The European Commission intends to conclude a framework contract relating to the provision of crèche and childcare services required for its crèche/childcare facility located at Grange, Dunsany, County Meath, Ireland.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2019-11-20.
The procurement was published on 2019-10-16.
Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Object Scope of the procurement
Title:
“Provision of Creche and Childcare Services to the European Commission at its Crèche in Dunsany, Co. Meath, Ireland
SANTE/2019/F6/50”
Products/services: Child daycare services📦
Short description:
“The European Commission intends to conclude a framework contract relating to the provision of crèche and childcare services required for its...”
Short description
The European Commission intends to conclude a framework contract relating to the provision of crèche and childcare services required for its crèche/childcare facility located at Grange, Dunsany, County Meath, Ireland.
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Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 1 450 000 💰
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Place of performance: Mid-East🏙️
Main site or place of performance:
“The location is approximately 45 km to the north-west of Dublin City. It is on the main road from Dublin to the town of Trim (R154).”
Description of the procurement:
“The facility accommodates the European Commission's Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety.
The contract is to provide crèche and childcare at the...”
Description of the procurement
The facility accommodates the European Commission's Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety.
The contract is to provide crèche and childcare at the Grange site for a maximum of 32 children. Please see the documents on e-Tendering as mentioned in Section I.3).
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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 1 450 000 💰
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: One renewal of 12 months.
Additional information:
“Questions may only be submitted to the address provided in Section I.3). The final date for the submission of questions is 7 calendar days prior to the...”
Additional information
Questions may only be submitted to the address provided in Section I.3). The final date for the submission of questions is 7 calendar days prior to the closing date as stated in Section IV.2.2).
Applications must be submitted electronically to SANTE-IRL-CFT@ec.europa.eu
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
Restricted procedure
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with a single operator
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2019-11-20
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Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Bulgarian 🗣️
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Czech 🗣️
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Danish 🗣️
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: German 🗣️
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Greek 🗣️
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Spanish 🗣️
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Estonian 🗣️
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Finnish 🗣️
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: French 🗣️
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Irish 🗣️
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Croatian 🗣️
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Hungarian 🗣️
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Italian 🗣️
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Lithuanian 🗣️
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Latvian 🗣️
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Maltese 🗣️
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Dutch 🗣️
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Polish 🗣️
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Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Romanian 🗣️
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Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Slovenian 🗣️
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Swedish 🗣️
Tender must be valid until: 2020-04-01 📅
Complementary information Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement ✅
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: 2022-2023
Additional information
“1) The attention of interested parties is drawn to the aim of this notice, i.e. to select candidates who will receive the specifications and be invited to...”
1) The attention of interested parties is drawn to the aim of this notice, i.e. to select candidates who will receive the specifications and be invited to tender. The procedure consists of 2 distinct phases. In the first phase, requests to participate sent in response to this notice will be appraised by a selection committee on the basis of the criteria indicated in the procurement documents. All applicants who meet the standards indicated will be short-listed and subsequently invited to submit a tender. Applicants who are not short-listed after phase 1 will be informed of the reasons for their elimination from the procedure;
2) NB: interested parties are requested to strictly observe the conditions stated in the procurement documents when submitting their request to participate. In addition, interested parties must:
— send their application before the deadline in point IV.2.2). Applications sent after the deadline in point IV.2.2) will be automatically rejected,
— enclose all the documents and information requested in the procurement documents.
Candidates must send their requests to participate to: SANTE-IRL-CFT@ec.europa.eu as stated in point I.1). All documents will be kept confidential and only the members of the selection committee will have access to these documents.
3) Interested parties are requested to refrain from seeking further information at this stage. The website in point I.3) will be updated regularly and it is therefore the applicant's responsibility to check for updates and modifications during the tendering period;
4) A visit to the Grange site will be arranged in order for short listed candidates to view the premises. However, no costs incurred by candidates in this regard can be reimbursed by the European Commission. A maximum of 3 representatives from any tenderer may participate in the site visit. Participation in a site visit is not obligatory;
5) TUPE or the Transfer of Undertakings Directive of 1977, which became part of Irish law by the European Communities (Safeguarding of Employees' Rights on Transfer of Undertakings) Regulations, 1980, protects the rights of employees where the business in which they are employed is transferred to a new owner, and is applicable to this contract.
The key relevant legislation in Ireland includes:
— European Council Directive 2001/23/EC, introduced into Ireland as the European Communities (Protection of Employees on Transfer of Undertakings) Regulations SI 131/2003 — Annex VI,
— employees (Provision of Information and Consultation) Act, 2006 — Annex VII.
6) In line with Article 104(f) of the Financial Regulation and with Articles 104(f) and 134.1(e) and 134.4 to the rules of application to the Financial Regulation, the Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety reserves the right to negotiate with the eventual contractor(s) for new services or works consisting in the repetition of similar services or works entrusted to the economic operator to which the same contracting authority awarded an original contract. When the institutions award contracts on their own account, that procedure may only be used during the performance of the original contract and at the latest during the 3 years following its signature.
