Education and Training Boards — Multi Supplier Framework for the Supply of Learner Books and Exam Papers
Education Procurement Service (EPS)
Education and Training Boards (ETBs) are statutory authorities which have responsibility for education and training, youth work and a range of other functions. ETBs manage and operate second‐level schools, further education colleges, multi‐faith community national schools and a range of adult, further education and training centres delivering education and training programmes. There are sixteen (16) Education and Training Boards spread throughout the country with over 700 sites under their remit. This multi supplier framework is for the Supply of Learner Books and Exam Papers to Education and Training Board’s (ETBs) Community National Schools, Post Primary Schools, and Further Education and Training Centres. This framework will be divided into sixteen (16) Lots. Tenderers should note that each lot will result in a separate framework agreement.
DeadlineThe time limit for receipt of tenders was 2021-07-05. The procurement was published on 2021-06-02.
SuppliersThe following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
- • Business Services & Supplies
- • Chapter and Verse Books Limited T/A The Book Haven
- • Donegal Educational Supplies, T/A Sprint Educational Supplies
- • John Byrne Books Ltd
- • Kildangan School Supplies
- • Laurence Coughlan Bookshop
- • O'Mahony's Booksellers Ltd
- • The Castle Book and Card Centre Limited
- • Printed books › Dictionaries, maps, music books and other books
- • Printed books › School books
- • Printed books › Textbooks
Procurement history
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 2021-06-02 | Contract notice |
| 2022-03-03 | Contract award notice |
Contract notice (2021-06-02)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: School books
Reference number: BBB1374F
Short description:
Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Supplies
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: School books 📦
Additional CPV: Printed books, brochures and leaflets 📦
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: Education Procurement Service (EPS)
Postal address: University of Limerick
Postal code: Co. Limerick
Postal town: Castletroy
Contact
Internet address: http://www.educationprocurementservice.ie 🌏
E-mail: colette.gallagher@ul.ie 📧
Phone: +353 61234969 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=190027&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=190027&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2021-06-02 📅
Submission deadline: 2021-07-05 📅
Publication date: 2021-06-07 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2021/S 108-284262
OJ-S issue: 108
Additional information
All information relating to this tender is published on www.etenders.gov.ie.
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value: 22 700 000 EUR 💰
Title of the lot: Lot 1 Donegal ETB
Lot number: 1
Short description:
Duration: 24 months
Description of renewals:
Description of options: See RFT documents for details.
Additional information: All information relating to this tender is published on www.etenders.gov.ie.
Title of the lot: Lot 2 Cork ETB
Lot number: 2
Short description:
Description of renewals:
Title of the lot: Lot 3 Tipperary ETB
Lot number: 3
Estimated value excluding VAT: 860 000 EUR 💰
Title of the lot: Lot 4 Kerry ETB
Lot number: 4
Estimated value excluding VAT: 680 000 EUR 💰
Title of the lot: Lot 5 City of Dublin ETB
Lot number: 5
Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 440 000 EUR 💰
Title of the lot: Lot 6 Co Dublin/ Dun Laoghaire ETB
Lot number: 6
Estimated value excluding VAT: 2 120 000 EUR 💰
Title of the lot: Lot 7 Louth/Meath ETB
Lot number: 7
Estimated value excluding VAT: 3 160 000 EUR 💰
Title of the lot: Lot 8 Longford/ Westmeath ETB
Lot number: 8
Estimated value excluding VAT: 480 000 EUR 💰
Title of the lot: Lot 9 Limerick/ Clare ETB
Lot number: 9
Estimated value excluding VAT: 940 000 EUR 💰
Title of the lot: Lot 10 Galway/ Roscommon ETB
Lot number: 10
Estimated value excluding VAT: 900 000 EUR 💰
Title of the lot: Lot 11 Mayo/ Sligo/ Leitrim ETB
Lot number: 11
Estimated value excluding VAT: 960 000 EUR 💰
Title of the lot: Lot 12 Cavan/ Monaghan ETB
Lot number: 12
Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 220 000 EUR 💰
Title of the lot: Lot 13 Kildare/ Wicklow ETB
Lot number: 13
Estimated value excluding VAT: 2 300 000 EUR 💰
Title of the lot: Lot 14 Kilkenny/ Carlow ETB
Lot number: 14
Estimated value excluding VAT: 840 000 EUR 💰
Title of the lot: Lot 15 Waterford/ Wexford ETB
Lot number: 15
Title of the lot: Lot 16 Laois/ Offaly ETB
Lot number: 16
Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity: Please see RFT document for further details.
