Single Party Framework for ADR Driver and Safety Advisor Examination Schemes and Management of Approved Training Providers

Health and Safety Authority

The Health and Safety Authority invites expressions of interest for the provision of the management of the ADR driver and safety adviser (DGSA) (road) examination schemes and the approval of driver training courses (hereinafter called ADR and Related Services). The Authority wishes to establish a single party framework agreement.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2018-02-27. The procurement was published on 2018-01-26.

Who?

• Health and Safety Authority

What?

• Industrial and technical training services › Industrial training services
• Training facilities › Training programme services
• Training services › Specialist training services

Where?

• Eastern and Midland › Dublin

Procurement history

Date	Document
2018-01-26	Contract notice

Contract notice (2018-01-26)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Training services
Short description:

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: Training services 📦
Additional CPV: Specialist training services 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️

Procedure
Procedure type: Competitive dialogue
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: Health and Safety Authority
Postal address: The Metropolitan Building, James Joyce Street
Postal code: 1
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.hsa.ie 🌏
E-mail: alice_doherty@hsa.ie 📧
Phone: +353 16147059 📞
Fax: +353 16147177 📠
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=124160&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=124160&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2018-01-26 📅
Submission deadline: 2018-02-27 📅
Publication date: 2018-01-30 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2018/S 020-041808
OJ-S issue: 20
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) Establishment of the framework will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities; 5) It will be a condition of establishment that tenderers and all sub-contractors are tax compliant; 6) If for any reason it is not possible to admit to the framework agreement the tenderer invited following the conclusion of this competitive process, the contracting authority reserves the right to invite the next highest scoring tenderer to join the framework agreement during the tender validity period. This shall be without prejudice to the right of the contracting authority to cancel this competitive process and/or initiate a new contract award procedure at its sole discretion; 7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, the framework agreement or any contract awarded under the framework agreement at any time; 8) 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; 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 summary elimination from the competition.

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) Establishment of the framework will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities;

5) It will be a condition of establishment that tenderers and all sub-contractors are tax compliant;

6) If for any reason it is not possible to admit to the framework agreement the tenderer invited following the conclusion of this competitive process, the contracting authority reserves the right to invite the next highest scoring tenderer to join the framework agreement during the tender validity period. This shall be without prejudice to the right of the contracting authority to cancel this competitive process and/or initiate a new contract award procedure at its sole discretion;

7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, the framework agreement or any contract awarded under the framework agreement at any time;

8) 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;

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 summary elimination from the competition.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value: 2 000 000 EUR 💰
Short description:

(i) the ADR driver examination scheme: maintain and develop the current examination question bank, set and mark examinations and award vocational driver training certificates to qualifying candidates as drivers of vehicles carrying dangerous goods;

(ii) the safety adviser examination scheme: maintain and develop the current examination question bank, set and mark examinations and award vocational training certificates to qualifying candidates as safety advisers for the carriage of dangerous goods by road;

(iii) the approval of training courses and the appointment of training providers for the training of drivers of dangerous goods vehicles: maintain and develop the current driver training syllabus and standards for training providers (ATP Guidelines), carry out initial and annual re-assessments of course materials and training providers.

Estimated value excluding VAT: 2 000 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 60 months
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Various locations throughout Ireland.

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

Please refer to the qualification questionnaire available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 129258.

Contract execution
Contract performance conditions:

Please refer to the qualification questionnaire available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 129258.

Procedure
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:

Based on responses to the qualification criteria the Authority anticipates inviting the top 5 scoring candidates to the dialogue stage, subject to that number qualifying.

Justification for the framework agreement:

The subject matter of the tender is classified as a Title III service under Directive 2014/24/EU and as such provides the flexibility to award longer term frameworks.

Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Alice Doherty
Internet address: www.hsa.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1225 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=124160&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Additional information
Estimated timing for further notices:

Upon expiry of all contracts awarded under the framework agreement, the authority may engage in a new competition for continuation of the service.

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) Establishment of the framework will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities;

5) It will be a condition of establishment that tenderers and all sub-contractors are tax compliant;

6) If for any reason it is not possible to admit to the framework agreement the tenderer invited following the conclusion of this competitive process, the contracting authority reserves the right to invite the next highest scoring tenderer to join the framework agreement during the tender validity period. This shall be without prejudice to the right of the contracting authority to cancel this competitive process and/or initiate a new contract award procedure at its sole discretion;

7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, the framework agreement or any contract awarded under the framework agreement at any time;

8) 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;

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 summary elimination from the competition.

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Four Courts
Postal town: Dulbin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: Consult a legal advisor
Postal town: Dublin
Source: OJS 2018/S 020-041808 (2018-01-26)

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