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Name: General Court of the European Union
Postal address: rue du Fort Niedergrünewald
Postal town: Luxembourg
Postal code: 2925
Country: Luxembourg 🇱🇺
Phone: +352 4303-1📞
Fax: +352 4303-2100 📠
URL: http://curia.europa.eu🌏 Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: As in VI.4.1
Postal town: Luxembourg
Country: Luxembourg 🇱🇺
Source: OJS 2019/S 208-506371 (2019-10-16)
Contract award notice (2021-03-18) Object Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 1843877.30 💰
Description
Main site or place of performance:
“The location is approximately 45 kilometres to the north-west of Dublin City. It is on the main road from Dublin to the town of Trim (R154).”
Description of the procurement:
“The facility accommodates the European Commission's Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety.
The contract is to provide crèche and childcare at the...”
Description of the procurement
The facility accommodates the European Commission's Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety.
The contract is to provide crèche and childcare at the Grange site for a maximum of 32 children. Please see the documents on e-Tendering as mentioned in section I.3.
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Quality criterion (name): Technical quality
Quality criterion (weighting): 40 %
Quality criterion (name): Management of service provision
Quality criterion (weighting): 60 %
Price (weighting): 50/50
Description
Additional information:
“Questions may only be submitted to the address provided in section I.3). The final date for the submission of questions is 7 calendar days prior to the...”
Additional information
Questions may only be submitted to the address provided in section I.3). The final date for the submission of questions is 7 calendar days prior to the closing date as stated in section IV.2.2).
Applications must be submitted electronically to SANTE-IRL-CFT@ec.europa.eu
Procedure Information about framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2019/S 208-506371
Award of contract
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Contract Number: 2020/SANTE/FW-00091481/1671
Title:
“Provision of Creche and Childcare Services to the European Commission at its Crèche in Dunsany, Co. Meath, Ireland”
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2020-03-17 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 3
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 3
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 3
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Orchard House Ltd. Oakview Village Childcare
Postal address: 9 Orchard Way
Postal town: Tralee
Postal code: V92 X516
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Region: West🏙️
The contractor is an SME ✅ Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 1 450 000 💰
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 1 843 877 💰
Complementary information Additional information
“1) The attention of interested parties is drawn to the aim of this notice, i.e. to select candidates who will receive the specifications and be invited to...”
1) The attention of interested parties is drawn to the aim of this notice, i.e. to select candidates who will receive the specifications and be invited to tender. The procedure consists of 2 distinct phases. In the first phase, requests to participate sent in response to this notice will be appraised by a selection committee on the basis of the criteria indicated in the procurement documents. All applicants who meet the standards indicated will be short-listed and subsequently invited to submit a tender. Applicants who are not short-listed after phase 1 will be informed of the reasons for their elimination from the procedure.
2) NB: interested parties are requested to strictly observe the conditions stated in the procurement documents when submitting their request to participate. In addition, interested parties must:
— send their application before the deadline in point IV.2.2). Applications sent after the deadline in point IV.2.2) will be automatically rejected,
— enclose all the documents and information requested in the procurement documents.
Candidates must send their requests to participate to: SANTE-IRL-CFT@ec.europa.eu as stated in point I.1. All documents will be kept confidential and only the members of the selection committee will have access to these documents.
3) Interested parties are requested to refrain from seeking further information at this stage. The website in point I.3 will be updated regularly and it is therefore the applicant's responsibility to check for updates and modifications during the tendering period.
4) A visit to the Grange site will be arranged in order for short listed candidates to view the premises. However, no costs incurred by candidates in this regard can be reimbursed by the European Commission. A maximum of 3 representatives from any tenderer may participate in the site visit. Participation in a site visit is not obligatory.
5) TUPE or the Transfer of Undertakings Directive of 1977, which became part of Irish law by the European Communities (Safeguarding of Employees' Rights on Transfer of Undertakings) Regulations, 1980, protects the rights of employees where the business in which they are employed is transferred to a new owner, and is applicable to this contract.
The key relevant legislation in Ireland includes:
— European Council Directive 2001/23/EC, introduced into Ireland as the European Communities (Protection of Employees on Transfer of Undertakings) Regulations SI 131/2003 — Annex VI,
— Employees (Provision of Information and Consultation) Act, 2006 — Annex VII.
6) In line with Article 104(f) of the Financial Regulation and with Articles 104(f) and 134.1(e) and 134.4 to the rules of application to the Financial Regulation, the Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety reserves the right to negotiate with the eventual contractor(s) for new services or works consisting in the repetition of similar services or works entrusted to the economic operator to which the same contracting authority awarded an original contract. When the institutions award contracts on their own account, that procedure may only be used during the performance of the original contract and at the latest during the three years following its signature.
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Source: OJS 2021/S 062-156131 (2021-03-18)