Request for Tenders for the Provision of Research Support and Advice to the Expert Group convened by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to develop a New Funding Model for Early Learning

Department of Children and Youth Affairs

The Department of Children and Youth Affairs is in the process of convening an expert group to develop a new funding model for Early learning and care (ELC) and School-age childcare (SAC) in Ireland. The successful tenderer will be awarded a term contract to undertake work to inform the expert group. This will involve:
โ€” producing a series of working papers,
โ€” managing and reporting on stakeholder engagement, and
โ€” providing advice and assistance to the expert group, as required.
The successful tenderer may also be required to provide assistance on related matters to the Department of Children and Youth Affairs.
Full details can be found in the tender documents attached to this contract notice. Documents can also be downloaded from the Irish Government Procurement Website: www.etenders.gov.ie

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2019-09-27. The procurement was published on 2019-08-15.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2019-08-15 Contract notice
2020-01-20 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2019-08-15)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Department of Children and Youth Affairs
National registration number: 9805633H
Postal address: Block 1, Miesian Plaza, 50-58 Baggot Street Lower
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: D02 XW14
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Contact person: Procurement Officer
Phone: +353 16473000 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: procurement_queries@dcya.gov.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: http://www.dcya.gov.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/324 ๐ŸŒ
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=152376&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=152376&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
โ€œRequest for Tenders for the Provision of Research Support and Advice to the Expert Group convened by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to develop...โ€    Show more
Products/services: Research services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Short description:
โ€œThe Department of Children and Youth Affairs is in the process of convening an expert group to develop a new funding model for Early learning and care (ELC)...โ€    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 250 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

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Additional products/services: Research and development services and related consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Research and experimental development services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Research and development consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Design and execution of research and development ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Education and training services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Health and social work services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Financial and insurance services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Financial markets administration services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Financial market operational services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Financial market regulatory services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Financial consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Financial transaction processing and clearing-house services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Research services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Experimental development services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Research consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Development consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Market research services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Market-testing services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Feasibility study ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Social research services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Statistical services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Business and management consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: General management consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Business development consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Financial management consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Evaluation consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Project-design services other than for construction work ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Main site or place of performance: 50-59 Baggot Street Lower, Dublin 2, D02 XW14.
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThe Department of Children and Youth Affairs is in the process of convening an expert group to develop a new funding model for Early learning and care (ELC)...โ€    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 250 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 36
Information about electronic catalogues
Tenders must be presented in the form of electronic catalogues or include an electronic catalogue

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2019-09-27 12:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 18
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2019-09-27 12:00 ๐Ÿ“…

Complementary information
Review body
Name: Department of Children and Youth Affairs
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Source: OJS 2019/S 159-392838 (2019-08-15)
Contract award notice (2020-01-20)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Postal town: Dublin 2

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
โ€œRequest for Tenders for the provision of Research Support and Advice to the Expert Group convened by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to develop...โ€    Show more
Short description:
โ€œThe Department of Children and Youth Affairs is in the process of convening an Expert Group to develop a new funding model for early learning and care (ELC)...โ€    Show more
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 250 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThe Department of Children and Youth Affairs is in the process of convening an Expert Group to develop a new funding model for early learning and care (ELC)...โ€    Show more
Award criteria
Price

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2019/S 159-392838

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title:
โ€œRequest for Tenders for the provision of Research Support and Advice to the Expert Group convened by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to develop...โ€    Show more
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2019-11-29 ๐Ÿ“…
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Frontier Economics
National registration number: 7320813
Postal address: 71 High Holborn
Postal town: Greater London
Country: United Kingdom ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง
Phone: +44 2070317000 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: tenders@frontier-economics.com ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: London ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: http://https://www.frontier-economics.com/uk/en/home/ ๐ŸŒ
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 250 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Source: OJS 2020/S 015-031535 (2020-01-20)