Contract for the Provision of Supports for Early Stage Digital Enterprises in Ireland

Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment

The contracting authority’s primary strategic objective of this competition is to promote the creation of world class digital sector companies by procuring the services of a preferred tenderer to provide support to the Irish start-up ecosystem with education, mentorship and investment in early ventures and entrepreneurs with high impact and growth potential who operate in the Digital Sector in Ireland (‘Start-ups’).
From a national perspective, the contractor should be focused on creating high-value jobs in the digital sector, promoting digital innovation and digital entrepreneurship through the delivery of the services.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-01-24. The procurement was published on 2019-12-05.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2019-12-05 Contract notice
2020-12-23 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2019-12-05)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: 29-31 Adelaide Road
Postal town: Dublin 2
Postal code: D02 X285
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contact person: Andrea Lowney
Phone: +353 16782147 📞
E-mail: andrea.lowney@dccae.gov.ie 📧
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
URL: http://www.dccae.gov.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/326 🌏
Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=158295&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=158295&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
“Contract for the Provision of Supports for Early Stage Digital Enterprises in Ireland RFT 161440”
Products/services: Corporate finance and venture capital services 📦
Short description:
“The contracting authority’s primary strategic objective of this competition is to promote the creation of world class digital sector companies by procuring...”    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 10 000 000 💰

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Additional products/services: Banking and investment services 📦
Additional products/services: Investment banking services and related services 📦
Additional products/services: Portfolio management services 📦
Additional products/services: Education and training services 📦
Additional products/services: Specialist training services 📦
Additional products/services: Training programme services 📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
Main site or place of performance: Ireland.
Description of the procurement:
“The contracting authority’s primary strategic objective of this competition is to promote the creation of world class digital sector companies by procuring...”    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 10 000 000 💰
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 36
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal
Description
Description of renewals:
“The contracting authority reserves the right to extend the term for a period or periods of up to 12 months with a maximum of 2 such extension or extensions...”    Show more
Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged number of candidates: 3
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: At least 3 candidates to be invited.
Information about variants
Variants will be accepted
Information about options
Options
Description of options:
“The contracting authority reserves the right to extend the term of the contract for a period or periods of up to 12 months with a maximum of 2 such...”    Show more
Information about electronic catalogues
Tenders must be presented in the form of electronic catalogues or include an electronic catalogue
Description
Additional information:
“Please consult the associated documentation, which contains full instructions regarding the submission of tenders and is available to download from...”    Show more

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions:
“As stated in procurement documents available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 161440.”
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
Competitive dialogue
Information about reduction of the number of solutions or tenders during negotiation or dialogue
Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2019/S 185-450495
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2020-01-24 12:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 12

Complementary information
Additional information
This is the sole call for competition for this contract.
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal address: Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Fax: +353 18886125 📠
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
“The contract is covered by the application of the Remedies Directive and the relevant standstill period applied at time of notification.”
Source: OJS 2019/S 238-584069 (2019-12-05)
Contract award notice (2020-12-23)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
“Contract for the Provision of Supports for early Stage Digital Enterprises in Ireland RFT 161440”
Short description:
“The contracting authority’s primary strategic objective of this competition is to promote the creation of world class digital sector companies by procuring...”    Show more
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 10 500 000 💰
Description
Description of the procurement:
“The contracting authority’s primary strategic objective of this competition is to promote the creation of world class digital sector companies by procuring...”    Show more
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality of transition, implementation and exit plan
Quality criterion (weighting): 40
Quality criterion (name):
“Quality of delivery of accelerator programmes and capital investments in start-ups”
Quality criterion (weighting): 280
Quality criterion (name): Quality of delivery of regional services
Quality criterion (weighting): 140
Quality criterion (name):
“Quality of response in maximising the success of the participants in the programmes”
Quality criterion (name): Portfolio management
Quality criterion (weighting): 50
Quality criterion (name): Governance
Cost criterion (name): Overhead costs
Cost criterion (weighting): 300
Information about options
Description of options:
“The contracting authority reserves the right to extend the term of the contract for a period or periods of up to 12 months with a maximum of two such...”    Show more

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2019/S 238-584069

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title:
“Contract for the Provision of Supports for Early Stage Digital Enterprises in Ireland”
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2020-11-30 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 3
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Landingzone Ltd t/a Dogpatch Labs
National registration number: 3319733DH
Postal address: The CHQ Building, Custom House Quay
Postal town: Dublin 1
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 876165526 📞
E-mail: patrick@dogpatchlabs.com 📧
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 10 500 000 💰
Source: OJS 2020/S 252-637272 (2020-12-23)