Public Service Apprenticeship Advisor

A Public Service Apprenticeship Advisor to further progress the commitment set out in the ‘Action Plan for Apprenticeship 2021-2025’ to grow the number of apprenticeship registrations across the public service, including local authorities, to reach 750 annual registrations by 2025. The successful tenderer will be expected to be the central …

CPV: 71241000 Estudo de viabilidade, serviço consultivo, análise, 71621000 Serviços técnicos de análise ou consultoria, 72224000 Serviços de consultoria em gestão de projectos, 73000000 Serviços de investigação e desenvolvimento e serviços de consultoria conexos, 73200000 Serviços de consultoria em matéria de investigação e desenvolvimento, 73210000 Serviços de consultoria em matéria de investigação, 73220000 Serviços de consultoria em matéria de desenvolvimento, 79410000 Serviços de consultoria em matéria comercial e de gestão, 79411100 Serviços de consultoria no desenvolvimento de empresas
Local de execução:
Public Service Apprenticeship Advisor
Local de premiação:
Department of Further and Higher Education Research Innovation and Science
Número do prémio:
0

1. Buyer

1.1 Buyer

Official name : Department of Further and Higher Education Research Innovation and Science
Legal type of the buyer : Central government authority
Activity of the contracting authority : Education

2. Procedure

2.1 Procedure

Title : Public Service Apprenticeship Advisor
Description : A Public Service Apprenticeship Advisor to further progress the commitment set out in the ‘Action Plan for Apprenticeship 2021-2025’ to grow the number of apprenticeship registrations across the public service, including local authorities, to reach 750 annual registrations by 2025. The successful tenderer will be expected to be the central point of contact offering co-ordination and advisory services to public service bodies and connect them to the servcies needed to establish an apprenticeship in their organisation. Tenderers are required to provide reports and develop key metrics which will act as indicators of progress to relevant stakeholders including this Department, public sector organisations, the civil service, and education providers.
Procedure identifier : 3cef07c5-5f07-4d71-955b-fb40327bca44
Previous notice : a4cdbe4e-6e16-42b6-82c8-46c9382088d8-01
Type of procedure : Open
The procedure is accelerated : no
Justification for the accelerated procedure :
Main features of the procedure :

2.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 73000000 Research and development services and related consultancy services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 71241000 Feasibility study, advisory service, analysis
Additional classification ( cpv ): 71621000 Technical analysis or consultancy services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 72224000 Project management consultancy services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79411100 Business development consultancy services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 73220000 Development consultancy services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 73200000 Research and development consultancy services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79410000 Business and management consultancy services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 73210000 Research consultancy services

2.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Ireland
Anywhere in the given country

2.1.3 Value

Estimated value excluding VAT : 200 000 Euro

2.1.4 General information

Legal basis :
Directive 2014/24/EU

5. Lot

5.1 Lot technical ID : LOT-0001

Title : Public Service Apprenticeship Advisor
Description : A Public Service Apprenticeship Advisor to further progress the commitment set out in the ‘Action Plan for Apprenticeship 2021-2025’ to grow the number of apprenticeship registrations across the public service, including local authorities, to reach 750 annual registrations by 2025. The successful tenderer will be expected to be the central point of contact offering co-ordination and advisory services to public service bodies and connect them to the servcies needed to establish an apprenticeship in their organisation. Tenderers are required to provide reports and develop key metrics which will act as indicators of progress to relevant stakeholders including this Department, public sector organisations, the civil service, and education providers.
Internal identifier : 0

5.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 73000000 Research and development services and related consultancy services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 71241000 Feasibility study, advisory service, analysis
Additional classification ( cpv ): 71621000 Technical analysis or consultancy services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 72224000 Project management consultancy services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79411100 Business development consultancy services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 73220000 Development consultancy services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 73200000 Research and development consultancy services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79410000 Business and management consultancy services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 73210000 Research consultancy services

5.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Ireland
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information :

5.1.3 Estimated duration

Start date : 18/03/2025
Duration end date : 18/03/2026

5.1.5 Value

Estimated value excluding VAT : 200 000 Euro

5.1.6 General information

Procurement Project not financed with EU Funds.
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) : yes

5.1.7 Strategic procurement

Aim of strategic procurement : No strategic procurement
Approach to reducing environmental impacts : Other
Green Procurement Criteria : Other Green Public Procurement criteria
Social objective promoted : Other
Innovative objective : The procured works, supplies or services involve research and development activities.

