Date of dispatch of this notice: 12/09/2022
Expire date: 13/10/2022
External Reference: 2022-279050
TED Reference: 2022/S 179-506059
Contract notice
Information
Published
Contract notice
Contract notice
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)
Name and addresses
Enterprise Ireland
N/A
The Plaza, East Point Business
Dublin 3
IE
Contact person:
Greenville on behalf of Enterprise Ireland
Telephone:
+353 14020114
E-mail:
tenders@greenville.ie
NUTS code:
IE061 -
Dublin
Main address:
http://www.enterprise-ireland.com
Address of the buyer profile:
https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/434
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=223272&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=223272&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted
to the abovementioned address
I.4)
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5)
Main activity
Economic and financial affairs
Section II: Object
II.1)
Scope of the procurement
II.1.1)
Title
Provision of recruitment services for Enterprise Ireland in three (3) lots
Reference number:
2022/21
II.1.2)
Main CPV code
79600000
-
Recruitment services
II.1.3)
Type of contract
Services
II.1.4)
Short description
The Contracting Authority proposes to engage in a competitive process for the establishment of multi-party framework agreements for the provision of recruitment services in three (3) lots:
Lot 1: General Recruitment – Permanent, Fixed-Term and Temporary
Lot 2: Specialist Skills Recruitment – Permanent, Fixed-Term and Temporary
Lot 3: Graduate Recruitment and/or other large volume group recruitment programmes.
Lot 1: General Recruitment – Permanent, Fixed-Term and Temporary
Lot 2: Specialist Skills Recruitment – Permanent, Fixed-Term and Temporary
Lot 3: Graduate Recruitment and/or other large volume group recruitment programmes.
II.1.5)
Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: 1500000.00
EUR
II.1.6)
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
yes
Tenders may be submitted for
all lots
II.2)
Description
II.2.1)
Title
Provision of recruitment services for Enterprise Ireland in three (3) lots
Lot No:
1
II.2.2)
Additional CPV code(s)
79000000
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Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
79635000
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Assessment centre services for recruitment
II.2.3)
Place of performance
NUTS code:
IE061 -
Dublin
Main site or place of performance:
Dublin 3, D03 E5R6
II.2.4)
Description of the procurement
The Contracting Authority proposes to engage in a competitive process for the establishment of multi-party framework agreements for the provision of recruitment services in three (3) lots:
Lot 1: General Recruitment – Permanent, Fixed-Term and Temporary
Lot 2: Specialist Skills Recruitment – Permanent, Fixed-Term and Temporary
Lot 3: Graduate Recruitment and/or other large volume group recruitment programmes.
The services set out for Lots 1 and 2 will in the main be required for recruitment and placement of resources in Enterprise Ireland’s locations in Ireland. However, from time to time the Contracting Authority may choose to use this framework, on an exceptional basis, to recruit and place overseas resources into the Enterprise Ireland network of offices overseas, e.g. in the event that the Contracting Authority has not been successful in securing a suitable local overseas recruitment provider as is the Contracting Authority’s current normal practice for overseas recruitment.
The graduate programme services set out for Lot 3 will encompass recruitment and placement of graduate resources onto Enterprise Ireland’s graduate programmes which are currently both national and international placements.
Lot 1: General Recruitment – Permanent, Fixed-Term and Temporary
Lot 2: Specialist Skills Recruitment – Permanent, Fixed-Term and Temporary
Lot 3: Graduate Recruitment and/or other large volume group recruitment programmes.
The services set out for Lots 1 and 2 will in the main be required for recruitment and placement of resources in Enterprise Ireland’s locations in Ireland. However, from time to time the Contracting Authority may choose to use this framework, on an exceptional basis, to recruit and place overseas resources into the Enterprise Ireland network of offices overseas, e.g. in the event that the Contracting Authority has not been successful in securing a suitable local overseas recruitment provider as is the Contracting Authority’s current normal practice for overseas recruitment.
The graduate programme services set out for Lot 3 will encompass recruitment and placement of graduate resources onto Enterprise Ireland’s graduate programmes which are currently both national and international placements.
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: 1500000.00
EUR
II.2.7)
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months:
48
This contract is subject to renewal:
no
II.2.9)
Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged number of candidates:
8
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
Note: For Lots 1 and 2, it is envisioned that 8 candidates will be invited to tender. For Lot 3, 5 candidates will be invited to tender.
