RFT2013 — Request to tender for the provision of an Interim Educational In-Service Practical Training Programme and a Professional Registration Examination together with certain related services

The Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland

The PSI invites tenders from suitable entities to develop an interim educational in-service practical training programme for student pharmacists (the ‘Programme’) for the academic years 2014-2015, 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 and to design and deliver a Professional Registration Examination (PRE) together with certain related services on behalf of the PSI. The PSI envisages that at the end of the three-year Programme, a fully integrated five-year degree for pharmacists will have commenced across the various schools of pharmacy in the Irish jurisdiction. The contract is being awarded for three years with the option, at the discretion of PSI, to extend for an additional maximum period of 2 years. Full tender documents are available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2013-11-25. The procurement was published on 2013-10-15.

Suppliers

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

• Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Who?

• The Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland

What?

• Adult and other education services › Adult-education services at university level
• Adult and other education services › E-learning services
• Adult and other education services › Operation of an educational centre
• Education and training services › Higher education services
• Specialist training services › Staff training services
• Training facilities › Training programme services
• Training facilities › Training seminars
• Training services › Tutorial services

Where?

• Dublin

Procurement history

Date	Document
2013-10-15	Contract notice
2014-01-22	Contract award notice

Contract notice (2013-10-15)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Education and training services
Quantity or scope:

Please refer to the tender document available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT/System ID 79384.

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: Education and training 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: The Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland
Postal address: PSI House, 15/19 Fenian Street
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.thepsi.ie 🌏
E-mail: tim.hanrahan@thepsi.ie 📧
Phone: +353 12184020 📞

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2013-10-15 📅
Submission deadline: 2013-11-25 📅
Publication date: 2013-10-17 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2013/S 202-349935
OJ-S issue: 202
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 candidates are tax compliant and are in a position to produce a valid tax clearance certificate from the Revenue Commissioners when requested. 6) If for any reason it is not possible to award the contract to the successful tenderer invited following the conclusion of this competitive process, the contracting authority reserves the right to award the contract to the next highest scoring tenderer during the tender validity period. 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 responses in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.

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 candidates are tax compliant and are in a position to produce a valid tax clearance certificate from the Revenue Commissioners when requested.

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

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 responses in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

Duration: 36 months
Reference number: RFT/System ID 79384
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:

Please refer to the tender document available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT/System ID 79384.

Economic and financial standing: Not applicable.
Minimum level(s) of standards: Not applicable.
Technical and professional ability:

Please refer to the tender document available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT/System ID 79384.

Minimum level(s) of standards:

Please refer to the tender document available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT/System ID 79384.

Contract execution
Deposits and guarantees required: Not applicable.
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 must be prepared to contract as a single entity having joint and several liability.

Procedure
Languages
Language: English 🗣️

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Tim Hanrahan

Reference
Identifiers
Reference number attributed by the contracting authority: RFT/System ID 79384
Additional information

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 candidates are tax compliant and are in a position to produce a valid tax clearance certificate from the Revenue Commissioners when requested.

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

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 responses in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: The Four Court, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Name: Not appicable.
Information about review deadlines:

The contracting authority will not conclude this 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 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 agreement (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 reviewable public contract.

Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: Consult a legal advisor.
Source: OJS 2013/S 202-349935 (2013-10-15)

Contract award notice (2014-01-22)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Contracting authority
Identity
Postal address: PSI House, Fenian Street

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2014-01-22 📅
Publication date: 2014-01-24 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2014/S 017-026464
Refers to notice: 2013/S 202-349935
OJ-S issue: 17
Additional information

V.4) Information on value of contract Initial estimated total value of the contract Currency: EUR Excluding VAT Total final value of the contract Currency: EUR Excluding VAT

Procedure
Award criteria
Criterion: 1. Method statement (60)
2. Quality and balance of resources (30)
3. Cost (10)

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2014-01-16 📅
Name: Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Postal address: 123 St. Stephen's Green
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 2
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: pbarry@rcsi.ie 📧
Internet address: http://www.rcsi.ie 🌏
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court of Ireland
Postal address: High Court Central Office, Four Courts, Inns Quay
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
Fax: +353 18886125 📠
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: Central Office of the High Court
Postal address: Four Courts Ground Floor (East Wing), Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Source: OJS 2014/S 017-026464 (2014-01-22)

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