IRL-Dublin: counselling services

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Country:	Ireland
Deadline for Responses:	Jun 18, 2004
Regulation of Procurement:	European Communities
EU Official Journal Publication:	#77669-2004 in 97/ issue
Publication Date:	May 18, 2004
Awarding Authority:	IARNROD EIREANN-IRISH RAIL, DUBLIN
Contract Nature:	Service contract
Procedure Type:	Negotiated procedure
Type of Bid Required:	Global tender
Awarding Criteria:	The most economic tender
Original Language(s):	English
Abstract:	Employee Assistance Programme. Iarnrod Eireann/Bus Eireann wish to provide nationwide Counselling Services to their Employees (approx 8 000) as required to include: Freephone helpline, Face to face counselling services , provided from a range of specialised qualified counsellors to meet a broad range of needs, Critical incident stress management plan, Some Training for staff in basic counselling skills. CPV: 85312320, 80426100.

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Regions:	IE001 - BORDER
Commodities:	80561000 - Health training services 85312320 - Counselling services

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CONTRACT NOTICE - UTILITIES Services This contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): Yes. SECTION I: CONTRACTING ENTITY I.1) Official name and address of the contracting entity: Iarnrod Eireann-Irish Rail, Att: Kieran Stack, Procurement and Materials Department, Inchicore, IRL-Dublin 8. Tel.: 01 7033827. Fax: 01 8860518. E-mail: kieran.stack@irishrail.ie. URL: www.irishrail.ie. I.2) Address from which further information can be obtained: Iarnrod Eireann-Irish Rail, Att: kieran Stack, Procurement and Materials Department, Inchicore, IRL-Dublin 8. Tel.: 01 7033714. Fax: 01 4537349. E-mail: kieran.stack@irishrail.ie. URL: www.irishrail.ie. I.3) Address from which documentation may be obtained: Iarnrod Eireann-Irish Rail, Att: Kieran Stack, Procurement and Materials Department, Inchicore, IRL-Dublin 8. Tel.: 01 7033714. Fax: 01 4537349. URL: www.irishrail.ie. I.4) Address to which tenders/requests to participate must be sent: As in I.1. SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT II.1) Description II.1.3) Type of service contract: Service category: 25. II.1.4) Framework agreement: No. II.1.5) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting entity: Employee Assistance Programme. II.1.6) Description/object of the contract: Iarnrod Eireann/Bus Eireann wish to provide nationwide Counselling Services to their Employees (approx 8 000) as required to include: Freephone helpline, Face to face counselling services , provided from a range of specialised qualified counsellors to meet a broad range of needs, Critical incident stress management plan, Some Training for staff in basic counselling skills. II.1.7) Site or location of works, place of delivery or performance: Republic of Ireland. NUTS code: IE001. II.1.8) Nomenclature II.1.8.1) Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV): 85312320, 80426100. II.1.9) Division into lots: No. II.1.10) Will variants be accepted: Yes. II.1.11) Derogation from the use of European specifications: No. II.2) Quantity or scope of the contract II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: Counselling services for a workforce of approx. 8 000. II.2.2) Options. Description and time when they may be exercised: Contract up to three years. II.3) Duration of the contract or time period for execution: 36 months from the award of the contract. SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION III.1) Conditions relating to the contract III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the grouping of suppliers, contractors or service providers to whom the contract is awarded: If the tender is submitted by a group (more than one) of suppliers, then those suppliers, if awarded the contract, shall assume such legal form by incorporation, partnership, or otherwise as will enable them to contract as a single entity. It will become necessary for the group to state a single addressee responsible for the receipt and processing of the participating orders and resolving any problems relating to the contract. III.2) Conditions for participation III.2.1) Information concerning the personal situation of the contractor, supplier or service provider and information and formalities necessary for the evaluation of the minimum capacity required: III.2.1.2) Economic and financial capacity - means of proof required: A statement of the bidder's overall turnover and the turnover related to similar activities covered by this contract, for the three previous financial years. III.2.1.3) Technical capacity - means of proof required: (1) A statement of the bidder's average annual manpower and the number of managerial staff for thepast three years. (2) A statement of the educational and professional qualifications of the bidder's managerial staffand of those persons who will be responsible for carrying out the contract requirements. (3) A list of the principal deliveries of supplies or services effected by the bidder in thepast three years, with the sums, dates and recipients, public or private, involved: (1) where effected to public authorities, evidence to be in the form of certificates issuedor countersigned by the competent authority; (2) where effected to private purchasers, delivery to be certified by the purchaser or, failing this, simply declared by the supplier to have been effected. III.3) Conditions specific to services contracts III.3.1) Provision of the service is reserved to a specific profession: No. III.3.2) Legal entities required to state the names and professional qualifications of the personnel responsible for execution of the contract: Yes. SECTION IV: PROCEDURE IV.1) Type of procedure: Negotiated. IV.1.2) Number of firms which will be invited to tender: Minimum: 3 - Maximum: 6. IV.2) Award criteria: The most economically advantageous tender in terms of: Criteria as stated in contract documents. IV.3) Administrative information IV.3.1) Reference number attributed to the file by the contracting entity: Se1464/ks. IV.3.3) Deadline for receipt of tenders or participation requests: 18.6.2004. Time: 12:00. IV.3.4) Dispatch of invitations to tender to selected candidates: Scheduled date: 18.6.2004. IV.3.5) Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up: English. SECTION VI: OTHER INFORMATION VI.1) Non-mandatory notice: No. VI.3) The contract relates to a project/programme financed by EU funds: No. VI.4) Additional information: (ET Ref:2101). VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 12.5.2004.

IRL-Dublin: counselling services

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