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:

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2019-03-25 Contract notice
2020-06-09 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2019-03-25)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Assessment centre services for recruitment
Reference number: 2019P011
Short description:
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.
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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: Assessment centre services for recruitment ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional CPV: Recruitment services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance
NUTS region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ

Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for one lot only
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: Central Bank of Ireland
Postal address: PO Box 559, New Wapping Street
Postal town: Dublin 1
Contact
Internet address: http://www.centralbank.ie ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: geraldine.sherlock@centralbank.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 12246485 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=144202&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=144202&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2019-03-25 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2019-04-29 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2019-03-29 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2019/S 063-146794
OJ-S issue: 63

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
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.
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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.
Estimated total value: 1 600 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Title of the lot: Online Assessment Tools for Recruitment and Assessment Centres
Lot number: 1
Short description:
As part of it's recruitment and selection process, the Central Bank has utilised online psychometric tests as a supporting element of the selection process from entry level to experienced individuals across the organisation. For each applicant shortlisted we have issued online verbal reasoning and numerical testing, using public sector norms for all roles. With the development and enhancements of assessment tools, the Central Bank would like to consider methods of assessment that will support not only the selection of individuals, but their own self-awareness and development while pursuing their careers with the organisation.
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Estimated value excluding VAT: 400 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration: 24 months
Description of renewals: Option to extend for 2 additional 12 month periods.
Title of the lot: Senior Leadership Roles, Career Assessment and Talent Analytics
Lot number: 2
Short description:
The 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 basis. Our programme attracts circa 1 500 applicants annually with circa 300 candidates shortlisted for interview and assessment centre annually. The Central Bank may also run up to three additional bespoke recruitment campaigns (other than graduate recruitment) of a similar scale and nature to the graduate recruitment on an ad hoc basis during each year as required.
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Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 200 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description of renewals: Option to renew for 2 additional 12 month periods.

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
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: 6 months
Tender opening date: 2019-04-29 ๐Ÿ“…
Tender opening time: 12:00

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Geraldine Sherlock
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/329 ๐ŸŒ
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=144202&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Additional information
Estimated timing for further notices: 4 years.

Complementary information
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
Internet address: 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:
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 two 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.
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Total value of the procurement: 1 100 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2020-06-09 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2020-06-11 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2020/S 112-272270
Refers to notice: 2019/S 063-146794
OJ-S issue: 112

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
As such, the Central Bank has two specific requirements in order to assist with the delivery of our talent acquisition strategy:
The 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 basis. Our programme attracts circa 1500 applicants annually with circa 300 candidates shortlisted for interview and assessment centre annually. The Central Bank may also run up to three additional bespoke recruitment campaigns (other than Graduate Recruitment) of a similar scale and nature to the Graduate Recruitment on an ad-hoc basis during each year as required.
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Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality and breadth of online assessment tools and assessment centres
Quality criterion (weighting): 3000
Quality criterion (name): Quality of service support, account management, continuity of service and systems implementation capability
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
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
Efficiency of turnaround times
Quality of management information and reporting available
Quality criterion (weighting): 2700
Cost criterion (weighting): 2500

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2019-10-21 ๐Ÿ“…
Name: CUT-E Ireland
Postal address: Block D Iveagh Court, Harcourt Road
Postal town: Dublin 2
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Total value of the procurement: 940 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Date of contract conclusion: 2020-02-18 ๐Ÿ“…
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
Total value of the procurement: 250 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
3
Source: OJS 2020/S 112-272270 (2020-06-09)