Multi Supplier Framework Agreement for the provision of Services related to the Receipt and Investigation of Protected Disclosures

The Office of Government Procurement

In summary, the Services comprise of a range of third party investigative and recipient services to public bodies seeking to meet their obligations under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014, as amended.
The Framework Agreement will be divided into three lots (each a โ€œLotโ€) as described below. Each Lot will result in a separate Framework Agreement (each a Framework Agreement).
Lot 1: Full investigative services into an alleged wrong-doing disclosed under the 2014 Act (amended), including the review of such investigations
Lot 2: Full investigative services of allegations of penalisation or adverse treatment as a result of having made a disclosure of a wrongdoing made pursuant to the 2014 Act (amended), including the review of such investigations
Lot 3: Provision of a third party confidential recipient service pursuant to section 6(2) of the Protected Disclosures Act 2014, as amended (the โ€œConfidential Recipientโ€)

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2022-03-22. The procurement was published on 2022-02-04.

Suppliers

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

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2022-02-04 Contract notice
2022-09-30 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2022-02-04)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Investigation services
Reference number: PROJ000007083
Short description:
โ€œIn summary, the Services comprise of a range of third party investigative and recipient services to public bodies seeking to meet their obligations under...โ€    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: Investigation services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional CPV: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security 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: Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Awarding authority name: The Office of Government Procurement
Postal address: 3A Mayor Street Upper
Postal code: Dublin
Postal town: Dublin 1. D01 PF72.
Contact
Internet address: http://www.ogp.gov.ie/ ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: support@ogp.gov.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 17738000 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=206863&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=206863&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-02-04 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2022-03-22 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2022-02-09 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 028-071853
Refers to notice: 2021/S 098-256921
OJ-S issue: 28

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
โ€œIn summary, the Services comprise of a range of third party investigative and recipient services to public bodies seeking to meet their obligations under...โ€    Show more

โ€œThe Framework Agreement will be divided into three lots (each a โ€œLotโ€) as described below. Each Lot will result in a separate Framework Agreement (each a...โ€    Show more
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โ€œLot 1: Full investigative services into an alleged wrong-doing disclosed under the 2014 Act (amended), including the review of such investigationsโ€

โ€œLot 2: Full investigative services of allegations of penalisation or adverse treatment as a result of having made a disclosure of a wrongdoing made...โ€    Show more

โ€œLot 3: Provision of a third party confidential recipient service pursuant to section 6(2) of the Protected Disclosures Act 2014, as amended (the...โ€    Show more
Estimated total value: 1 610 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Title of the lot: Full investigative services into an alleged wrong-doing disclosed including review
Lot number: 1
Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 350 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration: 24 months
Description of options:
โ€œThe Contracting Authority reserves the right, at its discretion, to extend the Term for a period or periods of up to 12 months with a maximum of two such...โ€    Show more
Title of the lot: Full investigative services of allegations of penalisation or adverse treatment including review
Lot number: 2
Estimated value excluding VAT: 80 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Title of the lot: Provision of a third party confidential recipient service
Lot number: 3
Estimated value excluding VAT: 180 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:
โ€œPlease consult the RFT documentation for this competition (RFT 207288)โ€
Contract execution
Contract performance conditions:
โ€œPlease consult the RFT documentation for this competition (RFT 207288)โ€

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Number of participants to be contemplated: 12
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Tender validity period: 6 months
Tender opening date: 2022-03-22 ๐Ÿ“…
Tender opening time: 12:00
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality of the Tenderers Approach to Service Delivery to the Public Sector
Quality criterion (weighting): 190
Quality criterion (name): Quality of the Tendererโ€™s Approach to Contract Management
Quality criterion (weighting): 180
Quality criterion (name): Quality of the Tendererโ€™s approach to Governance and Data security
Continuity of Services
Quality criterion (weighting): 50
Cost criterion (name): Total Cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 400

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: IE3229842HH
Contact
Contact point: OGP Support
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/351 ๐ŸŒ
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=206863&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 18866000 ๐Ÿ“ž
Information about review deadlines:
โ€œPlease consult your own legal advisors.โ€
Source: OJS 2022/S 028-071853 (2022-02-04)
Contract award notice (2022-09-30)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement: 2 119 370 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Contracting authority
Identity
Postal code: D01 PF72
Postal town: Dublin

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-09-30 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2022-10-05 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 192-544900
Refers to notice: 2022/S 028-071853
OJ-S issue: 192

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2022-09-26 ๐Ÿ“…
Name: Deloitte Ireland LLP
National registration number: 03536140KH
Postal address: Deloitte & Touche
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Earlsfort Terrace
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 14172200 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: tenders@deloitte.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Internet address: http://www.deloitte.com/ie ๐ŸŒ
Total value of the procurement: 1 842 400 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Name: Kpmg
National registration number: 9F54042G
Postal address: 1 Stokes Place
Postal code: St Stephen's Green
Phone: +353 4101468 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: gerard.reilly@kpmg.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Internet address: http://www.kpmg.ie ๐ŸŒ
Name: Mazars
National registration number: IE 9526808M
Postal address: Harcourt Centre, Block 3
Postal code: Harcourt Road
Phone: +353 014494431 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: grainne.keane@mazars.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Internet address: http://www.mazars.ie ๐ŸŒ
Name: PwC
National registration number: IE9526897O
Postal address: One Spencer Dock, North Wall Quay, Dublin 1
Postal town: dublin
Postal code: Dublin
Phone: +353 17926416 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: florence.curley@pwc.com ๐Ÿ“ง
Internet address: http://www.pwc.com/ie ๐ŸŒ
Name: RSM Ireland
National registration number: 9649304S
Postal address: Trinity House, Charleston Road, Ranelagh
Phone: +353 14965388 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: graham.murphy@rsmireland.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Total value of the procurement: 79 500 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
197 470 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6
3
2
Source: OJS 2022/S 192-544900 (2022-09-30)