Consultancy Services to support an Evaluation of Ireland’s term on the UNSC 2021-2022

Department of Foreign Affairs/An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha

External consultancy services, consultant/s will be members of a mixed team with three officials of the Evaluation and Audit Unit (EAU); the purpose of which is to implement an independent evaluation of Ireland’s term on the UN Security Council 2021-2022. The evaluation will be managed by an officer of the DFA’s Evaluation and Audit Unit. The consultant(s), as part of the mixed team, will apply a mixed-methods approach to data collection. With guidance from a Reference Group, the Evaluation will include, inter alia: Data collection (review of project documents, project expenditure, interviews, (including a visit to Ireland’s Permanent Mission to the UN (PMUN) in New York); Data Analysis and drafting findings Internal Consultation / Presentation workshop to present and test initial emerging themes, to identify any issues for further consideration and to help facilitate the development of recommendations;

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2023-06-21. The procurement was published on 2023-05-31.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2023-05-31 Contract notice
2023-07-28 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2023-05-31)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Department of Foreign Affairs/An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha
Postal address: Iveagh House. 80 St Stephen's Green. Dublin 2.
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: D02 VY53
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 14082000 📞
E-mail: consultant.tenders@dfa.ie 📧
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏
Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏
Procurement tool URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
“Consultancy Services to support an Evaluation of Ireland’s term on the UNSC 2021-2022”
Products/services: Foreign-affairs services 📦
Short description:
“External consultancy services, consultant/s will be members of a mixed team with three officials of the Evaluation and Audit Unit (EAU); the purpose of...”    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 69 000 💰

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Additional products/services: Foreign affairs and other services 📦
Additional products/services: Evaluation consultancy services 📦
Place of performance: Ireland 🏙️
Description of the procurement:
“External consultancy services, consultant/s will be members of a mixed team with three officials of the Evaluation and Audit Unit (EAU); the purpose of...”    Show more
Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 69 000 💰
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 12

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2023-06-21 18:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 3
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2023-06-21 18:30 📅

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court of Ireland
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Source: OJS 2023/S 106-331249 (2023-05-31)
Contract award notice (2023-07-28)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 69 000 💰
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Criteria 1
Quality criterion (weighting): 35
Quality criterion (name): Criteria 2
Cost criterion (name): Criteria 3
Cost criterion (weighting): 30

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2023/S 106-331249

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title: Contract
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2023-07-26 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 003
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 001
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 2
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 3
Name and address of the contractor
Name: IOD PARC trading name of International Organisation Development Ltd.
Postal town: Sheffield
Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
E-mail: joanne@iodparc.com 📧
Region: United Kingdom 🏙️
URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 69 000 💰
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 69 000 💰

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Source: OJS 2023/S 147-470391 (2023-07-28)