HRB 2021 A Single Supplier Framework Agreement for Temporary Scientific and Support Staff (Agency Workers) Under a 4-year Agreement to the HRB

The Health Research Board

The Health Research Board (HRB) is a state agency that supports research and provides evidence to prevent illness, improve health and transform patient care. The HRB has 75 staff. Our annual budget is in excess of EUR 45 000 000 and we manage a research investment portfolio of approximately EUR 200 000 000. The agency is funded mainly by the Department of Health, and Board members are appointed by the Minister for Health.
The HRB has an ongoing need for the provision of Agency staff and the annual budget for this is normally in excess of EUR 1 000 000.
The HRB are now seeking to establish a combined framework agreement for the provision of agency staff over a 4-year period.
Tenderers are invited to submit a response -please see Selection and Award criteria for further details.
Sample CVs are to be provided for a number of roles in 3 units of the HRB.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2021-05-31. The procurement was published on 2021-04-29.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2021-04-29 Contract notice
2023-04-10 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2021-04-29)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: The Health Research Board
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: 67-72 Grattan House
Postal town: Dublin 2
Postal code: Lower Mount St
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Contact person: Josephine Murphy
Phone: +353 12345000 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: jmurphy@hrb.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: https://www.hrb.ie/ ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/261 ๐ŸŒ
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=187873&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=187873&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
โ€œHRB 2021 A Single Supplier Framework Agreement for Temporary Scientific and Support Staff (Agency Workers) Under a 4-year Agreement to the HRB HRB 2021...โ€    Show more
Products/services: Recruitment services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Short description:
โ€œThe Health Research Board (HRB) is a state agency that supports research and provides evidence to prevent illness, improve health and transform patient...โ€    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 4 000 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

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Additional products/services: Research services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Main site or place of performance: Dublin.
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThe Health Research Board (HRB) is a state agency that supports research and provides evidence to prevent illness, improve health and transform patient...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 4 000 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 48
Additional information: None

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with a single operator
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2021-05-31 15:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2021-05-31 15:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): ETenders postbox

Complementary information
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal address: Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: D07
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 18886000 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Source: OJS 2021/S 086-222785 (2021-04-29)
Contract award notice (2023-04-10)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
โ€œHRB 2021 A single supplier framework agreement for temporary scientific and support staff (Agency Workers) under a four-year agreement to the HRB HRB 2021...โ€    Show more
Short description:
โ€œThe Health Research Board (HRB) is a state agency that supports research and provides evidence to prevent illness, improve health and transform patient...โ€    Show more
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 4 000 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description
Main site or place of performance: Dublin
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThe Health Research Board (HRB) is a state agency that supports research and provides evidence to prevent illness, improve health and transform patient...โ€    Show more
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality of tenderers approach to sourcing and delivery of personnel
Quality criterion (weighting): 15%
Quality criterion (name): Measures to ensure continuity (and delivery) of service and account management
Quality criterion (weighting): 20%
Quality criterion (name): Quality of personnel
Quality criterion (weighting): 45%
Cost criterion (name): Cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 20%

Procedure
Information about framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2021/S 086-222785

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title:
โ€œHRB 2021 A single supplier framework agreement for temporary scientific and support staff (Agency Workers) under a four-year agreement to the HRBโ€
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2021-08-05 ๐Ÿ“…
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 6
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 6
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 6
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Eden Recruitment Ltd.
National registration number: 6328965A
Postal address: 20 Essex Street East
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Dublin 2
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 14744500 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: ken.lee@edenrecruitment.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Fax: +353 114744501 ๐Ÿ“ 
Region: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: http://www.edenrecruitment.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 4 000 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 4 000 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

Complementary information
Additional information
none
Source: OJS 2023/S 074-220939 (2023-04-10)