Executive Development Programme

Fáilte Ireland-National Tourism Development Authority

Fáilte Ireland is seeking proposals from suitably qualified and experienced suppliers with a proven track record of driving performance in small top executive teams within large (over 200 employees) high performing organisations to deliver a programme that will build on existing competence and improve individual and collective effectiveness.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2021-08-25. The procurement was published on 2021-07-26.

Suppliers

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

• Advanced People Strategies

Who?

• Fáilte Ireland-National Tourism Development Authority

What?

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2021-07-26	Contract notice
2022-03-24	Contract award notice

Contract notice (2021-07-26)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Business development consultancy services
Reference number: HR/2021/07
Short description:
“Fáilte Ireland is seeking proposals from suitably qualified and experienced suppliers with a proven track record of driving performance in small top...”
Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Business development consultancy services 📦
Additional CPV: Staff development services 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️

Procedure
Procedure type: Restricted 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: Fáilte Ireland-National Tourism Development Authority
Postal address: 88-95 Amiens Street
Postal code: 1
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.failteireland.ie 🌏
E-mail: procurement@failteireland.ie 📧
Phone: +353 18847888 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=194267&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=194267&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2021-07-26 📅
Submission deadline: 2021-08-25 📅
Publication date: 2021-07-30 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2021/S 146-387309
OJ-S issue: 146
Additional information

“1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site(www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for...”

Additional information

1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site(www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications. All information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal(www.etenders.gov.ie) only. Registration is free of charge. The contracting authority will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties;

2) This is the sole call for competition for this service;

3) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates, participants or tenderers;

4) Establishment of this contract will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities;

5) If for any reason it is not possible to conclude the contract with the designated successful tenderer emerging from this competitive process; or if having concluded contract, the contracting authority considers that the successful tenderer has not met, or cannot meet its obligations; the contracting authority reserves the right to contract with the next highest scoring tenderer on the basis of the same terms at any time during the tender validity period. This shall be without prejudice to the right of the contracting authority to cancel this competitive process and/or initiate a new contract award procedure at its sole discretion;

6) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, at any time;

7) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of tender responses/questionnaires with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, tenderers/candidates are advised to ensure that they return Fully completed tenders/questionnaires in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition at the evaluation/application stage.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value: 300 000 EUR 💰
Estimated value excluding VAT: 300 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 60 months

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:
“As stated in the qualification questionnaire documentation available for downloading from www.etenders.gov.ie”
Contract execution
Contract performance conditions:
“As stated in the qualification questionnaire documentation available for downloading from www.etenders.gov.ie”

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Date of dispatch of invitations: 2021-09-06 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender validity period: 12 months

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Procurement Unit
Internet address: www.failteireland.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1169 🌏

Reference
Additional information

“1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site(www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for...”

“2) This is the sole call for competition for this service;”

Show more (5)

“3) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates, participants or tenderers;”

“4) Establishment of this contract will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities;”

“5) If for any reason it is not possible to conclude the contract with the designated successful tenderer emerging from this competitive process; or if...”

“6) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, at any time;”

“7) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of tender...”

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal address: The Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 1
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
Internet address: www.courts.ie 🌏
Information about review deadlines:
“The contracting authority will not conclude this contract to which a standstill period applies in accordance with Irish Statutory Instrument SI 130 of 2010,...”
Source: OJS 2021/S 146-387309 (2021-07-26)

Contract award notice (2022-03-24)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement: 210 000 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 062-164081
Refers to notice: 2021/S 146-387309
OJ-S issue: 62

Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Fitness of Purpose of the Proposed Methodology
Quality criterion (weighting): 40
Quality criterion (name): Quality of Proposed Resource
Quality criterion (weighting): 30
Cost criterion (name): Ultimate Cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 30

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2022-03-23 📅
Name: Advanced People Strategies
National registration number: GB 887113308
Postal address: Mulberry House
Postal town: Daventry
Postal code: NN11 8YH
Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Phone: +44 1327437000 📞
E-mail: dianne@advancedpeoplestrategies.co.uk 📧
Internet address: http://https://www.advancedpeoplestrategies.co.uk/contact-us/ 🌏
Total value of the procurement: 210 000 EUR 💰
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2

Complementary information
Review body
Information about review deadlines:
“The contracting authority will not conclude this contract to which a standstill period applies in accordance with Irish Statutory Instrument SI 130 of 2010,...”
Source: OJS 2022/S 062-164081 (2022-03-24)

New procurements in related categories 🆕

Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security (>20 new procurements)

Business and management consultancy and related services (>20)

Business and management consultancy services (>20)

General management consultancy services (5)

Business development consultancy services (3)