Galway County LCDC Single Party Framework for Social Inclusion and Related Services with an initial Call-Off Contract relating to Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme SICAP 2024 –2028

Galway County Council

Galway County LCDC is the contracting authority responsible for this procurement, which involves the award of a Single Party Framework Agreement for Social Inclusion and Related Services, with immediate drawdown of an initial Call-Off Contract relating to the Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP) 2024-2028. This procurement is being run as a series of separate public Competitions, to establish 53 separate Framework Agreements, across 33 LCDC areas. Tenderers may bid for one, some or all of the Framework Agreements (of which there are a total of 53 across the country), but a successful tenderer is prohibited from being awarded more than 5 Framework Agreements in total. This Tender sets out the requirements for Framework Membership, as well as the requirements for delivery of SICAP services in 2024-2028, including legal / contractual terms (as laid out in the Framework Agreement and SICAP Call Off Contract), the SICAP 2024-2028 programme aim, target groups, goals, objectives, outcomes, core areas of work and thematic focus areas (as laid out in the Programme Framework), as well as Key Performance Indicator targets and Local Priority Target Groups specific to this competition, which should be prioritised by tenderers.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2023-09-08. The procurement was published on 2023-07-17.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2023-07-17 Contract notice
Contract notice (2023-07-17)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Provision of services to the community
Short description:
Galway County LCDC is the contracting authority responsible for this procurement, which involves the award of a Single Party Framework Agreement for Social Inclusion and Related Services, with immediate drawdown of an initial Call-Off Contract relating to the Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP) 2024-2028. This procurement is being run as a series of separate public Competitions, to establish 53 separate Framework Agreements, across 33 LCDC areas. Tenderers may bid for one, some or all of the Framework Agreements (of which there are a total of 53 across the country), but a successful tenderer is prohibited from being awarded more than 5 Framework Agreements in total. This Tender sets out the requirements for Framework Membership, as well as the requirements for delivery of SICAP services in 2024-2028, including legal / contractual terms (as laid out in the Framework Agreement and SICAP Call Off Contract), the SICAP 2024-2028 programme aim, target groups, goals, objectives, outcomes, core areas of work and thematic focus areas (as laid out in the Programme Framework), as well as Key Performance Indicator targets and Local Priority Target Groups specific to this competition, which should be prioritised by tenderers.
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Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Provision of services to the community 📦
Additional CPV: Education and training services 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: West 🏙️

Procedure
Procedure type: Competitive procedure with negotiation
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
Not applicable

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Regional or local authority
Awarding authority name: Galway County Council
Postal address: Áras an Chontae
Postal code: H91 H6KX
Postal town: Galway
Contact
Internet address: https://www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏
E-mail: atoolan@galwaycoco.ie 📧
Phone: +353 91509000 📞

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2023-07-17 📅
Submission deadline: 2023-09-08 📅
Publication date: 2023-07-21 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2023/S 139-446088
OJ-S issue: 139
Additional information
There are significant pockets of disadvantage, in particular, in the urban centres of Ballinasloe, Tuam, Gort & Loughrea, which require tailored responses to activate identified demographic profiles in these areas on a group and individual basis. This needs to be supplemented by multiple interventions and intensive supports to individuals with complex needs, lower levels of educational attainment, and those furthest from the labour market to improve quality of life (regard should be had to updated Pobal HP Deprivation data as published).
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Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value: 14 415 562 EUR 💰
Title of the lot: East Galway 27-1
Lot number: 1
Estimated value excluding VAT: 10 417 357 EUR 💰
Duration: 75 months
Name of EU-financed project or programme: SICAP is co-funded by the European Union under the European Social Fund plus under the Employment, Inclusion, Skills and Training (EIST) Programme 2021-2027
Additional information:
There are significant pockets of disadvantage, in particular, in the urban centres of Ballinasloe, Tuam, Gort & Loughrea, which require tailored responses to activate identified demographic profiles in these areas on a group and individual basis. This needs to be supplemented by multiple interventions and intensive supports to individuals with complex needs, lower levels of educational attainment, and those furthest from the labour market to improve quality of life (regard should be had to updated Pobal HP Deprivation data as published).
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Title of the lot: West Galway 27-2
Lot number: 2
Estimated value excluding VAT: 3 546 448 EUR 💰
Additional information:
There are significant pockets of disadvantage, in particular, in areas of South Connemara (Turlough, Garmna) which require sustained supports to identify the multiple barriers to social inclusion and community activation, and tailored supports to address these barriers for various demographic profiles to enable educational and lifelong learning supports, social inclusion supports, and labour market supports to be targeted to those who are most disadvantaged to improve quality of life (regard should be had to updated Pobal HP Deprivation data as published).
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Title of the lot: Galway Islands 27-3
Lot number: 3
Estimated value excluding VAT: 451 757 EUR 💰
Additional information:
In recognition of the specific challenges facing offshore island populations and recognizing that not all islands in the Lot are designated as disadvantaged but may experience other challenges to improving quality of life for residents, the Local Priority Target Group selected for all Galway Islands is the full-time resident population of all islands, so that island populations are empowered to identify their own bespoke solutions to identified needs and social / economic challenges.
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Place of performance
Main site or place of performance:
East Galway - Municipal Districts of Athenry/Oranmore, Ballinasloe, Loughrea and Tuam
West Galway - Municipal District of Conamara (excluding Galway Islands)
Galway Islands (Inishbofin, Inis Mór, Inis Meáin, Inis Oírr)

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of rules and criteria:
All tenders will be assessed against the criteria and rules outlined in the Request for Tender. Those deemed qualified may be invited to a negotiation meeting. Please refer to the tender documentation available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie.
Contract execution
Contract performance conditions:
Please refer to the tender documentation available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie.

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Justification for the framework agreement:
The subject of the competition relates to services defined in Directive 2014/24/EU as Title III services - as such the duration of framework rules defined under Article 50 do not apply and therefore a longer framework is being awarded.
Justification for framework agreement duration over four years:
The subject of the competition relates to services defined in Directive 2014/24/EU as Title III services - as such the duration of framework rules defined under Article 50 do not apply and therefore a longer framework is being awarded.
Main features of the award procedure:
The procedure is a single stage procedure with negotiation. Tenders may be submitted in response to the tender documentation provided. All tenders will be evaluated for compliance with the minimum criteria and rules.. Those deemed admissable will be invited to a negotiation meeting and requested to provide a revised tender as a Best and. Final Offer.. This tender will be evaluated on the basis of the stated award criteria and rules to determine the identification of the winning tenderer..
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Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️

Contracting authority
Contact
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal town: Four Courts, Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Information about review deadlines:
The review procedures are those defined in the Remedies Directive (Dir. 89/665/EC) and associated statutory instrument (SI 130) with a 14 day standstill being applied in notifications
Source: OJS 2023/S 139-446088 (2023-07-17)
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