Trade Consultancy and Business Administration Support Services in Nigeria

Enterprise Ireland

Enterprise Ireland invites expressions of interest to be considered for a tender to
provide Trade Consultancy and Business Administration Support Services in
Nigeria.
Enterprise Ireland opened its first office in Africa in Johannesburg — South Africa
in February 2012 and this office is responsible for development of our services to
our clients for the South Africa market. To further develop our capability in West
Africa, Enterprise Ireland wishes to appoint a Trade Consultant based in Lagos,
Nigeria. Reporting to our Johannesburg office, this Trade Consultant
(Representative) will play a key role in further developing a pro-active market
strategy for Nigeria involving individual company assistance as well as
contributing to a number of sectoral projects in identified growth sectors.
To formally and pro-actively plan towards the exploitation of the market
opportunities in the Nigerian market Enterprise Ireland is proposing to award a
contract for 1 year, with the option to extend annually for an up to 3 year
period, subject to satisfactory performance, business needs and budgetary
constraints, for the provision of in-market Trade Consultancy service including
the provision of a virtual office and hot desk facilities in Lagos, Nigeria.
The key tasks associated with this contract are listed below:
Market Research — Individual client research;
Arranging Appointments and Meetings;
Group Projects;
Support for Market Visits;
Business Support Services;
Hot Desk Facilities;
Handling General Enquiries.
Further information available in the qualification questionnaire available to
download from www.etenders.gov.ie

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2016-05-09. The procurement was published on 2016-04-15.

Who?

• Enterprise Ireland

What?

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2016-04-15	Contract notice

Contract notice (2016-04-15)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Administration services
Quantity or scope:

Services as described in the questionnaire for client companies of Enterprise Ireland targeting the Nigerian market. A 1-year contract with the option to extend for 2 additional years.100 000500 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: Administration services 📦

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

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Body governed by public law
Awarding authority name: Enterprise Ireland
Postal address: The Plaza, East Point Business Park
Postal code: 3
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.enterprise-ireland.com 🌏
E-mail: fred.klinkenberg@enterprise-ireland.com 📧
Phone: +353 14020114 📞

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2016-04-15 📅
Submission deadline: 2016-05-09 📅
Publication date: 2016-04-20 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2016/S 077-137340
OJ-S issue: 77
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; 2) This is the sole call for competition for this service. 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 and are in a position to produce a valid tax clearance certificate from the Revenue Commissioners when requested. 6) If for any reason it is not possible to award the contract to the chosen tenderer or the tenderer fails to deliver the services in accordance with the terms and conditions, the contracting authority reserves the right to award the contract to the next highest scoring tenderer without reopening competition. 7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process and any contract awarded. 8) Please note that responses must be submitted via www.etenders.gov.ie only. It is the responsibility of suppliers to register on the website and familiarise themselves with the submission process. 9) 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. 10) This notice is being published on a voluntary basis in the OJEU as the contract is for a service which is a non-priority service (Annex IIB) and therefore not subject to the full rigours of the public procurement directive (2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council). As this contract will be awarded after 18.4.2016 the same rules apply to the services as defined under the applicable directive at that time 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council.

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;

2) This is the sole call for competition for this service.

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 and are in a position to produce a valid tax clearance certificate from the Revenue Commissioners when requested.

6) If for any reason it is not possible to award the contract to the chosen tenderer or the tenderer fails to deliver the services in accordance with the terms and conditions, the contracting authority reserves the right to award the contract to the next highest scoring tenderer without reopening competition.

7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process and any contract awarded.

8) Please note that responses must be submitted via www.etenders.gov.ie only. It is the responsibility of suppliers to register on the website and familiarise themselves with the submission process.

9) 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.

10) This notice is being published on a voluntary basis in the OJEU as the contract is for a service which is a non-priority service (Annex IIB) and therefore not subject to the full rigours of the public procurement directive (2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council). As this contract will be awarded after 18.4.2016 the same rules apply to the services as defined under the applicable directive at that time 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

Enterprise Ireland invites expressions of interest to be considered for a tender to

provide Trade Consultancy and Business Administration Support Services in

Nigeria.

Enterprise Ireland opened its first office in Africa in Johannesburg — South Africa

in February 2012 and this office is responsible for development of our services to

our clients for the South Africa market. To further develop our capability in West

Africa, Enterprise Ireland wishes to appoint a Trade Consultant based in Lagos,

Nigeria. Reporting to our Johannesburg office, this Trade Consultant

(Representative) will play a key role in further developing a pro-active market

strategy for Nigeria involving individual company assistance as well as

contributing to a number of sectoral projects in identified growth sectors.

To formally and pro-actively plan towards the exploitation of the market

opportunities in the Nigerian market Enterprise Ireland is proposing to award a

contract for 1 year, with the option to extend annually for an up to 3 year

period, subject to satisfactory performance, business needs and budgetary

constraints, for the provision of in-market Trade Consultancy service including

the provision of a virtual office and hot desk facilities in Lagos, Nigeria.

The key tasks associated with this contract are listed below:

Market Research — Individual client research;

Arranging Appointments and Meetings;

Group Projects;

Support for Market Visits;

Business Support Services;

Hot Desk Facilities;

Handling General Enquiries.

Further information available in the qualification questionnaire available to

download from www.etenders.gov.ie

Quantity or scope:

Services as described in the questionnaire for client companies of Enterprise Ireland targeting the Nigerian market. A 1-year contract with the option to extend for 2 additional years.

Estimated value excluding VAT: 100 000 💰
500 000 💰
Description of options:

Options to continue the service after the initial contract duration of 1 year for 2 additional years.

Provisional timetable for use of options: 12 months
Duration: 036 months
Reference number: 2016/10
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: The service is to be delivered in Nigeria.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:

Please refer to the questionnaire available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 104481.

Economic and financial standing:

Please refer to the questionnaire available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 104481.

Technical and professional ability:

Please refer to the questionnaire available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 104481.

Contract execution
Deposits and guarantees required: Not applicable.
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: To be agreed with the successful service provider.
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

A grouping if successful must be prepared to contract as a single entity having joint and several liability.

Other particular conditions: The service must be delivered in Nigeria.
Names and professional qualifications of the staff ✅

Procedure
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Objective criteria for selection:

At least 5 firms will be invited to the next stage of the tender process, on foot of assessment of responses to the qualification questionnaire and subject to that number meeting the minimum criteria and rules.

Languages
Language: English 🗣️

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Address of the buyer profile: http://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/CompanyInformation/Index/434 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=98135&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=98135&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Identifiers
Reference number attributed by the contracting authority: 2016/10
Additional information

2) This is the sole call for competition for this service.

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 and are in a position to produce a valid tax clearance certificate from the Revenue Commissioners when requested.

6) If for any reason it is not possible to award the contract to the chosen tenderer or the tenderer fails to deliver the services in accordance with the terms and conditions, the contracting authority reserves the right to award the contract to the next highest scoring tenderer without reopening competition.

7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process and any contract awarded.

8) Please note that responses must be submitted via www.etenders.gov.ie only. It is the responsibility of suppliers to register on the website and familiarise themselves with the submission process.

9) 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.

10) This notice is being published on a voluntary basis in the OJEU as the contract is for a service which is a non-priority service (Annex IIB) and therefore not subject to the full rigours of the public procurement directive (2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council). As this contract will be awarded after 18.4.2016 the same rules apply to the services as defined under the applicable directive at that time 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council.

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: Consult a legal advisor
Source: OJS 2016/S 077-137340 (2016-04-15)

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