TITLE: Delivery of a Number of Social Enterprise Policy Actions in 2024 and 2025

Department of Rural and Community Development_158143

The Department of Rural and Community Development (DRCD) was established in July 2017 to provide a renewed and consolidated focus on rural and community development in Ireland. The Departmentโ€™s Mission is to promote rural and community development and to support vibrant, inclusive and sustainable communities throughout Ireland. Trading for impact the recently published National Social Enterprise Policy commits the DRCD to commission a partner organisation to deliver some of the actions contained in the policy, and to engage with social enterprise stakeholders to achieve shared ownership and operational delivery of the policy. The Department of Rural and Community Development invites tenders for the delivery of a number of social enterprise policy actions in 2024 and 2025 1. Delivery of National Social Enterprise Conferences in 2024 and 2025 (Trading for Impact, Policy Action 2) 2. Delivery of National Social Enterprise Awards Event 2025 (Trading for Impact, Policy Action 3) 3 Delivery of five social Enterprise Networking Events over 2024 and 2025 (Trading for Impact, Policy Action 22) 4. Delivery of a transition Year Pilot Programme (Trading for Impact, Policy Action 7) DRCD as the client must be consulted where appropriate through regular meetings, for each element of the programme. For the avoidance of doubt all final decisions regarding the agendas for conferences and awards event will need to be approved by DRCD.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2024-09-18. The procurement was published on 2024-08-09.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2024-08-09 Contract notice
Contract notice (2024-08-09)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: TITLE: Delivery of a Number of Social Enterprise Policy Actions in 2024 and 2025
Short description:
The Department of Rural and Community Development (DRCD) was established in July 2017 to provide a renewed and consolidated focus on rural and community development in Ireland. The Departmentโ€™s Mission is to promote rural and community development and to support vibrant, inclusive and sustainable communities throughout Ireland. Trading for impact the recently published National Social Enterprise Policy commits the DRCD to commission a partner organisation to deliver some of the actions contained in the policy, and to engage with social enterprise stakeholders to achieve shared ownership and operational delivery of the policy. The Department of Rural and Community Development invites tenders for the delivery of a number of social enterprise policy actions in 2024 and 2025 1. Delivery of National Social Enterprise Conferences in 2024 and 2025 (Trading for Impact, Policy Action 2) 2. Delivery of National Social Enterprise Awards Event 2025 (Trading for Impact, Policy Action 3) 3 Delivery of five social Enterprise Networking Events over 2024 and 2025 (Trading for Impact, Policy Action 22) 4. Delivery of a transition Year Pilot Programme (Trading for Impact, Policy Action 7) DRCD as the client must be consulted where appropriate through regular meetings, for each element of the programme. For the avoidance of doubt all final decisions regarding the agendas for conferences and awards event will need to be approved by DRCD.
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Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Miscellaneous services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 114 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Other restrictions on the place of performance: Anywhere in the given country
Information about lots
Tenders may be submitted for maximum number of lots: 0
Description
Internal identifier: 0
Aim of strategic procurement: Fulfilment of social objectives
This procurement includes a social clause that provides marks for bids that include social enterprise network or support organisations.
Approach to reducing environmental impacts: Other
Social objective promoted: Human rights due diligence in global supply chains
The use of accessibility criteria for persons with disabilities in the technical specifications: Accessibility criteria for persons with disabilities are not included with the following justification
Main site or place of performance: Each of the elements of this RFT will take place in Ireland.
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Duration
Start date: 2024-10-09 ๐Ÿ“…
End date: 2025-12-20 ๐Ÿ“…
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure โœ…
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2024-09-18 17:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2024-09-18 17:30:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=4104863
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2024-09-18 17:30:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=4104863
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Electronic payment will be used โœ…

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Exclusion ground: Purely national exclusion grounds

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Department of Rural and Community Development_158143
National registration number: 158143
Department: Department of Rural and Community Development_158143
Postal address: 10-11 Trinity Point, Leinster Street South
Postal code: D02EF85
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: stephen.kearney@drcd.gov.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: 013591101 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL: https://www.drcd.gov.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.drcd.gov.ie ๐ŸŒ
Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Main activity
General public services
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=4104863 ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=4104863 ๐ŸŒ
Electronic submission: Required

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number: The High Court of Ireland
Department: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000 ๐Ÿ“ž
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Source: OJS 2024/S 156-482690 (2024-08-09)