Producing the National Disability Authority’s eLearning Module on Disability Equality

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

National Disability Authority (NDA) ran this procurement for “PRODUCING THE NATIONAL DISABILITY AUTHORITY’S ELEARNING MODULE ON DISABILITY EQUALITY” as an operational contract requiring implementation and sustained service execution. The extracted pack showed qualification-stage material with references to later ITT technical depth; practical activity therefore centred on building, integrating, and operating the specified service stack with compliant reporting and handover obligations where stated. Constituent activities and named work elements in the supplied extracts:

• his declaration, by supplying their tax clearance access number and tax reference number to facilitate on-line verification of the tenderer’s tax
• The National Disability Authority (NDA) was established on 12 June 2000. We are the independent statutory body that provides information and advice to the government on policy and practice relevant to the lives of persons with disabilities. We have a role to assist the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in the co-ordination of disability policy.
• Our functions include research, developing and collaborating on the development of relevant statistics; assisting in the development of standards; developing codes of practice and monitoring the implementation of standards, codes, and employment of persons with disabilities in the public service.
• We work through our Centre for Excellence in Universal Design to promote the universal design of the built and digital environments as well as services and systems so that they can be easily accessed and used by everyone, regardless of age, size, ability, or disability.
• [Final Request for Tender for NDA's eLearning module.docx] systems so that they can be easily accessed and used by everyone, regardless of age, size, ability, or disability.
• This RFT has been prepared for the purpose of providing certain information to economic operators (“Tenderers”) interested in participating in this public procurement competition (the "Competition”) for the supply of the Goods (the “Goods”) and or the performance of services (the “Services”) described herein to be provided to the NDA.
• 1.3.2 Tenderers are now invited to submit tenders to supply the goods and services as more particularly described at section 3 of this RFT.
• [Final Request for Tender for NDA's eLearning module.docx] : changing the basis of, or the procedures (including any timetable) relating to the competition; rejecting any, or all, of the tenders; abandoning the competition (or any part of it) at any time prior to a formal written contract being executed by and on behalf of The National Disability Authority; or procuring the goods and/or services by alternative means.
• 2.1.1 Tenderers may be submitted by groups of undertakings (a consortium) or individually. In the case of a consortium, the tender must be submitted as a single integrated tender which will be evaluated and marked as a single tender (subject to the requirements listed elsewhere in this RFT requiring an entity being relied upon to supply certain information). The entity/person who will deal with all matters relating to this competition (the “prime tenderer”) must be identified at Section A of the tender response form provided as Appendix 1 to this RFT. Please note that the NDA will only deal with the prime tenderer regarding all matters related to this competition.
• Any sub-contractors who will play a significant role in the supply of the goods or the performance of the services under the contract.
• 2.2.1 In the supply of the goods and the performance of the services, the successful tenderer including their sub-contractors (if any), shall be required to comply with all applicable obligations in the field of environmental, social, and labour law that apply in Ireland. In addition, the successful tenderer and any sub-contractors shall be required to comply with all applicable obligations in the field of environmental, social, and labour law in force at the place where any services are provided, that have been established by EU law, national law, collective agreements or by international, environmental, social, and labour law listed in Annex X of Directive 2014/24/EU.
• 2.2.2 The successful tenderer shall be solely responsible in law for the employment, remuneration, taxes, immigration and work permits of all personnel Non-binding monetary references in the source were treated as context only and were not used as qualification thresholds.

3. Background & buyer context

The buyer context reflected a formal Irish public-procurement route, with pre-qualification used to control entry into the tender stage.

• The National Disability Authority (NDA) was established on 12 June 2000. We are the independent statutory body that provides information and advice to the government on policy and practice relevant to the lives of persons with disabilities. We have a role to assist the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in the co-ordination of disability policy.
• 1.3.4 Tenders which are not eliminated for non-compliance will be assessed in line with the procedures set out in Section 5 of this RFT with the objective of identifying the Tenderer for contract award (the “Successful Tenderer”).
• 2.7.1 Canvassing or any effort by a tenderer to influence any staff or agents of the NDA in relation to any aspect of the competition may result in disqualification from the competition. Where a tenderer has an existing relationship with the NDA or its employees, the tenderer is advised that any discussions, correspondence, or other influences on the competition may be treated as canvassing.
• The objective of this introductory eLearning module is to provide the public sector with:

