Wicklow LCDC Single Party Framework for Social Inclusion and Related Services with an initial Call-Off Contract relating to the Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP) 2024 โ€“

Wicklow County Council

Wicklow 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:
Wicklow 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 ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Provision of services to the community ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional CPV: Education and training services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance
NUTS region: Mid-East ๐Ÿ™๏ธ

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

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Awarding authority type: Regional or local authority
Awarding authority name: Wicklow County Council
Postal address: County Buildings, Station Road, Wicklow Town, Co. Wicklow
Postal code: A67 FW96
Postal town: Wicklow Town
Contact
Internet address: https://www.etenders.gov.ie ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: preilly@wicklowcoco.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 40420100 ๐Ÿ“ž

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2023-07-17 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2023-09-08 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2023-07-21 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2023/S 139-442838
OJ-S issue: 139
Additional information
Please supply tender in Zip file format.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value: 12 112 635 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Title of the lot: 15-1
Lot number: 1
Estimated value excluding VAT: 6 174 396 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration: 75 months
Name of EU-financed project or programme: 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: Please supply tender in Zip file format.
Title of the lot: 15-2
Lot number: 2
Estimated value excluding VAT: 5 938 239 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Name of EU-financed project or programme: 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: Please supply tender in Zip file format..

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
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 relatesto services defined in Directive 2014/24/EU as Title III services - as such the duration of framework rules defined under Article 50 do notapply 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 admissible will be invited to a negotiation meeting and be 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 ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ

Contracting authority
Contact
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.etenders.gov.ie ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Additional information
Please submit tender in Zip file format.

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 18886000 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
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 139-442838 (2023-07-17)