Market Sounding Process for the Concession of the Provision of Visa Application service for the Government of Ireland

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade/An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha agus Trádála

Market sounding
The Department of Foreign Affairs wishes to hear from any interested parties who may be able to provide the full range of services listed below.
Ascertain market capability as well as the level of interest to provide the requisite services.
This exercise is not a pre-qualification exercise or the beginning of a procurement exercise.
Obtain a deeper understanding of the visa application system, visa applicants, as well as any potential delivery options.
The market sounding document is preliminary in nature and is being made available on the understanding and on condition that it is to be used solely for the purposes outlined above.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-01-15. The procurement was published on 2019-12-13.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2019-12-13 Contract notice
Contract notice (2019-12-13)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Foreign affairs and other services
Reference number: Market Sounding
Short description:
Market sounding The Department of Foreign Affairs wishes to hear from any interested parties who may be able to provide the full range of services listed below. Ascertain market capability as well as the level of interest to provide the requisite services. This exercise is not a pre-qualification exercise or the beginning of a procurement exercise. Obtain a deeper understanding of the visa application system, visa applicants, as well as any potential delivery options. The market sounding document is preliminary in nature and is being made available on the understanding and on condition that it is to be used solely for the purposes outlined above.
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Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Foreign affairs and other services 📦
Additional CPV: Foreign-affairs services 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️

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

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Awarding authority name: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade/An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha agus Trádála
Postal address: 80 St Stephen's Green
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.dfa.ie 🌏
E-mail: consultant.tenders@dfa.ie 📧
Phone: +353 14082000 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=159801&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=159801&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2019-12-13 📅
Submission deadline: 2020-01-15 📅
Publication date: 2019-12-17 📅
Start date: 2020-07-01 📅
End date: 2021-07-01 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2019/S 243-597614
OJ-S issue: 243
Additional information
See attached document.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Market sounding
The Department of Foreign Affairs wishes to hear from any interested parties who may be able to provide the full range of services listed below.
Ascertain market capability as well as the level of interest to provide the requisite services.
This exercise is not a pre-qualification exercise or the beginning of a procurement exercise.
Obtain a deeper understanding of the visa application system, visa applicants, as well as any potential delivery options.
The market sounding document is preliminary in nature and is being made available on the understanding and on condition that it is to be used solely for the purposes outlined above.
Estimated total value: 500 000 EUR 💰
Short description:
Participants are advised that the market sounding document does not purport to contain all information relevant for the purposes of the project and the market soundings exercise. Following the market soundings exercise, the information in this market sounding document may no longer be accurate and up to date and will in any event be superseded if a contract notice were to be published in either eTenders or the Official Journal of the European Union and the associated tender documentation. The information in this document is provided without prejudice to any subsequent procurement process.
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The market sounding document does not constitute a representation that the project will in fact be procured, in whole or in part. Nor does it constitute an invitation to treat, an invitation to tender or an offer to enter into a contract.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 500 000 EUR 💰
Additional information: See attached document.

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Time of receipt of tenders: 14:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender opening date: 2020-01-15 📅
Tender opening time: 14:00

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: John Histon
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/246 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=159801&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Source: OJS 2019/S 243-597614 (2019-12-13)
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