal nutrition; and,
— Addressing governance and leadership failures at national and international levels.
The Hunger unit was established in the Development Cooperation Division (Irish Aid) of the Department of Foreign Affairs specifically to manage the implementation of the Hunger Task Force report. A special envoy for Hunger was appointed to bring forward the report of the Hunger Task Force, and to advise on lessons that could serve to inform Irish hunger reduction activities and policy in the future.
The unit is spearheading Ireland’s engagement on hunger issues at the global level. In September 2010 the unit organised a special meeting during the UN Millennium Development Goals Review Summit, co-hosted by former Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin, and the United States Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton. At that meeting, Ireland and the United States launched a new 1 000 day initiative linked to the scaling up nutrition framework (SUN), focussed on the 1,000 day window of opportunity to prevent undernutrition in pregnant women and children under 2 years old. During this meeting, the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon launched the scaling up nutrition road map which calls for measureable progress to be achieved in the next 1,000 days and is closely linked with the Irish-US initiative. See www.thousanddays.org for more details.
The external service provider will support the implementation of the Hunger Task Force recommendations from a programmatic and policy perspective both internationally and within the Irish aid programme.
The successful consultancy service will provide the Hunger unit with specialist food security expertise on the main international issues in Ireland’s areas of focus.
Note: to register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the eTenders web site at http://www.etenders.gov.ie/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=264832. />The awarding authority has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via a "tender submission postbox" facility. Further details of this facility are available at http://www.etenders.gov.ie/PostBox/Postbox_Explain.aspx?ID=264832. />Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. The postbox closes precisely at the time stated.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2011-08-22. The procurement was published on 2011-07-01.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2011-07-01 Contract notice
Contract notice (2011-07-01)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Quantity or scope: Please see the terms of reference.300 000400 000
Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security 📦

Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Postal address: Development Cooperation Division, Irish Aid, Riverstone House, 23-27 Henry Street
Postal town: Limerick
Contact
Internet address: http://www.dfa.ie 🌏
E-mail: consultant.tenders@dfa.ie 📧
Phone: +353 61774002 📞

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2011-07-01 📅
Submission deadline: 2011-08-22 📅
Publication date: 2011-07-06 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2011/S 127-211152
OJ-S issue: 127
Additional information
Please see terms of reference and associated documents attached to this notice. (ET Ref:264832).

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Ireland’s programme of development assistance has traditionally had a strong focus on tackling hunger, a focus that has been strengthened further since the publication of the Hunger Task Force report in September 2008 on foot of which hunger was designated a foreign policy and development priority. Since then, a strong policy direction has been adopted throughout the overseas aid programme and more broadly within the Department of Foreign Affairs to reflect this prioritisation.
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The Hunger Task Force recommendations called on Ireland to focus on:
— Increasing productivity of smallholder farmers in Africa, especially women farmers,
— Improving infant and maternal nutrition; and,
— Addressing governance and leadership failures at national and international levels.
The Hunger unit was established in the Development Cooperation Division (Irish Aid) of the Department of Foreign Affairs specifically to manage the implementation of the Hunger Task Force report. A special envoy for Hunger was appointed to bring forward the report of the Hunger Task Force, and to advise on lessons that could serve to inform Irish hunger reduction activities and policy in the future.
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The unit is spearheading Ireland’s engagement on hunger issues at the global level. In September 2010 the unit organised a special meeting during the UN Millennium Development Goals Review Summit, co-hosted by former Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin, and the United States Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton. At that meeting, Ireland and the United States launched a new 1 000 day initiative linked to the scaling up nutrition framework (SUN), focussed on the 1,000 day window of opportunity to prevent undernutrition in pregnant women and children under 2 years old. During this meeting, the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon launched the scaling up nutrition road map which calls for measureable progress to be achieved in the next 1,000 days and is closely linked with the Irish-US initiative. See www.thousanddays.org for more details.
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The external service provider will support the implementation of the Hunger Task Force recommendations from a programmatic and policy perspective both internationally and within the Irish aid programme.
The successful consultancy service will provide the Hunger unit with specialist food security expertise on the main international issues in Ireland’s areas of focus.
Note: to register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the eTenders web site at http://www.etenders.gov.ie/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=264832.
The awarding authority has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via a "tender submission postbox" facility. Further details of this facility are available at http://www.etenders.gov.ie/PostBox/Postbox_Explain.aspx?ID=264832.
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Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. The postbox closes precisely at the time stated.
Variants will be accepted ✅
Quantity or scope: Please see the terms of reference.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 300 000 💰
400 000 💰
Duration: 36 months
Reference number: 2011
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Limerick, Dublin, International.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:
Please see the terms of reference and associated documents attached to this notice.
Economic and financial standing: Please see terms of reference and associated documents attached to this notice.
Minimum level(s) of standards: Please see terms of reference and associated documents attached to this notice.
Technical and professional ability:
(1) Details of the educational and professional qualifications of their managerial staff; and those of the person(s) who would be responsible for providing the services or carrying out the work or works under the contract;
(2) A check may be carried out by the contracting authority or by a competent official body of the state in which the candidate is established, to verify the technical capacity of the candidate; and if relevant, on the candidates study and research facilities and quality control measures.
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Contract execution
Deposits and guarantees required: No.
Names and professional qualifications of the staff ✅

Procedure
Tender validity period: 36 months
Tender opening date: 2011-08-22 📅
Place of opening: Limerick.
Place: Limerick.
Languages
Language: English 🗣️

Contracting authority
Identity
Awarding authority name: Department of Foreign Affairs/An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha
Contact
Contact point: Department of Foreign Affairs
John Histon
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA01498 🌏

Reference
Identifiers
Reference number attributed by the contracting authority: 2011
Additional information
Please see terms of reference and associated documents attached to this notice.
(ET Ref:264832).

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Four Courts, Dublin 7
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Internet address: www.courts.ie 🌏
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: Central Office of the High Court
Postal address: Ground Floor (East Wing), Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Source: OJS 2011/S 127-211152 (2011-07-01)
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