Multi Supplier Framework Agreement for the Provision of Translation Services (excluding Irish)

The Office of Government Procurement

The purpose of this competition is to establish a Multi Supplier Framework Agreement for the Provision of Translation Services (excluding Irish) with a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 10 Framework Members (subject to the quality of tender responses).
The Framework will be available for use across the entire public sector.
The Framework Agreement will be divided into six (6) Lots as outlined below:
Lot 1: Central Government Departments (excluding the Department of Justice and Equality).
Lot 2: The Department of Justice and Equality (excluding An Garda Síochána).
Lot 3: An Garda Síochána.
Lot 4: The Health Sector.
Lot 5: The Education Sector.
Lot 6: Local Government.
Contracts will be awarded for individual Lots following mini competitions amongst Framework Members.
The Lots as described are anticipated but not guaranteed. The Contracting authority reserves the right to alter these Lots if required to do so by Framework Clients.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2016-01-18. The procurement was published on 2015-11-27.

Suppliers

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

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2015-11-27 Contract notice
2016-03-31 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2015-11-27)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Translation services
Quantity or scope:
Multi-Supplier Framework Agreement for the Provision of Translation Services (excluding Irish).04 000 000
Total value of the procurement: 4 000 000 💰
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: Translation services 📦

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 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Awarding authority name: The Office of Government Procurement
Postal address: 3A Mayor Street Upper
Postal code: 1
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.procurement.ie 🌏
E-mail: support@ogp.gov.ie 📧
Phone: +353 761008000 📞

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2015-11-27 📅
Submission deadline: 2016-01-18 📅
Publication date: 2015-12-01 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2015/S 232-422172
Refers to notice: 2014/S 232-409109
OJ-S issue: 232
Additional information
Please refer to the Request for Tender documents associated with the notice published on www.etenders.gov.ie (RFT 101303).

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
The purpose of this competition is to establish a Multi Supplier Framework Agreement for the Provision of Translation Services (excluding Irish) with a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 10 Framework Members (subject to the quality of tender responses).
The Framework will be available for use across the entire public sector.
The Framework Agreement will be divided into six (6) Lots as outlined below:
Lot 1: Central Government Departments (excluding the Department of Justice and Equality).
Lot 2: The Department of Justice and Equality (excluding An Garda Síochána).
Lot 3: An Garda Síochána.
Lot 4: The Health Sector.
Lot 5: The Education Sector.
Lot 6: Local Government.
Contracts will be awarded for individual Lots following mini competitions amongst Framework Members.
The Lots as described are anticipated but not guaranteed. The Contracting authority reserves the right to alter these Lots if required to do so by Framework Clients.
Lot number: 1
Title of the lot: Central Government Departments (excluding the Department of Justice and Equality)
Short description:
Ministers of the Government of Ireland, Central Government Departments, Offices and non-commercial Agencies and Organisations (excluding the Department of Justice and Equality and all bodies under its aegis) which have a formal reporting and legal relationship to Central Government Departments, including but not limited to The Office of Public Works and the Defence Forces.
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Estimated value excluding VAT: 0 💰
4 000 000 💰
Lot number: 2
Title of the lot: The Department of Justice and Equality (excluding An Garda Síochána)
Short description:
The Department of Justice and Equality its Offices, Agencies and other bodies which have a formal reporting relationship to the Department including but not limited to the Courts Service, the Irish Prison Service, the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service, the Office of Refugee Applications Commissioner, the Refugee Appeals Tribunal, the Legal Aid Board and the Reception and Integration Agency).
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Duration: 24 months
Lot number: 3
Title of the lot: An Garda Síochána
Short description:
An Garda Síochána is the national police force of The Republic of Ireland. It is headed by the Garda Commissioner, who is appointed by the Government. For policing purposes Ireland is divided into 6 regions which are in turn further divided into divisions, districts and sub-districts. Each sub-district usually has 1 police station. Currently there are approximately 560 Garda stations throughout the country.
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Lot number: 4
Title of the lot: The Health Sector
Short description:
Contracting authorities in the Irish health sector including, but not limited to, the Health Service Executive (HSE), the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) and bodies including hospitals delivering health and personal services funded by more than 50 % from HSE and / or Central Government Exchequer funds.
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Lot number: 5
Title of the lot: The Education Sector
Short description:
Primary, Post Primary, Special and Secondary Schools, Vocational and Third Level Educational Establishments including but not limited to Education Training Boards (ETB's), Institutes of Technology, Colleges of Education and Universities.
Lot number: 6
Title of the lot: Local Government
Short description:
All Regional and Local Government bodies including but not limited to Regional Assemblies, City and County Councils and library bodies.
Quantity or scope:
Multi-Supplier Framework Agreement for the Provision of Translation Services (excluding Irish).
Number of possible renewals: 2
Time frame for subsequent contracts: 24 months
Duration: 024 months
Reference number: EMS018F
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Ireland.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:
Please refer to the Request for Tender documents associated with the notice published on www.etenders.gov.ie (RFT #101303).
Economic and financial standing:
Please refer to the Request for Tender documents associated with the notice published on www.etenders.gov.ie (RFT #101303).
Minimum level(s) of standards:
Please refer to the Request for Tender documents associated with the notice published on www.etenders.gov.ie (RFT #101303).
Technical and professional ability:
Please refer to the Request for Tender documents associated with the notice published on www.etenders.gov.ie (RFT #101303).
Contract execution
Deposits and guarantees required:
Please refer to the Request for Tender documents associated with the notice published on www.etenders.gov.ie (RFT #101303).
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
Please refer to the Request for Tender documents associated with the notice published on www.etenders.gov.ie (RFT #101303).
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
Please refer to the Request for Tender documents associated with the notice published on www.etenders.gov.ie (RFT #101303).
Names and professional qualifications of the staff ✅

