MBA INTERNATIONAL STUDY TOUR

University College Dublin ( UCD )

The Contracting Authority is establishing four separate panels for the provision of international services for the MBA International Study Tour Modules, as more fully described in Section 2 of this document. For the purposes of the Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV), the subject-matter of this panel is defined as ‘Education and Training Services’ (CPV Code 80000000-4), ‘Seminar Organisation Services’ (79951000-5), ‘Event Services’ (CPV 79952000-3) b and ‘Cultural Event Organisation Services’ (CPV 7995100-3), all falling within Annex XIV of Directive 2014/24/EU. As a competition for services falling within Annex XIV, this competition is not fully subject to the detailed provisions of the European public procurement regime; notwithstanding this fact, the Contracting Authority will uphold the highest standards of transparency and objectivity in establishing and operating these panels.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2022-08-31. The procurement was published on 2022-07-28.

Suppliers

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

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2022-07-28 Contract notice
2022-10-03 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2022-07-28)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Travel management services
Reference number: UCDOPP5242
Short description:
The Contracting Authority is establishing four separate panels for the provision of international services for the MBA International Study Tour Modules, as more fully described in Section 2 of this document. For the purposes of the Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV), the subject-matter of this panel is defined as ‘Education and Training Services’ (CPV Code 80000000-4), ‘Seminar Organisation Services’ (79951000-5), ‘Event Services’ (CPV 79952000-3) b and ‘Cultural Event Organisation Services’ (CPV 7995100-3), all falling within Annex XIV of Directive 2014/24/EU. As a competition for services falling within Annex XIV, this competition is not fully subject to the detailed provisions of the European public procurement regime; notwithstanding this fact, the Contracting Authority will uphold the highest standards of transparency and objectivity in establishing and operating these panels.
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Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Travel management services 📦
Additional CPV: Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️

Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Body governed by public law
Awarding authority name: University College Dublin ( UCD )
Postal address: Procurement Office, UCD Agriculture & Food Science Building
Postal code: Belfield
Postal town: Dublin 4
Contact
Internet address: http://www.ucd.ie/ 🌏
E-mail: w.stanford@ucd.ie 📧
Phone: +353 017164990 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=220052&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=220052&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-07-28 📅
Submission deadline: 2022-08-31 📅
Publication date: 2022-08-02 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 147-421180
OJ-S issue: 147

Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value: 250 000 EUR 💰
Title of the lot: North America and Canada, specifically: − New York and Washington DC. − Silicon Valley and San Fran
Lot number: 1
Short description:
The UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School intends to establish four lots suitably qualified and experienced economic operators who will exclusively work with Smurfit Business school within Ireland, be responsible for the provision of international workshop services to the school’s full and part-time MBA students. The objective of the international tours is to provide an opportunity for MBA students to:
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● Immerse themselves in another culture.
● Experience the challenges and opportunities facing organisations around the world.
● Extend their global awareness and enhance their international perspective as managers.
Duration: 24 months
Description of renewals: Potential to extend competition to a total of 48 months
Title of the lot: Latin America
Lot number: 2
Description of renewals: Potential to extend competition to a total of 48months
Title of the lot: Asia, India, and Middle East, specifically: − Vietnam: Hanoi and HCM. − China − Japan and Korea
Lot number: 3
Description of renewals: Potential to extend to a total of 48 months.
Title of the lot: All European countries and Scandinavia
Lot number: 4
Description of renewals: Potential to extend term to a total of 48 months.
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Ireland

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity: See document 2

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Number of participants to be contemplated: 4
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender opening date: 2022-08-31 📅
Tender opening time: 12:00

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: IE6517386K
Contact
Contact point: Wendy Stanford
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1222 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=220052&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Additional information
Estimated timing for further notices: 4 years

Complementary information
Review body
Name: Ucd
Postal address: Belfield Campus,
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Source: OJS 2022/S 147-421180 (2022-07-28)
Contract award notice (2022-10-03)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement: 1 200 000 EUR 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-10-03 📅
Publication date: 2022-10-07 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 194-550075
Refers to notice: 2022/S 147-421180
OJ-S issue: 194

Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): 3 suppliers
Quality criterion (weighting): various
Price (weighting): 0001
Quality criterion (weighting): Various
Price (weighting): 0000

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2022-10-03 📅
Name: Austral Services LLC
National registration number: 76112657-1
Postal address: 1000 NW 57th Court - Suite 860
Postal town: Miami, FL
Postal code: Usa
Country: United States 🇺🇸
Phone: +1 227195979 📞
E-mail: lloyd@theaustralgroup.com 📧
Internet address: http://www.theaustralgroup.com 🌏
Total value of the procurement: 1 EUR 💰
Name: Legacy Ventures
National registration number: 158885254
Postal address: 5th Floor 11 Leadenhall Street
Postal town: London
Postal code: EC3V 1LP
Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Phone: +44 7900892823 📞
E-mail: catia@legacy-ventures.com 📧
Country: London 🏙️
Internet address: http://https://legacy-ventures.com 🌏
Name: Omnia Discovery Limited
National registration number: 10337195
Postal address: 1 Poole Street
Postal code: N15EE
E-mail: jake@omniadiscovery.com 📧
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Source: OJS 2022/S 194-550075 (2022-10-03)