Occupational Health Service for Registered Teachers and Special Needs Assistants

Department of Education & Skills

The continued provision of an Occupational Health Service for over 4 000 Primary and Post-Primary School Management Authorities in Ireland employing approximately 61 000 registered teachers and 10 000 special needs assistants (SNAs) whose salary is paid by the Department of Education and Skills or Vocational Education Committees(VECs) out of funds provided by the Oireachtas and 600 non teaching staff i.e. caretakers and secretaries paid by the Department of Education and Skills.
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Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2012-07-09. The procurement was published on 2012-05-30.

Who?

• Department of Education & Skills

What?

• Health and social work services › Health services

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2012-05-30	Contract notice

Contract notice (2012-05-30)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: health services
Quantity or scope:

The successful contractor will be able to provide an Occupational Health Service for over 4 000 Primary and Post-Primary School Management Authorities in Ireland, employing approximately 61 000 registered teachers and 10 000 special needs assistants (SNAs) whose salary is paid by the Department of Education and Skills or Vocational Education Committees(VEC) out of funds provided by the Oireachtas and 600 non teaching staff i.e. caretakers and secretaries paid by the Department of Education and Skills.

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: Health 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: Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Awarding authority name: Department of Education & Skills
Postal address: Cornamaddy, Co. Westmeath
Postal code: 1
Postal town: Athlone
Contact
Internet address: http://www.education.gov.ie 🌏
E-mail: tender-ohs@education.gov.ie 📧
Phone: +353 906483967 📞
Fax: +353 906478024 📠

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2012-05-30 📅
Submission deadline: 2012-07-09 📅
Publication date: 2012-06-01 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2012/S 103-172793
OJ-S issue: 103
Additional information
(ET Ref:438532).

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

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=438532.

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=438532.

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.

Reference number: OHS2
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Nationwide.

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) 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;

(3) A statement of the principal goods sold or services provided by the supplier or the services provider in the past 3 years, detailing the dates on which the goods were sold or the services provided; the consideration received; the identity of the person to whom the goods were sold or the services were provided;

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

(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.

Minimum level(s) of standards: Minimum standards set out in Appendix 1 - RFT1Form.
Contract execution
Names and professional qualifications of the staff ✅

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

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Teacher/SNA Terms and Conditions Unit
Rachael McNamara
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA01495 🌏
Name: Department of Education & Skills
Postal address: Cornamaddy, Athlone
Postal town: Co. Westmeath
URL for further information: http://www.education.gov.ie 🌏
URL for documents: http://www.education.gov.ie 🌏
URL for participation: http://www.education.gov.ie 🌏

Reference
Dates
Start date: 2013-01-01 📅
End date: 2015-12-31 📅
Publication date: 2008-07-03 📅
Identifiers
Reference number attributed by the contracting authority: OHS2
Notice number in the OJ S: 2007/S 125-153154

Complementary information
Recurrent procurement
3-5 years
Source: OJS 2012/S 103-172793 (2012-05-30)

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