Tender for Provision of Mentors and Scheme Champions

Small Firms Association/Ibec

Tender for the provision of mentoring services to Irish SME Owner Managers and also for the provision of champions who are thought-leaders with an L&D Focus in the identified areas.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-04-06. The procurement was published on 2020-03-04.

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

Where?

Procurement history
Date Document
2020-03-04 Contract notice
2020-09-03 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2020-03-04)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Small Firms Association/Ibec
National registration number: IE0051524W..
Postal address: 84-86 Lower Baggot Street, Co. Dublin
Postal town: Dublin 2
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Contact person: Sven Spollen-Behrens
Phone: +353 16051602 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: info@sfa.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: www.sfa.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/179852 ๐ŸŒ
Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=163718&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
Type of the contracting authority
Other type: Industry body

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Tender for Provision of Mentors and Scheme Champions RFT #4
Products/services: Business and management consultancy and related services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Short description:
โ€œTender for the provision of mentoring services to Irish SME Owner Managers and also for the provision of champions who are thought-leaders with an L&D Focus...โ€    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 375 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
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: Single lot or both lots.

1๏ธโƒฃ
Scope of the procurement
Title: Tender for Provision of Mentoring Services to Irish SME Owner/Managers
Title
Lot Identification Number: 1
Description
Additional products/services: Business and management consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: General management consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Financial management consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Marketing management consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Human resources management consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Management-related services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Personnel-training services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Coaching services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Education and training services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Training services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Specialist training services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Training programme services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Technical training services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Management training services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Personal development training services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Main site or place of performance: Ireland.
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThis RFT is to provide mentoring services to Irish SME Owner/Managers as part of e new SME Productivity Upskiling Scheme in Ireland.โ€
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 200 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 11
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal โœ…
Description
Description of renewals:
โ€œRenewals will be subject to ongoing funding, performance and success of suppliers.โ€
Information about variants
Variants will be accepted โœ…
Description
Additional information: All additional information is included in the RFT document.

2๏ธโƒฃ
Scope of the procurement
Title:
โ€œTender for โ€˜Championsโ€™ to Provide Thought-leadership, Guidance and Governance in the Defined Areasโ€
Title
Lot Identification Number: 2
Description
Description of the procurement:
โ€œTender for provision of services to provide thought-leadership, guidance and governance as โ€˜Pillar Championโ€™ for one of the four pillars of the SME...โ€    Show more
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 175 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions: Tenderers should meet all requirements as outlined in the RFT document.
Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions: All performance criteria is included in the RFT document.
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
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2020-04-06 12:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 3
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2020-04-06 15:00 ๐Ÿ“…

Complementary information
Review body
Name: Ibec clg
Postal address: 86 Baggott Street Lower
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: DO2 H720
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 16051500 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: info@ibec.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
URL: https://www.ibec.ie/ ๐ŸŒ
Source: OJS 2020/S 048-113854 (2020-03-04)
Contract award notice (2020-09-03)
Contracting authority
Type of the contracting authority
Other type: Industry Body

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
โ€œTender for the provision of mentoring services to Irish SME owner managers, and also for the provision of champions who are thought-leaders with an L&D...โ€    Show more
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 204 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots โœ…
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Methodology and approach
Quality criterion (weighting): 30 %
Quality criterion (name): Relevant experience
Quality criterion (weighting): 25 %
Quality criterion (name): Innovation and value for money
Quality criterion (weighting): 10 %
Cost criterion (name): Cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 35 %
Scope of the procurement
Title:
โ€œTender for 'Champions' to provide Thought-leadership, Guidance and Governance in the Defined Areasโ€

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2020/S 048-113854

Award of contract

1๏ธโƒฃ
Lot Identification Number: 1
Title:
โ€œProvision of Mentoring to Irish SME Owner/Managers as part of the SME Productivity Schemeโ€
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2020-08-06 ๐Ÿ“…
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 24
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 24
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 24
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Consult Discovery Ltd trading as the Discovery Partnership
Postal address: Floor 2@ IBM Suite, The Atrium Business Centre, Blackpool
Postal town: Cork
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 872395026 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: veronica@thediscoverypartnership.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: https://www.thediscoverypartnership.ie/ ๐ŸŒ
The contractor is an SME โœ…
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 200 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 150 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

2๏ธโƒฃ
Lot Identification Number: 2
Title: Provision of Pillar Champions to the SME Productivity Scheme
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2020-08-17 ๐Ÿ“…
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 9
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 9
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 9
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Carmel Somers Consulting Ltd (CSCL)
Postal address: 3 Glen Ellan Crescent, Swords
Postal town: Dublin
Phone: +353 862222658 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: carmel.somers@protonmail.com ๐Ÿ“ง
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 45 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 20 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

3๏ธโƒฃ
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 6
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 6
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Consortia Collective T/A ConsortiaCo
Postal address: 20 Red Abbey Court
Phone: +353 0851273099 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: sam@consortiaco.io ๐Ÿ“ง
URL: https://www.consortiaco.io/ ๐ŸŒ
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 45 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 10 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

4๏ธโƒฃ
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Northumberland Recruitment Ltd t/a The Agile Executive
Postal address: 21 Northumberland Road, Ballsbridge
Phone: +353 16994449 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: tony@theagileexecutive.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
URL: https://theagileexecutive.ie/ ๐ŸŒ
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 90 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 24 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Source: OJS 2020/S 174-420967 (2020-09-03)