Provision of freedom of information training services

The Office of Government Procurement

Provision of freedom of information training services.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2014-11-03. The procurement was published on 2014-09-22.

Suppliers

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

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2014-09-22 Contract notice
2015-01-15 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2014-09-22)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Personnel-training services
Quantity or scope:
The Framework shall be open to additional public/prescribed bodies that are made subject to the Freedom of Information legislation at any time during the duration of the Framework Agreement.
Notice metadata
Original language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Personnel-training services ๐Ÿ“ฆ

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

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Awarding authority type: Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Awarding authority name: The Office of Government Procurement
Postal address: Bishops Square, Redmond's Hill
Postal code: 2
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.procurement.ie ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: martin.kilbane@ogp.gov.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 16476860 ๐Ÿ“ž

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2014-09-22 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2014-11-03 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2014-09-25 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2014/S 184-324904
OJ-S issue: 184

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description: Provision of freedom of information training services.
Lot number: 1
Title of the lot: Basic freedom of information training
Short description: Basic freedom of information training services.
Lot number: 2
Title of the lot: Advanced freedom of information training
Short description: Advanced freedom of information training services.
Description of options:
Any Framework Agreement that may result from this Competition will be for an initial period of one year, renewable annually at the discretion of the Contracting Authority to a maximum duration of 4 years on the same terms and conditions, subject always to satisfactory performance and the Contracting Authorityโ€˜s business needs and legal obligations (the โ€˜Termโ€™). The Term will not exceed four (4) years in aggregate.
Show more
Provisional timetable for use of options: 48 months
Number of possible renewals: 3
Time frame for subsequent contracts: 48 months
Duration: 048 months
Reference number: OS001/002/001

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity: Refer to RFT available on the eTenders website: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/
Economic and financial standing: Refer to RFT available on the eTenders website: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/
Minimum level(s) of standards: Refer to RFT available on the eTenders website: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/
Technical and professional ability: Refer to RFT available on the eTenders website: http://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: Refer to RFT available on the eTenders website: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded: Refer to RFT available on the eTenders website: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/
Names and professional qualifications of the staff โœ…

Procedure
Maximum number of operators of the framework agreement: 5
Duration of the framework agreement in years: 4
Tender validity period: 003 months
Place of opening (town): Dublin
Place of opening: Electronic Tender Box.
Place: Electronic Tender Box.
Languages
Language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Conditions for opening tenders
Address: Bishops Square, Redmond's Hill

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Awarding authority name: Office of Government Procurement
Contact
Contact point: Martin Kilbane
Office of Government Procurement
Address of the buyer profile: http://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/CompanyInformation/Index/351 ๐ŸŒ
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=81097&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=81097&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Identifiers
Reference number attributed by the contracting authority: OS001/002/001
Source: OJS 2014/S 184-324904 (2014-09-22)
Contract award notice (2015-01-15)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Contracting authority
Identity
Awarding authority type: National or federal Agency/Office
Contact
Internet address: http://www.procurement.ie/ ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2015-01-15 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2015-01-17 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2015/S 012-017768
Refers to notice: 2014/S 184-324904
OJ-S issue: 12

Object
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Republic of Ireland.

Procedure
Award criteria
Criterion: 1. Costs (based on rates quoted for one day on purchasing body's site ) (40)
2. Quality of the Service Proposal and course materials, including specimen examples of current training course materials provided for each Lot tendered for (30)
3. The relevant practical experience and expertise of the proposed personnel for each Lot as outlined in their CVs for each Lot tendered for (25)
4. Feedback and evaluation methodology proposed for each Lot tendered for (5)

Award of contract

1๏ธโƒฃ
Date of contract conclusion: 2014-12-05 ๐Ÿ“…
Name: Arcline Ltd
Postal address: Pembroke Hall, 38/39 Fitzwilliam Square
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 2
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: info@arcline.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Internet address: http://www.arcline.ie ๐ŸŒ

2๏ธโƒฃ
Name: Institute of Public Administration
Postal address: 57-61 Lansdowne Road, Ballsbridge
Postal code: 4
E-mail: training@ipa.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Internet address: http://www.ipa.ie ๐ŸŒ

3๏ธโƒฃ
Name: Mason Hayes & Curran
Postal address: South Bank House, Barrow Street
E-mail: nmichel@mhc.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Internet address: http://www.mhc.ie ๐ŸŒ

4๏ธโƒฃ
Name: Philip Lee Solicitors
Postal address: 7/8 Wilton Terrace
E-mail: abateman@philiplee.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Internet address: http://www.philiplee.ie ๐ŸŒ

5๏ธโƒฃ
Name: Public Affairs Ireland
Postal address: 25 Mountjoy Square
Postal code: 1
E-mail: carol.oconnor@publicaffairsireland.com ๐Ÿ“ง
Internet address: http://www.publicaffairsireland.com ๐ŸŒ

6๏ธโƒฃ

7๏ธโƒฃ

8๏ธโƒฃ

9๏ธโƒฃ

1๏ธโƒฃ0๏ธโƒฃ
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6

Contracting authority
Identity
Awarding authority name: Irish Public Sector Bodies
Source: OJS 2015/S 012-017768 (2015-01-15)