DCU-13115-S - Provision of Consultancy Services for the Implementation Phase of Dublin City University's Incorporation Project

Dublin City University ( DCU )

Dublin City University (DCU) invites expressions of interest from competent parties for the provision of consultancy and programme management services in relation to the Implementation Phase of the Incorporation Project to ensure that this significant Project is successfully implemented within the envisaged timeline. DCU has been in discussion with St Patrick College Drumcondra (SPD), the Mater Dei Institute of Education (MDI) and the Church of Ireland College of Education (CICE) and the parties have become engaged in a formal process which, while respecting the identity of the individual institutions, will lead to the creation of a single University entity. With the incorporation of SPD, MDI and CICE into DCU. This new DCU will establish a new Institute of Education and will lead to an enhanced capacity and consolidation in the Humanities and Social Sciences. The new Institute of Education will be the fifth faculty of DCU. This new DCU will operate from the existing SPD Drumcondra Campus and the existing DCU Glasnevin Campus. Both campuses will be multi discipline campuses. It is envisaged that this incorporation project will be fully complete by 2016 with a number of key milestones to be achieved during the implementation project.
Phase 1, the planning phase of the project is nearing completion and has been in progress for a number of months and it is envisaged that the implementation phase, the subject matter of this contract notice will commence on 1.5.2014.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2014-03-03. The procurement was published on 2014-02-20.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2014-02-20 Contract notice
Contract notice (2014-02-20)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Business and management consultancy and related services
Quantity or scope: See II.1.5 above.800 0001 500 000
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: Accelerated restricted 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: Dublin City University ( DCU )
Postal address: Glasnevin
Postal code: 9
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
E-mail: jim.hales@dcu.ie 📧

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2014-02-20 📅
Submission deadline: 2014-03-03 📅
Publication date: 2014-02-22 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2014/S 038-063114
OJ-S issue: 38
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 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 within 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 questionnaires with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, candidates are advised to ensure that they return fully completed questionnaires in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.
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Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Dublin City University (DCU) invites expressions of interest from competent parties for the provision of consultancy and programme management services in relation to the Implementation Phase of the Incorporation Project to ensure that this significant Project is successfully implemented within the envisaged timeline. DCU has been in discussion with St Patrick College Drumcondra (SPD), the Mater Dei Institute of Education (MDI) and the Church of Ireland College of Education (CICE) and the parties have become engaged in a formal process which, while respecting the identity of the individual institutions, will lead to the creation of a single University entity. With the incorporation of SPD, MDI and CICE into DCU. This new DCU will establish a new Institute of Education and will lead to an enhanced capacity and consolidation in the Humanities and Social Sciences. The new Institute of Education will be the fifth faculty of DCU. This new DCU will operate from the existing SPD Drumcondra Campus and the existing DCU Glasnevin Campus. Both campuses will be multi discipline campuses. It is envisaged that this incorporation project will be fully complete by 2016 with a number of key milestones to be achieved during the implementation project.
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Phase 1, the planning phase of the project is nearing completion and has been in progress for a number of months and it is envisaged that the implementation phase, the subject matter of this contract notice will commence on 1.5.2014.
Quantity or scope: See II.1.5 above.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 800 000 💰
1 500 000 💰
Reference number: DCU-13115-S

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
Technical and professional ability:
As per the Qualification Questionnaire, available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie
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 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 parties. If it is proposed to sub-contract the delivery of any portion of the initial contract or any subsequent contract it may be a condition of award of contract that both the service provider and any proposed sub-contractor enter simultaneously into a collateral warranty with the contracting authority for the relevant portion of that contract.
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Procedure
Justification of the accelerated procedure: Timescales for completion of project.
Languages
Language: English 🗣️
Other languages: Ga

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: James Hales

Reference
Identifiers
Reference number attributed by the contracting authority: DCU-13115-S
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 candidates 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 within the tender validity period.
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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 questionnaires with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, candidates are advised to ensure that they return fully completed questionnaires 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 contact a legal advisor
Information about review deadlines:
The contracting authority will not conclude 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 framework 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.
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Source: OJS 2014/S 038-063114 (2014-02-20)
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