4. Eligibility & selection criteria

• Turnover requirement — — use these verbatim for insurance / turnover. If a category (insurance, turnover) has no entry here, treat it as 'not specified' for THIS tender.
• Insurance — — use these verbatim for insurance / turnover. If a category (insurance, turnover) has no entry here, treat it as 'not specified' for THIS tender.; Name Signature Position Date Insurance type Minimum level of indemnity Currently hold Undertake to obtain if successful Employers Liability € 13,000,000 Public Liability €6,500,000 in respect of any one claim P; roduct Liability Not applicable for this project on ‘each claim’ basis Professional Indemnity €1,000,000 on ‘each claim’ basis Name Signature Position Date Criteria Please Tick A) providing their tax clearance details, or, Indemnity €1,000,000 on ‘each claim’ basis Name
• Certifications — not specified for this tender
• Past experience — roduct Liability Not applicable for this project on ‘each claim’ basis Professional Indemnity €1,000,000 on ‘each claim’ basis Name Signature Position Date Criteria Please Tick A) providing their tax clearance details, or, Indemnity €1,000,000 on ‘each claim’ basis Name
• Personnel — not specified for this tender
• Geographic / facility constraints — not specified for this tender Additional binding lines surfaced in the deterministic extract:
• — use these verbatim for insurance / turnover. If a category (insurance, turnover) has no entry here, treat it as 'not specified' for THIS tender.
• Minimum Turnover Requirement Insert “Yes” or “No” The Tenderer must have achieved a turnover of at least €200,000 in each of the three previous financial
• Name Signature Position Date Insurance type Minimum level of indemnity Currently hold Undertake to obtain if successful Employers Liability € 13,000,000 Public Liability €6,500,000 in respect of any one claim P
• roduct Liability Not applicable for this project on ‘each claim’ basis Professional Indemnity €1,000,000 on ‘each claim’ basis Name Signature Position Date Criteria Please Tick A) providing their tax clearance details, or, Indemnity €1,000,000 on ‘each claim’ basis Name
• ce Pass/Fail Pass Tax Clearance Pass/Fail Pass Professional Capability Pass/Fail Pass Insurance Type Level Required Employers Liability €13,000,000 Public Liability €6,500,000 Professional Indemnity €1,000,000 Product Liability Not applicable

5. Award criteria & scoring

6. Submission requirements

• Method statement / response document (template/page limits) — not specified in extract.
• CVs (page count, named roles) — not specified in extract.
• Pricing schedule (format/template) — expected at ITT stage.
• Case studies (number/value range) — client references/comparable project evidence was referenced.
• Declarations (ESPD/Bona Fides/Tax/COI) — ESPD/declaration/statement-of-confirmation language was present.
• Mandatory site visit — not specified in extract.
• Submission portal and formatting — eTenders portal and PDF electronic copies were referenced. Submission-related source lines:
• his declaration, by supplying their tax clearance access number and tax reference number to facilitate on-line verification of the tenderer’s tax
• APPENDIX 2 - ARTICLE 57 DECLARATION
• APPENDIX 3 - CONFLICT OF INTEREST DECLARATION
• APPENDIX 4 - NON-COLLUSION CERTIFICATE
• APPENDIX 5 – DATA PROTECTION AND SECURITY
• APPENDIX 6 – CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 36 months. Payment cycle, SLA/KPI schedule, and penalty regime were not fully disclosed in the snippets unless listed below.

• VERIFIED PHRASES (deterministic regex extract from the documents — treat as authoritative for numerical claims)
• Now It Is Hereby Agreed In consideration of the sum of €1.00 (The receipt of which is hereby acknowledged by the contractor) as follows:
• tition (the “Contract”) will be awarded for a duration of 9-12 months (the “Contract Term”)
• The NDA reserves the right to extend the contract term for 6 months up to a maximum duration of 12 months o
• This RFT has been prepared for the purpose of providing certain information to economic operators (“Tenderers”) interested in participating in this public procurement competition
• This RFT has been prepared for the purpose of providing certain information to economic operators (“Tenderers”) interested in participating in this public procurement competition (the "Competition”) for the supply of the Goods (the “Goods”) and or the performance of services (the “Services”) described herein to be provided to the NDA.
• The RFT is being made available by The NDA to tenderers on the terms set out in this document.
• The purpose of this RFT document is to provide potential tenderers with the information that they need to decide whether or not to participate in this competition by submitting a response to this RFT (a “Tender”). This RFT must not be used for any other purpose.

9. Risks, red flags & unusuals

• Qualification gate: the deterministic extract included a turnover threshold line (— use these verbatim for insurance / turnover. If a category (insurance, turnover) has no entry here, treat it as 'not specified' for THIS tender.), which can materially narrow bidder pool composition.
• The two-step process (PQQ then ITT) shifted effort to compliance evidence early, with competitive scoring detail potentially deferred.
• Technical and contractual granularity appeared ITT-dependent, increasing ambiguity at qualification stage for non-incumbent bidders.

10. SME fit assessment

This competition looked most accessible to firms with established public-sector tender capability, documented financial capacity, and direct operational experience in the relevant service category.

• Credible bidder profile — mid-sized to large specialist with formal QA/compliance process.
• Consortium / sub-contracting — allowed or addressed in the extracts (Appendix references and reliance provisions).
• Indicative bid-prep effort — 6 to 12 working days for evidence collation, form completion, and review cycles at PQQ level.
• Pwin signal — strongest for bidders with reusable qualification artefacts, comparable references, and low-friction mobilisation capability.

11. Where to dig deeper

• Source RFT/PQQ filenames: Final Request for Tender for NDA's eLearning module.docx, Appendix 5 Data Protection and Security for Producing the NDA's eLearning module.docx, RFT by 5pm on 25 August 2023.
• eTenders CFT / notice reference: not specified in extract.
• Clarification contact / portal: eTenders message portal (email not surfaced in extract).
• Key attachments to prioritise: RFT), RFT, APPENDIX 1 - TENDER RESPONSE FORM.