RFT for the Supply of Educational Research Centre's Printing requirements to the Educational Research Centre

Educational Research Centre

The selected supplier will provide an optimum solution to the ERCโ€™s printing challenges and be expected to deliver printed products according to agreed and often tight deadlines.
The service requirements will include printing of:
1) Test department documents: the print requirements for the test department can be categorised as follows:
โ€” test booklets;
โ€” manuals and answer sheets and scoring tools;
2) Research centre documents: the print requirements for the research centre can be categorised as follows:
โ€” test booklets;
โ€” manuals;
โ€” journals and reports;
โ€” questionnaires;
โ€” other (e.g. letters, instructions etc.) and envelopes;
3) Ad-hoc printing requests: there may be a requirement for other types of documents, such as posters, business cards, compliment slips, letter headings etc.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2021-05-14. The procurement was published on 2021-04-02.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2021-04-02 Contract notice
2021-09-27 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2021-04-02)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Educational Research Centre
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: DCU, St Patricks Campus, Drumcondra
Postal town: Dublin 9
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Contact person: Ann Clarke
Phone: +353 851590921 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: ann@publicprocurement.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: http://www.erc.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1014 ๐ŸŒ
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=186070&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=186070&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
โ€œRFT for the Supply of Educational Research Centre's Printing requirements to the Educational Research Centre ERC-2021-02โ€
Products/services: Printing and related services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Short description:
โ€œThe selected supplier will provide an optimum solution to the ERCโ€™s printing challenges and be expected to deliver printed products according to agreed and...โ€    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 1 800 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

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Additional products/services: Printing services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Services related to printing ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Printing and delivery services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Printing and distribution services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThe selected supplier will provide an optimum solution to the ERCโ€™s printing challenges and be expected to deliver printed products according to agreed and...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 1 800 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 24
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal โœ…
Description
Description of renewals: Please see section 1.4 of RFT.

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2021-05-14 15:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2021-05-14 15:00 ๐Ÿ“…

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal address: Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Source: OJS 2021/S 067-173476 (2021-04-02)
Contract award notice (2021-09-27)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Postal address: DCU, St Patricks Campus
Postal code: Drumcondra

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
โ€œRFT for the supply of Educational Research Centre's Printing requirements to the Educational Research Centre ERC-2021-02โ€
Short description:
โ€œThe selected Supplier will provide an optimum solution to the ERCโ€™s printing challenges and be expected to deliver printed products according to agreed and...โ€    Show more
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 907 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThe selected Supplier will provide an optimum solution to the ERCโ€™s printing challenges and be expected to deliver printed products according to agreed and...โ€    Show more
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Methodology for the Delivery
Quality criterion (weighting): 3500
Quality criterion (name): Management of a high quality and sustainable contract
Quality criterion (weighting): 2800
Quality criterion (name): Disaster Recovery Plan
Quality criterion (weighting): 500
Quality criterion (name): Quality Assurance
Quality criterion (weighting): 400
Cost criterion (name): Cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 3500

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2021/S 067-173476

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title:
โ€œRFT for the supply of Educational Research Centre's Printing requirements to the Educational Research Centreโ€
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2021-08-13 ๐Ÿ“…
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 6
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Ricoh Ireland
National registration number: IE8Z41042C
Postal address: 127 Slaney rd
Postal town: Dublin 11
Postal code: Dublin Industrial Es
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 018824901 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: gary.owens@ricoh.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Fax: +353 016230166 ๐Ÿ“ 
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: http://www.ricoh.ie ๐ŸŒ
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 485 083 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be subcontracted
Source: OJS 2021/S 191-496993 (2021-09-27)