North East partnership - consultancy services - innovation and growth initiative

Udaras Na Gaeltachta

The Authority is looking for a competent delivery agent to deliver the innovation and growth programme ("IGP"), which aims to support the creation of a dynamic, environmentally and economically sustainable enterprise culture, in particular for Small to Medium Enterprises ("SMEs"), throughout the North-East counties of Northern Ireland and County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland.
The IGP has been specifically designed to increase innovation activity within the SME sector to make it nationally and internationally competitive. It aims to achieve this by assisting SME’s to define, identify, develop and realise opportunities for business expansion at the lowest possible risk and cost.
The IGP essentially promotes overseas collaboration and involves the owners of a product or service providing the rights for a specified market area to another company. This may be through a joint venture, licensing agreement or other form of strategic alliance. Therefore the delivery agent must have experience in the negotiation of licences and distribution agreements, both within the local and overseas markets. It is a truly global project and the countries involved shall be dictated by where the best opportunities are found for participants.
Údarás na Gaeltachta as project partner with responsibility for day to day operations are now keen to pursue the necessary next steps in appointing the delivery partner for what will be a significant programme of activity. It is envisaged that significant individually tailored support will be provided to each participant; including the identification of actual business opportunities and / or negotiating and brokering deals for participating companies.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2012-04-24. The procurement was published on 2012-03-09.

Suppliers

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

• International Business Initiatives Limited

Who?

• Udaras Na Gaeltachta

What?

Where?

• Border
• United Kingdom › Northern Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2012-03-09	Contract notice
2012-11-01	Contract award notice

Contract notice (2012-03-09)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: business development consultancy services
Quantity or scope: 697 765,00
Total value of the procurement: 697 765,00 💰
Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Business development consultancy 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: Regional or local Agency/Office
Awarding authority name: Udaras na Gaeltachta
Postal address: Páirc Ghnó Ghaoth Dobhair, Doirí Beaga, Leitir Ceanainn, Co. Dhún an nGall
Postal town: Leitir Ceanainn
Contact
Internet address: http://www.udaras.ie/index.php 🌏
E-mail: ss.ogall@udaras.ie 📧
Phone: +353 749560100 📞

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2012-03-09 📅
Submission deadline: 2012-04-24 📅
Publication date: 2012-03-14 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2012/S 51-083334
OJ-S issue: 51
Additional information

Copies of the invitation to tender and any other procurement documents may be obtained from the contact point detailed in Section I.1. Candidates should supply to the contracting authority a contact name, address and e-mail when submitting a request for the invitation to tender. Please note that when submitting a request for the invitation to tender, candidates must confirm the e-mail address to which information regarding any possible clarifications and/or permitted amendments in respect of the documents may be sent. Failure to do so may result in the candidate not receiving important information regarding such clarifications and/or permitted amendments, and the contracting authority does not accept any liability in respect of any loss incurred as a result of a failure by candidates to provide a contact e-mail address to the contracting authority. In relation to Section II.2.1, please note that the maximum level of funding available in respect of this contract is 697 765 GBP (the budget). Please note that the budget includes all expenses, including in particular travel expenses. In addition, in relation to Section IV.3.6, please note that responses may be in Gaeilge, although if this is the case, a full English translation must be provided at no cost to the Authority. To be considered for the award of the contract, candidates must complete and return the invitation to tender by no later than the date outlined at Section IV.3.4. Bidders that do not satisfy the selection test set out at section 6 of the ITT will not proceed to have their tender substantially evaluated and bidders are required to confirm their ability to deliver the services described in the ITT to this Budget and to indicate the number of consultancy days it will commit to do so. This will form part of the value for money assessment. It is anticipated that additional services over and above those included in the Budget may be required during the course of the contract and, in which case, these will be delivered by the successful bidder at the day rates to be proposed in its bid.

Additional information

Copies of the invitation to tender and any other procurement documents may be obtained from the contact point detailed in Section I.1. Candidates should supply to the contracting authority a contact name, address and e-mail when submitting a request for the invitation to tender. Please note that when submitting a request for the invitation to tender, candidates must confirm the e-mail address to which information regarding any possible clarifications and/or permitted amendments in respect of the documents may be sent. Failure to do so may result in the candidate not receiving important information regarding such clarifications and/or permitted amendments, and the contracting authority does not accept any liability in respect of any loss incurred as a result of a failure by candidates to provide a contact e-mail address to the contracting authority.

In relation to Section II.2.1, please note that the maximum level of funding available in respect of this contract is 697 765 GBP (the budget). Please note that the budget includes all expenses, including in particular travel expenses.

In addition, in relation to Section IV.3.6, please note that responses may be in Gaeilge, although if this is the case, a full English translation must be provided at no cost to the Authority.