Procedure
Number of operators of the framework agreement: 10
Duration of the framework agreement in months: 24
Tender validity period: 024 months
Tender opening date: 2016-01-18 📅
Languages
Language: English 🗣️

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Awarding authority name: Other Public Sector Bodies
Contact
Contact point: Tender Operations
Address of the buyer profile: http://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/CompanyInformation/Index/351 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=94658&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=94658&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Publication date: 2014-12-02 📅
Identifiers
Reference number attributed by the contracting authority: EMS018F
Notice number in the OJ S: 2014/S 232-409109

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
Information about review deadlines: Please consult with your own legal advisors.
Source: OJS 2015/S 232-422172 (2015-11-27)
Contract award notice (2016-03-31)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2016-03-31 📅
Publication date: 2016-04-05 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2016/S 066-115752
Refers to notice: 2015/S 232-422172
OJ-S issue: 66

Procedure
Award criteria
Criterion: 1. Service proposal (700)
2. Cost (300)

Award of contract

1️⃣
Date of contract conclusion: 2016-03-01 📅
Name: Access Translations
Postal address: 5 Bruach na Laoi, Union Quay
Postal town: Cork
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: cathy@access-translations.com 📧
Internet address: http://www.access-translations.com 🌏

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Name: Language Training & Translating Ltd
Postal address: Context, Maree, Oranmore
Postal town: Galway
E-mail: ulrike@context.ie 📧
Internet address: http://www.context.ie 🌏

3️⃣
Name: thebigword
Postal address: Link Up House, Ring Road, Wortley, West Yorkshire
Postal town: Leeds
Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
E-mail: steve.barton@thebigword.com 📧
Internet address: http://www.thebigword.com 🌏

4️⃣
Name: Translate Plus Limited
Postal address: 17 Waterside, 44-48 Wharf Road
Postal town: London
E-mail: robertt@translateplus.com 📧
Internet address: http://www.translateplus.com 🌏

5️⃣
Name: translation.ie
Postal address: 16 Upper Ormond Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
E-mail: ronan@translation.ie 📧
Internet address: http://www.translation.ie 🌏

6️⃣
Name: Word Perfect Translations Ltd
Postal address: 22 Upper Ormond Quay
E-mail: translations@wordperfect.ie 📧
Internet address: http://www.wordperfect.ie 🌏

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Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: IE4653211Q
IE8208531K
6674541
6360844S
IE 6380609 U
Source: OJS 2016/S 066-115752 (2016-03-31)
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