Dynamic Purchasing System for the provision of Third Country Qualification Recognition (TCQR) Examination Services

The Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (PSI - the Pharmacy Regulator)

The PSI requires a service provider to fully undertake overseeing the process of conducting examinations and assessing those qualifying Pharmacists/Professionals that fall under the eligibility of Path B of the Third Country Qualification Recognition (TCQR) route. The TCQR route is the regulatory process operated by the PSI for pharmacists who obtained their qualification as a pharmacist in a country outside the European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA) who are seeking to have their qualification recognised so that they can then apply to register in Ireland. This will include the complete end-to-end management of the two assessments outlined in the requirements of this tender document; 1) An Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) 2) A Comprehensive Multiple-Choice Questionnaire

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2025-04-10. The procurement was published on 2025-03-10.

Who? What? Where?
  • โ€ข Aฯ„ฯ„ฮนฮบฮฎ โ€บ ฮ’ฯŒฯฮตฮนฮฟฯ‚ ฮคฮฟฮผฮญฮฑฯ‚ ฮ‘ฮธฮทฮฝฯŽฮฝ
  • โ€ข Eastern and Midland โ€บ Dublin
Procurement history
Date Document
2025-03-10 Contract notice
Contract notice (2025-03-10)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Dynamic Purchasing System for the provision of Third Country Qualification Recognition (TCQR) Examination Services
Short description:
โ€œThe PSI requires a service provider to fully undertake overseeing the process of conducting examinations and assessing those qualifying...โ€    Show more
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Education and training services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 6 500 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description
Internal identifier: 0
Estimated value excluding VAT: 6 500 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThe PSI requires a service provider to fully undertake overseeing the process of conducting examinations and assessing those qualifying...โ€    Show more
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Education and training services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Place of performance: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
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: 2025-04-10 12:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/dps/prepareViewCfTDPSWS.do?resourceId=5259509
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 3
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
A dynamic purchasing system was set up โœ…
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Place:
โ€œhttps://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/dps/prepareViewCfTDPSWS.do?resourceId=5259509โ€
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Electronic ordering will be used โœ…
Electronic payment will be used โœ…

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: The Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (PSI - the Pharmacy Regulator)
National registration number: 0000
Postal address: PSI House, 15-19 Fenian Street
Postal code: D02 TD72
Postal town: Dublin 2
Region: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: procurement@psi.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +35312184000 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL: www.psi.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: www.psi.ie ๐ŸŒ
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
Main activity
Health
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/dps/listDPSContractDocuments.do?resourceId=5259509 ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=5259509 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
Region: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000 ๐Ÿ“ž
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
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
Region: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000 ๐Ÿ“ž
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
โ€œSee tender documentsโ€
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic payment will be used
Source: OJS 2025/S 050-161652 (2025-03-10)