To be considered for the award of the contract, candidates must complete and return the invitation to tender by no later than the date outlined at Section IV.3.4. Bidders that do not satisfy the selection test set out at section 6 of the ITT will not proceed to have their tender substantially evaluated and bidders are required to confirm their ability to deliver the services described in the ITT to this Budget and to indicate the number of consultancy days it will commit to do so. This will form part of the value for money assessment. It is anticipated that additional services over and above those included in the Budget may be required during the course of the contract and, in which case, these will be delivered by the successful bidder at the day rates to be proposed in its bid.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

The IGP has been specifically designed to increase innovation activity within the SME sector to make it nationally and internationally competitive. It aims to achieve this by assisting SME’s to define, identify, develop and realise opportunities for business expansion at the lowest possible risk and cost.

The IGP essentially promotes overseas collaboration and involves the owners of a product or service providing the rights for a specified market area to another company. This may be through a joint venture, licensing agreement or other form of strategic alliance. Therefore the delivery agent must have experience in the negotiation of licences and distribution agreements, both within the local and overseas markets. It is a truly global project and the countries involved shall be dictated by where the best opportunities are found for participants.

Údarás na Gaeltachta as project partner with responsibility for day to day operations are now keen to pursue the necessary next steps in appointing the delivery partner for what will be a significant programme of activity. It is envisaged that significant individually tailored support will be provided to each participant; including the identification of actual business opportunities and / or negotiating and brokering deals for participating companies.

Name of EU-financed project or programme:

The contract is to manage the delivery of the innovation and growth programme initiative for which the North East Partnership has been awarded funding under the Interreg IVA Programme for Northern Ireland, Border Counties of Ireland and Western Scotland 2007-2013.

Place of performance
Main site or place of performance:

Donegal, Ballymena, Antrim, Ballymoney, Carrickfergus, Coleraine, Larne, Moyle and Newtownabbey.

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

Candidates should ensure that they do not meet any of the ineligibility conditions stated in Regulation 23 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006/Directive 2004/18 on the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public services contracts.

Economic and financial standing:

Further information is provided in the invitation to tender, which can be obtained from the contact point detailed in Section I.1.

Minimum level(s) of standards:

Candidates require the following in order to be considered by the contracting authority for the contract:

(a) A letter from the Candidate's funder/auditor/accountant confirming the Candidate is a going concern; and

(b) Access to/ability to raise working capital of 25 000 GBP.

Technical and professional ability:

Further information is provided in the invitation to tender, which can be obtained from the contact point detailed in Section I.1.

Contract execution
Deposits and guarantees required: A parent company guarantee may be required.
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:

The form of the contract is provided in the invitation to tender. Bidder should be prepared to enter into the contract without material change.

Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

In the event of a group of companies submitting an acceptable offer, it will be necessary for each member of the group to sign an undertaking that each company will be jointly and severally liabile for the satisfactory performance of the services. A group of companies may be required to form a legal entity with appropriate parent company guarantees as a condition of contract.

Procedure
Award criteria
Criterion: 1. Quality (75)
2. Value for Money (25)
Languages
Language: English 🗣️
Irish 🗣️

Contracting authority
Identity
Awarding authority name: North East Partnership
Postal address: Ecos Centre, Kernohan’s Lane
Postal town: Ballymena
Postal code: BT43 7QA
Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Contact
Contact point: Seán O'Gallachoir

Reference
Dates
Start date: 2012-05-01 📅
End date: 2015-04-30 📅
Additional information

In relation to Section II.2.1, please note that the maximum level of funding available in respect of this contract is 697 765 GBP (the budget). Please note that the budget includes all expenses, including in particular travel expenses.

In addition, in relation to Section IV.3.6, please note that responses may be in Gaeilge, although if this is the case, a full English translation must be provided at no cost to the Authority.

To be considered for the award of the contract, candidates must complete and return the invitation to tender by no later than the date outlined at Section IV.3.4. Bidders that do not satisfy the selection test set out at section 6 of the ITT will not proceed to have their tender substantially evaluated and bidders are required to confirm their ability to deliver the services described in the ITT to this Budget and to indicate the number of consultancy days it will commit to do so. This will form part of the value for money assessment. It is anticipated that additional services over and above those included in the Budget may be required during the course of the contract and, in which case, these will be delivered by the successful bidder at the day rates to be proposed in its bid.

Source: OJS 2012/S 051-083334 (2012-03-09)

Contract award notice (2012-11-01)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement: 697 765,00 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Contracting authority
Identity
Postal address: Páirc Ghnó Ghaoth Dobhair, Doirí Beaga, Co. Dhún an nGall

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2012-11-01 📅
Publication date: 2012-11-03 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2012/S 212-349398
Refers to notice: 2012/S 51-083334
OJ-S issue: 212

Object
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance:

Donegal, Ballymena, Antrim, Ballymoney, Carrickfergus, Coleraine, Larne, Moyle, Newtownabbey.

Procedure
Award criteria
Criterion: 2. Value for money (25)

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2012-08-30 📅
Name: International Business Initiatives Limited
Postal address: 19A Omagh Business Enterprise Centre Great Northern Road Co. Tyrone
Postal town: Omagh
Postal code: BT78 5LU
Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
E-mail: info@ibiltd.com 📧
Internet address: www.ibiltd.com 🌏
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5

Contracting authority
Identity
Postal address: Ecos Centre, Kernohan's Lane
Source: OJS 2012/S 212-349398 (2012-11-01)

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