Tender for the Provision of Emergency, Foundation and Advanced Safety Intervention Training

Short description

Oberstown are seeking to appoint a training provider to deliver training to Oberstown campus staff to enable them to become instructors in the delivery of safety intervention methods. It is anticipated that additional requirements under this framework agreement will cover training related services within the scope of this framework agreement. As the subject matter of this framework agreement is a Title III service, the establishment of the framework is not fully subject to the provisions of Directive 2014/24/EC with regards to the choice of procedure. Therefore, the Contracting Authority is employing a Single Stage Procedure involving Negotiation in order to establish this framework. The Contracting Authority reserves the right to enter negotiations with some or all tenderers who submit a valid responsive tender. Negotiations may be held on all aspects of the service under each of the published Award Criteria. The Contracting Authority also reserves the right to award the contract directly following receipt of initial tenders without recourse to negotiations with individual tenderers.

Description of the procurement

Oberstown are seeking to appoint a training provider to deliver training to Oberstown campus staff to enable them to become instructors in the delivery of safety intervention methods. It is anticipated that additional requirements under this framework agreement will cover training related services within the scope of this framework agreement. As the subject matter of this framework agreement is a Title III service, the establishment of the framework is not fully subject to the provisions of Directive 2014/24/EC with regards to the choice of procedure. Therefore, the Contracting Authority is employing a Single Stage Procedure involving Negotiation in order to establish this framework. The Contracting Authority reserves the right to enter negotiations with some or all tenderers who submit a valid responsive tender. Negotiations may be held on all aspects of the service under each of the published Award Criteria. The Contracting Authority also reserves the right to award the contract directly following receipt of initial tenders without recourse to negotiations with individual tenderers.

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 – 1961757. Tenderers should note that this Competition is being run under Regulation 74 of the European Union (Award of Public Authority Contracts) Regulations 2016 (the “Regulations”), and accordingly is subject only to limited aspects of the Regulations. . 1) 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.. 2) 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 irish-eproc-helpdesk@eurodym.com or Telephone: +353(0)818 001459 (09:00am – 17:00pm GMT). . 3) 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. 4) This is the sole call for competition for this framework.. 5) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers.. 6) Contract award will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities.. 7) It will be a condition of award that the successful tenderer is and remains tax compliant.. 8) 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.. 9) 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.. 10) 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.. . Please note that the Contracting Authority reserves the right to reduce the number of tenderers to be invited to negotiation or to proceed to direct award.