The Establishment of a Multi-Party Framework Agreement for the Provision of Executive Candidate Search Services

Fáilte Ireland-National Tourism Development Authority

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:

Who?

• Fáilte Ireland-National Tourism Development Authority

What?

• Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security › Recruitment services

Where?

• Éire/Ireland › Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2019-04-15	Contract notice
2019-09-30	Contract award notice

Contract notice (2019-04-15)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Recruitment services
Reference number: HR/2019/08
Short description:

Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Recruitment services 📦
Additional CPV: Recruitment 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: Body governed by public law
Awarding authority name: Fáilte Ireland-National Tourism Development Authority
Postal address: 88-95 Amiens Street
Postal code: Dublin 1
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: https://www.failteireiand.ie 🌏
E-mail: glenda.byrne@failteireland.ie 📧
Phone: +353 18847878 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=145586&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=145586&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2019-04-15 📅
Submission deadline: 2019-05-15 📅
Publication date: 2019-04-18 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2019/S 077-183383
OJ-S issue: 77
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 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.

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 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.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value: 500 000 EUR 💰
Estimated value excluding VAT: 500 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 48 months

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:

As stated in the invitation to tender document available for downloading from www.etenders.gov.ie

Contract execution
Contract performance conditions:

As stated in the invitation to tender document available for downloading from www.etenders.gov.ie

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Number of participants to be contemplated: 5
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender validity period: 2020-05-14 📅
Tender opening date: 2019-05-15 📅
Tender opening time: 12:00

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Glenda Byrne
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1169 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=145586&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Additional information

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.

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal address: Chief Registrar, The Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Dublin 1
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
Internet address: https://www.courts.ie 🌏
Information about review deadlines:

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.

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 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.

Total value of the procurement: 400 000 EUR 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2019-09-30 📅
Publication date: 2019-10-02 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2019/S 190-462509
Refers to notice: 2019/S 077-183383
OJ-S issue: 190
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 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.

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 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.

Procedure
Award criteria
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 %

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2019-09-26 📅
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 📧
Internet address: http://www.amrop.ie 🌏
Total value of the procurement: 400 000 EUR 💰
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 📧
Internet address: http://www.connexusrecruit.com 🌏
Name: Cpl
National registration number: 287278
Postal address: 8-34 Percy Place
Postal code: Dublin
Phone: +353 16146158 📞
E-mail: shannon.kelly@cpl.ie 📧
Internet address: http://www.cpl.com 🌏
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 📧
Internet address: http://www.frsrecruitment.com 🌏
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 📧
Internet address: http://www.intersearch.ie 🌏
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 📧
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 📧
Internet address: http://www.peglobal.net 🌏
Name: PHT Alternatives
National registration number: 6359480W
Postal address: Little Fitzwilliam Place
E-mail: lfahy@alternatives.ie 📧
Internet address: http://www.alternatives.ie 🌏
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 about tenders
Number of tenders received: 15

Reference
Additional information

3) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates, participants or tenderers;

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.

Complementary information
Review body
Information about review deadlines:

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.

Source: OJS 2019/S 190-462509 (2019-09-30)

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