Provision of coordination services to the enterprise Ireland mentor network programme

Enterprise Ireland

Enterprise Ireland (EI) wishes to establish a single-supplier framework agreement to provide mentor Coordination Services to our mentor network programme.
Therefore, Enterprise Ireland seeks expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced service providers to act as coordinators (up to a maximum of four, e.g.one per lot)) for its network of 300+ senior business people who volunteer to help start up and established Irish companies to grow under the Enterprise Ireland mentor network programme. The coordinators will be required to ensure the effective management of the mentor panel and carry out matching of mentors to companies. It is envisaged the contract(s) will operate for up to a maximum period of four years, with the option for renewal on an annual basis, subject to satisfactory supplier performance reviews and budgetary constraints.
Each Coordinator will have a national, sectoral and regional responsibility. Applicants will be required to indicate the Lot/Lots for which they wish to be considered:
Lot 1 Software, Mid East; Midlands regions.
Lot 2 Internationally traded services, Mid East; Midlands regions.
Lot 3 Food and Industrial Products, South / South East regions.
Lot 4 Cleantech, Lifesciences and Retail Consumer, Mid West, West and Border Regions.
Applicants should note that the sectors and regions outlined above are guideline sectors and regions only and that the final appointments may incorporate a different regional / national / sectoral balance. It is envisaged the service will commence in October 2012.
Note: this process refers to the provision of a service to Enterprise Ireland and will not lead to a contract of employment within Enterprise Ireland.
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=442372.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2012-07-19. The procurement was published on 2012-06-19.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2012-06-19 Contract notice
Contract notice (2012-06-19)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: business and management consultancy and related services
Quantity or scope: See Pre-Qualification Questionnaire attached.
Total value of the procurement: 200 000 💰
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 and management consultancy and related services 📦

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

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Body governed by public law
Awarding authority name: Enterprise Ireland
Postal address: The Plaza, East Point Business Park
Postal town: Dublin 3
Contact
Internet address: http://www.enterprise-ireland.com 🌏
E-mail: jackie.fitzgerald@enterprise-ireland.com 📧
Phone: +353 17272000 📞
Fax: +353 17272020 📠

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2012-06-19 📅
Submission deadline: 2012-07-19 📅
Publication date: 2012-06-21 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2012/S 117-194134
OJ-S issue: 117
Additional information
See Pre-Qualification Questionnaire attached. (ET Ref:442372).

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Enterprise Ireland (EI) wishes to establish a single-supplier framework agreement to provide mentor Coordination Services to our mentor network programme.
Therefore, Enterprise Ireland seeks expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced service providers to act as coordinators (up to a maximum of four, e.g.one per lot)) for its network of 300+ senior business people who volunteer to help start up and established Irish companies to grow under the Enterprise Ireland mentor network programme. The coordinators will be required to ensure the effective management of the mentor panel and carry out matching of mentors to companies. It is envisaged the contract(s) will operate for up to a maximum period of four years, with the option for renewal on an annual basis, subject to satisfactory supplier performance reviews and budgetary constraints.
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Each Coordinator will have a national, sectoral and regional responsibility. Applicants will be required to indicate the Lot/Lots for which they wish to be considered:
Lot 1 Software, Mid East; Midlands regions.
Lot 2 Internationally traded services, Mid East; Midlands regions.
Lot 3 Food and Industrial Products, South / South East regions.
Lot 4 Cleantech, Lifesciences and Retail Consumer, Mid West, West and Border Regions.
Applicants should note that the sectors and regions outlined above are guideline sectors and regions only and that the final appointments may incorporate a different regional / national / sectoral balance. It is envisaged the service will commence in October 2012.
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Note: this process refers to the provision of a service to Enterprise Ireland and will not lead to a contract of employment within Enterprise Ireland.
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=442372.
Lot number: 1
Title of the lot: Software
Short description: Mid East and Midlands regions (Dublin, Midlands and Kildare).
Quantity or scope: Supply of coordinating services to the Enterprise Ireland mentor network programme, with national, sectoral and regional responsibility for the Software sector (including Internet Technologies, ICT, Digital Media, eBusiness, eLearning, Education, Financial Software).
Duration: 48 months
Lot number: 2
Title of the lot: Internationally Traded Services
Short description: Dublin, Mid East regions (Dublin, Kildare, Wicklow).
Quantity or scope: Supply coordinating services to the Enterprise Ireland mentor network programme, with national, sectoral and regional responsibility for the Internationally Traded Services sector (including Education, Financial Services, Business Process Outsourcing and Manufacturing Services).
Lot number: 3
Title of the lot: Food and Industrial Products
Short description:
South, South East and Mid West region (including Carlow, Clare, Cork, Kerry, Kilkenny, Laois, Limerick, Tipperary, Waterford, Wexford).
Quantity or scope: Supply of coordinating services to the Enterprise Ireland mentor network programme, with national, sectoral and regional responsibility for the Food and Industrial Products sectors (including Dairy, Meat, Consumer Food, Engineering, Electronics, Construction, Paper, Print and Packing sub-sectors).
Lot number: 4
Title of the lot: Cleantech, Life Science and Consumer Retail
Short description:
Supply coordinating services to the Enterprise Ireland mentor network programme, with national, sectoral and regional responsibility for the Life Science, Cleantech and Consumer Retail sectors (including Life Science, Pharma Bio, Medical Devices, Healthcare, Consumer Retail, Tourism, Timber and Furniture sectors).
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Quantity or scope: West, Midlands and Border regions (including Cavan, Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo, Westmeath).
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Ireland.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Minimum level(s) of standards: See Pre-Qualification Questionnaire attached.
Contract execution
Deposits and guarantees required: N/a.
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: To be agreed with successful tenderers.
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
Duration of the framework agreement in years: 4
Minimum number of candidates: 5
Date of dispatch of invitations: 2012-08-03 📅
Languages
Language: English 🗣️

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Capability development & mentoring department
Jackie Fitzgerald
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA01534 🌏
Name: Enterprise Ireland
Contact point: Rowena Elliott
Phone: +353 17272867 📞
E-mail: rowena.elliott@enterprise-ireland.com 📧
URL for further information: http://www.enterprise-ireland.com 🌏
Contact point: Capability development and mentoring department
URL for documents: http://www.enterprise-ireland.com 🌏
Contact point: Capability development and mentoring dept
Phone: +353 17272872 📞
URL for participation: http://www.enterprise-ireland.com 🌏

Reference
Additional information
See Pre-Qualification Questionnaire attached.
(ET Ref:442372).

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal address: Chief Registrar, Four Courts,Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: Legal advisor
Recurrent procurement
It is envisaged a new contract will be published when this contract expires, subject to budgetary constraints.
Source: OJS 2012/S 117-194134 (2012-06-19)
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