Competetive Dialogue Procedure for the Provision of Futures & Foresights Services to the University of Limerick

Education Procurement Service (EPS)

The University of Limerick is seeking external suppliers to support an internal foresight (futures) process that is focused on mapping responses to COVID and the acceleration of digitalisation and transformation in Higher Education (HE) through strategic foresight and scenario development. This work will augment an internal process that is aimed at developing alternative futures for the University which in turn is supporting the broader University-wide strategic plan as it is rolled out. The envisaged project has four main goals.
a) To design and deliver a series of participatory futures workshops.
b) To generate, synthesise, design & produce a library of visual and interactive futures content.
c) To develop a series of innovation plays that inform the existing strategic planning process in UL.
d) To co-design and develop a launch event at the end of the process to reveal and share the outcomes.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2021-10-19. The procurement was published on 2021-09-20.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2021-09-20 Contract notice
2022-08-31 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2021-09-20)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Education Procurement Service (EPS)
National registration number: IE 6609370 G
Postal address: University of Limerick
Postal town: Castletroy
Postal code: Co.Limerick
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Contact person: Ann Murray
Phone: +353 61234662 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: ann.s.murray@ul.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: http://www.educationprocurementservice.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/87073 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=198078&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=198078&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
โ€œCompetetive Dialogue Procedure for the Provision of Futures & Foresights Services to the University of Limerick SPF1649Rโ€
Products/services: Marketing services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Short description:
โ€œThe University of Limerick is seeking external suppliers to support an internal foresight (futures) process that is focused on mapping responses to COVID...โ€    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 350 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

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Additional products/services: Sales or marketing software development services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Project management consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Advertising and marketing services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Direct marketing services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Business and management consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: General management consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Business development consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Marketing management consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Design consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Public relations consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThe University of Limerick is seeking external suppliers to support an internal foresight (futures) process that is focused on mapping responses to COVID...โ€    Show more
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 350 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 12
Information about variants
Variants will be accepted โœ…
Description
Additional information: All information relating to this tender is published on www.etenders.gov.ie

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions: Please see RFT document for further details.
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: Please see RFT document for further details.

Procedure
Type of procedure
Competitive dialogue
Information about reduction of the number of solutions or tenders during negotiation or dialogue
Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2021-10-19 14:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Tender must be valid until: 2022-09-20 ๐Ÿ“…

Complementary information
Review body
Name: Office of the High Court
Postal address: Four Courts Ground Floor, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 18886000 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Source: OJS 2021/S 186-483299 (2021-09-20)
Contract award notice (2022-08-31)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 350 600 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Qualative Criterion
Quality criterion (weighting): 60%
Price (weighting): 40%

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2021/S 186-483299

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title:
โ€œCompetetive Dialogue Procedure for the Provision of Futures & Foresights Services to the University of Limerickโ€
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2022-08-19 ๐Ÿ“…
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Archinomics Ltd.
National registration number: IE3396197PH
Postal address: 37 Owenmore Drive, Raheen
Postal town: Limerick
Postal code: V94 X8WK
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: diarmaid@archinomics.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
The contractor is an SME โœ…
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 350 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 350 600 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Source: OJS 2022/S 170-482641 (2022-08-31)