Contract execution
Contract performance conditions: Please see RFT document for further details.
Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Number of participants to be contemplated: 80
Time of receipt of tenders: 14:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender validity period: 12 months
Tender opening date: 2021-07-05 📅
Tender opening time: 14:00
Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: IE 6609370 G
Contact
Contact point: Colette Gallagher
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/87073 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=190027&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
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 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Source: OJS 2021/S 108-284262 (2021-06-02)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: School books
Reference number: BBB1374F
Short description:
Education and Training Boards (ETBs) are statutory authorities which have responsibility for education and training, youth work and a range of other functions. ETBs manage and operate second‐level schools, further education colleges, multi‐faith community national schools and a range of adult, further education and training centres delivering education and training programmes. There are sixteen (16) Education and Training Boards spread throughout the country with over 700 sites under their remit. This multi supplier framework is for the Supply of Learner Books and Exam Papers to Education and Training Board’s (ETBs) Community National Schools, Post Primary Schools, and Further Education and Training Centres. This framework will be divided into sixteen (16) Lots. Tenderers should note that each lot will result in a separate framework agreement.
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Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Supplies
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: School books 📦
Additional CPV: Printed books, brochures and leaflets 📦
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: Education Procurement Service (EPS)
Postal address: University of Limerick
Postal code: Co. Limerick
Postal town: Castletroy
Contact
Internet address: http://www.educationprocurementservice.ie 🌏
E-mail: colette.gallagher@ul.ie 📧
Phone: +353 61234969 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=190027&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=190027&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2021-06-02 📅
Submission deadline: 2021-07-05 📅
Publication date: 2021-06-07 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2021/S 108-284262
OJ-S issue: 108
Additional information
All information relating to this tender is published on www.etenders.gov.ie.
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value: 22 700 000 EUR 💰
Title of the lot: Lot 1 Donegal ETB
Lot number: 1
Short description:
Multi Supplier Framework Agreement for the Supply of Learner Books and Exam Papers.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 380 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 24 months
Description of renewals:
The contracting authority reserves the right, at its discretion, to extend the Term for a period or periods of up to twelve (12) months with a maximum of two (2) such extension or extensions on the same terms and conditions, subject to the Contracting Authority’s obligations at law. The Term will not exceed four (4) years in aggregate.
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Additional information: All information relating to this tender is published on www.etenders.gov.ie.
Title of the lot: Lot 2 Cork ETB
Lot number: 2
Short description:
Multi Supplier Framework Agreement for the Supply of Learner Books & Exam Papers.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 3 980 000 EUR 💰
Description of renewals:
The Contracting Authority reserves the right, at its discretion, to extend the Term for a period or periods of up to twelve (12) months with a maximum of two (2) such extension or extensions on the same terms and conditions, subject to the Contracting Authority’s obligations at law. The Term will not exceed four (4) years in aggregate.
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Lot number: 3
Estimated value excluding VAT: 860 000 EUR 💰
Title of the lot: Lot 4 Kerry ETB
Lot number: 4
Estimated value excluding VAT: 680 000 EUR 💰
Title of the lot: Lot 5 City of Dublin ETB
Lot number: 5
Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 440 000 EUR 💰
Title of the lot: Lot 6 Co Dublin/ Dun Laoghaire ETB
Lot number: 6
Estimated value excluding VAT: 2 120 000 EUR 💰
Title of the lot: Lot 7 Louth/Meath ETB
Lot number: 7
Estimated value excluding VAT: 3 160 000 EUR 💰
Title of the lot: Lot 8 Longford/ Westmeath ETB
Lot number: 8
Estimated value excluding VAT: 480 000 EUR 💰
Title of the lot: Lot 9 Limerick/ Clare ETB
Lot number: 9
Estimated value excluding VAT: 940 000 EUR 💰
Title of the lot: Lot 10 Galway/ Roscommon ETB
Lot number: 10
Estimated value excluding VAT: 900 000 EUR 💰
Title of the lot: Lot 11 Mayo/ Sligo/ Leitrim ETB
Lot number: 11
Estimated value excluding VAT: 960 000 EUR 💰
Title of the lot: Lot 12 Cavan/ Monaghan ETB
Lot number: 12
Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 220 000 EUR 💰
Title of the lot: Lot 13 Kildare/ Wicklow ETB
Lot number: 13
Estimated value excluding VAT: 2 300 000 EUR 💰
Title of the lot: Lot 14 Kilkenny/ Carlow ETB
Lot number: 14
Estimated value excluding VAT: 840 000 EUR 💰
Title of the lot: Lot 15 Waterford/ Wexford ETB
Lot number: 15
Title of the lot: Lot 16 Laois/ Offaly ETB
Lot number: 16
Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity: Please see RFT document for further details.
