Request for Tender for Services to conduct European Social Survey

Mary Immaculate College

Mary Immaculate College Invites Tenderers to submit proposals for the provision of conducting a survey. The intention is to establish a contract with 1 provider against which Mary Immaculate College is expected to place an order.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2016-09-02. The procurement was published on 2016-07-29.

Suppliers

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

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2016-07-29 Contract notice
2017-05-02 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2016-07-29)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Survey services
Reference number: MICL/2016/04
Short description:
Mary Immaculate College Invites Tenderers to submit proposals for the provision of conducting a survey. The intention is to establish a contract with 1 provider against which Mary Immaculate College is expected to place an order.
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: Survey services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional CPV: Survey design services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance
NUTS region: Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ

Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
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: Mary Immaculate College
Postal address: South Circular Road
Postal code: V94 VN26
Postal town: Limerick
Contact
Internet address: http://www.mic.ul.ie ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: brendan.okeeffe@mic.ul.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=101746&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2016-07-29 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2016-09-02 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2016-08-03 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2016/S 148-267612
OJ-S issue: 148
Additional information
The European Social Survey (ESS) is one of the first social science projects to receive funding to support its infrastructure. In 2005 the ESS was awarded Europe's top annual science award, the Descartes prize. In 2007, funding was awarded to the ESS Preparatory Phase Project to prepare to possible selection as a European Research Consortium Infrastructure in 2013.
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Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value: 310 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Short description:
Mary Immaculate College Invites Tenderers to submit proposals for the provision of conducting a European Social Survey. The intention is to establish a contract with 1 provider against which Mary Immaculate College is expected to place an order.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 310 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration: 4 months
Name of EU-financed project or programme: Nationwide.
Additional information:
The European Social Survey (ESS) is one of the first social science projects to receive funding to support its infrastructure. In 2005 the ESS was awarded Europe's top annual science award, the Descartes prize. In 2007, funding was awarded to the ESS Preparatory Phase Project to prepare to possible selection as a European Research Consortium Infrastructure in 2013.
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Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: All of Ireland.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:
Please refer to the rules, weightings and criteria contained in the tender document available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 107481.

Procedure
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Tender validity period: 12 months
Tender opening date: 2016-09-02 ๐Ÿ“…
Tender opening time: 12:30
Place: Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, Ireland.

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Brendan O'Keeffe
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1237 ๐ŸŒ
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=101746&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Additional information
1) Interested parties must register their interest on the e-Tenders 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 requirement.
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 are tax compliant.
6) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process or any contract awarded under this competition at any time.
7) 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 โ€˜or equivalentโ€™ will always be appended.
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8) 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: The High Court
Postal address: Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Internet address: www.courts.ie ๐ŸŒ
Information about review deadlines:
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
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 Contracting Authority will not conclude this framework agreement (and the reviewable public contract) to which a standstill period applies in accordance with Irish Statutory 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 framework agreement and reviewable public contract.
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VI.5).
Source: OJS 2016/S 148-267612 (2016-07-29)
Contract award notice (2017-05-02)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Mary Immaculate College Invites Tenderers to submit proposals for the provision of conducting a survey. The intention is to establish a contract with one provider against which Mary Immaculate College is expected to place an order.
Total value of the procurement: 237 500 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2017-05-02 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2017-05-04 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2017/S 086-168180
Refers to notice: 2016/S 148-267612
OJ-S issue: 86

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Mary Immaculate College Invites Tenderers to submit proposals for the provision of
conducting a survey. The intention is to establish a contract with one provider
against which Mary Immaculate College is expected to place an order.
Mary Immaculate College Invites Tenderers to submit proposals for the provision of conducting a European Social Survey. The intention is to establish a contract with one provider against which Mary Immaculate College is expected to place an order.

Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Methodology for delivery of the requirements
Quality criterion (weighting): 35
Quality criterion (name): Technical merit of the team proposed
Quality criterion (weighting): 20
Quality criterion (name): Quality Management and Standards
Quality criterion (weighting): 10
Quality criterion (name): Delivery Schedule
Reliability and Continuity of Supply
Quality criterion (weighting): 5
Price weighting: 20

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2016-11-04 ๐Ÿ“…

Reference
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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Source: OJS 2017/S 086-168180 (2017-05-02)