EirGrid Group has an ongoing requirement to partner with talent acquisition specialists to drive the sourcing of high-calibre talent into our business in Ireland and Northern Ireland.
EirGrid is tendering for these services in 3 lots.
Lot 1: Talent acquisition specialist partners – engineering and project management;
Lot 2: Talent acquisition specialist partners – information technology (IT);
Lot 3: Talent acquisition specialist partners – all other.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2021-05-31.
The procurement was published on 2021-04-27.
Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Object Scope of the procurement
Title: Talent Acquisition Partners Framework
ENQEIR720
Products/services: Recruitment services📦
Short description:
“EirGrid Group has an ongoing requirement to partner with talent acquisition specialists to drive the sourcing of high-calibre talent into our business in...”
Short description
EirGrid Group has an ongoing requirement to partner with talent acquisition specialists to drive the sourcing of high-calibre talent into our business in Ireland and Northern Ireland.
EirGrid is tendering for these services in 3 lots.
Lot 1: Talent acquisition specialist partners – engineering and project management;
Lot 2: Talent acquisition specialist partners – information technology (IT);
Lot 3: Talent acquisition specialist partners – all other.
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Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 15 400 000 💰
Information about lots
Tenders may be submitted for all lots
1️⃣ Scope of the procurement
Title: Talent Acquisition Specialist Partners – Engineering and Project Management
Title
Lot Identification Number: 1
Description
Additional products/services: Recruitment services📦
Place of performance: Belfast 🏙️
Place of performance: Dublin🏙️
Main site or place of performance: Dublin and Belfast.
Description of the procurement:
“EirGrid has an ongoing requirement for skilled and experienced engineering and project management resources (Infrastructure) in permanent, fixed term,...”
Description of the procurement
EirGrid has an ongoing requirement for skilled and experienced engineering and project management resources (Infrastructure) in permanent, fixed term, temporary and contract roles. It is difficult at this stage to estimate the total number over the course of the framework; however it is likely to be in the region of 30-35 vacancies per year. These figures are indicative only, actual requirements will fluctuate in line with group resource planning practices.
The types of roles are likely to include, but are not limited to the following areas:
• engineering;
• project management (infrastructure).
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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 5 600 000 💰
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 36
Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged minimum number: 6
Maximum number: 8
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
“EirGrid envisages qualifying up to eight candidates per lot from this pre-qualification process, subject to the quality of responses received. EirGrid...”
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates
EirGrid envisages qualifying up to eight candidates per lot from this pre-qualification process, subject to the quality of responses received. EirGrid reserves the right to qualify a further number of candidates as deemed appropriate. For example, should two or more candidates finish in joint position, the company may, at its sole discretion, qualify more than eight candidates.
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Options ✅
Description of options:
“The total duration of this framework agreement will be 3 years, with the possibility to extend for up to five additional periods of 12 months, subject...”
Description of options
The total duration of this framework agreement will be 3 years, with the possibility to extend for up to five additional periods of 12 months, subject always to the satisfactory performance of each successful supplier. The estimated spend of EUR 5 600 000 is taking into account the full duration of the contract including the possible extensions.
2️⃣ Scope of the procurement
Title: Talent Acquisition Specialist Partners – Information Technology (IT)
Title
Lot Identification Number: 2
Description
Description of the procurement:
“EirGrid has a requirement for skilled and experienced IT resources in permanent, fixed term, temporary and contract roles. It is difficult at this stage to...”
Description of the procurement
EirGrid has a requirement for skilled and experienced IT resources in permanent, fixed term, temporary and contract roles. It is difficult at this stage to estimate the total number over the course of the framework; however it is likely to be in the region of 10 to 15 individuals per year. These figures are indicative only, actual requirements will fluctuate in line with group resource planning practices.
It is anticipated that a wide variety of roles may be required over the course of this framework for this lot. The types of roles are likely to include, but are not limited to the following areas:
• Cyber security;
• IT architecture;
• Business analysts;
• IT programme management;
• IT project management;
• IT applications;
• SCADA engineers.
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Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 8 000 000 💰
Information about options
Description of options:
“The total duration of this framework agreement will be 3 years, with the possibility to extend for up to five additional periods of 12 months, subject...”
Description of options
The total duration of this framework agreement will be 3 years, with the possibility to extend for up to five additional periods of 12 months, subject always to the satisfactory performance of each successful supplier. The estimated spend of EUR 8 000 000 is taking into account the full duration of the contract including the possible extensions.
