Financial Risk Management Consultancy Services for the Civil Society Funding Schemes

Department of Foreign Affairs/An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha

The Department of Foreign Affairs engages in partnerships with International Non-Governmental Organisations (INGOs) and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and supports development and humanitarian interventions in order to further its policy objectives. The Department currently manages a number of strategic funding schemes to facilitate these partnerships including Ireland’s Civil Society Partnership for A Better World (ICSP), the Civil Society Fund (CSF), and a number of Strategic Partnerships (SPs). Each scheme facilitates grant support to INGOs and CSOs (“partners”). Processes in place to assess and manage financial risk across these funding schemes. The Department wishes to engage external consultancy services to support the Civil Society Unit (CSU) to optimally manage financial risk across its funding schemes.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2023-09-06. The procurement was published on 2023-08-16.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2023-08-16 Contract notice
2023-09-27 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2023-08-16)
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 🌏
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
“Financial Risk Management Consultancy Services for the Civil Society Funding Schemes”
Products/services: Foreign affairs and other services 📦
Short description:
“The Department of Foreign Affairs engages in partnerships with International Non-Governmental Organisations (INGOs) and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs)...”    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 60 000 💰

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Additional products/services: Foreign-affairs services 📦
Additional products/services: Financial management consultancy services 📦
Additional products/services: Evaluation consultancy services 📦
Additional products/services: Financial consultancy services 📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
Place of performance: Ireland 🏙️
Description of the procurement:
“The Department of Foreign Affairs engages in partnerships with International Non-Governmental Organisations (INGOs) and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs)...”    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 60 000 💰
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 30

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2023-09-06 18:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2023-09-06 18:30 📅

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Source: OJS 2023/S 159-504719 (2023-08-16)
Contract award notice (2023-09-27)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 60 000 💰
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Criteria 1
Quality criterion (weighting): 30
Quality criterion (name): Criteria 2
Quality criterion (weighting): 20
Quality criterion (name): Criteria 3
Cost criterion (name): Criteria 4
Cost criterion (weighting): 30

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2023/S 159-504719

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title: Contract
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2023-09-27 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Gumfoot Consultancy Limited
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: gumfootconsultancy@gmail.com 📧
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
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 60 000 💰
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 60 000 💰

Complementary information
Review body
Postal town: Dublin
Source: OJS 2023/S 189-591232 (2023-09-27)