IRL-Dublin: training services

Country:

Ireland

City/Locality:

DOYBLINO

Notice/Contract Number:

eu:298762-2007

Publication Date:

Dec 20, 2007

Deadline:

Jan 18, 2008

Buyer:

IPOS

Original Language:

English

Address:

IPOS
DUBLIN , IRELAND
Ireland

Web Site:

www.ipos.ie

Notice Type: 2220
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Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 245/2007
, #
298762-2007
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Restricted procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global or partial tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

Summary:
CONTRACT NOTICE
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): IPOS, IPOS House, Belgard
Road, Contact: Pharmacy Xcelerate, Attn: Emily Ahern, IRL-Dublin 24. Tel.
014 14 74 32. E-mail: eahern@ipos.ie. Fax 014 04 17 52.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.ipos.ie.
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/
Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA11701.
Further information can be obtained at: IPOS, IPOS House, Belgard Road,
Contact: 0860412111, Attn: Emily Ahern, IRL-Tallaght, Dublin 24. Tel. 014
14 74 32. E-mail: eahern@ipos.ie. Fax 014 04 17 52.
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for
competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at:
IPOS, IPOS House, Belgard Road, Contact: Pharmacy Xcelerate, Attn: Emily
Ahern, IRL-Tallaght, Dublin 24. Tel. 014 14 74 32. E-mail: eahern@ipos.ie.
Fax 014 04 17 52. URL: www.ipos.ie.
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: IPOS, IPOS House,
Belgard Road, Contact: Pharmacy Xcelerate, Attn: Emily Ahern,
IRL-Tallaght, Dublin 24. Tel. 014 14 74 32. E-mail: eahern@ipos.ie. Fax
014 04 17 52. URL: www.ipos.ie.
I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
Other: Non-profit Support Network.
Other: Training Provider.
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1) DESCRIPTION
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Pharmacy Xcelerate Skillnet.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Services.
Service category: No 27.
Main place of performance: Country wide.
NUTS code: IE.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): The general aim
of Pharmacy Xcelerate is:
to support ongoing attainment of excellent levels of skills and knowledge
relevant to all aspects of the pharmacy, among a workforce that is
committed and content. It seeks to support ongoing learning capability in
the Network membership.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 80420000.
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
Yes.
II.1.8) Division into lots: Yes.
Tenders should be submitted for: one or more lots.
II.1.9) Variants will be accepted: Yes.
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: The general aim of Pharmacy Xcelerate
is:
to support ongoing attainment of excellent levels of skills and knowledge
relevant
to all aspects of the pharmacy, among a workforce that is committed and
content.
It seeks to support ongoing learning capability in the Network membership.
Objectives of this contract include:
— To increase participation in training by Network members to improve
competitiveness,
— To provide improved access for workers for skills development,
— To improve the level and quality of training and development activities
in Network Pharmacies already investing in training,
— To increase the level of training in Network pharmacies where little
training has taken place to date,
— Encourage a culture of life long learning in the Network pharmacies,
— Promote and encourage entrepreneurial ownership,
— Promote adoption of new techniques and technologies to assist business
needs,
— To address, in an ongoing way, basic IT and other skill development
needs of pharmacy workers,
— To focus on management training relevant to Network members, recognising
this is a gap in training provision within the sector,
— Offer new learning interventions based on innovative methods, in
particular addressing the identified barriers of access and applicability
e g. pharmacy specific, cluster training, web based training,
— Promote, foster and deliver training relevant to business needs, as per
attached plan (Appendix 1),
— To monitor and evaluate training events and programmes offered to assure
enterprise training is adding value. In particular, Pharmacy Xcelerate
will support performance benchmarking among pharmacies utilising standard
pharmacy process measures in order to improve both competitiveness,
quality and safety in the pharmacies,
— Promote, foster and deliver service/ innovation concepts within the
community pharmacy setting.
II.2.2) Options: No.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Starting:
1.1.2008. Completion: 31.12.2009.
INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS
LOT NO 1
TITLE: Management Training- event days.
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Management Training events-various topics including
Finance for non Financial Managers, Marketing, operations management,
HR/IR for non HR Managers and related topics suitable to micro
enterprises; Specialist Healthcare management topics- weight management
etc.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 80423200, 75122000.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE: Various.
5) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS:
LOT NO 2
TITLE: IT Skills.
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Training on electronic point of sale technology in
Pharmacies.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 72222300.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE: Variuos.
5) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS:
LOT NO 3
TITLE: Train the Trainer.
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Train the trainer for senior personnel in
pharmacies.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 80421100.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE: Various.
5) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS:
LOT NO 4
TITLE: Project evaluation and auditing.
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Project evaluation and auditing.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 74100000.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE: Yearly evaluation.
Yearly audit.
5) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS:
LOT NO 4
TITLE: Online Training developmental project.
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Development of online training product to support
professional customer service.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 74231520.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE: Once off developmental project.
5) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS:
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or
reference to the relevant provisions regulating them: Payment will be made
after delivery of services as agreed with service provider.
III.1.4) Other particular conditions to which the performance of the
contract is subject: No.
III.2) CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION
III.3) CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS
III.3.2) Legal entities should indicate the names and professional
qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service:
Yes.
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
IV.1) TYPE OF PROCEDURE
IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Restricted.
IV.1.2) Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to
tender or to participate: Envisaged number of operators 5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Relevant
expertise
Experience of training in the sector
Reputation
Price.
IV.2) AWARD CRITERIA
IV.2.1) Award criteria: The most economically advantageous tender in
terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to
tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document.
IV.2.2) An electronic auction will be used: No.
IV.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents
or descriptive document
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
18.1.2008 - 17:00.
IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to
selected candidates: 25.1.2008.
IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be
drawn up: English.
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Appendix 1
Non Low Basic Skill Training Courses Type Method
Pharmacy Management Programme- Full Management/Supervisory Skills Self
paced e.g. e-learning, distance learning
Pharmacy Management Programme- parts Management/Supervisory Skills Self
paced e.g. e-learning, distance learning
Pharmacy Acquisition Change Programme Management/Supervisory Skills Mixed
learning event (classroom & non-classroom)
Pharmacist Induction programme- distance learning New Employee Orientation
Self paced e.g. e-learning, distance learning
Pharmacist Induction programme- workshop New Employee Orientation
Instructor led i.e. primarily classroom
Retail Supervisor programme Management/Supervisory Skills Self paced e.g.
e-learning, distance learning
Management Training events-various topics Management/Supervisory Skills
Instructor led i.e. primarily classroom
Personal Leadership Executive Development Other
IT Skills Information Technology Skills Self paced e.g. e-learning,
distance learning
Train the trainer Interpersonal Communications Instructor led i.e.
primarily classroom
Low Basic Skills Training Courses
Name of Training Course Type Method
IT Training Information Technology Skills Mixed learning event (classroom
& non-classroom)
Operations Support Programme Information Technology Skills On the job -
involving input from instructor/trainer/staff
Professional Customer Service Customer Relations Self paced e.g.
e-learning, distance learning
Professional Customer Service Customer Relations Instructor led i.e.
primarily classroom
Operations Support Programme Information Technology Skills Instructor led
i.e. primarily classroom
(ET Ref:57631).
VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures: John Bourke, c/o Pharmacy
Xcelerate Uniphar Belgard Road Tallaght D.24., IRL-Dublin 24. E-mail:
jbourke@ipos.ie. Tel. 08 68 19 00 38.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 17.12.2007.

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