Product Design and Development

Design and Crafts Council Ireland

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-02-14. The procurement was published on 2020-01-13.

Who?

• Design and Crafts Council Ireland

What?

• Training services › Specialist training services

Where?

• Eastern and Midland › Mid-East

Procurement history

Date	Document
2020-01-13	Contract notice
2020-02-12	Additional information

Contract notice (2020-01-13)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Training services
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: Training services 📦
Additional CPV: Specialist training services 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Mid-East 🏙️

Procedure
Procedure type: Competitive procedure with negotiation
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: Design and Crafts Council Ireland
Postal address: Castle Yard
Postal town: Kilkenny
Contact
Internet address: http://www.dcci.ie 🌏
E-mail: emer@dcci.ie 📧
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=160754&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=160754&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2020-01-13 📅
Submission deadline: 2020-02-14 📅
Publication date: 2020-01-15 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2020/S 010-019631
OJ-S issue: 10
Additional information

There is no maximum limit to the numbers of applicants that can be admitted to the panel. The panel will be advertised every 3 years, but organisations/suppliers may apply at any time for inclusion on the panel but should be registered by 14.2.2020 in order to be considered for the first block of contracts.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value: 1 200 000 EUR 💰
Title of the lot: Product Design and Development
Lot number: 1
Short description:

Design and Craft Council Ireland (DCCI) intends to establish a panel of trainers and mentors who can design and deliver training content that will assist start-ups, early phase and diversifying craft and design enterprises to enhance the competitiveness, innovation and growth of micro craft and design enterprises nationally. The appointed training and mentoring providers will take responsibility for the delivery of the training and will make contact with participants prior to programme commencement. They will also be responsible for the production of reports at the programme conclusion and will be required to carry out course qualitative and quantitative evaluation, as determined by DCCI during the programme and to provide DCCI with details of same. DCCI and partner LEOs will take responsibility for the promotion of programmes and workshops and the collection of fees. Places on all courses and workshops will be bookable via the relevant LEO partner. Any payments relating to venues will be paid directly by the partnering LEO. DCCI in partnership with LEOs runs building craft and design training programmes in response to industry needs as well as one day stand-alone workshops on pertinent topics. The provision of relevant industry informed quality training content is a central component of the DCCI activities. The delivery of mentoring services will be in 10 lots as follows:

Lot 1: Product Design and Development;

Lot 2: Sales and Trade Development;

Lot 3: Brand Development;

Lot 4: PR and Communications;

Lot 5: Digital Marketing;

Lot 6: Display and Merchandising;

Lot 7: Ecommerce;

Lot 8: Curation/Artist Development;

Lot 9: Business/Strategy Development;

Lot 10: Photographic.

Duration: 48 months
Title of the lot: Sales and Trade Development
Lot number: 2
Additional information:

Title of the lot: Brand Development
Lot number: 3
Short description: Lot 8: Curation / Artist Development;
Title of the lot: PR and Communications
Lot number: 4
Duration: 12 months
Title of the lot: Digital Marketing
Lot number: 5
Title of the lot: Display and Merchandising
Lot number: 6
Title of the lot: Ecommerce
Lot number: 7
Short description:

Design and Craft Council Ireland (DCCI) intends to establish a panel of trainers and mentors who can design and deliver training content that will assist start-ups, early phase and diversifying craft and design enterprises to enhance the competitiveness, innovation and growth of micro craft and design enterprises nationally. The appointed training and mentoring providers will take responsibility for the delivery of the training and will make contact with participants prior to programme commencement. They will also be responsible for the production of reports at the programme conclusion and will be required to carry out course qualitative and quantitative evaluation, as determined by DCCI during the programme and to provide DCCI with details of same. DCCI and partner LEOs will take responsibility for the promotion of programmes and workshops and the collection of fees. Places on all courses and workshops will be bookable via the relevant LEO partner. Any payments relating to venues will be paid directly by the partnering LEO. DCCI in partnership with LEOs runs Building Craft and Design Training Programmes in response to industry needs as well as one day stand-alone workshops on pertinent topics. The provision of relevant industry informed quality training content is a central component of the DCCI activities. The delivery of mentoring services will be in 10 lots as follows:

Title of the lot: Curation/Artist Development
Lot number: 8
Title of the lot: Business/Strategy Development
Lot number: 9
Title of the lot: Photographic
Lot number: 10

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

As stated in procurement documents available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 163801.

Contract execution
Contract performance conditions:

As stated in procurement documents available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 163801.

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender validity period: 12 months

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Emer Farran
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/248 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=160754&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
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 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) Suppliers must register their interest on the eTenders website (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications and to respond electronically to the competition. There is a maximum upload limit of 2GB per document on etenders. Documents larger than this should be divided into smaller files prior to upload or zipped;

3) Should you experience difficulty when uploading documents please contact the eTenders Support Desk for technical assistance. Email etenders@eu-supply.com or Telephone: 353 (0) 21 243 92 77 (9 a.m. – 17.30 p.m. GMT);

4) All queries regarding this tender requirement or process must be submitted through the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal www.etenders.gov.ie as a specific question. Responses will be circulated to those tenderers that have registered an interest in this notice on www.etenders.gov.ie

The details of the person making a query will not be disclosed when circulating the response;

5) This is the sole call for competition for this panel;

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

7) Contract award will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities;

8) It will be a condition of award that the successful tenderer(s) is and remains tax compliant;

9) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process at any time;

10) 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;

11) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of the procurement documents with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, respondents are advised to ensure that they return completed documentation in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition;

12) The services under this competition are defined as Title III Services within the meaning of Directive 2014/24/EU and as such the choice of procedure is at the discretion of the contracting authority which on this occasion is a multi stage procedure involving Negotiation. The contracting authority reserves the right to award contracts on foot of original tenders or following negotiation at its discretion.

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal address: Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: Consult a Legal Advisor
Postal town: Ireland
Source: OJS 2020/S 010-019631 (2020-01-13)

Additional information (2020-02-12)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Additional information
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Specialist training services 📦

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2020-02-12 📅
Submission deadline: 2020-02-28 📅
Publication date: 2020-02-14 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2020/S 032-075934
Refers to notice: 2020/S 010-019631
OJ-S issue: 32
Additional information

Please note that the initial date for applications has been extended by two weeks up to the 28.2.2020.

Source: OJS 2020/S 032-075934 (2020-02-12)

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