Provision of Management Services for the Ireland Fellows Programme

Department of Foreign Affairs/An Roinn Gnรณthaรญ Eachtracha

The Department of Foreign Affairs wishes to contract an external professional service provider to support the administration of the Ireland Fellows Programme through the provision of a range of management services. These services include supporting the Ireland Fellows Programme call, appraisal and selection process; the administrative and support services to all Fellows:
โ€ข the management of outreach, communications and the alumni network;
โ€ข the monitoring and tracking of programme results; and
โ€ข the provision of analysis and input as required on relevant policy issues.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2021-05-27. The procurement was published on 2021-04-27.

Suppliers

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

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2021-04-27 Contract notice
2021-07-06 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2021-04-27)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Administrative educational services
Short description:
The Department of Foreign Affairs wishes to contract an external professional service provider to support the administration of the Ireland Fellows Programme through the provision of a range of management services. These services include supporting the Ireland Fellows Programme call, appraisal and selection process; the administrative and support services to all Fellows: โ€ข the management of outreach, communications and the alumni network; โ€ข the monitoring and tracking of programme results; and โ€ข the provision of analysis and input as required on relevant policy issues.
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Notice metadata
Original language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Administrative educational services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional CPV: Foreign-affairs services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance
NUTS region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ

Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Awarding authority type: Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Awarding authority name: Department of Foreign Affairs/An Roinn Gnรณthaรญ Eachtracha
Postal address: 80 St Stephen's Green
Postal code: Dublin
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.dfa.ie ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: consultant.tenders@dfa.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 14082000 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=187636&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=187636&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2021-04-27 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2021-05-27 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2021-04-30 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2021/S 084-216315
OJ-S issue: 84

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
The Department of Foreign Affairs wishes to contract an external professional service provider to support the administration of the Ireland Fellows Programme through the provision of a range of management services. These services include supporting the Ireland Fellows Programme call, appraisal and selection process; the administrative and support services to all Fellows:
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โ€ข the management of outreach, communications and the alumni network;
โ€ข the monitoring and tracking of programme results; and
โ€ข the provision of analysis and input as required on relevant policy issues.
Estimated total value: 2 200 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 2 200 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration: 48 months

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Time of receipt of tenders: 17:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Tender validity period: 12 months
Tender opening date: 2021-05-27 ๐Ÿ“…
Tender opening time: 17:00
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality of implementation plan
Quality criterion (weighting): 20
Quality criterion (name): Demonstrated previous engagement with and knowledge of the higher education sector in Ireland, and knowledge and understanding of development contexts
Quality criterion (weighting): 10
Quality criterion (name): Demonstrated strategic project cycle management capacity, skills and experience including demonstrated commitment to flexibility, adaptation and learning
Quality criterion (weighting): 15
Quality criterion (name): Organisational capacity, leadership, accountability systems in place for financial and management oversight
Cost criterion (name): Financial award criteria
Cost criterion (weighting): 35

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/246 ๐ŸŒ
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=187636&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Source: OJS 2021/S 084-216315 (2021-04-27)
Contract award notice (2021-07-06)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
The Department of Foreign Affairs wishes to contract an external professional service provider to support the administration of the Ireland Fellows Programme through the provision of a range of management services. These services include supporting the Ireland Fellows Programme call, appraisal and selection process; the administrative and support services to all Fellows; the management of outreach, communications and the alumni network; the monitoring and tracking of programme results; and the provision of analysis and input as required on relevant policy issues.
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Total value of the procurement: 2 200 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2021-07-06 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2021-07-09 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2021/S 131-348166
Refers to notice: 2021/S 084-216315
OJ-S issue: 131

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2021-07-01 ๐Ÿ“…
Name: Irish Council for International Students
National registration number: 66784
Postal address: 41 Morehampton Road
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Donnybrook
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 16605233 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: lharmon@icosirl.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Internet address: http://www.icosirl.ie ๐ŸŒ
Total value of the procurement: 2 200 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Source: OJS 2021/S 131-348166 (2021-07-06)