Professional Services — Chairperson for Telecommunications Industry Forum and Secretarial Services related to this Forum

Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg)

Please refer to tender documentation uploaded to RFT 165097 on https://www.etenders.gov.ie/ in order to complete a tender application.
In summary, the services comprise of the provision of assistance to ComReg, in relation to the chairing and secretarial services for the industry engagement forum relating to wholesale regulated access products.
PIN TED Reference: 2019/S 248-613903 RFT 163291/ComReg T07636,
Despatched 20 December 2019.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-05-22. The procurement was published on 2020-04-07.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Who?

What?

Where?

Procurement history
Date Document
2020-04-07 Contract notice
2020-05-18 Additional information
2020-11-03 Contract award notice
2022-04-07 Contract award notice
2023-03-13 Contract award notice
2024-01-12 Modification of a contract/concession during its term
Contract notice (2020-04-07)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg)
National registration number: 9614619A
Postal address: One Dockland Central, Guild Street
Postal town: Dublin 1
Postal code: D01 E4X0
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contact person: Karen Cumiskey
Phone: +353 18049600 📞
E-mail: karen.cumiskey@comreg.ie 📧
Fax: +353 18049665 📠
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
URL: https://www.comreg.ie/ 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/559 🌏
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=162128&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=162128&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Type of the contracting authority
Other type: Public body

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
“Professional Services — Chairperson for Telecommunications Industry Forum and Secretarial Services related to this Forum ComReg T07636”
Products/services: Business and management consultancy and related services 📦
Short description:
“Please refer to tender documentation uploaded to RFT 165097 on https://www.etenders.gov.ie/ in order to complete a tender application. In summary, the...”    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 200 000 💰
Information about lots
Tenders may be submitted for all lots
Scope of the procurement
The contracting authority reserves the right to award contracts combining the following lots or groups of lots: Please refer to tender documentation.

1️⃣
Scope of the procurement
Title: Chairperson of Industry Engagement Forum (IEF)
Title
Lot Identification Number: 1
Description
Additional products/services: Telecommunication consultancy services 📦
Additional products/services: Administration services 📦
Additional products/services: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security 📦
Additional products/services: Services furnished by business, professional and specialist organisations 📦
Additional products/services: Services furnished by professional organisations 📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
Description of the procurement:
“Lot 1: Chairperson for industry engagement forum (IEF): In summary, the services for lot 1 and lot 2 comprise of the provision of assistance to Commission...”    Show more
Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 24
Information about options
Options
Description of options:
“Any contract that may result from this competition (‘the Services Contract’) will be for a term of 2 years (‘the Term’). ComReg reserves the right to extend...”    Show more
Description
Additional information:
“Please refer to all procurement tender documentation published on this RFT contract notice and take into consideration when completing tender application(s).”

2️⃣
Scope of the procurement
Title: Secretarial Services to Support the Chair of Industry Engagement Forum (IEF)
Title
Lot Identification Number: 2
Description
Description of the procurement:
“Lot 2: Secretarial services to support the chair of industry engagement forum (IEF) In summary, the services for lot 1 and lot 2 comprise of the provision...”    Show more
Information about options
Description of options:
“Please refer to tender documentation for all information Any contract that may result from this competition (‘the Services Contract’) will be for a term of...”    Show more

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions:
“Please refer to all tender documentation on etenders.gov.ie contract notice RFT 165097.”
Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Information about a particular profession
Reserved to a particular profession
Reference to the relevant law, regulation or administrative provision:
“Please refer to all tender documentation on etenders.gov.ie contract notice RFT 165097.”
Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions:
“Please refer to all tender documentation on etenders.gov.ie contract notice RFT 165097.”
Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2019/S 248-613903
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2020-05-22 17:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender must be valid until: 2020-08-22 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2020-05-22 17:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders (place):
“Using ePostbox on https://www.etenders.gov.ie/ RFT 165097, to be opened by at least two ComReg Officials in ComReg, Dublin.”
Conditions for opening of tenders (Information about authorised persons and opening procedure):
“Using ePostbox on https://www.etenders.gov.ie/ RFT 165097, to be opened by at least two ComReg Officials in ComReg, Dublin. Only ComReg Officials present.”

Complementary information
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
Additional information

“Please refer to the procurement tender documentation uploaded to contract notice on https://www.etenders.gov.ie/ RFT 165097 (ComReg Ref T07636) for all...”    Show more
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Please refer to your own legal advice.
Source: OJS 2020/S 070-166988 (2020-04-07)
Additional information (2020-05-18)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
“Professional Services – Chairperson for Telecommunications Industry Forum and Secretarial Services related to this Forum ComReg T07636”
Short description:
“Please refer to tender documentation uploaded to RFT 165097 on https://www.etenders.gov.ie/ in order to complete a tender application. In summary, the...”    Show more

Complementary information
Original notice reference
Notice number in the OJ S: 2020/S 070-166988

Changes
Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: IV.2.2)
Place of text to be modified: Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Old value
Date: 2020-05-22 📅
Time: 17:00
New value
Date: 2020-05-26 📅
Time: 17:00
Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: IV.2.6)
Place of text to be modified: Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Old value
Date: 2020-08-22 📅
Time: 17:00
New value
Date: 2020-08-26 📅
Time: 17:00
Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: IV.2.7)
Place of text to be modified: Conditions for opening of tenders
Old value
Date: 2020-05-22 📅
Time: 17:00
New value
Date: 2020-05-26 📅
Time: 17:00
Other additional information

