DPS for Artform Support Services

Arts Council

The Arts Council of Ireland has a number of specialist artform teams who manage
application assessment and policy development for their artform areas. These teams regularly contract advisory, funding assessment and research services to assist their work in supporting and developing the arts in Ireland.
The DPS will be divided into four Categories (each a โ€œCategoryโ€) as described
below:
Category 1 โ€“ Adviser Services
Category 2 โ€“ Lead Assessor Services
Category 3 โ€“ Support Assessor Services
Category 4 โ€“ Research Services
Each Category is sub-divided into the following artforms(Sub-Categories):
- Architecture
- Arts Participation
- Arts Centres
- Circus, Street Arts and Spectacle
- Dance
- Festivals
- Film
- Literature (English)
- Literature (Irish)
- Music
- Opera
- Theatre
- Traditional Arts
- Visual Arts (Artists)
- Visual Arts (Organisations)
- Young People, Children and Education (YPCE)

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2022-06-30. The procurement was published on 2022-06-01.

Who?

What?

Where?

Procurement history
Date Document
2022-06-01 Contract notice
2022-07-01 Additional information
Contract notice (2022-06-01)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Arts Council
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: 70 Merrion Square
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Dublin D02 NY52
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Contact person: Laura Ivers
Phone: +353 016180200 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: artsdps@artscoucil.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: http://www.artscouncil.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1241 ๐ŸŒ
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=215552&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=215552&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: DPS for Artform Support Services AC/2022/16
Products/services: Recreational, cultural and sporting services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Short description:
โ€œThe Arts Council of Ireland has a number of specialist artform teams who manage application assessment and policy development for their artform areas. These...โ€    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 15 000 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

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Additional products/services: Entertainment services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Artistic and literary creation and interpretation services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Works of art ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Artistic services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Services provided by authors, composers, sculptors, entertainers and other individual artists ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Services provided by authors ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Writing agency services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Services provided by composers ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Services provided by sculptors ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Services provided by entertainers ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Services provided by individual artists ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Arts-facility operation services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Recreational-area services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Dance and performance entertainment services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Circus services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Dance-instruction services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Library, archives, museums and other cultural services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Museum services and preservation services of historical sites and buildings ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Museum services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Preservation services of historical sites and buildings ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Preservation services of historical sites ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Preservation services of historical buildings ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Other community, social and personal services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Equal opportunities consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThe Arts Council of Ireland has a number of specialist artform teams who manage application assessment and policy development for their artform areas. These...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 15 000 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 120

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2022-06-30 13:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2022-06-30 12:00 ๐Ÿ“…

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal address: Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: D07
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Source: OJS 2022/S 107-300320 (2022-06-01)
Additional information (2022-07-01)

Complementary information
Original notice reference
Notice number in the OJ S: 2022/S 107-300320

Changes
Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: Iv
Place of text to be modified: IV.2.2
Old value
Date: 2022-06-30 ๐Ÿ“…
Time: 12:00
New value
Date: 2032-03-01 ๐Ÿ“…
Time: 12:00
Other additional information
This Corrigendum was made as, the tender is a Dynamic Purchasing System
Source: OJS 2022/S 128-365764 (2022-07-01)