Assessment Tools

Central Bank of Ireland

The Central Bankโ€™s requirement to deliver our talent acquisition strategy as well as to continue to develop the talent of the Central Bank is to offer a full end to end service across the full recruitment and selection lifecycle which supports the development of individuals if selected for roles.
As such, the Central Bank has 2 specific requirements in order to assist with the delivery of our talent acquisition strategy:
Lot 1: Online Assessment Tools for Recruitment and Assessment Centres;
Lot 2: Senior Leadership Roles, Career Assessment and Talent Analytics.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2019-04-29. The procurement was published on 2019-03-25.

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

Where?

Procurement history
Date Document
2019-03-25 Contract notice
2020-06-09 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2019-03-25)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Central Bank of Ireland
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: PO Box 559, New Wapping Street
Postal town: Dublin 1
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Contact person: Geraldine Sherlock
Phone: +353 12246485 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: geraldine.sherlock@centralbank.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: http://www.centralbank.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/329 ๐ŸŒ
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=144202&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=144202&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Assessment Tools 2019P011
Products/services: Assessment centre services for recruitment ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Short description:
โ€œThe Central Bankโ€™s requirement to deliver our talent acquisition strategy as well as to continue to develop the talent of the Central Bank is to offer a...โ€    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 1 600 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Information about lots
Tenders may be submitted for one lot only

1๏ธโƒฃ
Scope of the procurement
Title: Online Assessment Tools for Recruitment and Assessment Centres
Title
Lot Identification Number: 1
Description
Additional products/services: Recruitment services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Description of the procurement:
โ€œAs part of it's recruitment and selection process, the Central Bank has utilised online psychometric tests as a supporting element of the selection process...โ€    Show more
Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 400 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 24
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal โœ…
Description
Description of renewals: Option to extend for 2 additional 12 month periods.

2๏ธโƒฃ
Scope of the procurement
Title: Senior Leadership Roles, Career Assessment and Talent Analytics
Title
Lot Identification Number: 2
Description
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThe Central Bank also run an annual graduate programme which is a key part of our resourcing strategy with the aim of hiring 50+ graduates on a yearly...โ€    Show more
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 1 200 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description
Description of renewals: Option to renew for 2 additional 12 month periods.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2019-04-29 12:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 6
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2019-04-29 12:00 ๐Ÿ“…

Complementary information
Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement โœ…
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: 4 years.
Review body
Name: Central Office of the High Court
Postal address: Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin 7
Postal code: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 18886511 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
URL: http://www.courts.ie/ ๐ŸŒ
Source: OJS 2019/S 063-146794 (2019-03-25)
Contract award notice (2020-06-09)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
โ€œThe Central Bankโ€™s requirement to deliver our talent acquisition strategy as well as to continue to develop the talent of the Central Bank is to offer a...โ€    Show more
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 1 100 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots โœ…
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality and breadth of online assessment tools and assessment centres
Quality criterion (weighting): 3000
Quality criterion (name):
โ€œQuality of service support, account management, continuity of service and systems implementation capabilityโ€
Quality criterion (weighting): 1000
Quality criterion (name): Quality of Management Information and Reporting
Quality criterion (weighting): 2500
Cost criterion (name): Cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 3500
Description
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThe Central Bank also run an annual Graduate Programme which is a key part of our resourcing strategy with the aim of hiring 50+ Graduates on a yearly...โ€    Show more
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality of service delivery to encompass
Quality criterion (weighting): 2800
Quality criterion (name): Quality of service delivery team, account management and continuity of service
Quality criterion (name): Efficiency of turnaround times
Quality criterion (name): Quality of management information and reporting available
Quality criterion (weighting): 2700
Cost criterion (weighting): 2500

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2019/S 063-146794
Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice

Award of contract

1๏ธโƒฃ
Contract Number: 1
Lot Identification Number: 1
Title: Online Assessment Tools for Recruitment and Assessment Centres
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2019-10-21 ๐Ÿ“…
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Name and address of the contractor
Name: CUT-E Ireland
Postal address: Block D Iveagh Court, Harcourt Road
Postal town: Dublin 2
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 940 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 940 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

2๏ธโƒฃ
Contract Number: 2
Lot Identification Number: 2
Title: Senior Leadership Roles, Career Assessment and Talent Analytics
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2020-02-18 ๐Ÿ“…
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Opes Business Partners Ltd
Postal address: The Mount Business and Conference Centre, 2 Woodstock Link,
Postal town: Belfast
Postal code: BT6 8DD
Country: United Kingdom ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง
Region: United Kingdom ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
The contractor is an SME โœ…
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 250 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 250 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Source: OJS 2020/S 112-272270 (2020-06-09)