Date of dispatch of this notice: 17/09/2020
Expire date: 19/10/2020
External Reference: 2020-294172
TED Reference: 2020/S 184-445196
Contract notice - utilities
Information
Published
Contract notice - utilities
Contract notice – utilities
Services
Directive 2014/25/EU
Section I: Contracting entity
I.1)
Name and addresses
An Post
N/A
General Post Office
Dublin
O'Connell Street
IE
Contact person:
Dara O Sullivan
Telephone:
+353 17057000
E-mail:
dara.o'sullivan@anpost.ie
Internet address(es):
Main address:
www.anpost.com
Address of the buyer profile:
https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/391
I.2)
Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.3)
Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at:
http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=174162&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLEAdditional information can be obtained from
the abovementioned address:
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted
electronically via:
http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=174162&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted
to the abovementioned address
I.6)
Main activity
Postal services
Section II: Object
II.1)
Scope of the procurement
II.1.1)
Title
An Post Tender for Creation of Single Party Framework for evolution of the An Post School Programme
Reference number:
2043
II.1.2)
Main CPV code
80200000
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Secondary education services
II.1.3)
Type of contract
Services
II.1.4)
Short description
For the past number of years An Post has had a strong presence in Irish Schools and has ran handwriting competitions in conjunction with the Irish National Teachers Association (INTO) to encourage children to improve their handwriting skills. The last handwriting competition ran in 2019 and was known as Scéal Éile and was supported by a website schoolbag.ie.
An Post now wishes to evolve this competition to a wider School Program that meets the new strategic objectives of the business including but not limited to An Post Mails and Parcels revenue, support the launch of An Post Money products and also key brand and sponsorship objectives.
The evolved school programme will need to be relevant to the curriculum in both Primary and Secondary schools, be available in both Irish and English, and available to Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools (DEIS) and Special Education.
An Post now wishes to evolve this competition to a wider School Program that meets the new strategic objectives of the business including but not limited to An Post Mails and Parcels revenue, support the launch of An Post Money products and also key brand and sponsorship objectives.
The evolved school programme will need to be relevant to the curriculum in both Primary and Secondary schools, be available in both Irish and English, and available to Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools (DEIS) and Special Education.
II.1.5)
Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: 1.00
EUR
II.1.6)
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
no
II.2)
Description
II.2.2)
Additional CPV code(s)
80100000
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Primary education services
II.2.4)
Description of the procurement
For the past number of years An Post has had a strong presence in Irish Schools and has ran handwriting competitions in conjunction with the Irish National Teachers Association (INTO) to encourage children to improve their handwriting skills. The last handwriting competition ran in 2019 and was known as Scéal Éile and was supported by a website schoolbag.ie.
An Post now wishes to evolve this competition to a wider School Program that meets the new strategic objectives of the business including but not limited to An Post Mails and Parcels revenue, support the launch of An Post Money products and also key brand and sponsorship objectives.
The evolved school programme will need to be relevant to the curriculum in both Primary and Secondary schools, be available in both Irish and English, and available to Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools (DEIS) and Special Education.
The evolution of the new school programme will include (but not limited to):
- Strategic advice on Irish School Programme landscape
- Design of programme elements, ensuring it is meeting both school curriculum and An Post business objectives
- Implementation, ensuring maximum school participation
- Running of large scale events, both online and offline
- Working with An Post agencies including PR and web development (note PR and website development are not in scope)
Experience working directly with teachers and with the Teaching Council, INTO (or equivalent), and other teaching unions as well as subject specific associations and industry organisations or equivalent is preferable, and knowledge of the Irish education system and curriculum would be beneficial.
An Post now wishes to evolve this competition to a wider School Program that meets the new strategic objectives of the business including but not limited to An Post Mails and Parcels revenue, support the launch of An Post Money products and also key brand and sponsorship objectives.
The evolved school programme will need to be relevant to the curriculum in both Primary and Secondary schools, be available in both Irish and English, and available to Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools (DEIS) and Special Education.
The evolution of the new school programme will include (but not limited to):
- Strategic advice on Irish School Programme landscape
- Design of programme elements, ensuring it is meeting both school curriculum and An Post business objectives
- Implementation, ensuring maximum school participation
- Running of large scale events, both online and offline
- Working with An Post agencies including PR and web development (note PR and website development are not in scope)
Experience working directly with teachers and with the Teaching Council, INTO (or equivalent), and other teaching unions as well as subject specific associations and industry organisations or equivalent is preferable, and knowledge of the Irish education system and curriculum would be beneficial.
II.2.5)
Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6)
Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: 1.00
EUR
II.2.7)
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months:
36
This contract is subject to renewal:
yes
Description of renewals:
It is anticipated that this framework will commence in Q4 2020 and remain in place for 3 years with the option to extend for a period/s up to an additional 2 years.
II.2.10)
Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
no
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
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1)
Conditions for participation
III.1.2)
Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3)
Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.2)
Conditions related to the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1)
Description
IV.1.1)
Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
IV.1.3)
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with a single operator
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.2.2)
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
20/10/2020
Local time:
12:00
IV.2.4)
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)
Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
yes
Estimated timing for further notices to be published:
3-5 years
VI.4)
Procedures for review
VI.4.1)
Review body
The Four Courts
Dublin
IE