Provision of Plain English Writing, Editing and Training Services to the Department of Social Protection

Department of Social Protection

This tender encompasses two elements:
1) Plain English writing services including developing and editing a variety of customer and corporate communications including but not limited to: letters, emails, reports, forms, booklets, reports, newsletters, customer guides, online content and other such written customer communications as required by sections of the Department on both an ad hoc, and planned project basis; and
2) Training of DSP staff in Plain English communication/writing to help to continually improve the clarity, quality and readability of customer communications by the Department.
The tenderer must be capable of producing documents in accordance with recognised Plain English standard, be capable or providing a recognised accreditation mark, and be familiar with the Universal Design Standards that apply in the Irish public sector.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2021-08-20. The procurement was published on 2021-07-21.

Suppliers
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Procurement history
Date Document
2021-07-21 Contract notice
2021-08-16 Additional information
2022-02-16 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2021-07-21)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Writing agency services
Short description:
โ€œThis tender encompasses two elements:โ€
Notice metadata
Original language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Writing agency services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional CPV: Postal and telecommunications 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 Social Protection
Postal address: College Road
Postal code: Ie
Postal town: Sligo
Contact
Internet address: https://www.gov.ie/en/organisation/department-of-employment-affairs-and-social-protection/ ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: alex.byrne@welfare.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 719148367 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=193886&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=193886&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2021-07-21 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2021-08-20 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2021-07-26 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2021/S 142-377971
OJ-S issue: 142
Source: OJS 2021/S 142-377971 (2021-07-21)
Additional information (2021-08-16)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Additional information
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Proofreading services ๐Ÿ“ฆ

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2021-08-16 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2021-08-25 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2021-08-20 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2021/S 161-425015
Refers to notice: 2021/S 142-377971
OJ-S issue: 161
Source: OJS 2021/S 161-425015 (2021-08-16)
Contract award notice (2022-02-16)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement: 320 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-02-16 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2022-02-21 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 036-093676
OJ-S issue: 36
Source: OJS 2022/S 036-093676 (2022-02-16)