5.1.8 Accessibility criteria

Accessibility criteria for persons with disabilities are not included because the procurement is not intended for use by natural persons

5.1.10 Award criteria

Criterion :
Type : Price
Name : MEAT. The tender with the highest overall ‘Qualitative’ score (total of marks awarded under Criteria 1-4) shall be deemed the Most Economically Advantageous Tender
Description : No. AWARD CRITERIA Marks Available MQT Page Limit 1. Quality of Approach and Methodology to Service Delivery 125 Marks 75 2 2. Contract Management 125 Marks 75 2 3. The Public Service Apprenticeship Advisor 300 Marks 180 2 4. Sustainable Contract Delivery 50 Marks - 2 5. Price 400 Marks N/A N/A TOTAL 1000 Weightings Meanings 91% to 100% Excellent response providing comprehensive and convincing assurance that the Tenderer will deliver to an excellent standard. 80% to 90% A very good response which demonstrates real understanding and assurance that the Tenderer will deliver to a good or high standard. 60% to 79% A satisfactory response which demonstrates a reasonable understanding of requirements and gives reasonable assurance of delivery to an adequate standard, but does not provide sufficiently convincing assurance to award a higher mark. 30% to 59% A response where reservations exist. Lacks full credibility/convincing detail, and there is a risk that delivery will not be successful. 1% to 29% A response where serious reservations exist. This may be because, for example, insufficient detail is provided, or the response has fundamental flaws, or is seriously inadequate or seriously lacks credibility with a high risk delivery will be unsuccessful. 0% No Response or response completely fails to address the criterion under consideration. Tenderers must score the Minimum Qualifying Threshold “MQT”, allocated to all non-cost criteria (Criteria 1, 2 and 3) in the CFT in order to come under consideration for awarding of the contract. Failure to achieve the MQT in any of these non-cost criteria will result in the Tenderer being eliminated from the competition and not being scored for Criterion 4 - Price. Where a specified page limit has been exceeded the Client may elect, at its sole discretion, not to give any consideration to that element of the tender exceeding the specified page limit. Price: The lowest priced Tender shall be awarded the maximum points available under this criterion and the points of all other Tenders under this criterion shall be calculated using the following formula. Cost Score = Lowest Tendered Rate x Maximum Number of Marks Available Tendered Rate under evaluation Tie Break: Where the evaluation results in a tie between two or more tenders, then the following process will be followed to determine the ranking and the successful tender: The tender with the highest overall ‘Qualitative’ score (total of marks awarded under Criteria 1-4) shall be deemed the Most Economically Advantageous Tender.
Description of the method to be used if weighting cannot be expressed by criteria : Cost Score = Lowest Tendered Rate x Maximum Number of Marks Available Tendered Rate under evaluation
Justification for not indicating the weighting of the award criteria :

5.1.15 Techniques

Framework agreement :
No framework agreement
Information about the dynamic purchasing system :
No dynamic purchase system

5.1.16 Further information, mediation and review

Review organisation : The High Court of Ireland -
Organisation providing offline access to the procurement documents : Department of Further and Higher Education Research Innovation and Science -
Organisation providing more information on the review procedures : Department of Further and Higher Education Research Innovation and Science -

6. Results

Value of all contracts awarded in this notice : 200 000 Euro

6.1 Result lot ldentifier : LOT-0001

At least one winner was chosen.

6.1.2 Information about winners

Winner :
Official name : Rory Byrne Education Training
Tender :
Tender identifier : 000093536
Identifier of lot or group of lots : LOT-0001
Value of the tender : 200 000 Euro
The tender was ranked : yes
Subcontracting : No
Contract information :
Identifier of the contract : 418619
Date on which the winner was chosen : 14/03/2025
Date of the conclusion of the contract : 07/04/2025

6.1.4 Statistical information

Received tenders or requests to participate :
Type of received submissions : Tenders submitted electronically
Number of tenders or requests to participate received : 3

8. Organisations

8.1 ORG-0001

Official name : Department of Further and Higher Education Research Innovation and Science
Registration number : 130253
Postal address : 52 St. Stephen's Green
Town : Dublin
Postcode : D02 DR67
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Dublin ( IE061 )
Country : Ireland
Contact point : Apprenticeship Policy Unit
Telephone : 00353 1 8896400
Internet address : https://www.gov.ie/dfheris
Roles of this organisation :
Buyer
Organisation providing offline access to the procurement documents
Organisation providing more information on the review procedures

8.1 ORG-0002

Official name : Rory Byrne Education Training
Registration number : 3992317S
Postal address : Appletree Cottage, Hazelhatch Road,
Town : Celbridge
Postcode : W23 HK00
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Dublin ( IE061 )
Country : Ireland
Telephone : 0860306392
Roles of this organisation :
Tenderer
Winner of these lots : LOT-0001

8.1 ORG-0003

Official name : The High Court of Ireland
Registration number : The High Court of Ireland
Department : The High Court of Ireland
Postal address : Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Town : Dublin
Postcode : D07 WDX8
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Dublin ( IE061 )
Country : Ireland
Telephone : +353 1 8886000
Roles of this organisation :
Review organisation

8.1 ORG-0004

Official name : European Dynamics S.A.
Registration number : 002024901000
Department : European Dynamics S.A.
Town : Athens
Postcode : 15125
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Βόρειος Τομέας Αθηνών ( EL301 )
Country : Greece
Telephone : +30 2108094500
Roles of this organisation :
TED eSender

11. Notice information

11.1 Notice information

Notice identifier/version : 6360baa1-acaa-460f-823e-0bbdf2ca753a - 01
Form type : Result
Notice type : Contract or concession award notice – standard regime
Notice dispatch date : 08/05/2025 14:31 +01:00
Languages in which this notice is officially available : English

11.2 Publication information

Notice publication number : 00304423-2025
OJ S issue number : 91/2025
Publication date : 13/05/2025