The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) was set up to improve the delivery of education services to persons with special educational needs (SEN). The NCSE is a statutory body. The aim of the NCSE is to support an inclusive education system that enables students and adults with special educational needs to achieve their potential.
The NCSE have a remit to co-ordinate student access to special classes and special schools places. This requires that students have professional reports to access these school places. The recent significant increase of students speaking Ukrainian/Russian requires the NCSE procure a dedicated translation service for documents, with a current focus on translation from Ukrainian or Russian into English
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2022-11-19.
The procurement was published on 2022-11-04.
Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Object Scope of the procurement
Title: Translation Services
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Products/services: Translation services📦
Short description:
“The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) was set up to improve the delivery of education services to persons with special educational needs (SEN)....”
Short description
The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) was set up to improve the delivery of education services to persons with special educational needs (SEN). The NCSE is a statutory body. The aim of the NCSE is to support an inclusive education system that enables students and adults with special educational needs to achieve their potential.
The NCSE have a remit to co-ordinate student access to special classes and special schools places. This requires that students have professional reports to access these school places. The recent significant increase of students speaking Ukrainian/Russian requires the NCSE procure a dedicated translation service for documents, with a current focus on translation from Ukrainian or Russian into English
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Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 250 000 💰
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Additional products/services: Translation services📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland🏙️
Main site or place of performance: Dublin
Description of the procurement:
“The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) was set up to improve the delivery of education services to persons with special educational needs (SEN)....”
Description of the procurement
The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) was set up to improve the delivery of education services to persons with special educational needs (SEN). The NCSE is a statutory body. The aim of the NCSE is to support an inclusive education system that enables students and adults with special educational needs to achieve their potential.
The NCSE have a remit to co-ordinate student access to special classes and special schools places. This requires that students have professional reports to access these school places. The recent significant increase of students speaking Ukrainian/Russian requires the NCSE procure a dedicated translation service for documents, with a current focus on translation from Ukrainian or Russian into English
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Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 250 000 💰
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 12
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal ✅ Description
Description of renewals:
“This will be a 12 month contract subject to renewal, based on quality of work received and ongoing demand for the service.” Information about variants
Variants will be accepted ✅ Information about electronic catalogues
Tenders must be presented in the form of electronic catalogues or include an electronic catalogue
Legal, economic, financial and technical information Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions: N/a
Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions: N/a
Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract
Procedure Type of procedure
Open procedure
Accelerated procedure: Urgent translation of professional reports for Ukrainian refugees in Ireland.
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2022-11-19
19:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Irish 🗣️
Tender must be valid until: 2023-02-19 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2022-11-19
19:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): NCSE, James Joyce Street, Dublin
Conditions for opening of tenders (Information about authorised persons and opening procedure): Full time staff of NCSE. HEO and APs.
Complementary information Information about electronic workflows
Electronic payment will be used
Review body
Name: Kate McGrane
Postal address: NCSE, Metropolitan Building
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: D01 K0Y8
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 16033274📞
E-mail: kate.mcgrane@ncse.ie📧
URL: www.ncse.ie🌏 Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: N/a
Source: OJS 2022/S 216-620844 (2022-11-04)
Contract award notice (2023-01-24) Object Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) was set up to improve the delivery of education services to persons with special educational needs (SEN)....”
Short description
The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) was set up to improve the delivery of education services to persons with special educational needs (SEN). The NCSE is a statutory body. The aim of the NCSE is to support an inclusive education system that enables students and adults with special educational needs to achieve their potential.
The NCSE have a remit to co-ordinate student access to special classes and special schools places. This requires that students have professional reports to access these school places. The recent significant increase of students speaking Ukrainian/Russian requires the NCSE procure a dedicated translation service for documents, with a current focus on translation from Ukrainian or Russian into English.
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Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 250 000 💰
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality
Quality criterion (weighting): 80
Price (weighting): 20
Procedure Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2022/S 216-620844
Award of contract
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Contract Number: 1
Title: Translation Services
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2022-12-16 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 7
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 7
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Access Translations
National registration number: IE4653211Q
Postal address: 5 Bruach na Laoi
Postal town: Cork
Postal code: Union Quay
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 214316022📞
E-mail: cathy@access-translations.com📧
Fax: +353 214316073 📠
Region: South-West 🏙️
URL: http://www.access-translations.com🌏
The contractor is an SME ✅ Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 192 500 💰
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 250 000 💰
Source: OJS 2023/S 020-053920 (2023-01-24)