3️⃣ Scope of the procurement
Title: Talent Acquisition Specialist Partners – All Other
Title
Lot Identification Number: 3
Description
Description of the procurement:
“EirGrid has an ongoing requirement for skilled and experienced resources across the group in permanent, fixed term, temporary and contract roles. It is...”
Description of the procurement
EirGrid has an ongoing requirement for skilled and experienced resources across the group in permanent, fixed term, temporary and contract roles. It is difficult at this stage to estimate the total number over the course of the framework; however it is likely to be in the region of 10 individuals per year. These figures are indicative only, actual requirements will fluctuate in line with group resource planning practices.
It is anticipated that a wide variety of roles may be required over the course of this framework for this lot. The types of roles are likely to include, but are not limited to the following areas:
• project management;
• administration support;
• HR professionals;
• legal professionals;
• business and finance;
• marketing and communications specialists;
• public affairs specialists;
• planning and public consultation;
• electricity market controllers.
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Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 1 800 000 💰
Information about options
Description of options:
“The total duration of this framework agreement will be 3 years, with the possibility to extend for up to five additional periods of 12 months, subject...”
Description of options
The total duration of this framework agreement will be 3 years, with the possibility to extend for up to five additional periods of 12 months, subject always to the satisfactory performance of each successful supplier. The estimated spend of EUR 1 800 000 is taking into account the full duration of the contract including the possible extensions.
Legal, economic, financial and technical information Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions:
“Please see information memorandum and pre-qualification questionnaire attached to this notice.” Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of rules and criteria:
“Please see information memorandum and pre-qualification questionnaire attached to this notice.”
Deposits and guarantees required:
“Please see information memorandum and pre-qualification questionnaire attached to this notice.”
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
“Please see information memorandum and pre-qualification questionnaire attached to this notice.”
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
“Please see information memorandum and pre-qualification questionnaire attached to this notice.” Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions:
“Please see information memorandum and pre-qualification questionnaire attached to this notice.”
Procedure Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with several operators
Description
Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement: 5
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2021-05-31
12:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 12
Complementary information Additional information
“1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for...”
1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications. All information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal (www.etenders.gov.ie)
Only. Registration is free of charge. The contracting authority will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties;
2) This is the sole call for competition for this service;
3) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers;
4) Contract award will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities;
5) It will be a condition of award that candidates are tax compliant and are in a position to produce a valid tax clearance certificate or eTax Clearance from the Revenue Commissioners when requested;
6) If for any reason it is not possible to award the contract one or more of the tenderers invited following the conclusion of this competitive process, the contracting authority reserves the right to award the contract to the next ranked tenderer as appropriate;
7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process or any contract awarded;
8) Please note in relation to all documents, that where reference is made to a particular standard, make, source, process, trademark, type or patent, that this is not to be regarded as a de facto requirement. In all such cases it should be understood that such indications are to be treated strictly and solely for reference purposes only, to which the words ‘or equivalent’ will always be appended;
9) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of questionnaires with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, candidates are advised to ensure that they return fully completed questionnaires in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.
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Name: The High Courts
Postal address: Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000📞 Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
“The contracting authority will not conclude this contract to which a standstill period applies in accordance with Council Directive 2014/25/EU, until after...”
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
The contracting authority will not conclude this contract to which a standstill period applies in accordance with Council Directive 2014/25/EU, until after the expiry of the standstill period which commences on the day following the date of notification on concerned candidates and tenderers. The duration of the standstill period will be 14 calendar days where notifications are sent electronically or by fax and 16 calendar days where these are sent by any other means. The Statutory Instrument mentioned above provides that review procedures
Are available in the High Court to a person who has or has had an interest in obtaining the reviewable public contract and alleges that he or she has been harmed or is at risk of being harmed by an infringement of the law in relation in this contract.
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Name: Central office of the High Courts (Appeal Section)
Postal address: Ground Floor, East Wing, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000📞
Source: OJS 2021/S 084-218085 (2021-04-27)
Additional information (2021-05-26) Object Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“EirGrid Group has an ongoing requirement to partner with talent acquisition specialists to drive the sourcing of high-calibre talent into our business in...”
Short description
EirGrid Group has an ongoing requirement to partner with talent acquisition specialists to drive the sourcing of high-calibre talent into our business in Ireland and Northern Ireland.
EirGrid is tendering for these services in 3 lots.
• Lot 1: Talent Acquisition Specialist Partners – Engineering and Project Management;
• Lot 2: Talent Acquisition Specialist Partners – Information Technology (IT);
• Lot 3: Talent Acquisition Specialist Partners – All Other.
