Contract award notice

Information

Published

Date of dispatch of this notice: 25/02/2022

External Reference: 2022-297697

TED Reference: 2022/S 043-112219

Contract award notice

Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)

Name and addresses

Cork Education and Training Board
N/A
21 Lavitt's Quay, Cork
Cork
Cork
IE
NUTS code:  IE05 -  Southern
Internet address(es):
Main address: http://www.corketb.ie

I.4)

Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law
I.5)

Main activity

Education

Section II: Object

II.1)

Scope of the procurement

II.1.1)

Title

2022 - Multi-Party Framework for The provision of Change Management Consulting Services for Cork Education and Training Board.
II.1.2)

Main CPV code

79411000  -  General management consultancy services
II.1.3)

Type of contract

Services
II.1.4)

Short description

This Request for Tender invites suitably qualified parties (‘Tenderer’) to apply for appointment for External Consulting Expertise - “Change Management” to Cork Educational and Training Board (CETB) for development and implementation of its Further Educational and Training Strategic Plan.
II.1.6)

Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: no
II.2)

Description

II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

72221000  -  Business analysis consultancy services
72224000  -  Project management consultancy services
79400000  -  Business and management consultancy and related services
79410000  -  Business and management consultancy services
79411100  -  Business development consultancy services
79414000  -  Human resources management consultancy services
79415000  -  Production management consultancy services
79421000  -  Project-management services other than for construction work
79421100  -  Project-supervision services other than for construction work
79632000  -  Personnel-training services
80500000  -  Training services
80510000  -  Specialist training services
80521000  -  Training programme services
80532000  -  Management training services
II.2.3)

Place of performance

NUTS code:  IE05 -  Southern
II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

This Request for Tender invites suitably qualified parties (‘Tenderer’) to apply for appointment for External Consulting Expertise - “Change Management” to Cork Educational and Training Board (CETB) for development and implementation of its Further Educational and Training Strategic Plan.
II.2.5)

Award criteria

Criteria below
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Understanding of CETB requirements and Proposed Execution Methodology for delivery of the service, including draft SLA  /  Weighting:  30
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Technical Merit of Team Proposed  /  Weighting:  30
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Reliability and Continuity of Supply  /  Weighting:  5
Price  -  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

Please consult the associated documentation, which contains full instructions regarding the submission of tenders and is available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT : 206898

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Description

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

Open procedure
IV.1.3)

Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system

The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
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: 2022/S 026-066490

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: 1

Title: 2022 - Multi-Party Framework for The provision of Change Management Consulting Services for Cork Education and Training Board.

A contract/lot is awarded: no
V.1)

Information on non-award

The contract/lot is not awarded
Other reasons (discontinuation of procedure)

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3)

Additional information

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;
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. There is a maximum upload limit of 2GB per document on etenders. Documents larger than this should be divided into smaller files prior to upload or zipped.
Should you experience difficulty when uploading documents please contact the eTenders Support Desk for technical assistance. Email etenders@eu-supply.com or Telephone: 353 (0) 21 243 92 77 (09:00am – 17:30pm GMT)
All queries regarding this tender requirement or process must be submitted through the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal www.etenders.gov.ie (RFT ID:206898) 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
This is the sole call for competition for this contract/framework.
The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers.
Contract award will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities.
It will be a condition of award that the successful tenderer is and remains tax compliant.
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.
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.
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.
VI.4)

Procedures for review

VI.4.1)

Review body

High Court
Dublin
IE

VI.4.3)

Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: 
The framework is covered by the application of the Remedies Directive and the relevant standstill period applied at time of notification.
VI.4.4)

Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained

Consult your legal advisor.
Ireland
IE