Fáilte Ireland is seeking to establish a multi-party Framework Agreement for the sourcing and provision of executive candidates as requirements arise. The objective of the Framework Agreement is to ensure Fáilte Ireland has access to a strong and diverse pool of candidates for a variety of executive positions across multiple disciplines as and when required. The tenderer(s) will be required to use a variety of best practice recruitment and selection tools to source and recruit for these roles. The range of disciplines include but are not limited to; marketing, digital, consumer insights, communications, ICT, finance, human resources, brand development, sales, festivals and events, business and product development and procurement.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2019-05-15.
The procurement was published on 2019-04-15.
Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Object Scope of the procurement
Title:
“The Establishment of a Multi-Party Framework Agreement for the Provision of Executive Candidate Search Services
HR/2019/08”
Products/services: Recruitment services📦
Short description:
“Fáilte Ireland is seeking to establish a multi-party Framework Agreement for the sourcing and provision of executive candidates as requirements arise. The...”
Short description
Fáilte Ireland is seeking to establish a multi-party Framework Agreement for the sourcing and provision of executive candidates as requirements arise. The objective of the Framework Agreement is to ensure Fáilte Ireland has access to a strong and diverse pool of candidates for a variety of executive positions across multiple disciplines as and when required. The tenderer(s) will be required to use a variety of best practice recruitment and selection tools to source and recruit for these roles. The range of disciplines include but are not limited to; marketing, digital, consumer insights, communications, ICT, finance, human resources, brand development, sales, festivals and events, business and product development and procurement.
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Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 500 000 💰
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Additional products/services: Recruitment services📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland🏙️
Description of the procurement:
“Fáilte Ireland is seeking to establish a multi-party Framework Agreement for the sourcing and provision of executive candidates as requirements arise. The...”
Description of the procurement
Fáilte Ireland is seeking to establish a multi-party Framework Agreement for the sourcing and provision of executive candidates as requirements arise. The objective of the Framework Agreement is to ensure Fáilte Ireland has access to a strong and diverse pool of candidates for a variety of executive positions across multiple disciplines as and when required. The tenderer(s) will be required to use a variety of best practice recruitment and selection tools to source and recruit for these roles. The range of disciplines include but are not limited to; marketing, digital, consumer insights, communications, ICT, finance, human resources, brand development, sales, festivals and events, business and product development and procurement.
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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 500 000 💰
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 48
Legal, economic, financial and technical information Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions:
“As stated in the invitation to tender document available for downloading from www.etenders.gov.ie” Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions:
“As stated in the invitation to tender document available for downloading from www.etenders.gov.ie”
Procedure Type of procedure
Open procedure
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with several operators
Description
Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement: 5
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2019-05-15
12:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender must be valid until: 2020-05-14 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2019-05-15
12:00 📅
Complementary information Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
Additional information
“1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for...”
1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications. All information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal (www.etenders.gov.ie) only. Registration is free of charge. The Contracting Authority will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties;
2) This is the sole call for competition for this service;
3) The Contracting Authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates, participants or tenderers;
4) Establishment of the framework will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities;
5) If for any reason it is not possible to conclude the Framework Agreement with the designated successful tenderer emerging from this competitive process; or if having concluded the Framework Agreement the Contracting Authority considers that the successful tenderer(s) has not met, or cannot meet its obligations; the Contracting Authority reserves the right to admit the next highest scoring tenderer to the framework on the basis of the same terms at any time during the tender validity period. This shall be without prejudice to the right of the Contracting Authority to cancel this competitive process and/or initiate a new contract award procedure at its sole discretion;
6) At its absolute discretion, the Contracting Authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, the Framework Agreement or any contract awarded under the Framework Agreement at any time;
7) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the Contracting Authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of tender responses/questionnaires with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, tenderers are advised to ensure that they return fully completed tenders in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition at the evaluation stage.
