Provision of an Inclusion Coordinator Programme for the Department of Children and Youth Affairs

Department of Children and Youth Affairs

The Department of Children and Youth Affairs is requesting tenders from higher education providers for a specialist programme, to start from September 2020, aimed at the development and delivery of:
(a) a Level 6 special purpose award (Higher education) programme which will be required for staff in settings delivering the early childhood care and education (ECCE) programme to qualify for and perform the role of inclusion coordinator; and
(b) a programme of continuing professional development (CPD) which will be required for inclusion coordinators to continue in their role.
The ultimate objective is to ensure that each ECCE setting has an inclusion coordinator who holds this Level 6 (Higher education) special purpose award and avails of regular CPD to keep skills relevant and participate in peer knowledge transfer and support through communities of practice.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-02-10. The procurement was published on 2020-01-06.

Suppliers
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Procurement history
Date Document
2020-01-06 Contract notice
2021-02-11 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2020-01-06)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Education and training services
Short description:
โ€œThe Department of Children and Youth Affairs is requesting tenders from higher education providers for a specialist programme, to start from September 2020,...โ€    Show more
Notice metadata
Original language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Education and training services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional CPV: Higher education services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance
NUTS region: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ

Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Awarding authority type: Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Awarding authority name: Department of Children and Youth Affairs
Postal address: Block 1, Miesian Plaza, 50-58 Baggot Street Lower
Postal code: D02 XW14
Postal town: Dublin 2
Contact
Internet address: http://www.dcya.gov.ie ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: joshua_douglas@dcya.gov.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 6473038 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=160408&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=160408&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2020-01-06 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2020-02-10 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2020-01-08 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2020/S 005-006720
OJ-S issue: 5
Source: OJS 2020/S 005-006720 (2020-01-06)
Contract award notice (2021-02-11)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
โ€œThe Department of Children and Youth Affairs is requesting tenders from higher education providers for a specialist programme, to start from September 2020,...โ€    Show more
Total value of the procurement: 3 600 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable
Award criteria
Lowest price

Contracting authority
Identity
Awarding authority name: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Contact
Internet address: http://www.equality.gov.ie ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2021-02-11 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2021-02-16 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2021/S 032-080287
Refers to notice: 2020/S 005-006720
OJ-S issue: 32
Source: OJS 2021/S 032-080287 (2021-02-11)