Contract execution
Contract performance conditions: Please see RFT document for further details.
Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Number of participants to be contemplated: 80
Time of receipt of tenders: 14:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender validity period: 12 months
Tender opening date: 2021-07-05 📅
Tender opening time: 14:00
Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: IE 6609370 G
Contact
Contact point: Colette Gallagher
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/87073 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=190027&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
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 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Source: OJS 2021/S 108-284262 (2021-06-02)
Contract award notice (2022-03-03)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Total value of the procurement: 22 700 000 EUR 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice
Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable
Contracting authority
Identity
Postal code: Co.Limerick
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-03-03 📅
Publication date: 2022-03-08 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 047-121917
Refers to notice: 2021/S 108-284262
OJ-S issue: 47
Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Order & Supply
Quality criterion (weighting): 40%
Quality criterion (name): Contract Management
Quality criterion (weighting): 20%
Quality criterion (name): Innovation & Value Added Service
Quality criterion (weighting): 10%
Cost criterion (name): Ultimate Cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 30%
Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2021-10-20 📅
Name: Chapter and Verse Books Limited T/A The Book Haven
National registration number: IE4715469C
Postal address: Units 3/10, Block 4 Ashbourne Business Park, Ashbo
Postal town: Ashbourne
Postal code: Meath
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18352621 📞
E-mail: ciaran@bookhaven.ie 📧
Internet address: http://www.bookhaven.ie 🌏
Total value of the procurement: 1 380 000 EUR 💰
Name: Donegal Educational Supplies, T/A Sprint Educational Supplies
National registration number: 3621195LH
Postal address: 5 Lower Main Street
Postal town: Letterkenny
Postal code: Donegal
Phone: +353 9126022 📞
E-mail: info@sprinteducational.ie 📧
Internet address: http://www.sprinteducational.ie 🌏
Name: O'Mahony's Booksellers Ltd
National registration number: IE9579772Q
Postal address: 120 O'Connell Street
Postal town: Limerick
Phone: +353 61418155 📞
E-mail: frank.omahony@omahonys.ie 📧
Internet address: http://omahonys.ie 🌏
Total value of the procurement: 3 980 000 EUR 💰
Name: Laurence Coughlan Bookshop
National registration number: 1055151O
Postal address: 11 Rossa St
Postal town: Co. Cork
Postal code: Clonakilty
Phone: +353 0238833068 📞
E-mail: laurencecoughlan@yahoo.com 📧
Total value of the procurement: 860 000 EUR 💰
680 000 EUR 💰
1 440 000 EUR 💰
Name: John Byrne Books Ltd
National registration number: 4709472m
Postal address: Main Street
Postal town: Maynooth
Postal code: Co Kildare
Phone: +353 16286702 📞
E-mail: bookshop@nuim.ie 📧
Internet address: http://wwww.schoolbooksmaynooth.com 🌏
Name: Business Services & Supplies
National registration number: IE9F21665O
Postal address: 2 Farney Street
Postal town: Carrickmacross
Postal code: Monaghan
E-mail: businessservices.supplies@yahoo.ie 📧
Internet address: http://www.schoolofficesupplies.ie 🌏
Total value of the procurement: 2 120 000 EUR 💰
3 160 000 EUR 💰
480 000 EUR 💰
940 000 EUR 💰
Name: Kildangan School Supplies
National registration number: 5589638J
Postal address: Church St
Postal town: Kilmihil
Postal code: Clare
Phone: +353 8771256818 📞
E-mail: kildanganschoolsupplies@hotmail.com 📧
Total value of the procurement: 900 000 EUR 💰
960 000 EUR 💰
Name: The Castle Book and Card Centre Limited
National registration number: 6326634N
Postal address: Castle St
Postal town: Castlebar
Phone: +353 949024422 📞
E-mail: thecastlebookshopcastlebar@gmail.com 📧
Total value of the procurement: 1 220 000 EUR 💰
2 300 000 EUR 💰
840 000 EUR 💰
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
2
4
Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Colette Gallagher
Source: OJS 2022/S 047-121917 (2022-03-03)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Education and Training Boards (ETBs) are statutory authorities which have responsibility for education and training, youth work and a range of other functions. ETBs manage and operate second‐level schools, further education colleges, multi‐faith community national schools and a range of adult, further education and training centres delivering education and training programmes. There are sixteen (16) Education and Training Boards spread throughout the country with over 700 sites under their remit. This multi supplier framework is for the Supply of Learner Books and Exam Papers to Education and Training Board’s (ETBs) Community National Schools, Post Primary Schools, and Further Education and Training Centres. This framework will be divided into sixteen (16) Lots. Tenderers should note that each Lot will result in a separate Framework Agreement.
