Tender to provide Crisis Management Training and Skills Development with optional Support services.

Main features of the procedure

As the framework relates to services defined under the EU Directive 2014/24/EU as Title III Services in accordance with Art. 72 of that Directive and the value falls below the applicable EU threshold, the choice of procedure is open to the Contracting Authority. On this occasion the Contracting Authority has chosen to use a single stage procedure involving negotiation which involves the following stages.
• Tender Stage
Tenders are invited from all interested market players. This Request for Tender includes selection criteria, a minimum based specification, award criteria and pricing documents and against which tenderers are invited to submit tenders.

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.

• The Negotiation Stage
Where an invitation to attend a negotiation meeting is issued, it should be noted that all aspects of the tender submitted may be discussed, including costs.

Those tenderers will subsequently be accorded an opportunity to submit a Best and Final Offer (BAFO), which will be assessed against the award criteria.
It should be emphasised that the Contracting Authority reserves the right to award the contract directly following receipt of initial tenders without recourse to negotiations with individual tenderers.

Note that publication on OJEU is on a voluntary basis.

Additional information

Please consult the associated documentation, which contains full instructions regarding the submission of tenders and is available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using eTenders Resource ID – 5509313. Interested parties must associate their organisation 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. It is critical to be associated with the competition, as failure to associate your company will result in the full suite of documents and clarifications not being made available to the applicant /tenderer. 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.
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 old platform.
• If you experience difficulty when uploading documents, please contact eTenders Support Desk for technical assistance.
Email irisheprochelpdesk@eurodym.com or Telephone: +353(0)818 001459 (09:00am – 17:00pm GMT). 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 This is the sole call for competition for this contract.
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. It will be a condition of award that the successful tenderer is and remains tax compliant. 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. 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. 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.