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Name: High Court
Postal address: Chief Registrar, The Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Dublin 1
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000📞
URL: https://www.courts.ie🌏 Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
“The Contracting Authority will not conclude this Framework Agreement to which a standstill period applies in accordance with Irish Statutory Instrument S.I....”
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
The Contracting Authority will not conclude this Framework Agreement to which a standstill period applies in accordance with Irish Statutory Instrument S.I. No. 284 of 2016, until after the expiry of the standstill period which commences on the day following the date of notification of concerned candidates and tenderers. The duration of the standstill period will be 14 calendar days where notifications are sent electronically or by fax and 16 calendar days where these are sent by any other means. The statutory Instrument mentioned above provides that review procedures are available in the High Court to a person who has or has had an interest in obtaining the Framework Agreement and alleges that he or she has been harmed or is at risk of being harmed by an infringement of the law in relation to that Framework Agreement.
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Source: OJS 2019/S 077-183383 (2019-04-15)
Contract award notice (2019-09-30) Object Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“Fáilte Ireland is seeking to establish a multi-party framework agreement for the sourcing and provision of executive candidates as requirements arise. The...”
Short description
Fáilte Ireland is seeking to establish a multi-party framework agreement for the sourcing and provision of executive candidates as requirements arise. The objective of the framework agreement is to ensure Fáilte Ireland has access to a strong and diverse pool of candidates for a variety of executive positions across multiple disciplines as and when required. The tenderer(s) will be required to use a variety of best practice recruitment and selection tools to source and recruit for these roles. The range of disciplines include but are not limited to: marketing, digital, consumer insights, communications, ICT, finance, human resources, brand development, sales, festivals and events, business and product development and procurement.
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Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 400 000 💰
Description
Description of the procurement:
“Fáilte Ireland is seeking to establish a multi-party framework agreement for the sourcing and provision of executive candidates as requirements arise. The...”
Description of the procurement
Fáilte Ireland is seeking to establish a multi-party framework agreement for the sourcing and provision of executive candidates as requirements arise. The objective of the framework agreement is to ensure Fáilte Ireland has access to a strong and diverse pool of candidates for a variety of executive positions across multiple disciplines as and when required. The tenderer(s) will be required to use a variety of best practice recruitment and selection tools to source and recruit for these roles. The range of disciplines include but are not limited to: marketing, digital, consumer insights, communications, ICT, finance, human resources, brand development, sales, festivals and events, business and product development and procurement.
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Quality criterion (name): Access to sourcing of executive resources across multiple disciplines
Quality criterion (weighting): 25 %
Quality criterion (name): Methodology, timescales and proposed process for placement
Quality criterion (weighting): 15 %
Quality criterion (name): Resources and account management
Quality criterion (weighting): 10 %
Cost criterion (name): Ultimate cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 50 %
Procedure Information about framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2019/S 077-183383
Award of contract
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Contract Number: 1
Title:
“The Establishment of a Multi-Party Framework Agreement for the Provision of Executive Candidate Search Services”
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2019-09-26 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 15
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 15
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Amrop
National registration number: IE3567999GH
Postal address: 48 Mount Street Upper
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: D02 YY23
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 19619297📞
E-mail: david.kelly@amrop.ie📧
Region: Éire/Ireland🏙️
URL: http://www.amrop.ie🌏
The contractor is an SME ✅ Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 500 000 💰
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 400 000 💰
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Contract Number: 2
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Conscia — A Brand of Connexus Recruit
National registration number: IE3401862VH
Postal address: Suite 4, 20 Harcourt Street
Postal code: 2
Phone: +353 12548362📞
E-mail: graham@connexusrecruit.com📧
URL: http://www.connexusrecruit.com🌏 Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 500 000 💰
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 400 000 💰
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Contract Number: 3
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Cpl
National registration number: 287278
Postal address: 8-34 Percy Place
Postal code: Dublin
Phone: +353 16146158📞
E-mail: shannon.kelly@cpl.ie📧
