Operational accountancy and bookeeping services

Health and Social Care Professionals Council (CORU)

CORU is the umbrella body that will be responsible for regulating health and social care professionals. This includes the health and social care professionals Council and the 12 registration boards established under the health and social care professionals act. CORU’s role is to protect the public by promoting high standards of professional conduct, professional education, training and competence across 12 health and social care professions.
CORU proposes to engage in a competitive process in order to award a contract for operational accountancy services as follows: (a) Financial management reporting; (b) Book keeping and management account preparation; (c) Preparation and query management for comptroller & auditor general and (d) Internal financial management policy and procedures.
The successful service provider will work within the finance section of CORU and will report to the Head of Corporate Services and the CEO - it is estimated that 1-2 days a week support will be required.
The open procedure is being used and interested parties are requested to download and respond to the tender document available from www.etenders.gov.ie.
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=332052.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2011-12-12. The procurement was published on 2011-11-01.

Suppliers

The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2011-11-01 Contract notice
2012-02-15 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2011-11-01)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: accounting services
Quantity or scope:
The services will be required on an ongoing basis for approximately 1 - 2 days per week for the core services plus additional support - this may increase over the life of the contract as CORU develops.50 000350 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: Accounting services 📦

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: Body governed by public law
Awarding authority name: Health and Social Care Professionals Council (CORU)
Postal address: 13-15 The Mall, Beacon Court, Bracken Road
Postal town: Sandyford
Contact
Internet address: http://www.coru.ie 🌏
Phone: +353 12933160 📞
Fax: +353 12933170 📠

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2011-11-01 📅
Submission deadline: 2011-12-12 📅
Publication date: 2011-11-03 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2011/S 211-344911
OJ-S issue: 211
Additional information
1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications. All information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish government procurement opportunities portal (www.etenders.gov.ie) only. registration is free of charge. The contracting authority will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties 2) This is the sole call for competition for this service. 3) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers. 4) Contract award will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities. 5) It will be a condition of award that tenderers and all sub-contractors produce a valid tax clearance certificate from the Irish revenue commissioners as a condition of contract award. 6) If for any reason it is not possible to award the contract to the preferred bidder, the contracting authority reserves the right to invite the next highest scoring tenderer to deliver the contract. 7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process at any time. 8) Please note in relation to all documents, that where reference is made to a particular standard, make, source, process, trademark, type or patent, that this is not to be regarded as a de facto requirement. In all such cases it should be understood that such indications are to be treated strictly and solely for reference purposes only, to which the words "or equivalent" will always be appended. 9) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of questionnaires with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, tenderers are advised to ensure that they return fully completed tenders in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition. (ET Ref:332052).
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Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
CORU is the umbrella body that will be responsible for regulating health and social care professionals. This includes the health and social care professionals Council and the 12 registration boards established under the health and social care professionals act. CORU’s role is to protect the public by promoting high standards of professional conduct, professional education, training and competence across 12 health and social care professions.
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CORU proposes to engage in a competitive process in order to award a contract for operational accountancy services as follows: (a) Financial management reporting; (b) Book keeping and management account preparation; (c) Preparation and query management for comptroller & auditor general and (d) Internal financial management policy and procedures.
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The successful service provider will work within the finance section of CORU and will report to the Head of Corporate Services and the CEO - it is estimated that 1-2 days a week support will be required.
The open procedure is being used and interested parties are requested to download and respond to the tender document available from www.etenders.gov.ie.
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=332052.
Quantity or scope:
The services will be required on an ongoing basis for approximately 1 - 2 days per week for the core services plus additional support - this may increase over the life of the contract as CORU develops.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 50 000 💰
350 000 💰
Description of options:
CORU reserves the right to add additional similar services which arise over the life of the contract to cater for the changing needs of the organisation, particularly in relation to additional days support, as and when they arise.
Duration: 60 months
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Dublin, Ireland.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:
All conditions are outlined in the tender document available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie.
Economic and financial standing:
All conditions are outlined in the tender document available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie.
Technical and professional ability:
All conditions are outlined in the tender document available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie.
Contract execution
Deposits and guarantees required: Not applicable.
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: To be agreed with the successful tenderer.
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
A grouping if successful must be prepared to contract as a single entity having joint and several liability.
Names and professional qualifications of the staff ✅

Procedure
Tender validity period: 6 months
Languages
Language: English 🗣️
Irish 🗣️

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Office Manager
Internet address: www.coru.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA19725 🌏
Name: Instructions regarding the return of documents are contained in the tender document.

Reference
Additional information
1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications. All information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish government procurement opportunities portal (www.etenders.gov.ie) only. registration is free of charge. The contracting authority will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties
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2) This is the sole call for competition for this service.
3) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers.
4) Contract award will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities.
5) It will be a condition of award that tenderers and all sub-contractors produce a valid tax clearance certificate from the Irish revenue commissioners as a condition of contract award.
6) If for any reason it is not possible to award the contract to the preferred bidder, the contracting authority reserves the right to invite the next highest scoring tenderer to deliver the contract.
7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process at any time.
8) Please note in relation to all documents, that where reference is made to a particular standard, make, source, process, trademark, type or patent, that this is not to be regarded as a de facto requirement. In all such cases it should be understood that such indications are to be treated strictly and solely for reference purposes only, to which the words "or equivalent" will always be appended.
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9) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of questionnaires with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, tenderers are advised to ensure that they return fully completed tenders in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.
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(ET Ref:332052).

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Chief Registrar Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Internet address: www.courts.ie 🌏
Information about review deadlines:
The contracting authority will not conclude this contract to which a standstill period applies in accordance with Irish Statutory Instrument SI 130 of 2010, until after the expiry of the standstill period which commences on the day following the date of notification of concerned candidates and tenderers. The duration of the standstill period will be 14 calendar days where notifications are sent electronically or by fax and 16 calendar days where these are sent by any other means. The statutory instrument mentioned above provides that review procedures are available in the High Court to a person who has or has had an interest in obtaining the framework agreement (including the reviewable public contract and alleges that he or she has been harmed or is at risk of being harmed by an infringement of the law in relation to that framework agreement and reviewable public contract.
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Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: Please contact a legal advisor
Source: OJS 2011/S 211-344911 (2011-11-01)
Contract award notice (2012-02-15)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement: 130 150,00 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Contracting authority
Contact
E-mail: procurement@coru.ie 📧

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2012-02-15 📅
Publication date: 2012-02-18 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2012/S 34-054376
Refers to notice: 2011/S 211-344911
OJ-S issue: 34
Additional information
(ET Ref:379113).

Object
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: 13-15 The Mall, Beacon Court, Bracken Road, Sandyford, Dublin 18

Procedure
Award criteria
Criterion: 1. Methodology for Service Delivery (20)
2. Account Management Methodology (15)
3. Quality of Human Resources Offered (30)
4. Reliability and Continuity of Supply (5)
5. Ultimate Cost (30)

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2012-02-03 📅
Name: Crowleys Dfk
Postal address: 16/17 College Green
Postal town: Dublin 2
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Internet address: www.crowleysdfk.ie 🌏
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 8

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Procurement Manager
Source: OJS 2012/S 034-054376 (2012-02-15)
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