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Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice
Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable
Contracting authority
Identity
Postal code: Co.Limerick
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-03-03 📅
Publication date: 2022-03-08 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 047-121917
Refers to notice: 2021/S 108-284262
OJ-S issue: 47
Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Order & Supply
Quality criterion (weighting): 40%
Quality criterion (name): Contract Management
Quality criterion (weighting): 20%
Quality criterion (name): Innovation & Value Added Service
Quality criterion (weighting): 10%
Cost criterion (name): Ultimate Cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 30%
Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2021-10-20 📅
Name: Chapter and Verse Books Limited T/A The Book Haven
National registration number: IE4715469C
Postal address: Units 3/10, Block 4 Ashbourne Business Park, Ashbo
Postal town: Ashbourne
Postal code: Meath
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18352621 📞
E-mail: ciaran@bookhaven.ie 📧
Internet address: http://www.bookhaven.ie 🌏
Total value of the procurement: 1 380 000 EUR 💰
Name: Donegal Educational Supplies, T/A Sprint Educational Supplies
National registration number: 3621195LH
Postal address: 5 Lower Main Street
Postal town: Letterkenny
Postal code: Donegal
Phone: +353 9126022 📞
E-mail: info@sprinteducational.ie 📧
Internet address: http://www.sprinteducational.ie 🌏
Name: O'Mahony's Booksellers Ltd
National registration number: IE9579772Q
Postal address: 120 O'Connell Street
Postal town: Limerick
Phone: +353 61418155 📞
E-mail: frank.omahony@omahonys.ie 📧
Internet address: http://omahonys.ie 🌏
Total value of the procurement: 3 980 000 EUR 💰
Name: Laurence Coughlan Bookshop
National registration number: 1055151O
Postal address: 11 Rossa St
Postal town: Co. Cork
Postal code: Clonakilty
Phone: +353 0238833068 📞
E-mail: laurencecoughlan@yahoo.com 📧
Total value of the procurement: 860 000 EUR 💰
680 000 EUR 💰
1 440 000 EUR 💰
Name: John Byrne Books Ltd
National registration number: 4709472m
Postal address: Main Street
Postal town: Maynooth
Postal code: Co Kildare
Phone: +353 16286702 📞
E-mail: bookshop@nuim.ie 📧
Internet address: http://wwww.schoolbooksmaynooth.com 🌏
Name: Business Services & Supplies
National registration number: IE9F21665O
Postal address: 2 Farney Street
Postal town: Carrickmacross
Postal code: Monaghan
E-mail: businessservices.supplies@yahoo.ie 📧
Internet address: http://www.schoolofficesupplies.ie 🌏
Total value of the procurement: 2 120 000 EUR 💰
3 160 000 EUR 💰
480 000 EUR 💰
940 000 EUR 💰
Name: Kildangan School Supplies
National registration number: 5589638J
Postal address: Church St
Postal town: Kilmihil
Postal code: Clare
Phone: +353 8771256818 📞
E-mail: kildanganschoolsupplies@hotmail.com 📧
Total value of the procurement: 900 000 EUR 💰
960 000 EUR 💰
Name: The Castle Book and Card Centre Limited
National registration number: 6326634N
Postal address: Castle St
Postal town: Castlebar
Phone: +353 949024422 📞
E-mail: thecastlebookshopcastlebar@gmail.com 📧
Total value of the procurement: 1 220 000 EUR 💰
2 300 000 EUR 💰
840 000 EUR 💰
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
2
4
Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Colette Gallagher
Source: OJS 2022/S 047-121917 (2022-03-03)
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