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
II.2.14)
Additional information
Establishment of a Multi-Party framework agreement for the provision of recruitment services for Executive, Management and Graduate / Group programmes placements in Enterprise Ireland
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
Competitive procedure with negotiation
IV.1.3)
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Framework agreement with several operators
Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement:
5
IV.1.4)
Information about reduction of the number of solutions or tenders during negotiation or dialogue
Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated
IV.1.5)
Information about negotiation
The contracting authority reserves the right to award the contract on the basis of the initial tenders without conducting negotiations
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:
13/10/2022
Local time:
12:00
IV.2.4)
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
IV.2.6)
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months
: 12
(from the date stated for receipt of tender)
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)
Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
no
VI.3)
Additional information
1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications. All information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal (www.etenders.gov.ie) only. Registration is free of charge. The contracting authority will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties.
2) Suppliers must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications and to respond electronically to the competition.
3) Suppliers should note the following when making their submission:
• There is a maximum upload limit of 2GB per file. Documents larger than this should be divided into smaller files prior to upload.
• In order to submit a document to the electronic postbox, please note that you must click “Submit Response”. After submitting a response, the response may be modified and re-submitted as many times as may be necessary until the RFT deadline has expired. Suppliers should be aware that the “Submit Response” button will be disabled automatically upon expiration of the response deadline.
• Suppliers must ensure that they give themselves sufficient time to upload & submit all required documentation before the submission deadline. Suppliers should consider the fact that upload speeds vary.
• If you experience difficulty when uploading documents, please contact eTenders Support Desk for technical assistance. Email etenders@eusupply.com or Telephone: 353(0)21 2439277 (09:00am – 17:30pm GMT). All queries must be submitted through the messaging facility on www.etenders.gov.ie.
4) All queries regarding this tender requirement or process must be submitted through the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal www.etenders.gov.ie as a specific question. Responses will be circulated to those tenderers that have registered an interest in this notice on www.etenders.gov.ie The details of the person making a query will not be disclosed when circulating the response
5) This is the sole call for competition for this contract/framework.
6) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers.
7) Contract award will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities.
8) It will be a condition of award that the successful tenderer is and remains tax compliant.
9) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, the framework agreement or any contract awarded under the framework agreement at any time.
10) Please note in relation to all documents, that where reference is made to a particular standard, make, source, process, trademark, type, or patent, that this is not to be regarded as a de facto requirement. In all such cases it should be understood that such indications are to be treated strictly and solely for reference purposes only, to which the words "or equivalent" will always be appended.
11) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a
clarification process in respect of the procurement documents with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, respondents are advised to ensure that they return completed documentation in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.
Please note that this competition was previously advertised under RFT ID 222033 which was cancelled and withdrawn without award.
2) Suppliers must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications and to respond electronically to the competition.
3) Suppliers should note the following when making their submission:
• There is a maximum upload limit of 2GB per file. Documents larger than this should be divided into smaller files prior to upload.
• In order to submit a document to the electronic postbox, please note that you must click “Submit Response”. After submitting a response, the response may be modified and re-submitted as many times as may be necessary until the RFT deadline has expired. Suppliers should be aware that the “Submit Response” button will be disabled automatically upon expiration of the response deadline.
• Suppliers must ensure that they give themselves sufficient time to upload & submit all required documentation before the submission deadline. Suppliers should consider the fact that upload speeds vary.
• If you experience difficulty when uploading documents, please contact eTenders Support Desk for technical assistance. Email etenders@eusupply.com or Telephone: 353(0)21 2439277 (09:00am – 17:30pm GMT). All queries must be submitted through the messaging facility on www.etenders.gov.ie.
4) All queries regarding this tender requirement or process must be submitted through the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal www.etenders.gov.ie as a specific question. Responses will be circulated to those tenderers that have registered an interest in this notice on www.etenders.gov.ie The details of the person making a query will not be disclosed when circulating the response
5) This is the sole call for competition for this contract/framework.
6) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers.
7) Contract award will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities.
8) It will be a condition of award that the successful tenderer is and remains tax compliant.
9) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, the framework agreement or any contract awarded under the framework agreement at any time.
10) Please note in relation to all documents, that where reference is made to a particular standard, make, source, process, trademark, type, or patent, that this is not to be regarded as a de facto requirement. In all such cases it should be understood that such indications are to be treated strictly and solely for reference purposes only, to which the words "or equivalent" will always be appended.
11) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a
clarification process in respect of the procurement documents with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, respondents are advised to ensure that they return completed documentation in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.
Please note that this competition was previously advertised under RFT ID 222033 which was cancelled and withdrawn without award.
VI.4)
Procedures for review
VI.4.1)
Review body
High Court
Dublin
IE