Provision of Insourced Administrative Staff

City of Dublin Vocational Education Committee

The Student Support Act 2011 contained measures to reform the student grant process. As a result of the passing of this Act, the City of Dublin Vocational Committee was designated as the single awarding authority. In order to deliver this service, the CDVEC has created a new dedicated unit - Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSi). This unit may require the provision of insourced human resources.The operator to whom this contract will be awarded will be responsible for the provision and management of staff to support SUSI's core permanent staff. The staff placed in SUSI will remain the employees of the service provider, who will be responsible for all staff related matters, e.g., PRSI costs, annual leave, attendance, staff development and performance, etc. The staff will be required for periods ranging from 1 month to 12 months per year and will remain the employees of the tendering company.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2013-02-11. The procurement was published on 2013-01-25.

Suppliers

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

• Abtran

Who?

• City of Dublin Vocational Education Committee

What?

• Supply services of personnel including temporary staff › Supply services of office personnel

Procurement history

Date	Document
2013-01-25	Contract notice
2013-11-12	Contract award notice

Contract notice (2013-01-25)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Supply services of personnel including temporary staff
Quantity or scope:
“This contract relates to the provision of insourced administrative staff to CDVEC for a period of 4 years.1 800 0003 000 000”
Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Supply services of personnel including temporary staff 📦

Procedure
Procedure type: Negotiated 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: City of Dublin Vocational Education Committee
Postal address: Town Hall, Merrion Road
Postal town: Ballsbridge
Contact
E-mail: donna.kenny@cdvec.ie 📧
Phone: +353 6307881 📞
Fax: +353 6307801 📠

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2013-01-25 📅
Submission deadline: 2013-02-11 📅
Publication date: 2013-01-29 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2013/S 020-031519
OJ-S issue: 20
Additional information

“1) To receive more information about this tender, including any amendments and/or clarifications and to request any clarifications and/or to respond to this...”

Additional information

1) To receive more information about this tender, including any amendments and/or clarifications and to request any clarifications and/or to respond to this tender, you must register your interest to this tender on the following site: https://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=62036&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE

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 tenderers.

4) Contract award will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities.

5) It will be a condition of contract award that tenderers are tax compliant and are in a position to produce a valid tax clearance certificate from the Revenue Commissioners when requested to do so.

6) If for any reason it is not possible to award the contract to the successful tenderer designate following the conclusion of this competitive process, the contracting authority reserves the right to award this contract to the next highest scoring tenderer.

7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process or any contract awarded at any time.

8) Please note that in relation to all documents, 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 documentation with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, candidates are advised to ensure that they return fully completed documentation in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.

10) Please note that as this competition relates to a non-priority service, this award procedure is not fully subject to the provisions of the public procurement regime.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“The Student Support Act 2011 contained measures to reform the student grant process. As a result of the passing of this Act, the City of Dublin Vocational...”
Quantity or scope:
“This contract relates to the provision of insourced administrative staff to CDVEC for a period of 4 years.”
Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 800 000 💰
3 000 000 💰
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance:
“Dublin, Ireland.”

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:
“As per the qualification questionnaire, available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie”
Economic and financial standing:
“As per the qualification questionnaire, available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie”
Minimum level(s) of standards:
“As per the qualification questionnaire, available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie”
Technical and professional ability:
“As per the qualification questionnaire, available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie”
Contract execution
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
“To be agreed with the successful tenderer.”
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
“A grouping, if successful, may be required to contract as a single entity having joint and several liability but subject to the agreement of the contracting...”
Names and professional qualifications of the staff ✅

Procedure
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Objective criteria for selection:
“As per the qualification questionnaire, available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie”
Languages
Language: English 🗣️
Other languages: Ga

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Donna Kenny
Name: As per the qualification questionnaire, available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪

Reference
Additional information

“1) To receive more information about this tender, including any amendments and/or clarifications and to request any clarifications and/or to respond to this...”

“2) This is the sole call for competition for this service.”

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“3) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by tenderers.”

“4) Contract award will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities.”

“5) It will be a condition of contract award that tenderers are tax compliant and are in a position to produce a valid tax clearance certificate from the...”

“6) If for any reason it is not possible to award the contract to the successful tenderer designate following the conclusion of this competitive process, the...”

“7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process or any contract awarded at any time.”

“8) Please note that in relation to all documents, where reference is made to a particular standard, make, source, process, trademark, type or patent, that...”

“9) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of...”

“10) Please note that as this competition relates to a non-priority service, this award procedure is not fully subject to the provisions of the public...”

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Internet address: http://wwww.courts.ie 🌏
Information about review deadlines:
“As per S.I. 130 of 2010.”
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: Please contact a legal advisor
Source: OJS 2013/S 020-031519 (2013-01-25)

Contract award notice (2013-11-12)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement: 3 000 000 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Contracting authority
Identity
Awarding authority name: City of Dublin Education and Training Board
Postal address: Town Hall, 1-3 Merrion Road, Ballsbridge
Postal code: 4
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
E-mail: donna.kenny@cdetb.ie 📧
Phone: +353 16307881 📞
Fax: +353 16307801 📠

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2013-11-12 📅
Publication date: 2013-11-14 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2013/S 221-385333
Refers to notice: 2013/S 20-031519
OJ-S issue: 221

Object
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance:
“Dublin.”

Procedure
Award criteria
Criterion: 1. Methodology for the Delivery of the Service (25)
2. Implementation Plan (5)
3. Contract Management (25)
4. Reliability and Continuity of Supply (5)
5. Ultimate Cost (40)

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2013-05-14 📅
Name: AbTran
Postal address: Building 4, University Technology Centre, Curraheen Road, Bishopstown
Postal town: Cork
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: info@abtran.com 📧
Internet address: http://www.abtran.com 🌏
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3

Complementary information
Review body
Postal address: High Court Central Office, The Four Courts, Inns Quay
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Fax: +353 18725669 📠
Source: OJS 2013/S 221-385333 (2013-11-12)

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