ETENDERS

Prior information notice

Information

Published

Date of dispatch of this notice: 05/11/2014

Expire date: 05/11/2015

External Reference: 2014-770570

TED Reference: 2014/S 216-382356

Prior information notice

Prior information notice

Classic Sector

Directive 2004/18/EC

Services

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)

Name, addresses and contact point(s)

Pobal
Holbrook House, Holles Street
2  Dublin
IE
E-mail: sas@pobal.ie
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority/entity: http://www.pobal.ie
Address of the buyer profile: http://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/CompanyInformation/Index/460
Further information can be obtained from:
Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal (eTenders Website)
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IE
Internet address: www.etenders.gov.ie
I.2)

Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law
I.3)

Main activity

  • Other: Not for profit intermediary that works on behalf of the Irish Government and the EU to support communities and local agencies toward achieving social inclusion, reconciliation and equality

Section II.B: Object of the contract (Supplies or services)

II.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:

Panel of Telecare Service Providers

II.2)

Type of contract and place of delivery or of performance

Category No27:  Other services
NUTS code
IRELAND
II.3)

Information on framework agreement

The notice involves the establishment of a framework agreement: no:
II.4)

Short description of nature and quantity or value of supplies or services:

The objective of the Seniors Alert Scheme is to encourage community support and social inclusion for vulnerable older people in the Republic of Ireland. There is a need to support people to maintain independent living within their own homes for longer and to meet their perceived security and safety needs.

Pobal have been contracted by the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (DECLG) to manage the administration of this scheme from 2015.

Under the Seniors Alert Scheme, eligible persons (the ‘beneficiaries’) will be offered funding for the supply, delivery, installation and warranty of telecare equipment such as base units and personal alarm pendants/triggers.

Before any telecare equipment under the Seniors Alert Scheme is installed at a beneficiary’s home, that beneficiary must demonstrate the existence of a contract with a telecare service provider of their choice; a service which does not directly come under the scope of the Seniors Alert Scheme’s funding.

Pobal is cognisant of the fact that personal purchasing of telecare services reduces the opportunities for economies of scale, with the risk of an overall increase in the cost of telecare for individual beneficiaries. Therefore, Pobal would like to empower and assist beneficiaries by providing them with a panel of pre-qualified telecare service providers to choose from. Use of this panel by beneficiaries will be on a voluntary basis only and beneficiaries will at all times be able to exercise their choice of service provider outside of the panel.

The Panel will operate for a period of 3 years (February 2015 – January 2018) and there is no deadline for applications during this period.

This contract is divided into lots:  no
II.5)

Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

Main vocabulary
71700000   Monitoring and control services
Supplementary vocabulary
79711000   Alarm-monitoring services
II.6)

Scheduled date for start of award procedures

05.11.2015
II.7)

Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):  no
II.8)

Additional information:

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)

Information about European Union funds

The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
VI.2)

Additional information:

Pobal is establishing this panel for use (on a voluntary basis) by the beneficiaries of the Seniors Alert Scheme and will not be entering into any contracts with the respondents. Therefore, this notice is published on a voluntary basis as the establishment of this panel is not subject to the provisions of Directive 2004/18.

In addition, no implied contract will arise as a result of the publication of this notice and/or Pobal‘s involvement in the process.

VI.3)

Information on general regulatory framework

Relevant governmental Internet sites where information can be obtained
Tax legislation www.revenue.ie
Environmental protection legislation www.epa.ie
Employment protection and working conditions www.workplacerelations.ie