Request for Proposals for the provision of Mentoring to Irish SME Owner/Managers and provision of four ‘Champions’ to provide thought-leadership to 4 x core areas as part of the SME Productivity

Small Firms Association/Ibec

The purpose of this RFT is twofold:
1. To appoint a number of experienced Mentors, with industry-specific backgrounds to mentor Irish SME Owner/Managers as part of the overall Scheme.
2. To appoint 4 Pillar Champions to provide thought leadership in their specialist area, ensure content is holistic and rich, keeps abreast of industry trends and interlinks with the other pillars to deliver an overall experience to improve SME productivity).
There are 3 Lots associated with this Tender. Providers may apply for any or all Lots.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2022-03-27. The procurement was published on 2022-02-25.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2022-02-25 Contract notice
2022-05-31 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2022-02-25)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Small Firms Association/Ibec
National registration number: IE0051524W..
Postal address: 84-86 Lower Baggot Street
Postal town: Dublin 2
Postal code: Co.Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contact person: Denise Lord
E-mail: denise.lord@sfa.ie 📧
Region: Ireland 🏙️
URL: www.sfa.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/179852 🌏
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=208463&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=208463&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
“Request for Proposals for the provision of Mentoring to Irish SME Owner/Managers and provision of four ‘Champions’ to provide thought-leadership to 4 x core...”    Show more
Products/services: Training programme services 📦
Short description:
“The purpose of this RFT is twofold: 1. To appoint a number of experienced Mentors, with industry-specific backgrounds to mentor Irish SME Owner/Managers as...”    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 750 000 💰
Information about lots
Tenders may be submitted for all lots

1️⃣
Scope of the procurement
Title: Mentors
Title
Lot Identification Number: 1
Description
Additional products/services: Training programme services 📦
Place of performance: Ireland 🏙️
Description of the procurement:
“Lot 1: to provide mentoring services to Irish SME Owner/Managers as part of the Scheme. See tender for details”
Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 24

2️⃣
Scope of the procurement
Title: Pillar champions
Title
Lot Identification Number: 2
Description
Description of the procurement:
“Lot 2: to provide thought-leadership, guidance and governance as ‘Pillar Champion’ for one of the Four Pillars of the Scheme (People, Finance and Growth,...”    Show more

3️⃣
Scope of the procurement
Title: Digital transformation & green economy consultant
Title
Lot Identification Number: 3
Description
Description of the procurement:
“Lot 3 to provide consultancy services in the digital and green economy space. See tender for details”

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with several operators
Description
Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement: 32
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2022-03-27 14:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2022-03-27 14:00 📅

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Source: OJS 2022/S 043-111833 (2022-02-25)
Contract award notice (2022-05-31)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 750 000 💰
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Methodology and Approach
Quality criterion (weighting): 30
Quality criterion (name): Relevant Experience
Quality criterion (weighting): 25
Quality criterion (name): Innovation and Value For Money
Quality criterion (weighting): 10
Price (weighting): 35%

Procedure
Information about framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2022/S 043-111833

Award of contract

1️⃣
Contract Number: 1
Title: Mentors
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2022-05-23 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 28
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Consult Discovery Limited trading as The Discovery Partnership
Postal town: Cork
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 750 000 💰
Currency code: EUR 💰
Lowest offer: 1.00
Highest offer: 1.00

2️⃣
Contract Number: 2
Title: Pillar champions
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 12
Name and address of the contractor
Name: The Agile Executive, CSCL
Postal town: Dublin
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 750 000 💰
Currency code: EUR 💰

3️⃣
Contract Number: 3
Title: Digital transformation & green economy consultant
Name and address of the contractor
Name: The Agile Executive
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 750 000 💰
Currency code: EUR 💰
Source: OJS 2022/S 107-301479 (2022-05-31)
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