Provision of Recruitment Agency Services

Arts Council

This is a contract for the provision of Recruitment Agency Services, specifically the provision of Temporary Personnel (at grade equivalent CO, EO, HEO, AP) following public sector best practices.
The organisation is in the process of implementing an ambitious Workforce Plan, increasing permanent and Fixed Term Contract headcount to support the business needs of the Arts Council.
However, the Arts Council will have an ongoing requirement for the provision of temporary resources in exceptional circumstances to provide short-term support as and when required.
: The Contracting Authority envisages that the minimum skillset and experience required for the proposed Temporary Personnel will align to the competencies as identified in the Public and Civil Service Competency Framework โ€“ see appendix 3.
The Contracting Authority will provide specific role profiles detailing the requirements and competencies of the Temporary Personnel required.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2023-01-05. The procurement was published on 2022-11-30.

Suppliers

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

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Procurement history
Date Document
2022-11-30 Contract notice
2023-03-09 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2022-11-30)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Recruitment services
Reference number: AC/2022/23
Short description:
This is a contract for the provision of Recruitment Agency Services, specifically the provision of Temporary Personnel (at grade equivalent CO, EO, HEO, AP) following public sector best practices. The organisation is in the process of implementing an ambitious Workforce Plan, increasing permanent and Fixed Term Contract headcount to support the business needs of the Arts Council. However, the Arts Council will have an ongoing requirement for the provision of temporary resources in exceptional circumstances to provide short-term support as and when required. : The Contracting Authority envisages that the minimum skillset and experience required for the proposed Temporary Personnel will align to the competencies as identified in the Public and Civil Service Competency Framework โ€“ see appendix 3. The Contracting Authority will provide specific role profiles detailing the requirements and competencies of the Temporary Personnel required.
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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: Recruitment services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional CPV: Office-support services 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: National or federal Agency/Office
Awarding authority name: Arts Council
Postal address: 40 Home Farm Park
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.artscouncil.ie ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: eugene@publicprocurement.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 1868046627 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=229833&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=229833&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-11-30 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2023-01-05 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2022-12-05 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 234-675876
OJ-S issue: 234

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
This is a contract for the provision of Recruitment Agency Services, specifically the provision of Temporary Personnel (at grade equivalent CO, EO, HEO, AP) following public sector best practices.
The organisation is in the process of implementing an ambitious Workforce Plan, increasing permanent and Fixed Term Contract headcount to support the business needs of the Arts Council.
However, the Arts Council will have an ongoing requirement for the provision of temporary resources in exceptional circumstances to provide short-term support as and when required.
: The Contracting Authority envisages that the minimum skillset and experience required for the proposed Temporary Personnel will align to the competencies as identified in the Public and Civil Service Competency Framework โ€“ see appendix 3.
The Contracting Authority will provide specific role profiles detailing the requirements and competencies of the Temporary Personnel required.
Estimated total value: 800 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 800 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration: 48 months

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
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: 4 months
Tender opening date: 2023-01-05 ๐Ÿ“…
Tender opening time: 12:00

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Eugene Rownan
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1241 ๐ŸŒ
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=229833&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: D 7
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Source: OJS 2022/S 234-675876 (2022-11-30)
Contract award notice (2023-03-09)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement: 717 568 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Contracting authority
Identity
Postal address: 70 Merrion Sq

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2023-03-09 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2023-03-14 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2023/S 052-153695
Refers to notice: 2022/S 234-675876
OJ-S issue: 52

Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality
Quality criterion (weighting): 70
Cost criterion (name): Price
Cost criterion (weighting): 30

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2023-02-14 ๐Ÿ“…
Name: SureSkills
National registration number: 204821
Postal address: 1-4 Terminus Mills, Clonskeagh Road
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 879377968 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: mark.feldman@sureskills.com ๐Ÿ“ง
Internet address: http://www.sureskills.com ๐ŸŒ
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 14
Source: OJS 2023/S 052-153695 (2023-03-09)