Provision of Advice and Support for the Full Operation and Administration of its Relevant Pension Scheme

Irish Blood Transfusion Service

Rustees
โ€ข pension administration services (pensioners/deferred members/active members);
โ€ข pension trustee secretarial services โ€” trustee meetings, etc.;
โ€ข pension trustee reporting requirements.
The IBTS is managing the tender process on behalf of the trustees, responsibility for assessing the tenders and on-going contract management, etc. lies specifically with the trustees
IBTS:
โ€ข pension administration for the Single Public Service Pension Scheme;
โ€ข administration of Income Protection Scheme;
โ€ข FRS102 year end accounting information for both pension schemes.
This requirement specification specifically excludes the following:
(a) requirement of any actuarial consultancy services except in the case of FRS102 as detailed in section 5;
(b) requirement to cover services in relation to the election of member trustees.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-11-13. The procurement was published on 2020-10-09.

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

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Procurement history
Date Document
2020-10-09 Contract notice
2021-05-24 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2020-10-09)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Irish Blood Transfusion Service
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: National Blood Centre, James's Street
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: D08 NH5R
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Contact person: Paul Behan
Phone: +353 14322846 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: paul.behan@ibts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: http://www.giveblood.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1186 ๐ŸŒ
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=175643&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=175643&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
โ€œProvision of Advice and Support for the Full Operation and Administration of its Relevant Pension Scheme IBTS/018/2020โ€
Products/services: Group pension services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Short description:
โ€œRustees โ€ข pension administration services (pensioners/deferred members/active members); โ€ข pension trustee secretarial services โ€” trustee meetings, etc.; โ€ข...โ€    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 800 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Information about lots
Tenders may be submitted for all lots

1๏ธโƒฃ
Scope of the procurement
Title: Provision of Advice and Support for theTrustees
Title
Lot Identification Number: 1
Description
Additional products/services: Insurance and pension services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Pension services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Government employee pension schemes ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Description of the procurement: As per requirements document.
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 400 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 48

2๏ธโƒฃ
Scope of the procurement
Title: Provision of Advice and Support for the Irish Blood Transfusion Service
Title
Lot Identification Number: 2
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 400 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Economic and financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria: As per RFT.

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2020-11-13 12:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Tender must be valid until: 2021-02-12 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2020-11-13 12:00 ๐Ÿ“…

Complementary information
Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement โœ…
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: 48 months.
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
Review body
Name: Remedies Directive applies
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Body responsible for mediation procedures
Name: Remedies Directive applies
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: Remedies Directive applies
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Source: OJS 2020/S 200-485337 (2020-10-09)
Contract award notice (2021-05-24)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Postal town: Dublin D08 NH5R
Postal code: Dublin

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
โ€œRustees โ€ข pension administration services (pensioners/deferred members/active members); โ€ข pension trustee secretarial services โ€“ trustee meetings, etc. โ€ข...โ€    Show more
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 820 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots โœ…
Scope of the procurement
Title: Provision of Advice and Support for the Trustees
Description
Description of the procurement: As per Requirements document.
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Compliance with requirements
Quality criterion (weighting): 15
Cost criterion (name): Cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 5

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2020/S 200-485337

Award of contract

1๏ธโƒฃ
Contract Number: 1
Lot Identification Number: 1
Title: Provision of Advice and Support for theTrustees
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2021-05-24 ๐Ÿ“…
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 3
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 3
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Aon Solutions (Ireland) Ltd
Postal address: Iveagh Court, Harcourt Road, Dublin 2
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 2
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 518 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

2๏ธโƒฃ
Contract Number: 2
Lot Identification Number: 2
Title: Provision of Advice and Support for the Irish Blood Transfusion Service
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 302 480 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Source: OJS 2021/S 102-268695 (2021-05-24)