Request for Tender for Services Required for Contact Centre for External Services

ITSLIGO

IT Sligo aims to contract the outsourcing of its requirement for student contact centre services. Its objective is to maintain an efficient, timely and customer-centred, outsourced service for the processing of:
โ€” student recruitment,
โ€” application and registration enquiries and workflows and payment of associated fees as relevant and to interface with its customers accordingly. In addition IT Sligo requires a continuous improvement methodology to improve service and reduce the overall cost of contact centre services through engaging with emerging technologies such as โ€œchatbotsโ€, etc. Tenderers are invited to offer innovative solutions in providing contact centre services in keeping with the overall aim of providing a fit for purpose solution.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2019-02-18. The procurement was published on 2019-01-16.

Suppliers

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

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2019-01-16 Contract notice
2019-04-11 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2019-01-16)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Call centre
Short description:
IT Sligo aims to contract the outsourcing of its requirement for student contact centre services. Its objective is to maintain an efficient, timely and...  Show more
Notice metadata
Original language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Call centre ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional CPV: Document management services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance
NUTS region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ

Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
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: Itsligo
Postal address: Ash Lane
Postal code: Sligo
Postal town: Sligo
Contact
Internet address: http://www.itsligo.ie ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: burke.caroline@itsligo.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 719137331 ๐Ÿ“ž
Fax: +353 719160934 ๐Ÿ“ 
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=140765&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2019-01-16 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2019-02-18 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2019-01-21 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2019/S 014-028837
OJ-S issue: 14
Additional information
Interested parties must register their interest on www.etenders.gov.ie in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications. All information...  Show more

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
IT Sligo aims to contract the outsourcing of its requirement for student contact centre services. Its objective is to maintain an efficient, timely and...  Show more
โ€” student recruitment,
+ 1 more
โ€” application and registration enquiries and workflows and payment of associated fees as relevant and to interface with its customers accordingly. In...  Show more
Estimated total value: 360 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Short description:
IT SLIGO aims to contract the outsourcing of its requirement for student contact centre services. Its objective is to maintain an efficient, timely and...  Show more
โ€” application and registration enquiries and workflows, and payment of associated fees as relevant, and to interface with its customers accordingly. In...  Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: 360 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration: 36 months
Description of renewals: This contract is initially for 3 years with option to extend for further 2.
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Ireland

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity: Please refer to RFT.
Economic and financial standing: Please refer to RFT document.
Minimum level(s) of standards: Please refer to RFT document.
Technical and professional ability: Please refer to RFT document
Minimum level(s) of standards: Refer to RFT document.

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 opening date: 2019-02-18 ๐Ÿ“…
Tender opening time: 14:00

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Caroline Burke
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/235 ๐ŸŒ
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=140765&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Source: OJS 2019/S 014-028837 (2019-01-16)
Contract award notice (2019-04-11)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
It Sligo aims to contract the outsourcing of its requirement for student contact centre services. Its objective is to maintain an efficient, timely and...  Show more
Total value of the procurement: 653 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Contracting authority
Identity
Awarding authority name: It Sligo

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2019-04-11 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2019-04-15 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2019/S 074-176116
Refers to notice: 2019/S 014-028837
OJ-S issue: 74

Procedure
Award criteria
Cost criterion (name): Fitness for purpose of the proposed solution
Cost criterion (weighting): 40 %
Cost criterion (name): Overall technical merit of the human resources proposed
Cost criterion (weighting): 20 %
Cost criterion (name): Reliability and continuity of supply
Cost criterion (weighting): 10 %
Cost criterion (name): Ultimate cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 30 %

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2019-03-21 ๐Ÿ“…
Name: Forward Emphasis International
Postal address: Malmar House, Bree
Postal town: Co. Donegal
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Total value of the procurement: 653 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Source: OJS 2019/S 074-176116 (2019-04-11)