Provision of Services for the Development and Implementation of โ€˜Back for Businessโ€™, the Enterprise Development Programme for Nascent Entrepreneurial Emigrants who have returned to Ireland

Department of Foreign Affairs/An Roinn Gnรณthaรญ Eachtracha

The Department of Foreign Affairs is seeking proposals from suitable, experienced service providers who have the capability and vision to develop and implement a tailored work programme to address the skills, enterprise and capability gaps of emigrants who have returned, or plan to return, to live and work in Ireland in order to foster and support entrepreneurial activity amongst that specific group.
The objective of the service sought is to assist returned emigrants in setting up business in Ireland on their return, by working to address barriers and challenges to starting a business that are unique to this group of people, including addressing the gaps in personal and professional networks, support, and up to date local knowledge which would be crucial to successful establishment of new businesses.

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:

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2021-07-26 Contract notice
2021-12-20 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2021-07-26)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Project management consultancy services
Short description:
โ€œThe Department of Foreign Affairs is seeking proposals from suitable, experienced service providers who have the capability and vision to develop and...โ€    Show more
Notice metadata
Original language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Project management consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional CPV: Business analysis consultancy 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=194287&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=194287&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2021-07-26 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2021-08-25 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2021-07-30 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2021/S 146-387325
OJ-S issue: 146

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
โ€œThe Department of Foreign Affairs is seeking proposals from suitable, experienced service providers who have the capability and vision to develop and...โ€    Show more

โ€œThe objective of the service sought is to assist returned emigrants in setting up business in Ireland on their return, by working to address barriers and...โ€    Show more
Estimated total value: 875 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Short description:
โ€œThe objective of the service sought is to assist returned emigrants in setting up business in Ireland on their return, by working to address barriers and...โ€    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: 875 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration: 60 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 opening date: 2021-08-25 ๐Ÿ“…
Tender opening time: 17:00

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Patricia Owens
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=194287&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 146-387325 (2021-07-26)
Contract award notice (2021-12-20)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
โ€œThe Department of Foreign Affairs is seeking proposals from suitable, experienced service providers who have the capability and vision to develop and...โ€    Show more
Total value of the procurement: 875 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2021-12-20 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2021-12-24 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2021/S 250-663679
Refers to notice: 2021/S 146-387325
OJ-S issue: 250

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
โ€œThe objective of the service sought is to assist returned emigrants in setting up business in Ireland on their return, by working to address barriers and...โ€    Show more

โ€œThe objective of the service sought is to assist returned emigrants in setting up business in Ireland on their return, by working to address barriers and...โ€    Show more

Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality and Technical Merit of the Programme
Quality criterion (weighting): 100
Quality criterion (name): Quality of proposed team including roles, management structure and resources applied
Quality of arrangement for selection, approval and management of potential participants
Quality of arrangements for evaluation of the programme and for management of the relationship with the DFA
Quality criterion (weighting): 50
Cost criterion (name): Overall cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 150

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2021-12-20 ๐Ÿ“…
Name: Fitzsimons Consulting
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: 6 St. James's Terrace
Postal town: Co Dublin
Postal code: Malahide
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 0872774385 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: paula@fitzsimons-consulting.com ๐Ÿ“ง
Internet address: http://www.fitzsimons-consulting.com ๐ŸŒ
Total value of the procurement: 875 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Source: OJS 2021/S 250-663679 (2021-12-20)