Printing services for the production of examination papers for the Irish State Examinations

State Examinations Commission

Confidential printing and delivery of examination papers for:
1. Leaving Certificate Examination 2012
2. Junior Certificate Examination 2012
3. Leaving Certificate Applied Examination 2012
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=338952.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2012-02-03. The procurement was published on 2011-12-05.

Who?

• State Examinations Commission

What?

• Printing and related services › Printing services

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2011-12-05	Contract notice
2011-12-07	Additional information

Contract notice (2011-12-05)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: printing services
Quantity or scope: 34 180 000 A4 pages approximately
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: Printing services 📦

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

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Awarding authority name: State Examinations Commission
Postal address: Cornamaddy, Co. Westmeath
Postal town: Athlone
Contact
Internet address: http://www.examinations.ie 🌏
E-mail: majella.smyth@examinations.ie 📧
Phone: +353 906442700 📞
Fax: +353 906478430 📠

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2011-12-05 📅
Submission deadline: 2012-02-03 📅
Publication date: 2011-12-08 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2011/S 236-382580
OJ-S issue: 236
Additional information
(ET Ref:338952).

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

Confidential printing and delivery of examination papers for:

1. Leaving Certificate Examination 2012

2. Junior Certificate Examination 2012

3. Leaving Certificate Applied Examination 2012

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=338952.

Lot number: 1
Title of the lot: Printing services for the production of examination papers for the Irish State examinations
Short description: Papers for the Leaving Certificate Examination 2012.
Quantity or scope: 15 200 000 A4 pages approximately
Lot number: 2
Short description: Examination papers for the Junior Certificate 2012.
Quantity or scope: 18 120 000 A4 pages approximately
Lot number: 3
Short description: Examination papers for the Leaving Certificate Applied Examination 2012.
Quantity or scope: 860 000 A4 pages approximately
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Westmeath.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:

(1) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they are not bankrupt or the subject of an administration order, are not being wound-up, have not granted a trust deed, are not the subject of a petition presented for sequestration of their estate, have not had a receiver, manager or administrator appointed and are not otherwise apparently insolvent.

(2) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that the candidate, their directors, or any other person who has powers of representation, decision or control of the candidate has not been convicted of conspiracy, corruption, bribery, or money laundering. Failure to provide such a declaration will result in the candidate being declared ineligible and they will not be selected to participate in this procurement process.

(3) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have not been convicted of a criminal offence relating to the conduct of their business or profession.

(4) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have not committed an act of grave misconduct in the course of their business or profession.

(5) All candidates must comply with the requirements of the State in which they are established, regarding registration on the professional or trade register.

(6) Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in providing any information required, may be declared ineligible and not selected to continue with this procurement process.

(7) All candidates will have to demonstrate that they are licensed, or a member of the relevant organisation, in the State where they are established, when the law of that State prohibits the provision of the services, described in this notice, by a person who is not so licensed or who is not a member of the relevant organisation.

(8) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions under the law or of the relevant State in which the candidate is established.

(9) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes under the law or of the relevant State in which the economic operator is established.

Economic and financial standing:

(1) All candidates will be required to provide a reference from their bank.

(2) All candidates will be required to provide evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance.

(3) All candidates will be required to provide a statement, covering the 3 previous financial years including the overall turnover of the candidate and the turnover in respect of the activities which are of a similar type to the subject matter of this notice.

(4) All candidates will be required to provide statements of accounts or extracts from those accounts relating to their business.

Technical and professional ability:

(1) A statement of the candidate's average annual number of staff and managerial staff over the previous 3 years.

(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.

(3) A statement of the candidate's technical facilities; measures for ensuring quality; and their study and research facilities.

(4) An indication of the proportion of the contract which the services provider intends possibly to subcontract.

(5) A statement of the technicians or technical services available to the candidate to carry out the work under the contract; or be involved in the production of goods or the provision of services under the contract; particularly those responsible for quality control, whether or not they are independent of the candidate.

(6) A statement of the tools, plant or technical equipment available to the service provider or contractor for carrying out the contract.

(7) A list of works carried out over the past 5 years, detailing the value of the consideration received; when and where the work or works were carried out; and whether they were carried out according to the rules of the trade or profession and properly completed.

The highly confidential nature of the contracted work will require the successful candidate to comply with strict security standards.

The successful candidate must have the capacity to typeset and work in the Irish language.

Procedure
Tender opening date: 2012-02-06 📅
Place of opening: State Examinations Commission.
Place: State Examinations Commission.
Languages
Language: English 🗣️

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: State Examinations Commission
Majella Smyth
Internet address: www.examinations.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA05600 🌏
Name: State Examinations Commission
Postal address: Cornamaddy, Co. Westmeath
Postal town: Athlone
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Fax: +353 9064478430 📠
URL for further information: www.examinations.ie 🌏
URL for documents: www.examinations.ie 🌏
URL for participation: www.examinations.ie 🌏

Reference
Dates
Start date: 2012-01-23 📅
End date: 2012-06-22 📅
2012-06-29 📅
Start date: 2012-03-01 📅

Complementary information
Review body
Name: State Examinations Commission
Postal address: Cornamaddy
Postal town: Athlone
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: majella.smyth@examinations.ie 📧
Phone: +353 906442759 📞
Internet address: www.examinations.ie 🌏
Fax: +353 9064478430 📠
Source: OJS 2011/S 236-382580 (2011-12-05)

Additional information (2011-12-07)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Additional information

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2011-12-07 📅
Publication date: 2011-12-10 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2011/S 238-383137
Refers to notice: 2011/S 236-382580
OJ-S issue: 238
Source: OJS 2011/S 238-383137 (2011-12-07)

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