Tender for the provision of Education programmes (accredited and non-accredited) on behalf of the Irish Prison Service College

Irish Prison Service

Irish Prison Service proposes to engage in a competitive process for the establishment of a single party framework agreement for the provision of education programmes to the Irish Prison Service College, located in Portlaoise, Co. Laois, Ireland.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2022-09-05. The procurement was published on 2022-08-05.

Who?

• Irish Prison Service

What?

Where?

• Eastern and Midland › Midland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2022-08-05	Contract notice

Contract notice (2022-08-05)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Higher education services
Reference number: IPS/2021/21
Short description:

Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Higher education services 📦
Additional CPV: Administrative educational services 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Midland 🏙️

Procedure
Procedure type: Competitive procedure with negotiation
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
Not applicable

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Awarding authority name: Irish Prison Service
Postal address: IDA Business Park,
Postal code: Ballinalee Road,
Postal town: Longford
Contact
Internet address: http://1 🌏
E-mail: tenders@greenville.ie 📧
Phone: +353 14020114 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=220603&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=220603&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-08-05 📅
Submission deadline: 2022-09-05 📅
Publication date: 2022-08-10 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 153-438397
OJ-S issue: 153
Additional information

Please consult the associated documentation, which contains full instructions regarding the submission of tenders and is available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 2200190

Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value: 6 000 000 EUR 💰
Estimated value excluding VAT: 6 000 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 84 months
Additional information:

Please consult the associated documentation, which contains full instructions regarding the submission of tenders and is available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 2200190

Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Port Laois

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of rules and criteria:

As stated in the procurement documents which are available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 2200190.

Contract execution
Contract performance conditions:

Service Level Agreement and Key Performance indicators to be agreed upon with the successful tenderer.

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Justification for the framework agreement:

As the subject matter of the framework agreement comprises a non-priority (Title III) service in accordance with Directive 2014/24/EU, we propose to award a Framework for a period of seven (7) years.

Justification for framework agreement duration over four years:

As the subject matter of the framework agreement comprises a non-priority (Title III) service in accordance with Directive 2014/24/EU, we propose to award a Framework for a period of seven (7) years.

Internet address: www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏
Main features of the award procedure:

the Contracting Authority is employing a competitive process analogous to the Competitive Procedure with Negotiation provided for in the Directive 2014/24/EU in order to establish the framework.

Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Irish 🗣️

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: IPS Greenville
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/214 🌏

Reference
Additional information

1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications. All information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal (www.etenders.gov.ie) only. Registration is free of charge. The contracting authority will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties;

2) Suppliers must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications and to respond electronically to the competition. There is a maximum upload limit of 2GB per document on etenders. Documents larger than this should be divided into smaller files prior to upload or zipped.

3) Should you experience difficulty when uploading documents please contact the eTenders Support Desk for technical assistance. Email etenders@eu-supply.com or Telephone: 353 (0) 21 243 92 77 (09:00am – 17:30pm GMT)

4) All queries regarding this tender requirement or process must be submitted through the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal www.etenders.gov.ie (RFT ID:220190) as a specific question. Responses will be circulated to those tenderers that have registered an interest in this notice on www.etenders.gov.ie The details of the person making a query will not be disclosed when circulating the response

5) This is the sole call for competition for this contract/framework.

6) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers.

7) Contract award will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities.

8) It will be a condition of award that the successful tenderer is and remains tax compliant.

9) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, the framework agreement or any contract awarded under the framework agreement at any time.

10) Please note in relation to all documents, that where reference is made to a particular standard, make, source, process, trademark, type or patent, that this is not to be regarded as a de facto requirement. In all such cases it should be understood that such indications are to be treated strictly and solely for reference purposes only, to which the words "or equivalent" will always be appended.

11) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of the procurement documents with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, respondents are advised to ensure that they return completed documentation in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Information about review deadlines: The contract award decision is subject to the application of SI 130 of 2010.
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: Consult legal advisor
Postal town: xx
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Source: OJS 2022/S 153-438397 (2022-08-05)

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