The contracting authority requires an employee assistance programme to be made available to all participants in the Irish horse racing and breeding industry as well as to the contracting authorities full-time and casual staff.
The programme will be referred to as the Industry Assistance Programme (IAP) for participants in the Irish horse racing and breeding industry and Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for the full-time and casual staff of the contracting authority and will be offered to all eligible industry employees and their immediate family members. HRI will determine eligibility for participation in the programme.
The requirement will be split into two lots:
Lot 1: Industry Assistance Programme (IAP);
Lot 2: Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
Please refer to the attached invitation to tender document for a full description of requirements.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2021-01-04.
The procurement was published on 2020-11-19.
Object Scope of the procurement
Title:
“Contract for the Provision of an Industry and Employee Assistance Programme on behalf of Horse Racing Ireland
IAP / EAP Programme”
Products/services: Company health services📦
Short description:
“The contracting authority requires an employee assistance programme to be made available to all participants in the Irish horse racing and breeding industry...”
Short description
The contracting authority requires an employee assistance programme to be made available to all participants in the Irish horse racing and breeding industry as well as to the contracting authorities full-time and casual staff.
The programme will be referred to as the Industry Assistance Programme (IAP) for participants in the Irish horse racing and breeding industry and Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for the full-time and casual staff of the contracting authority and will be offered to all eligible industry employees and their immediate family members. HRI will determine eligibility for participation in the programme.
The requirement will be split into two lots:
Lot 1: Industry Assistance Programme (IAP);
Lot 2: Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
Please refer to the attached invitation to tender document for a full description of requirements.
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Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 280 000 💰
Information about lots
Tenders may be submitted for all lots
1️⃣ Scope of the procurement
Title: Provision of an Industry Assistance Programme
Title
Lot Identification Number: 1
Description
Additional products/services: Health services📦
Additional products/services: Miscellaneous health services📦
Additional products/services: Community health services📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland🏙️
Main site or place of performance: Ireland.
Description of the procurement:
“Please refer to the attached Invitation to tender document for a detailed description.” 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 200 000 💰
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 96
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal ✅ Description
Description of renewals:
“In the first instance, a contract of two (2) years’ duration with an option to extend on an annual basis up to a maximum of eight (8) years will be awarded...”
Description of renewals
In the first instance, a contract of two (2) years’ duration with an option to extend on an annual basis up to a maximum of eight (8) years will be awarded to the successful tenderers emerging form this competitive process.
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Options ✅
Description of options: Please refer to the attached Invitation to Tender document.
2️⃣ Scope of the procurement
Title: Provision of an Employee Assistance Programme
Title
Lot Identification Number: 2
Description
Description of the procurement:
“Please refer to the attached Invitation to Tender document for a detailed description.” Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 80 000 💰
Legal, economic, financial and technical information Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions:
“A grouping, if successful, may be required to contract as a single entity having joint and several liability but subject to the agreement of the contracting...”
List and brief description of conditions
A grouping, if successful, may be required to contract as a single entity having joint and several liability but subject to the agreement of the contracting parties. If it is proposed to subcontract the delivery of any portion of the contract, it may be a condition of award of contract that both the service provider and any proposed subcontractor enter simultaneously into a collateral warranty with the contracting authority for the relevant portion of the contract.
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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: 2021-01-04
12:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender must be valid until: 2022-01-04 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2021-01-04
12:00 📅
Complementary information Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement ✅
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: 8 years.
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
Additional information
“1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders website (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for...”
1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders website (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 tenderers.
4) Establishment of the contract will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities.
5) It will be a condition of establishment that candidates and all subcontractors are fully tax compliant as part of their application for participation in the competition.
6) If for any reason it is not possible for the successful tenderer to deliver the contract following the conclusion of this competitive process, the contracting authority reserves the right to invite the next highest scoring tenderer to join the contract as appropriate. 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.
7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process or the contract any time.
8) Please note in relation to all documents, that where reference is made to a particular standard, make, source, process, trademark, type or patent, that this is not to be regarded as a de facto requirement. In all such cases, it should be understood that such indications are to be treated strictly and solely for reference purposes only, to which the words ‘or equivalent’ will always be appended.
9) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of tender submissions with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, tenderers are advised to ensure that they return fully completed submissions in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.
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Name: The High Court
Postal address: Four Court, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie📧
URL: http://www.courts.ie🌏 Body responsible for mediation procedures
Name: Please consult your legal advisor
Postal town: Ireland
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪 Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
“Statutory Instrument No 130 of 2010 (the Irish Remedies Regulations) provides that review procedures are available in the High Court to a person who has or...”
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
Statutory Instrument No 130 of 2010 (the Irish Remedies Regulations) provides that review procedures are available in the High Court to a person who has or has had an interest in obtaining the contract (including the reviewable public contract) 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 the reviewable public contract.
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Source: OJS 2020/S 229-564567 (2020-11-19)