The Provision of Research and Advisory Services

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

The research and advisory service is required to provide the Department with access to the insights, guidance and best practices to help deliver results on the initiatives that support the IT strategy.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2019-10-19. The procurement was published on 2019-09-19.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2019-09-19 Contract notice
2019-12-18 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2019-09-19)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: College Road
Postal town: Sligo
Postal code: Ie
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Contact person: Orla Daly
Phone: +353 17043050 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: orla.daly@welfare.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: http://www.welfare.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/349 ๐ŸŒ
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=153915&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=153915&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: The Provision of Research and Advisory Services
Products/services: Research and development services and related consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Short description:
โ€œThe research and advisory service is required to provide the Department with access to the insights, guidance and best practices to help deliver results on...โ€    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 730 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

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Additional products/services: Research services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Research and development consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Research consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThe research and advisory service is required to provide the Department with access to the insights, guidance and best practices to help deliver results on...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 730 000 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

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

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2019-10-19 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: 3
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2019-10-19 12:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): Online Tender Box.

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 18886000 ๐Ÿ“ž
Source: OJS 2019/S 182-443644 (2019-09-19)
Contract award notice (2019-12-18)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 220 674 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Proposed ICT research and advisory subscription, rationale and delivery plan
Quality criterion (weighting): 30
Quality criterion (name): Personnel/account team
Quality criterion (name): Research material
Quality criterion (weighting): 20
Price (weighting): 20

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2019/S 182-443644

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title: The Provision of Research and Advisory Services
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2019-12-17 ๐Ÿ“…
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Gartner
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: 80 Harcourt Street, 4th Floor
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 12463714 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: robert.houraghan@gartner.com ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: http://www.gartner.com ๐ŸŒ
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 220 674 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Source: OJS 2019/S 247-610056 (2019-12-18)