2013/48 - ITT for the Provision of Private Health Insurance for Enterprise Ireland

Enterprise Ireland

Invitation to Tender for the establishment of a Framework Agreement for the Provision of Private Health Insurance for Enterprise Ireland's overseas graduates, expatriate employees and their qualifying dependants. Enterprise Ireland has up to 30 expatriate staff for whom we provide private health insurance cover, and their qualifying dependants, in addition to providing cover for graduates based in overseas locations outside of EEA. Expatriate staff and graduates may move from one geographical location to another during their tenure overseas and return frequently to Ireland for business and for personal reasons. In addition, overseas tenures may be altered at short notice due to the business needs of the agency.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2013-11-26. The procurement was published on 2013-10-16.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2013-10-16 Contract notice
Contract notice (2013-10-16)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Accident and health insurance services
Quantity or scope: Please see II.1.5 above and the associated tender document.1 200 000
Total value of the procurement: 1 200 000 💰
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: Accident and health insurance 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: Enterprise Ireland
Postal address: The Plaza, East Point Business Park
Postal code: 3
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
E-mail: ann.healy@enterprise-ireland.com 📧
Phone: +353 17272186 📞
Fax: +353 17272081 📠

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2013-10-16 📅
Submission deadline: 2013-11-26 📅
Publication date: 2013-10-18 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2013/S 203-351778
OJ-S issue: 203
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 part of their application for participation in the competition. 6) If for any reason it is not possible to conclude the contract with the successful tenderer, the contracting authority reserves the right to conclude the contract with the next highest scoring tenderer as appropriate. 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 tenders 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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Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Invitation to Tender for the establishment of a Framework Agreement for the Provision of Private Health Insurance for Enterprise Ireland's overseas graduates, expatriate employees and their qualifying dependants. Enterprise Ireland has up to 30 expatriate staff for whom we provide private health insurance cover, and their qualifying dependants, in addition to providing cover for graduates based in overseas locations outside of EEA. Expatriate staff and graduates may move from one geographical location to another during their tenure overseas and return frequently to Ireland for business and for personal reasons. In addition, overseas tenures may be altered at short notice due to the business needs of the agency.
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Quantity or scope: Please see II.1.5 above and the associated tender document.
Reference number: 2013/48 - ITT for the provision of private health insurance for Enterprise Ireland staff based overseas

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:
Please see the Invitation to Tender document and associated information available to download at www.etenders.gov.ie
Economic and financial standing:
Please see the Invitation to Tender document and the associated information available to download at www.etenders.gov.ie
Technical and professional ability:
Please see the Invitation to Tender document and the associated information available to download at www.etenders.gov.ie

Procedure
Duration of the framework agreement in months: 48
Languages
Language: English 🗣️
Other languages: Ga

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Ann Healy

Reference
Identifiers
Reference number attributed by the contracting authority: 2013/48 - ITT for the provision of private health insurance for Enterprise Ireland staff based overseas
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 part of their application for participation in the competition.
6) If for any reason it is not possible to conclude the contract with the successful tenderer, the contracting authority reserves the right to conclude the contract with the next highest scoring tenderer as appropriate.
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 tenders 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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Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal address: Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Name: Please seek legal advice
Information about review deadlines:
The contracting authority will not conclude this contract (and the reviewable public 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 contract (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 contract and reviewable public contract.
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Source: OJS 2013/S 203-351778 (2013-10-16)
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