RFT for Educational Psychometric and Technical Expert Services using large scale Item Response Theory (IRT)

Educational Research Centre

In summary, this covers the provision of expert guidance and support (tailored capacity building/training and worked examples such as workflows, processes, programming code) in four areas of strategic importance to the work of the ERC, with these to be agreed by way of annual workplans.
This will involve demonstrating capability to advise, train nominated personnel in the techniques relevant to the tender subject matter and consult on deploying the services of the ERC via online tools.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2021-02-26. The procurement was published on 2021-01-25.

Suppliers

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

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2021-01-25 Contract notice
2021-04-14 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2021-01-25)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Research consultancy services
Reference number: ERC-2021-TDR-01
Short description:
In summary, this covers the provision of expert guidance and support (tailored capacity building/training and worked examples such as workflows, processes,...  Show more
Notice metadata
Original language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Research consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional CPV: Educational software package 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: Body governed by public law
Awarding authority name: Educational Research Centre
Postal address: DCU, St Patricks Campus, Drumcondra
Postal town: Dublin 9
Contact
Internet address: http://www.erc.ie ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: nick.bennett@keystonepg.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=181730&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=181730&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2021-01-25 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2021-02-26 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2021-01-29 ๐Ÿ“…
Start date: 2021-04-01 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2021/S 020-046199
OJ-S issue: 20

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
In summary, this covers the provision of expert guidance and support (tailored capacity building/training and worked examples such as workflows, processes,...  Show more
This will involve demonstrating capability to advise, train nominated personnel in the techniques relevant to the tender subject matter and consult on...  Show more
Estimated total value: 300 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Short description:
In summary, this covers the provision of expert guidance and support (tailored capacity building/training and worked examples such as workflows, processes,...  Show more
โ€ข development and application of Item Response Theory (IRT) or other appropriate psychometric scaling models to large-scale national assessment cognitive...  Show more
+ 3 more
โ€ข application of appropriate scaling models to generate robust questionnaire indices and scales;
โ€ข provision of guidance and support to the ERC in helping it to achieve the strategic goal of broadening the range of school-based tests from standardised...  Show more
โ€ข enhancing its application of online/web-based assessment technologies for school-based tests, particularly as these apply to scoring and reporting function
Estimated value excluding VAT: 300 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description of renewals: See tender documents.

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Time of receipt of tenders: 15:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Tender validity period: 6 months
Tender opening date: 2021-02-26 ๐Ÿ“…
Tender opening time: 15:00

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Nick Bennett
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1014 ๐ŸŒ
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=181730&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal address: Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin 1
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Source: OJS 2021/S 020-046199 (2021-01-25)
Contract award notice (2021-04-14)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
In summary, this covers the provision of expert guidance and support (tailored capacity building/training and worked examples such as workflows, processes,...  Show more
Total value of the procurement: 300 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2021-04-14 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2021-04-19 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2021/S 075-192197
Refers to notice: 2021/S 020-046199
OJ-S issue: 75

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
This will involve demonstrating capability to advise, train nominated personnel in the techniques relevant to the tender subject matter and consult on...  Show more
In summary, this covers the provision of expert guidance and support (tailored capacity building/training and worked examples such as workflows, processes,...  Show more
+ 1 more
โ€ข enhancing its application of online/web-based assessment technologies for school-based tests, particularly as these apply to scoring and reporting function.

Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Approach and methodology
Quality criterion (weighting): 200
Quality criterion (name): Experience and expertise โ€” resources
Quality criterion (weighting): 250
Quality criterion (name): Experience and expertise โ€” case studies
Cost criterion (name): Overall cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 300

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2021-04-12 ๐Ÿ“…
Name: Polymetrika International
Postal town: Ontario
Country: Canada ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Internet address: www.polymetrika.ca ๐ŸŒ
Total value of the procurement: 300 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Source: OJS 2021/S 075-192197 (2021-04-14)