URL: http://www.cpl.com🌏 Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 500 000 💰
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 400 000 💰
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Contract Number: 4
Name and address of the contractor
Name: FRS Recruitment
National registration number: 5053R
Postal address: Derryvale, Dublin Road
Postal town: Tipperary
Postal code: Roscrea
Phone: +353 50522100📞
E-mail: cdonnery@frsrecruitment.com📧
URL: http://www.frsrecruitment.com🌏 Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 500 000 💰
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 400 000 💰
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Contract Number: 5
Name and address of the contractor
Name: InterSearch
National registration number: IE9726756K
Postal address: Diskin Enterprise Centre
Postal town: Athlone
Postal code: Golden Island Road
Phone: +353 906434012📞
E-mail: duncan@intersearch.ie📧
URL: http://www.intersearch.ie🌏 Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 500 000 💰
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 400 000 💰
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Contract Number: 6
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Odgers Berndtson
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: Embassy House
Postal town: Dublin 4
Postal code: Ballsbridge
Phone: +353 16697030📞
E-mail: deirdre.oshaughnessy@odgersberndtson.com📧 Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 500 000 💰
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 400 000 💰
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Contract Number: 7
Name and address of the contractor
Name: PE Global
National registration number: 6418764O
Postal address: 8 Eastgate Ave, Eastgate, Little Island
Postal town: Cork
Postal code: Cork
Phone: +353 214297900📞
E-mail: linda.omahoney@peglobal.net📧
URL: http://www.peglobal.net🌏 Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 500 000 💰
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 400 000 💰
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Contract Number: 8
Name and address of the contractor
Name: PHT Alternatives
National registration number: 6359480W
Postal address: Little Fitzwilliam Place
E-mail: lfahy@alternatives.ie📧
URL: http://www.alternatives.ie🌏 Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 500 000 💰
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 400 000 💰
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Contract Number: 9
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Sigmar Recruitment Consultants Ltd
National registration number: 353252
Postal address: 13 Hume Street
Postal code: Dublin 2
Phone: +353 14744612📞
E-mail: brudden@sigmar.ie📧 Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 500 000 💰
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 400 000 💰
Complementary information Additional information
“1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for...”
1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications. All information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal (www.etenders.gov.ie) only. Registration is free of charge. The contracting authority will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties;
2) This is the sole call for competition for this service;
3) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates, participants or tenderers;
4) Establishment of the framework will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities;
5) If for any reason it is not possible to conclude the framework agreement with the designated successful tenderer emerging from this competitive process; or if having concluded the framework agreement the contracting authority considers that the successful tenderer(s) has not met, or cannot meet its obligations; the contracting authority reserves the right to admit the next highest scoring tenderer to the framework on the basis of the same terms at any time during the tender validity period. This shall be without prejudice to the right of the contracting authority to cancel this competitive process and/or initiate a new contract award procedure at its sole discretion;
6) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, the framework agreement or any contract awarded under the framework agreement at any time;
7) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of tender responses/questionnaires with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, tenderers are advised to ensure that they return fully completed tenders in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition at the evaluation stage.
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Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
“The contracting authority will not conclude this framework agreement to which a standstill period applies in accordance with Irish Statutory Instrument S.I....”
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
The contracting authority will not conclude this framework agreement to which a standstill period applies in accordance with Irish Statutory Instrument S.I. No 284 of 2016, until after the expiry of the standstill period which commences on the day following the date of notification of concerned candidates and tenderers. The duration of the standstill period will be 14 calendar days where notifications are sent electronically or by fax and 16 calendar days where these are sent by any other means. The statutory instrument mentioned above provides that review procedures are available in the High Court to a person who has or has had an interest in obtaining the framework agreement and alleges that he or she has been harmed or is at risk of being harmed by an infringement of the law in relation to that framework agreement.
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Source: OJS 2019/S 190-462509 (2019-09-30)