Complementary information Original notice reference
Notice number in the OJ S: 2021/S 084-218085
Changes Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: IV.2.2)
Place of text to be modified: Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Old value
Date: 2021-05-31 📅
Time: 12:00
New value
Date: 2021-06-02 📅
Time: 12:00
Other additional information
“Submission deadline has been extended till 2 June 2021 at 12.00 noon Irish time.”
Source: OJS 2021/S 103-272487 (2021-05-26)
Contract award notice (2022-01-20) Contracting authority Name and addresses
Postal address: Block 2 - The Oval, 160 Shelbourne Road
Object Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“**This tender is now complete.**
EirGrid Group has an ongoing requirement to partner with talent acquisition specialists to drive the sourcing of...”
Short description
**This tender is now complete.**
EirGrid Group has an ongoing requirement to partner with talent acquisition specialists to drive the sourcing of high-calibre talent into our business in Ireland and Northern Ireland.
EirGrid is tendering for these services in 3 Lots.
• Lot 1: Talent Acquisition Specialist Partners – Engineering and Project Management
• Lot 2: Talent Acquisition Specialist Partners – Information Technology (IT)
• Lot 3: Talent Acquisition Specialist Partners – All Other
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Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 15 400 000 💰
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots ✅ Description
Main site or place of performance: Dublin and Belfast
Description of the procurement:
“This tender process is now complete.
EirGrid has an ongoing requirement for skilled and experienced engineering and project management resources...”
Description of the procurement
This tender process is now complete.
EirGrid has an ongoing requirement for skilled and experienced engineering and project management resources (Infrastructure) in permanent, fixed term, temporary and contract roles. It is difficult at this stage to estimate the total number over the course of the framework; however it is likely to be in the region of 30-35 vacancies per year. These figures are indicative only, actual requirements will fluctuate in line with Group resource planning practices.
The types of roles are likely to include, but are not limited to the following areas:
• Engineering
• Project Management (Infrastructure)
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Quality criterion (name): Approach and Methodology
Quality criterion (weighting): 25
Quality criterion (name): Contract Team
Quality criterion (weighting): 40
Price (weighting): 35
Information about options
Description of options:
“The total duration of this Framework Agreement will be three years, with the possibility to extend for up to five additional periods of 12 months, subject...”
Description of options
The total duration of this Framework Agreement will be three years, with the possibility to extend for up to five additional periods of 12 months, subject always to the satisfactory performance of each successful supplier. The estimated spend of EUR 5600000 is taking into account the full duration of the contract including the possible extensions.
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Description of the procurement:
“This tender process is now complete.
EirGrid has a requirement for skilled and experienced IT resources in permanent, fixed term, temporary and contract...”
Description of the procurement
This tender process is now complete.
EirGrid has a requirement for skilled and experienced IT resources in permanent, fixed term, temporary and contract roles. It is difficult at this stage to estimate the total number over the course of the framework; however it is likely to be in the region of 10 to 15 individuals per year. These figures are indicative only, actual requirements will fluctuate in line with Group resource planning practices.
It is anticipated that a wide variety of roles may be required over the course of this framework for this Lot. The types of roles are likely to include, but are not limited to the following areas:
• Cyber Security
• IT Architecture
• Business Analysts
• IT Programme Management
• IT Project Management
• IT Applications
• SCADA Engineers
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Description of options:
“The total duration of this Framework Agreement will be three years, with the possibility to extend for up to five additional periods of 12 months, subject...”
Description of options
The total duration of this Framework Agreement will be three years, with the possibility to extend for up to five additional periods of 12 months, subject always to the satisfactory performance of each successful supplier. The estimated spend of EUR 8000000 is taking into account the full duration of the contract including the possible extensions.
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Description of the procurement:
“This tender process is now complete.
EirGrid has an ongoing requirement for skilled and experienced resources across the Group in permanent, fixed term,...”
Description of the procurement
This tender process is now complete.
EirGrid has an ongoing requirement for skilled and experienced resources across the Group in permanent, fixed term, temporary and contract roles. It is difficult at this stage to estimate the total number over the course of the framework; however it is likely to be in the region of 10 individuals per year. These figures are indicative only, actual requirements will fluctuate in line with Group resource planning practices.
It is anticipated that a wide variety of roles may be required over the course of this framework for this Lot. The types of roles are likely to include, but are not limited to the following areas:
• Project management
• Administration support
• HR professionals
• Legal professionals
• Business and finance
• Marketing and communications specialists
• Public affairs specialists
• Planning and public consultation
• Electricity Market Controllers
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Quality criterion (name): Approach and Methdology
Information about options
Description of options:
“The total duration of this Framework Agreement will be three years, with the possibility to extend for up to five additional periods of 12 months, subject...”
