Provision of a Pension Administration and Consultancy Service

Economic and Social Research Institute

The purpose of this request for tender is to appoint an entity to provide pension administration and consultancy services to the Economic and Social Research Institute in respect of its pension schemes.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2016-09-01. The procurement was published on 2016-07-21.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2016-07-21 Contract notice
Contract notice (2016-07-21)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Pension services
Reference number: 2016/01
Short description:
The purpose of this request for tender is to appoint an entity to provide pension administration and consultancy services to the Economic and Social Research Institute in respect of its pension schemes.
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: Pension services 📦
Additional CPV: Pension fund management services 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Dublin 🏙️

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: Other
Awarding authority name: Economic and Social Research Institute
Postal address: Whitaker Square, Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Co.Dublin
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.esri.ie 🌏
E-mail: charlie.oregan@esri.ie 📧
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=101455&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=101455&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2016-07-21 📅
Submission deadline: 2016-09-01 📅
Publication date: 2016-07-26 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2016/S 142-256557
OJ-S issue: 142
Additional information
See tender document for details, available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie RFT ID. 107565.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value: 250 000 EUR 💰
Short description:
The purpose of this request for tender is to appoint an entity to provide pension administration and consultancy services to the Economic and Social Research Institute in respect of its pension schemes. A detailed specification of requirements can be found at Section 4 in the tender document available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie RFT ID. 107565. This contract will be awarded initially for a period of 3 years with the option to extend by 2 years to a maximum of 5 years.
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Estimated value excluding VAT: 250 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 60 months
Description of renewals:
Contract awarded initially for a period of 3 years with an option to extend for a further 2 years subject to a maximum of 5 years.
Description of options:
Contract awarded initially for a period of 3 years with an option to extend for a further 2 years subject to a maximum of 5 years.
Additional information:
See tender document for details, available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie RFT ID. 107565.
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: ESRI's offices in Dublin.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:
Tenderers must be a Registered Administrator with the Pensions Authority of Ireland or equivalent for the provision of pension services in Ireland.

Procedure
Time of receipt of tenders: 13:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender validity period: 12 months
Tender opening date: 2016-09-01 📅
Tender opening time: 13:00

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: IE 4853153T
Other type of contracting authority: company limited by guarantee in receipt of public funding
Contact
Contact point: Charles O'Regan
Internet address: www.esri.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/120262 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=101455&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Additional information
Estimated timing for further notices: 3 to 5 years.
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 Economic and Social Research Institute will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties.
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2) The Economic and Social Research Institute anticipates that the market will deliver the services set out in the tender document within the range of 40 000 EUR to 50 000 EUR per annum.
3) This is the sole call for competition for this service.
4) The Economic and Social Research Institute will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by tenderers.
5) Contract award will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities.
6) It will be a condition of award that tenderers are tax compliant.
7) If for any reason it is not possible to award the contract to the designated successful Tenderer emerging from this competitive process, or if having awarded the contract, the contracting authority considers that the successful Tenderer has not met its obligations, the contracting authority reserves the right to award the contract to the next highest scoring Tenderer on the basis of the terms advertised. This shall be without prejudice to the right of the Economic and Social Research Institute to cancel this competitive process and/or initiate a new contract award procedure at its sole discretion.
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8) At its absolute discretion, the Economic and Social Research Institute may elect to terminate this procurement process at any time.
9) 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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10) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the Economic and Social Research Institute 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 complete tender responses in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.
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Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court of Ireland
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Source: OJS 2016/S 142-256557 (2016-07-21)
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