“Please take all procurement documentation into consideration when completing a tender application. Please remember to upload and ‘submit’ complete...”    Show more
Source: OJS 2020/S 098-235386 (2020-05-18)
Contract award notice (2020-11-03)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“Please refer to tender documentation uploaded to RFT 165097 on https://www.etenders.gov.ie/ in order to complete a tender application. In summary, the...”    Show more
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 368 520 💰
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots
Description
Description of the procurement:
“Lot 1 Chairperson for Industry Engagement Forum (IEF): In summary, the services for lot 1 and lot 2 comprise of the provision of assistance to Commission...”    Show more
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Understanding of the requirements
Quality criterion (weighting): 10
Quality criterion (name): Proposed approach
Quality criterion (weighting): 15
Quality criterion (name): Relevant expertise and experience
Quality criterion (weighting): 35
Price (weighting): 40
Information about options
Description of options:
“Any contract that may result from this competition (‘the Services Contract’) will be for a term of 2 years (‘the Term’). ComReg reserves the right to extend...”    Show more
Description
Description of the procurement:
“Lot 2 Secretarial Services to Support the Chair of Industry Engagement Forum (IEF). In summary, the services for lot 1 and lot 2 comprise of the provision...”    Show more
Information about options
Description of options:
“Please refer to tender documentation for all information Any contract that may result from this competition (‘the Services Contract’) will be for a term of...”    Show more

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2020/S 070-166988
Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice

Award of contract

1️⃣
Contract Number: 1
Title: Chairperson of Industry Engagement Forum (IEF)
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2020-11-02 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Eileen Maher
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 276 480 💰

2️⃣
Contract Number: 2
Title: Secretarial Services to Support the Chair of Industry Engagement Forum (IEF)
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 92 040 💰
Source: OJS 2020/S 217-532656 (2020-11-03)
Contract award notice (2022-04-07)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg),
Postal address: One Dockland Central, Guild Street, Dublin 1, Ireland, D01 E4X0
Postal town: Dublin 1 (D01 E4X0 )
Postal code: Dublin
Type of the contracting authority
Other type: Public Body

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Chairperson additional Services in relation to NCIT ComReg T07636
Short description:
“Additional Services Chairperson for NCIT and Secretarial Services related to NCIT”
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 144 000 💰
Description
Description of the procurement:
“Lot 1 Chairperson for Industry Engagement Forum (IEF) : In summary, the Services for lot 1 and lot 2 comprise of the provision of assistance to Commission...”    Show more
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Relevant Expertise and Experience
Information about options
Description of options:
“Any contract that may result from this additional services (“the Supplemental Services Contract”) will be for a term of ONE year (“the Term”).”
Description
Description of the procurement:
“Lot 2 Secretarial Services to Support the Chair of Industry Engagement Forum (IEF) In summary, the Services for lot 1 and lot 2 comprise of the provision of...”    Show more

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2020/S 217-532656

Award of contract
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2022-03-24 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 7
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 7
Name and address of the contractor
Name: GaaTec
National registration number: 3698163D
Postal address: 10 Hyde Park Terenure
Postal code: D6WTX82
Phone: +353 15497142 📞
E-mail: eemaher@gmail.com 📧
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 106 560 💰
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 37 440 💰

Complementary information
Additional information

“This Award Notice despatched for publication April 2022 is in relation to Additional Services arranged for provision of Supplemental Agreement 1:Chairperson...”    Show more
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Please refer to your own legal advice
Source: OJS 2022/S 072-192918 (2022-04-07)
Contract award notice (2023-03-13)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Postal town: Dublin

Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 144 000 💰

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2022/S 072-192918

Award of contract
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2023-03-10 📅
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 106 560 💰
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 106 560 💰
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 34 770 💰
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 34 770 💰

Complementary information
Additional information

“This Award Notice despatched for publication on 13 March 2023 is in relation to Additional Services arranged for provision of Supplemental Agreement...”    Show more
Source: OJS 2023/S 055-161295 (2023-03-13)
Modification of a contract/concession during its term (2024-01-12)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Postal address: One Dockland Central, Guild Street, Dublin 1
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.comreg.ie/ 🌏

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
“NCIT additional Services in relation to NCIT Chairperson and Secretariat T10483/4”
Description
Description of the procurement:
“This Award Notice despatched for publication on 12 January 2024 is in relation to Additional Services arranged for provision of Supplemental Agreement...”    Show more
Duration
Start date: 2024-01-12 📅
End date: 2024-06-12 📅
Duration of the contract, framework agreement, dynamic purchasing system or concession
In the case of framework agreements, provide justification for any duration exceeding 4 years: n/a

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2023/S 055-161295

Award of contract
Contract Number: T10483 and T10484
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2024-01-12 📅
Name and address of the contractor
Name: GaaTec Limited
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 72 000 💰

Complementary information
Additional information

“This Award Notice despatched for publication on 12 January 2024 is in relation to Additional Services arranged for provision of Supplemental Agreement...”    Show more
Review body
Name: High Court
Source: OJS 2024/S 012-031408 (2024-01-12)