ETENDERS

Contract notice

Information

Published

Date of dispatch of this notice: 15/08/2014

Expire date: 29/09/2014

External Reference: 2014-479167

TED Reference: 2014/S 158-284531

Contract notice

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Contract notice

Classic Sector

Directive 2004/18/EC

Services

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)

Name, addresses and contact point(s)

Solas
N/A
Castleforbes House, Castleforbes Road
Dublin  Dublin 1
IE
For the attention of: Joan Murphy
Telephone: +353 15332437
E-mail: joan.murphy@solas.ie
Internet address(es):
Address of the buyer profile: http://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/CompanyInformation/Index/1210
Electronic access to information: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=79262&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE
Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=79262&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE
Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from:The above mentioned contact point(s)
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned contact point(s)
I.2)

Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law
I.3)

Main activity

  • Education
I.4)

Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities

The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:

Framework Agreement for Supply of eTutoring and Associated Support Services

II.1.2)

Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

Services
    Category No24:  Education and vocational education services
    Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance:

    Dublin 4

    NUTS code
    IRELAND
    II.1.3)

    Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)

    The notice involves a public contract
    II.1.5)

    Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

    Service Required

    SOLAS eCollege develop, fund, monitor and report on a number of online courses currently delivered by companies under contract and put in place through the SOLAS Contracted Training Tender List (CTTL) procedures. A full list of existing courses is available at www.ecollege.ie and is constantly reviewed in line with employer demand and changes in certification. Course participants are recruited by Employment Service Offices throughout the country on a continuous intake basis. Currently approximately 800 clients per month are referred onto eCollege courses with approx. 700 of these learners activating and engaging with their course. Existing contractor’s functions include the organising of and payment for examination events in test centres around the country e.g., Prometric, Pearson Vue, Certiport. At present eCollege centrally monitors course delivery, provides technical support for Learners and carries out individual contract tendering for new course provision.

    The intention of this tender is to replace the existing individual CTTL contracts and the associated support for existing and new learners with fewer longer duration contracts to Service Providers who will provide a broader service to learners including e-tutor and technical support, internal monitoring of all courses, and a mechanism for adding new courses and expanding or contracting the number of courses and course participants as required. The service to be covered by this new approach to contracting is expected to start in February 2015.

    II.1.6)

    Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

    48931000   Training software package
    72212930   Training and entertainment software development services
    72212931   Training software development services
    80000000   Education and training services
    80500000   Training services
    80510000   Specialist training services
    80511000   Staff training services
    80520000   Training facilities
    80521000   Training programme services
    80522000   Training seminars
    80530000   Vocational training services
    80531200   Technical training services
    80533000   Computer-user familiarisation and training services
    80533100   Computer training services
    80540000   Environmental training services
    80550000   Safety training services
    80560000   Health and first-aid training services
    80561000   Health training services
    80562000   First-aid training services
    80570000   Personal development training services
    92111100   Training-film and video-tape production
    92312212   Services related to the preparation of training manuals
    II.1.7)

    Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

    The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):  no
    II.1.8)

    Lots

    This contract is divided into lots:  no
    II.1.9)

    Information about variants

    Variants will be accepted:  yes
    II.2)

    Quantity or scope of the contract

    II.2.1)

    Total quantity or scope:

    Service Required

    SOLAS eCollege develop, fund, monitor and report on a number of online courses currently delivered by companies under contract and put in place through the SOLAS Contracted Training Tender List (CTTL) procedures. A full list of existing courses is available at www.ecollege.ie and is constantly reviewed in line with employer demand and changes in certification. Course participants are recruited by Employment Service Offices throughout the country on a continuous intake basis. Currently approximately 800 clients per month are referred onto eCollege courses with approx. 700 of these learners activating and engaging with their course. Existing contractor’s functions include the organising of and payment for examination events in test centres around the country e.g., Prometric, Pearson Vue, Certiport. At present eCollege centrally monitors course delivery, provides technical support for Learners and carries out individual contract tendering for new course provision.

    The intention of this tender is to replace the existing individual CTTL contracts and the associated support for existing and new learners with fewer longer duration contracts to Service Providers who will provide a broader service to learners including e-tutor and technical support, internal monitoring of all courses, and a mechanism for adding new courses and expanding or contracting the number of courses and course participants as required. The service to be covered by this new approach to contracting is expected to start in February 2015.

    Estimated cost excluding VAT: 210000  EUR
    II.2.2)

    Information about options

    Options: no
    II.2.3)

    Information about renewals

    This contract is subject to renewal: no

    Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

    III.1)

    Conditions relating to the contract

    III.1.4)

    Other particular conditions

    The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: no
    III.3)

    Conditions specific to services contracts

    III.3.1)

    Information about a particular profession

    Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: no
    III.3.2)

    Staff responsible for the execution of the service

    Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: no

    Section IV: Procedure

    IV.1)

    Type of procedure

    IV.1.1)

    Type of procedure

    competitive dialogue
    IV.1.3)

    Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

    Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated:  no
    IV.2)

    Award criteria

    IV.2.1)

    Award criteria

    The most economically advantageous tender in terms of , the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document
    IV.2.2)

    Information about electronic auction

    An electronic auction will be used: no
    IV.3)

    Administrative information

    IV.3.2)

    Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

    no
    IV.3.3)

    Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document

    Payable documents: no
    IV.3.4)

    Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

    29.09.2014 - 12:00
    IV.3.6)

    Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up

    EN

    Section VI: Complementary information

    VI.1)

    Information about recurrence

    This is a recurrent procurement: no
    VI.2)

    Information about European Union funds

    The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no