Tender for a multi supplier Framework tender for etutoring for SOLAS eCollege and associated Services

SOLAS

Service Required.
SOLAS eCollege develop, fund, monitor and report on a number of online courses currently delivered by companies under contract and put in place through the SOLAS Contracted Training Tender List (CTTL) procedures. A full list of existing courses is available at www.ecollege.ie and is constantly reviewed in line with employer demand and changes in certification. Course participants are recruited by Employment Service Offices throughout the country on a continuous intake basis. Currently approximately 800 clients per month are referred onto eCollege courses with approx. 700 of these learners activating and engaging with their course. Existing contractor's functions include the organising of and payment for examination events in test centres around the country e.g., Prometric, Pearson Vue, Certiport. At present eCollege centrally monitors course delivery, provides technical support for Learners and carries out individual contract tendering for new course provision.
The intention of this tender is to replace the existing individual CTTL contracts and the associated support for existing and new learners with fewer longer duration contracts to Service Providers who will provide a broader service to learners including e-tutor and technical support, internal monitoring of all courses, and a mechanism for adding new courses and expanding or contracting the number of courses and course participants as required. The service to be covered by this new approach to contracting is expected to start in February 2015.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2014-09-09. The procurement was published on 2014-08-15.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2014-08-15 Contract notice
Contract notice (2014-08-15)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Computer audit and testing services
Quantity or scope:
Service RequiredSOLAS eCollege develop, fund, monitor and report on a number of online courses currently delivered by companies under contract and put in place through the SOLAS Contracted Training Tender List (CTTL) procedures. A full list of existing courses is available at www.ecollege.ie and is constantly reviewed in line with employer demand and changes in certification. Course participants are recruited by Employment Service Offices throughout the country on a continuous intake basis. Currently approximately 800 clients per month are referred onto eCollege courses with approx. 700 of these learners activating and engaging with their course. Existing contractor's functions include the organising of and payment for examination events in test centres around the country e.g., Prometric, Pearson Vue, Certiport. At present eCollege centrally monitors course delivery, provides technical support for Learners and carries out individual contract tendering for new course provision.The intention of this tender is to replace the existing individual CTTL contracts and the associated support for existing and new learners with fewer longer duration contracts to Service Providers who will provide a broader service to learners including e-tutor and technical support, internal monitoring of all courses, and a mechanism for adding new courses and expanding or contracting the number of courses and course participants as required. The service to be covered by this new approach to contracting is expected to start in February 2015.210 000
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Total value of the procurement: 201 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Notice metadata
Original language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Computer audit and testing services ๐Ÿ“ฆ

Procedure
Procedure type: Competitive dialogue
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Awarding authority type: Body governed by public law
Awarding authority name: Solas
Postal address: Castleforbes House, Castleforbes Road
Postal code: 1
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
E-mail: joan.murphy@solas.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 15332436 ๐Ÿ“ž

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2014-08-15 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2014-09-09 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2014-08-20 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2014/S 158-284567
OJ-S issue: 158

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Service Required.
SOLAS eCollege develop, fund, monitor and report on a number of online courses currently delivered by companies under contract and put in place through the SOLAS Contracted Training Tender List (CTTL) procedures. A full list of existing courses is available at www.ecollege.ie and is constantly reviewed in line with employer demand and changes in certification. Course participants are recruited by Employment Service Offices throughout the country on a continuous intake basis. Currently approximately 800 clients per month are referred onto eCollege courses with approx. 700 of these learners activating and engaging with their course. Existing contractor's functions include the organising of and payment for examination events in test centres around the country e.g., Prometric, Pearson Vue, Certiport. At present eCollege centrally monitors course delivery, provides technical support for Learners and carries out individual contract tendering for new course provision.
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The intention of this tender is to replace the existing individual CTTL contracts and the associated support for existing and new learners with fewer longer duration contracts to Service Providers who will provide a broader service to learners including e-tutor and technical support, internal monitoring of all courses, and a mechanism for adding new courses and expanding or contracting the number of courses and course participants as required. The service to be covered by this new approach to contracting is expected to start in February 2015.
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Quantity or scope:
Service Required
SOLAS eCollege develop, fund, monitor and report on a number of online courses currently delivered by companies under contract and put in place through the SOLAS Contracted Training Tender List (CTTL) procedures. A full list of existing courses is available at www.ecollege.ie and is constantly reviewed in line with employer demand and changes in certification. Course participants are recruited by Employment Service Offices throughout the country on a continuous intake basis. Currently approximately 800 clients per month are referred onto eCollege courses with approx. 700 of these learners activating and engaging with their course. Existing contractor's functions include the organising of and payment for examination events in test centres around the country e.g., Prometric, Pearson Vue, Certiport. At present eCollege centrally monitors course delivery, provides technical support for Learners and carries out individual contract tendering for new course provision.
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The intention of this tender is to replace the existing individual CTTL contracts and the associated support for existing and new learners with fewer longer duration contracts to Service Providers who will provide a broader service to learners including e-tutor and technical support, internal monitoring of all courses, and a mechanism for adding new courses and expanding or contracting the number of courses and course participants as required. The service to be covered by this new approach to contracting is expected to start in February 2015.
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Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Dublin 1.

Procedure
Number of operators of the framework agreement: 20
Duration of the framework agreement in years: 4
Languages
Language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Joan Murphy/Derek Darcy
Address of the buyer profile: http://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/CompanyInformation/Index/1210 ๐ŸŒ
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=78641&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=78641&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
Source: OJS 2014/S 158-284567 (2014-08-15)