An Online Assessment for Safe Pass Renewal

SOLAS

Safe Pass is a mandatory one-day health and safety awareness programme managed by SOLAS. Under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Construction) Regulations 2013, all construction workers in Ireland – including apprentices and trainees – are legally bound to hold a valid Safe Pass Registration Card.
The programme is currently delivered by a network of SOLAS approved Safe Pass Tutors in a classroom setting. When issued, Safe Pass Cards are valid for a period of four years. Card holders are required to renew their cards before the card expiry date. Currently, existing card holders wishing to renew their card are required to complete a paper-based assessment in a classroom setting. SOLAS now intends to provide an online assessment facility as an alternative for renewing a Safe Pass Card. It is envisaged that the online assessment will be delivered in a national network of assessment centres.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2021-10-01. The procurement was published on 2021-08-31.

Suppliers

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

• Pearson VUE

Who?

• SOLAS

What?

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2021-08-31	Contract notice
2022-03-24	Contract award notice

Contract notice (2021-08-31)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: E-learning services
Reference number: 197564
Short description:

Safe Pass is a mandatory one-day health and safety awareness programme managed by SOLAS. Under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Construction) Regulations 2013, all construction workers in Ireland – including apprentices and trainees – are legally bound to hold a valid Safe Pass Registration Card. The programme is currently delivered by a network of SOLAS approved Safe Pass Tutors in a classroom setting. When issued, Safe Pass Cards are valid for a period of four years. Card holders are required to renew their cards before the card expiry date. Currently, existing card holders wishing to renew their card are required to complete a paper-based assessment in a classroom setting. SOLAS now intends to provide an online assessment facility as an alternative for renewing a Safe Pass Card. It is envisaged that the online assessment will be delivered in a national network of assessment centres.

Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: E-learning services 📦
Additional CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️

Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
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: Solas
Postal address: Castleforbes House, Castleforbes Road
Postal code: Dublin
Postal town: Dublin 1
Contact
Internet address: http://www.solas.ie/ 🌏
E-mail: tenders@solas.ie 📧
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=196572&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=196572&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2021-08-31 📅
Submission deadline: 2021-10-01 📅
Publication date: 2021-09-03 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2021/S 171-446414
OJ-S issue: 171

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

The programme is currently delivered by a network of SOLAS approved Safe Pass Tutors in a classroom setting. When issued, Safe Pass Cards are valid for a period of four years. Card holders are required to renew their cards before the card expiry date. Currently, existing card holders wishing to renew their card are required to complete a paper-based assessment in a classroom setting. SOLAS now intends to provide an online assessment facility as an alternative for renewing a Safe Pass Card. It is envisaged that the online assessment will be delivered in a national network of assessment centres.

Estimated total value: 4 200 000 EUR 💰
Short description:

The programme is currently delivered by a network of SOLAS approved Safe Pass Tutors in a classroom setting. Once a candidate has successfully completed the programme their information is uploaded to our National Construction Schemes Database (NCSD) and a SOLAS Safe Pass Registration Card is produced.

When issued, Safe Pass Cards are valid for a period of four years. Card holders are required to renew their cards before the card expiry date. Currently, existing card holders wishing to renew their card are required to complete a paper-based assessment in a classroom setting. SOLAS now intends to provide an online assessment facility as an alternative to this. It is envisaged that the online assessment will be delivered in a national network of assessment centres. Candidate’s eligibility will need to be confirmed using a front-end solution, to be developed by SOLAS. All first time Safe Pass card applicants will continue to be required to attend the classroom-based programme and paper-based assessment.

Estimated value excluding VAT: 4 200 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 48 months
Description of renewals:

Initial 24 month contract with option to extend the Term for a period or periods of up to 24 months with a maximum of one (1) such extension or extensions on the same terms and conditions.

Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: DUBLIN 1

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Time of receipt of tenders: 13:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender opening date: 2021-10-01 📅
Tender opening time: 13:00
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Proposed Solution
Quality criterion (weighting): 4000
Quality criterion (name): Contract Management
Quality criterion (weighting): 3000
Quality criterion (name): Proposed Team
Quality criterion (weighting): 1000
Cost criterion (name): Cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 2000

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: James Hall
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1210 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=196572&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Complementary information
Review body
Name: Solas
Postal town: Dublin 1
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Source: OJS 2021/S 171-446414 (2021-08-31)

Contract award notice (2022-03-24)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement: 4 254 542 EUR 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-03-24 📅
Publication date: 2022-03-29 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 062-164082
Refers to notice: 2021/S 171-446414
OJ-S issue: 62

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2022-03-14 📅
Name: Pearson VUE
National registration number: 04904325
Postal address: 1 Southwark Bridge
Postal town: London
Postal code: London
Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Total value of the procurement: 4 254 542 EUR 💰
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Source: OJS 2022/S 062-164082 (2022-03-24)

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