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Contract award notice

Information

Published

Date of dispatch of this notice: 19/04/2022

External Reference: 2022-238995

TED Reference: 2022/S 079-213350

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 Social Protection
N/A
College Road
Sligo
IE
IE
Contact person: Alex Byrne
Telephone: +353 719148367
E-mail: alex.byrne@welfare.ie
NUTS code:  IE -  IRELAND
Internet address(es):
Main address: https://www.gov.ie/en/organisation/department-of-employment-affairs-and-social-protection/
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/349

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

Social protection

Section II: Object

II.1)

Scope of the procurement

II.1.1)

Title

The provision of a Publications Dispatch Service
II.1.2)

Main CPV code

79824000  -  Printing and distribution services
II.1.3)

Type of contract

Services
II.1.4)

Short description

The provision of a publications dispatch service, primarily related to but not limited to customer application forms and information leaflets, of the Contracting Authority. This requires the acceptance and fulfilment of telephone or email requests for Department forms, leaflets and other publications, through the Contracting Authority's existing customer contact channels (which will be made available to the winning tenderer for their use for the duration of the contract). Please note the Department is relying on European Union (Award of Public Authority Contracts) Regulations 2016 in reserving this contract for participants in sheltered workshops and sheltered employment programmes.
II.1.6)

Information about lots

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

Total value of the procurement

Value excluding VAT:  200000.00  EUR
II.2)

Description

II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

22100000  -  Printed books, brochures and leaflets
22140000  -  Leaflets
31213400  -  Distribution system
42961400  -  Dispatch system
79823000  -  Printing and delivery services
II.2.3)

Place of performance

NUTS code:  IE -  IRELAND
II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

The provision of a publications dispatch service, primarily related to but not limited to customer application forms and information leaflets, of the Contracting Authority.
This requires the acceptance and fulfilment of telephone or email requests for Department forms, leaflets and other publications, through the Contracting Authority's existing customer contact channels (which will be made available to the winning tenderer for their use for the duration of the contract).
The requirement of this contract can be outlined as;
• the storage and inventory management of customer application forms, leaflets and other publications;
• the timely and efficient distribution of up to 50 forms, leaflets and other publications per order;
• the direct notification to customers when requests for forms, leaflets and other publications cannot be fulfilled and
• the provision of weekly and monthly management information reports to the Contracting Authority in relation to the volume and nature of forms, leaflet and publication requests and the corresponding level of forms, leaflets and publications dispatched.
Please note the Department is relying on European Union (Award of Public Authority Contracts) Regulations 2016 in reserving this contract for participants in sheltered workshops and sheltered employment programmes.
II.2.5)

Award criteria

Criteria below
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Quality, comprehensiveness and suitability of the proposed approach to delivering the service requirements  /  Weighting:  40 %
Price  -  Weighting:  60 %
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

Estimated value is best estimate at time of tender and may be subject to change.

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 : no
IV.2)

Administrative information

IV.2.1)

Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number in the OJ S: 2021/S 202-527753

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: 1

Title: The provision of a Publications Dispatch Service

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

Award of contract

V.2.1)

Date of conclusion of the contract

01/01/2022
V.2.2)

Information about tenders

Number of tenders received:  1
Number of tenders received by electronic means:  1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators :  no
V.2.3)

Name and address of the contractor

Rehab Enterprises
8216680A
10D Beckett Way, Parkwest Business Park
Dublin 12
Dublin
IE
Telephone: +353 14528119
E-mail: gerard.broderick@rehabenterprises.ie
NUTS code:  IE -  IRELAND
Internet address: http://www.rehab.ie

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:  100000.00  EUR
Total value of the contract/lot:  200000.00  EUR

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3)

Additional information

Estimated value is best estimate at time of tender and may be subject to change.
VI.4)

Procedures for review

VI.4.1)

Review body

High Court
Four Courts, Inns Quay
Dublin
IE
Telephone: +353 18886000