Contract award notice

Information

Published

Date of dispatch of this notice: 22/06/2018

External Reference: 2018-859968

TED Reference: 2018/S 121-275878

Contract award notice

Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)

Name and addresses

Department of Health
N/A
Hawkins House
Dublin 2
Hawkins Street
IE
Contact person: Fiona Mansergh
Telephone: +353 16354713
NUTS code:  IE -  IRELAND
Internet address(es):
Main address: http://health.gov.ie/

I.2)

Joint procurement

The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4)

Type of the contracting authority

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5)

Main activity

Health

Section II: Object

II.1)

Scope of the procurement

II.1.1)

Title

The Department of Health invites tenders to this RFT for the provision of services to conduct an annual Healthy Ireland Survey for a 3 year period
Reference number:  Healthy Ireland Survey RFT 2018
II.1.2)

Main CPV code

73000000  -  Research and development services and related consultancy services
II.1.3)

Type of contract

Services
II.1.4)

Short description

Healthy Ireland is the National Framework for action to improve health and wellbeing of people living in Ireland. An important feature of Healthy Ireland is a focus on research and evidence to ensure goals, programmes and policy and programming decisions are based on robust evidence, best practice approaches, and integrated with service delivery to maximise impact. Since 2014 the Healthy Ireland Survey has been administered on an annual basis on behalf of the Department of Health. http://www.healthyireland.ie/accessibility/healthy-ireland-survey/
Reports of the first three survey waves; 2015, 2016 and 2017, have been published; findings of the fourth Wave will be published in autumn 2018. The surveys have provided an up-to-date picture of the nation’s health. It is the intention of the Department of Health to engage a contractor to conduct further Waves of the Healthy Ireland Survey on an annual basis
II.1.6)

Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.7)

Total value of the procurement

Value excluding VAT:  719346.00  EUR
II.2)

Description

II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

73300000  -  Design and execution of research and development
85000000  -  Health and social work services
85100000  -  Health services
85140000  -  Miscellaneous health services
II.2.3)

Place of performance

NUTS code:  IE -  IRELAND
Main site or place of performance:  
Hawkins Street, Dublin 2, D02 VW90
II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

Healthy Ireland is the National Framework for action to improve health and wellbeing of people living in Ireland. It is a pro-active response to the many risks that threaten Ireland’s future health and wellbeing. Healthy Ireland’s vision is one where everyone can enjoy physical and mental health and wellbeing to their full potential, where wellbeing is valued and supported at every level of society and is everyone’s responsibility.
Further details are available at http://www.healthyireland.ie/
It describes four high-level goals:
- Increase the proportion of people who are healthy at all stages of life
- Reduce health inequalities
- Protect the public from threats to health and wellbeing
- Create an environment where every individual and sector of society can play their part in achieving a healthy Ireland
An important feature of Healthy Ireland is a focus on research and evidence to ensure goals, programmes and policy and programming decisions are based on robust evidence, best practice approaches, and integrated with service delivery to maximise impact.
Since 2014 the Healthy Ireland Survey has been administered on an annual basis on behalf of the Department of Health. http://www.healthyireland.ie/accessibility/healthy-ireland-survey/
Reports of the first three survey waves; 2015, 2016 and 2017, have been published. The fieldwork for the fourth wave is underway; findings will be published in autumn 2018. The surveys have provided an up-to-date picture of the nation’s health along with a robust and credible baseline set of data on a range of health behaviours which have significant impact on individual health outcomes.
These data are now also being used to inform current and future policy direction and programme development and implementation. Results are also being shared publicly for research purposes; the data from the 2015 Survey has been deposited with ISSDA and has, to date, been used by 151 researchers. It is anticipated that data from future Waves wil
II.2.5)

Award criteria

Criteria below
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Proven and demonstrable track record  /  Weighting:  20%
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Feasibility of the apporach suggested  /  Weighting:  20%
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Ability to deliver key outputs on time  /  Weighting:  25%
Cost criterion  -  Name:  Cost  /  Weighting:  35%
II.2.11)

Information about options

Options: no
II.2.13)

Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
II.2.14)

Additional information

The Department of Health invites
tenders to this request for tenders
from economic operators (Tenderers)
for the provision of services to
conduct an annual Healthy Ireland
Survey for a 3 year period, with the
possibility of extension for a fourth
year under the same terms and
conditions, with agreement of both
parties

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Description

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

Open procedure
IV.1.8)

Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement : yes
IV.2)

Administrative information

IV.2.1)

Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number in the OJ S: 2018/S 056-124173
IV.2.9)

Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice

The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: 1

Title: The Department of Health invites tenders to this RFT for the provision of services to conduct an annual Healthy Ireland Survey for a 3 year period

A contract/lot is awarded: yes
V.2)

Award of contract

V.2.1)

Date of conclusion of the contract

22/06/2018
V.2.2)

Information about tenders

Number of tenders received:  3
Number of tenders received by electronic means:  3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators :  no
V.2.3)

Name and address of the contractor

Ipsos MRBI / MRBI Market Research Ltd
9701145N
Block 3 Blackrock Business Park
Co. Dublin
Carysfort Avenue, Bl
IE
Telephone: +353 14389048
NUTS code:  IE -  IRELAND
Internet address: http://www.ipsosmrbi.com

The contractor is an SME : no
V.2.4)

Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:  719346.00  EUR
Lowest offer:  570750.00  EUR / Highest offer:  719346.00  EUR   taken into consideration

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3)

Additional information

Please see accompanying RFT document
VI.4)

Procedures for review

VI.4.1)

Review body

Department of Health
Hawkins House, Dublin 2
Dublin
D02 VW90
IE
Telephone: +353 16354713
Internet address: http://health.gov.ie/

VI.4.3)

Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: 
Please see accomanying RFT documentation