The Arts Council is seeking to establish a panel of creative associates (CAs) to support the delivery of the Scoileanna Ildánacha/Creative Schools initiative. CAs are artists or creative practitioners with a deep understanding of creativity and its potential to transform the lives of children and young people.
It is expected that approximately 80-100 creative associates will be contracted to deliver the services to approximately 300 schools. The contracts will commence in September 2020 for a term of 1 year, with options to extend for up to 4 further periods of 12 months each.
CAs come from a range of creative professions, such as artists, designers and craftspeople.
Relevant information and application forms are available for download in Irish and English.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-03-12.
The procurement was published on 2020-02-14.
Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Object Scope of the procurement
Title: Creative Associates Panel 2020
AC/2020/04
Products/services: Recreational, cultural and sporting services📦
Short description:
“The Arts Council is seeking to establish a panel of creative associates (CAs) to support the delivery of the Scoileanna Ildánacha/Creative Schools...”
Short description
The Arts Council is seeking to establish a panel of creative associates (CAs) to support the delivery of the Scoileanna Ildánacha/Creative Schools initiative. CAs are artists or creative practitioners with a deep understanding of creativity and its potential to transform the lives of children and young people.
It is expected that approximately 80-100 creative associates will be contracted to deliver the services to approximately 300 schools. The contracts will commence in September 2020 for a term of 1 year, with options to extend for up to 4 further periods of 12 months each.
CAs come from a range of creative professions, such as artists, designers and craftspeople.
Relevant information and application forms are available for download in Irish and English.
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Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 3 950 000 💰
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Additional products/services: Education and training services📦
Additional products/services: Primary education services📦
Additional products/services: Secondary education services📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland🏙️
Description of the procurement:
“The Arts Council is seeking to establish a panel of creative associates (CAs) to support the delivery of the Scoileanna Ildánacha/Creative Schools...”
Description of the procurement
The Arts Council is seeking to establish a panel of creative associates (CAs) to support the delivery of the Scoileanna Ildánacha/Creative Schools initiative. CAs are artists or creative practitioners with a deep understanding of creativity and its potential to transform the lives of children and young people.
It is expected that approximately 80-100 creative associates will be contracted to deliver the services to approximately 300 schools. The contracts will commence in September 2020 for a term of 1 year, with options to extend for up to 4 further periods of 12 months each.
CAs come from a range of creative professions, such as artists, designers and craftspeople. Whether from the arts, culture, heritage, creative industries, science or other sectors, they challenge, support and sustain new practice in schools in the field of the arts, culture and creative learning. Creative Schools is a flagship initiative of the Creative Ireland Programme to enable the creative potential of every child. It is led by the Arts Council in partnership with the Department of Education and Skills and the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
Relevant information and application forms are available for download in Irish and English.
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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 3 950 000 💰
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 60
Procedure Type of procedure
Open procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2020-03-12
17:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2020-03-12
17:00 📅
Complementary information Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement ✅
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: 60 months.
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Source: OJS 2020/S 034-080388 (2020-02-14)
Contract award notice (2020-09-15) Contracting authority Name and addresses
Contact person: eugene rownan
Object Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“The Arts Council is seeking to establish a panel of Creative Associates (CAs) to support the delivery of the Scoileanna Ildánacha/Creative Schools...”
Short description
The Arts Council is seeking to establish a panel of Creative Associates (CAs) to support the delivery of the Scoileanna Ildánacha/Creative Schools initiative. CAs are artists or creative practitioners with a deep understanding of creativity and its potential to transform the lives of children and young people.
It is expected that approximately 80-100 Creative Associates will be contracted to deliver the services to approximately 300 schools. The contracts will commence in September 2020 for a term of 1 year, with options to extend for up to 4 further periods of 12 months each.
CAs come from a range of creative professions, such as artists, designers and craftspeople.
Relevant information and application forms are available for download in Irish and English.
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Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 3 950 000 💰
Description
Description of the procurement:
“The Arts Council is seeking to establish a panel of Creative Associates (CAs) to support the delivery of the Scoileanna Ildánacha/Creative Schools...”
Description of the procurement
The Arts Council is seeking to establish a panel of Creative Associates (CAs) to support the delivery of the Scoileanna Ildánacha/Creative Schools initiative. CAs are artists or creative practitioners with a deep understanding of creativity and its potential to transform the lives of children and young people.
It is expected that approximately 80-100 Creative Associates will be contracted to deliver the services to approximately 300 schools. The contracts will commence in September 2020 for a term of 1 year, with options to extend for up to 4 further periods of 12 months each.
CAs come from a range of creative professions, such as artists, designers and craftspeople. Whether from the arts, culture, heritage, creative industries, science or other sectors, they challenge, support and sustain new practice in schools in the field of the arts, culture and creative learning. Creative Schools is a flagship initiative of the Creative Ireland Programme to enable the creative potential of every child. It is led by the Arts Council in partnership with the Department of Education and Skills and the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
Relevant information and application forms are available for download in Irish and English.
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Quality criterion (name): Quality Criteria
Quality criterion (weighting): 90
Price (weighting): 10
Description
Additional information: List of 101 successful applicants uploaded 15 September 2020.
Procedure Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2020/S 034-080388
Award of contract
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Contract Number: 1
Title: Creative Associates Panel 2020
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2020-08-01 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 9
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 9
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 9
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators ✅ Name and address of the contractor
Name: Jeannine Storan
National registration number: 7544155C
Postal address: 70 merrion sq, Co. dublin
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 14736600📞
E-mail: jeanninestoran@gmail.com📧
Region: Éire/Ireland🏙️
The contractor is an SME ✅
Name: The Arts Council
Postal address: 70 Merrion sq
Postal town: Dublin 2
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 3 950 000 💰
Currency code: EUR 💰
Lowest offer: 35909.00
Highest offer: 35909.00
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Contract Number: 2
Information on non-award
No tenders or requests to participate were received or all were rejected
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Contract Number: 3
Complementary information Additional information
List of successful applicants uploaded 15 September.
Source: OJS 2020/S 182-439451 (2020-09-15)