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Houses of the Oireachtas Service

The Houses of the Oireachtas Service is the parliamentary administration in Ireland providing parliamentary support services to both Houses of the Oireachtas (Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann), their Members and Committees. Its mission is to serve the democratic interests of its main stakeholders, the Irish people, through: enabling the Houses, their Committees and their Members to do their parliamentary business; and meeting Members' needs as public representatives in the context of parliamentary business. The Houses of Oireachtas Commission is the governing board which oversees the provision of services to the Houses and their members by the Houses of the Oireachtas Service. The Oireachtas.ie website is the primary public communication vehicle for the work of Ireland’s parliament, with live streaming, debates, parliamentary questions, bills and acts, and committee documents just some of the outputs published daily during sitting periods.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2022-10-06. The procurement was published on 2022-09-02.

Suppliers

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

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2022-09-02 Contract notice
2023-04-06 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2022-09-02)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Foreign language translation software development services
Reference number: 2022/1024
Short description:
The Houses of the Oireachtas Service is the parliamentary administration in Ireland providing parliamentary support services to both Houses of the Oireachtas (Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann), their Members and Committees. Its mission is to serve the democratic interests of its main stakeholders, the Irish people, through: enabling the Houses, their Committees and their Members to do their parliamentary business; and meeting Members' needs as public representatives in the context of parliamentary business. The Houses of Oireachtas Commission is the governing board which oversees the provision of services to the Houses and their members by the Houses of the Oireachtas Service. The Oireachtas.ie website is the primary public communication vehicle for the work of Ireland’s parliament, with live streaming, debates, parliamentary questions, bills and acts, and committee documents just some of the outputs published daily during sitting periods.
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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: Foreign language translation software development services 📦
Additional CPV: Web page editing software package 📦
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: Other
Awarding authority name: Houses of the Oireachtas Service
Postal address: Leinster House
Postal code: Kildare Street
Postal town: Dublin 2
Contact
Internet address: http://www.oireachtas.ie 🌏
E-mail: john.briody@oireachtas.ie 📧
Phone: +353 16183000 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=222562&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=222562&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-09-02 📅
Submission deadline: 2022-10-06 📅
Publication date: 2022-09-07 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 172-487787
OJ-S issue: 172

Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value: 130 000 EUR 💰
Short description:
The Houses of the Oireachtas Service is the parliamentary administration in Ireland providing parliamentary support services to both Houses of the Oireachtas (Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann), their Members and Committees. Its mission is to serve the democratic interests of its main stakeholders, the Irish people, through: enabling the Houses, their Committees and their Members to do their parliamentary business; and meeting Members' needs as public representatives in the context of parliamentary business. The Houses of Oireachtas Commission (the Commission) is the governing board which oversees the provision of services to the Houses and their members by the Houses of the Oireachtas Service (in accordance with the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Acts 2003 to 2018). The Oireachtas.ie website (www.oireachtas.ie) is the primary public communication vehicle for the work of Ireland’s parliament, with live streaming, debates, parliamentary questions, bills and acts, and committee documents just some of the outputs published daily during sitting periods. In addition to the extensive volume of dynamic business content produced by the parliament, i.e., parliamentary debates and legislation, significant amounts of static content are published. Static content comprises press releases, corporate governance information, committee information, historical content and educational material.
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Estimated value excluding VAT: 130 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 60 months

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender opening date: 2022-10-06 📅
Tender opening time: 12:00

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Other type of contracting authority: Parliament
Contact
Contact point: John Briody
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1166 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=222562&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: High Court Central Office, The Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 1
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 16395600 📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Internet address: www.courts.ie 🌏
Source: OJS 2022/S 172-487787 (2022-09-02)
Contract award notice (2023-04-06)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement: 130 000 EUR 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2023-04-06 📅
Publication date: 2023-04-11 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2023/S 071-216417
Refers to notice: 2022/S 172-487787
OJ-S issue: 71

Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Translation Services
Quality criterion (weighting): 42.5%
Quality criterion (name): Service Delivery
Quality criterion (weighting): 22.5%
Quality criterion (name): Account Management and Quaity Assurance
Quality criterion (weighting): 10%
Cost criterion (name): Cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 25%

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2022-11-09 📅
Name: Language Training & Translating Ltd.
National registration number: IE8208531K
Postal address: Context
Postal town: Galway
Postal code: Maree, Oranmore
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 091790255 📞
E-mail: tenders@context.ie 📧
Internet address: http://www.context.ie 🌏
Total value of the procurement: 130 000 EUR 💰
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Source: OJS 2023/S 071-216417 (2023-04-06)
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