Multi-Party Framework for the Provision of Temporary Agency Staff

Fรกilte Ireland-National Tourism Development Authority

Fรกilte Ireland is seeking to establish a multi-party framework agreement for the provision of temporary agency staff for support, as requirements arise. These placements will be for varying periods of time from two weeks to twenty-three months.
This framework agreement will include but will not limited to the following areas: Finance, HR, Procurement, ICT, Project Management, General Administration, Marketing, Research, Tourism Investment, Business and Product Development, Brand Development, Festival and Events, Communications, Sustainability and Accessibility.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2023-04-11. The procurement was published on 2023-03-10.

Suppliers

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

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2023-03-10 Contract notice
2023-08-18 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2023-03-10)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Recruitment services
Reference number: HR/2023/03
Short description:
Fรกilte Ireland is seeking to establish a multi-party framework agreement for the provision of temporary agency staff for support, as requirements arise. These placements will be for varying periods of time from two weeks to twenty-three months. This framework agreement will include but will not limited to the following areas: Finance, HR, Procurement, ICT, Project Management, General Administration, Marketing, Research, Tourism Investment, Business and Product Development, Brand Development, Festival and Events, Communications, Sustainability and Accessibility.
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Notice metadata
Original language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Recruitment services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional CPV: Recruitment services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance
NUTS region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ

Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Awarding authority type: Body governed by public law
Awarding authority name: Fรกilte Ireland-National Tourism Development Authority
Postal address: 88-95 Amiens Street
Postal code: Dublin 1
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: https://www.failteireland.ie ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: procurement@failteireland.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 18847731 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=235956&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=235956&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2023-03-10 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2023-04-11 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2023-03-15 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2023/S 053-156842
OJ-S issue: 53
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) This is the sole call for competition for this service. 3) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates, participants or tenderers. 4) Establishment of the framework will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities. 5) If for any reason it is not possible to conclude the framework agreement with the designated successful tenderer emerging from this competitive process; or if having concluded the framework agreement the contracting authority considers that the successful tenderer has not met, or cannot meet its obligations; the contracting authority reserves the right to admit the next highest scoring tenderer to the framework on the basis of the same terms at any time during the tender validity period. This shall be without prejudice to the right of the contracting authority to cancel this competitive process and/or initiate a new contract award procedure at its sole discretion. 6) 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. 7) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of tender responses/ with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, tenderers are advised to ensure that they return FULLY COMPLETED tenders in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition at the evaluation/application stage
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Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Fรกilte Ireland is seeking to establish a multi-party framework agreement for the provision of temporary agency staff for support, as requirements arise. These placements will be for varying periods of time from two weeks to twenty-three months.
This framework agreement will include but will not limited to the following areas: Finance, HR, Procurement, ICT, Project Management, General Administration, Marketing, Research, Tourism Investment, Business and Product Development, Brand Development, Festival and Events, Communications, Sustainability and Accessibility.
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Estimated total value: 10 000 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 10 000 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration: 48 months

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Contract execution
Contract performance conditions:
As stated in the ITT documentation available for downloading from www.etenders.gov.ie

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Number of participants to be contemplated: 10
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Tender validity period: 2024-03-23 ๐Ÿ“…
Tender opening date: 2023-04-11 ๐Ÿ“…
Tender opening time: 12:00

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Maurice O'Reilly
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1169 ๐ŸŒ
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=235956&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

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) This is the sole call for competition for this service.
3) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates,
participants or tenderers.
4) Establishment of the framework will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities.
5) If for any reason it is not possible to conclude the framework agreement with the designated successful
tenderer emerging from this competitive process; or if having concluded the framework agreement the
contracting authority considers that the successful tenderer has not met, or cannot meet its obligations; the
contracting authority reserves the right to admit the next highest scoring tenderer to the framework on the basis
of the same terms at any time during the tender validity period. This shall be without prejudice to the right of the
contracting authority to cancel this competitive process and/or initiate a new contract award procedure at its sole
discretion.
6) 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.
7) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage
in a clarification process in respect of tender responses/ with missing or incomplete information. Therefore,
tenderers are advised to ensure that they return FULLY COMPLETED tenders in order to avoid the risk of
elimination from the competition at the evaluation/application stage

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal address: The Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie ๐ŸŒ
Information about review deadlines:
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The contracting authority will not conclude this framework agreement to which a standstill period applies in
accordance with Irish Statutory Instrument S.I. No. 284 of 2016, until after the expiry of the standstill period
which commences on the day following the date of notification of concerned candidates and tenderers. The
duration of the standstill period will be 14 calendar days where notifications are sent electronically or by fax
and 16 calendar days where these are sent by any other means. The Statutory Instrument mentioned above
provides that review procedures are available in the High Court to a person who has or has had an interest in
obtaining the framework agreement and alleges that he or she has been harmed or is at risk of being harmed by
an infringement of the law in relation to that framework agreement.
Source: OJS 2023/S 053-156842 (2023-03-10)
Contract award notice (2023-08-18)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement: 1 000 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2023-08-18 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2023-08-23 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2023/S 161-510954
Refers to notice: 2023/S 053-156842
OJ-S issue: 161

Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Access to High-Calibre Candidates, Timescales and Proposed Process for Placement
Quality criterion (weighting): 30
Quality criterion (name): Promotion of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
Quality criterion (weighting): 10
Quality criterion (name): Resources, Competency and Expertise
Quality criterion (weighting): 20
Price (weighting): 40

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2023-07-04 ๐Ÿ“…
Name: Cpl
National registration number: 287278
Postal address: 83 Merrion Square
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 016146000 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: shannon.kelly@cpl.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Internet address: http://Cpl.com ๐ŸŒ
Total value of the procurement: 1 000 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Name: e-Frontiers limited
National registration number: IE6408116t
Postal address: Dmg business centre
Postal town: DUBLIN 8
Postal code: 12 CAMDEN ROW
E-mail: pdoyle@e-frontiers.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Internet address: http://www.e-frontiers.ie ๐ŸŒ
Name: Morgan McKinley
National registration number: IE4726096A
Postal address: Connaught House, 1 Burlington Road
Phone: +44 7584680748 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: ncorcoran@premiergp.com ๐Ÿ“ง
Internet address: http://www.morganmckinley.ie ๐ŸŒ
Name: Orange Recruitment
National registration number: 9829458B
Postal address: 46 Dawson Street
Phone: +353 16170033 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: julette.kearney@orangerecruitment.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Internet address: http://www.orangerecruitment.ie ๐ŸŒ
Name: Osborne Recruitment
National registration number: IE9520540M
Postal address: 13 Fitzwillam Sq
Postal code: Dublin 2
Phone: +353 16384400 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: david.walsh@osborne.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Internet address: http://www.osborne.ie ๐ŸŒ
Name: PE Global (registered as PharmEng)
National registration number: 6418764O
Postal address: 8 Eastgate Ave, Eastgate, Little Island
Postal town: Cork
Postal code: Cork
Phone: +353 214297900 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: linda.omahoney@peglobal.net ๐Ÿ“ง
Internet address: http://www.locumexpress.ie ๐ŸŒ
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 17
Source: OJS 2023/S 161-510954 (2023-08-18)