The provision of Employee Assistance Services and Critical Incident Stress Management support on behalf of CIÉ and two of its operating companies; Bus Éireann and Iarnród Eireann for its workforce

Iarnrod Eireann-Irish Rail

This is a call to competition by IE on behalf of Córas Iompair Éireann and two of its operating companies; Bus Éireann and Iarnród Éireann, for the provision of employee assistance services for its workforce of approximately 8000 employees located throughout Ireland. The Employee Assistance Programme service is for the provision of a short-term, focused, confidential, counselling service for employees of CIE Group companies to help them resolve personal and/or work-related problems that may affect health, well-being, and performance at work in accordance with the further requirements below. It also involves the provision of Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) support for Iarnród Éireann and, Bus Éireann in the event of a critical incident on the rail or bus network.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2023-09-22. The procurement was published on 2023-08-23.

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Procurement history
Date Document
2023-08-23 Contract notice
Contract notice (2023-08-23)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Iarnród Eireann-Irish Rail
Postal address: Inchicore
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Dublin 8
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: lynda.archbold@irishrail.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:
“The provision of Employee Assistance Services and Critical Incident Stress Management support on behalf of CIÉ and two of its operating companies; Bus...”    Show more
Products/services: Counselling services 📦
Short description:
“This is a call to competition by IE on behalf of Córas Iompair Éireann and two of its operating companies; Bus Éireann and Iarnród Éireann, for the...”    Show more

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Additional products/services: Crisis management services 📦
Additional products/services: Health and social work services 📦
Additional products/services: Social work and related services 📦
Additional products/services: Company health services 📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
Description of the procurement:
“This is a call to competition by IE on behalf of Córas Iompair Éireann and two of its operating companies; Bus Éireann and Iarnród Éireann, for the...”    Show more
Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 36
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal
Description
Description of renewals:
“The Contract the subject of this competition is a contract for three(3) years with an option to extend by a further two (2) years on a year by year basis at...”    Show more

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
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of rules and criteria: See attached PQQ

Procedure
Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2023-09-22 18:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️

Complementary information
Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: 5 years
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Source: OJS 2023/S 164-516986 (2023-08-23)