Request for Proposals for Content Creation and Delivery of Training Services as part of the SME Productivity Scheme
Small Firms Association/Ibec
The purpose of this RFT is to appoint one or more training providers who will develop and deliver interventions designed to improve the productivity of Irish SME Owner/Managers and their organisations.
The successful tenderers will assist SFA to deliver the Scheme through till 31st December 2023, (subject to all performance and funding criteria as outlined) and is subject to funding approval by Skillnet Ireland.
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2022-03-23. The procurement was published on 2022-02-23.
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Procurement history
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 2022-02-23 | Contract notice |
Contract notice (2022-02-23)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Training programme services
Reference number: SFA20221
Short description:
Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Training programme services 📦
Additional CPV: Training programme services 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: 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: Small Firms Association/Ibec
Postal address: 84-86 Lower Baggot Street
Postal code: Co.Dublin
Postal town: Dublin 2
Contact
Internet address: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/179852 🌏
E-mail: tonydcorrigan@googlemail.com 📧
Phone: +353 866091142 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=208251&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=208251&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-02-23 📅
Submission deadline: 2022-03-23 📅
Publication date: 2022-02-28 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 041-106718
OJ-S issue: 41
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Estimated total value: 750 000 EUR 💰
Title of the lot: People
Lot number: 1
Short description:
Duration: 24 months
Title of the lot: Finance and growth
Lot number: 2
Title of the lot: Digitalisation and automation
Lot number: 3
Title of the lot: Business processes
Lot number: 4
Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Number of participants to be contemplated: 32
Time of receipt of tenders: 16:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender validity period: 6 months
Tender opening date: 2022-03-23 📅
Tender opening time: 16:00
Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: IE0051524W..
Contact
Contact point: Tony Corrigan
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/179852 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=208251&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18866000 📞
Source: OJS 2022/S 041-106718 (2022-02-23)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Training programme services
Reference number: SFA20221
Short description:
The purpose of this RFT is to appoint one or more training providers who will develop and deliver interventions designed to improve the productivity of Irish SME Owner/Managers and their organisations.
The successful tenderers will assist SFA to deliver the Scheme through till 31st December 2023, (subject to all performance and funding criteria as outlined) and is subject to funding approval by Skillnet Ireland.
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Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Training programme services 📦
Additional CPV: Training programme services 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: 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: Small Firms Association/Ibec
Postal address: 84-86 Lower Baggot Street
Postal code: Co.Dublin
Postal town: Dublin 2
Contact
Internet address: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/179852 🌏
E-mail: tonydcorrigan@googlemail.com 📧
Phone: +353 866091142 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=208251&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=208251&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-02-23 📅
Submission deadline: 2022-03-23 📅
Publication date: 2022-02-28 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 041-106718
OJ-S issue: 41
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
The purpose of this RFT is to appoint one or more training providers who will develop and deliver interventions designed to improve the productivity of Irish SME Owner/Managers and their organisations.
The successful tenderers will assist SFA to deliver the Scheme through till 31st December 2023, (subject to all performance and funding criteria as outlined) and is subject to funding approval by Skillnet Ireland.
Title of the lot: People
Lot number: 1
Short description:
The Scheme is centred around 32 x competencies linked to SME Productivity identified as a result of industry research and consultation. Collectively these form the overall Scheme Competency Framework (detailed in APPENDIX 2). This framework provides the basis of the initial SME Owner/Manager self-assessment, the required learning and development initiatives, and the measures of success in improving overall SME productivity.
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These 32 x competencies have been grouped into Four Thematic Pillars as outlined below. Each of these pillars has a number of broad aims/target areas to help SMEs improve productivity:
1. People
• Leadership
• Strategy
• Innovation & Creativity
• Skills for the Digital Transformation Age
2. Finance and Growth
• Financial Literacy
• Intermediate/ Advanced Analytical & Decision-Making Skills
• Preparing Tender Responses
• Accessing Finance
3. Digitalisation & Automation
• Digital Literacy
• New technologies and impact for SMEs
• Tech Threats
• Automation
4. Business Processes
• Efficient Business Processes
• Improving team productivity
• Lean
• ISO 9001/2015
• Pathways to other standards
Title of the lot: Finance and growth
Lot number: 2
Title of the lot: Digitalisation and automation
Lot number: 3
Title of the lot: Business processes
Lot number: 4
Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Number of participants to be contemplated: 32
Time of receipt of tenders: 16:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender validity period: 6 months
Tender opening date: 2022-03-23 📅
Tender opening time: 16:00
Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: IE0051524W..
Contact
Contact point: Tony Corrigan
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/179852 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=208251&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18866000 📞
Source: OJS 2022/S 041-106718 (2022-02-23)
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