2023/035 Establishment of a single-party framework for the Design and Delivery of Enterprise Ireland’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Programme for Client Companies

Short description

This Competition offers interested service providers the opportunity to participate in a competition for a place on a single-party framework agreement (the “Framework Agreement” or “Framework”) for the design and delivery of Enterprise Ireland’s CFO programme and management of associated advisory and leadership supports. The initial contract is for programme design, the delivery of two (2) cohorts of the CFO Programme; an option to deliver internal training to Enterprise Ireland’s Development Advisors and masterclasses to Enterprise Ireland’s wider client base along with the option to deliver further cohorts over the duration of the framework. The CFO programme aims to provide a world-class leadership programme for CFOs of participating companies to enhance their leadership and strategic finance capability along with ambition and confidence to deliver financial strategies to grow and scale a business globally. The programme will develop a cohort of ambitious, confident and competent CFO’s who are capable of leading finance functions of scalable, innovative companies, that can sustainably scale by up to 10x and grow exports and jobs in Ireland. The full scope of requirements is contained within the procurement documents. All responses must be submitted in a ZIP-FILE format.

Main features of the procedure

The Contracting Authority will evaluate those tenders against the award criteria and reserves the right to:
(a) Move straight to a contract award decision, without negotiation;
(b) To apply the successive reduction rule to reduce the number of firms invited to the negotiation phase; or
(c) To invite all firms to negotiation meetings.

Additional information

(1) Interested parties must associate their organisation with this competition on the eTenders
web site (www.etenders.gov.ie)
in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications and to upload tender
responses. To do this you must do the following: Login to the eTenders portal; Locate the competition using the
Advanced Search by searching under the Contracting Authority or Resource ID. Click on the hyperlink for the
competition which will bring you to the CfT Workspace. In the Show CfT Menu for the competition click on the
“Expression of Interest in the dropdown menu. Complete the Association with the CfT tab. This will then provide
you with a link to Tender under the Show CfT Menu where you can prepare your submission. (2) When finalising
your tender submission please upload your final response as a ZIP file as individual documents may lose their
titles if uploaded individually. Also ensure that you receive a message under the status header called Submitted,
as the percentage tab does not necessarily imply you have successfully submitted your response. (3) There is a
maximum upload limit of 250MB per file and 500MB per tender submission. (4) Suppliers should note the following
when making their submission suppliers must ensure that they give themselves sufficient time to upload & submit all
required documentation before the submission deadline. Suppliers should consider the fact that upload speeds vary
and that the new eTenders system operates in a different manner to the previous platform operated by EUSupply.
The submit button will be disable automatically upon the expiration of the response deadline. (5) If you experience
difficulty when uploading documents, please contact the eTenders Support Desk for technical assistance. Email irish
eprochelpdesk@eurodym.com
or Telephone: +353(0)818 001459 (09:00 – 17:00 hours). (6) Tenders submitted by
any other means (including but not limited to email, post, messaging system on etenders or hand delivery) will not
be accepted. (7) 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. (8) All
queries regarding this tender requirement or process must be submitted through the Irish Government Procurement
Opportunities Portal www.etenders.gov.ie
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 (9) The estimated value range for the framework is €12,000,000 - €16,000,000 (excluding VAT). It is emphasised, however, that these figures are provided strictly for indicative purposes
only as there is no guaranteed expenditure under the framework agreement. (10) The contracting authority will
not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers. Contract award will be
subject to the approval of the competent authorities. (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. (12) Where applicable, 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. (13) 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.