Description of options
The total duration of this Framework Agreement will be three years, with the possibility to extend for up to five additional periods of 12 months, subject always to the satisfactory performance of each successful supplier. The estimated spend of EUR 1800000 is taking into account the full duration of the contract including the possible extensions.
Procedure Information about framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2021/S 084-218085
Award of contract
1️⃣
Contract Number: 1
Lot Identification Number: 1
Title: Talent Acquisition Specialist Partners – Engineering and Project Management
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2022-01-19 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 2
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 6
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Adecco Group
National registration number: 142257
Postal address: 33-39 Nassau Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 16717933📞
E-mail: natalia.merritt@adecco.ie📧
Fax: +353 16717934 📠
Region: Éire/Ireland🏙️
The contractor is an SME
2️⃣
Contract Number: 2
Name and address of the contractor
Name: ERSG Ltd
National registration number: 939671769
Postal address: 8th Floor North Tower
Postal town: Bromley
Postal code: BR1 1WA
Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Phone: +44 2083152601📞
E-mail: victoria.payne@ersg-global.com📧
Region: United Kingdom 🏙️
URL: http://www.ersg-global.com🌏
3️⃣
Contract Number: 3
Name and address of the contractor
Name: PG Global Energy Limited
National registration number: GB370717887
Postal address: Jubilee House, 3 The Drive
Postal town: Brentwood
Postal code: CM13 3FR
Phone: +44 2084187950📞
E-mail: jsammut@pg-global.com📧
URL: http://www.pg-global.com🌏
The contractor is an SME ✅
4️⃣
Contract Number: 4
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Premier Group International
National registration number: 4726096A
Postal address: 6 Lapps Quay
Postal town: Cork
Postal code: Cork
Phone: +353 212300300📞
E-mail: bhyland@premier.ie📧
Fax: +353 212300303 📠
URL: http://www.morganmckinley.ie🌏
5️⃣
Contract Number: 5
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Sigmar Recruitment Consultants Ltd.
National registration number: 353252
Postal address: 13 Hume Street
Postal code: Dublin 2
Phone: +353 14744612📞
E-mail: brudden@sigmar.ie📧
URL: http://www.sigmar.ie🌏
6️⃣
Contract Number: 6
Lot Identification Number: 2
Title: Talent Acquisition Specialist Partners – Information Technology (IT)
7️⃣
Contract Number: 7
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Aspira (AspiraCon Ltd., trading as Aspira)
National registration number: IE9655305G
Postal address: Aspira, Unit 3, Penrose Two, Penrose Dock, Cork, T23 YY09
Phone: +353 212352550📞
E-mail: procurement@aspira.ie📧
URL: http://www.aspira.ie🌏
8️⃣
Contract Number: 8
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Cpl
National registration number: 287278
Postal address: 83 Merrion Square
Phone: +353 016146000📞
E-mail: kerri.morris@cpl.ie📧
URL: http://Cpl.com🌏
9️⃣
Contract Number: 9
1️⃣0️⃣
Contract Number: 10
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Hays Specialist Recruitment (Ireland) Limited
National registration number: 00975677
Postal address: 26/27a Grafton Street
Postal code: County Dublin
Phone: +353 015710000📞
E-mail: bidsandcontracts@hays.com📧
1️⃣1️⃣
Contract Number: 11
Lot Identification Number: 3
Title: Talent Acquisition Specialist Partners – All Other
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 9
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 9
1️⃣2️⃣
Contract Number: 12
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Excel Recruitment
National registration number: IE6377146M
Postal address: Suite 336 The Capel Building Marys Abbey
Postal code: Dublin 7
Phone: +353 18148747📞
E-mail: shane@excelrecruitment.com📧
Fax: +353 18148748 📠
URL: http://www.excelrecruitment.com🌏
1️⃣3️⃣
Contract Number: 13
1️⃣4️⃣
Contract Number: 14
1️⃣5️⃣
Contract Number: 15
Complementary information Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
“The contracting authority did not conclude this contract to which a standstill period applied in accordance with Council Directive 2014/25/EU, until after...”
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
The contracting authority did not conclude this contract to which a standstill period applied in accordance with Council Directive 2014/25/EU, until after the expiry of the standstill period which commenced on the day following the date of notification on concerned candidates and tenderers. The duration of the standstill period was 14 calendar days where notifications were sent electronically. The Statutory instrument mentioned above provides that review procedures are available in the High Court to a person who has or has had an interest in obtaining the reviewable public contract and alleges that he or she has been harmed or is at risk of being harmed by an infringement of the law in relation in this contract.
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Source: OJS 2022/S 017-042206 (2022-01-20)