Provision of Specialist Services - Administration of Simon Cumbers Media Challenge Fund 2012-2014

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade/An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha agus Trádála

Irish Aid manages the Irish Government’s programme of assistance to developing countries. The Irish Aid programme is focused on reducing poverty, inequality and exclusion in developing countries. Its geographic focus is sub-Saharan Africa.
The Simon Cumbers Media Challenge Fund promotes more and better quality coverage of development issues in the Irish media through the management and administration of a grants scheme to promote a greater understanding of development issues and the work of Irish Aid. It was established by Irish Aid in 2005 in memory of the late Irish journalist and cameraman, Simon Cumbers.
The Fund is intended to facilitate and encourage increased coverage of global development issues and the work of Irish Aid via print, broadcast and online media.
The themes cover global development issues and reflect Irish Aid priorities and the partner countries in which we work. Irish Aid’s overarching goal is the eradication of hunger and poverty. The successful applicant will work with Irish Aid on an ongoing basis to identify priority issues for coverage. For example, in light of the global food security crisis and Irish Aid’s commitment to spend 20 % of its budget on hunger eradication by 2012, the panel overseeing the latest round of funding particularly welcomed submissions which examined issues surrounding hunger.
Examples of other relevant themes are: globalisation, migration, education, health, gender, sustainable development, conflict as a factor in development, international trade, agriculture and rural development, democracy, HIV and AIDS and the role of aid and others. Decisions on awards are made in two annual grants rounds in April and October of each year.
Detailed information on Irish Aid and the Simon Cumbers Media Challenge Fund, including eligibility criteria is available at www.simoncumbersmediafund.ie.
Irish Aid invites suitably qualified specialist service providers to tender for a multi-annual contract to promote and administer The Simon Cumbers Media Fund. The contract will be awarded initially for two years, with the possibility of renewal for one further year to a maximum of three years, subject always to satisfactory performance, the availability of funding, and the Department's business needs.
NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the eTenders Web Site at http://www.etenders.gov.ie/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=349792. />The awarding authority has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via a 'Tender Submission Postbox' facility. Further details of this facility are available at http://www.etenders.gov.ie/PostBox/Postbox_Explain.aspx?ID=349792. />Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. The postbox closes precisely at the time stated.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2012-01-25. The procurement was published on 2011-12-02.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2011-12-02 Contract notice
Contract notice (2011-12-02)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: foreign economic-aid-related services
Quantity or scope:
150 000 EUR to 180 000 EUR total project fees and expenses over three years.Please see the Terms of Reference for full detail.
Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Foreign economic-aid-related services 📦

Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Awarding authority name: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade/An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha agus Trádála
Postal address: Development Cooperation Division, Irish Aid,, Riverstone House, 23-27 Henry
Postal town: Limerick
Contact
Internet address: http://www.dfa.ie 🌏
E-mail: consultant.tenders@dfa.ie 📧
Phone: +353 61774002 📞

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2011-12-02 📅
Submission deadline: 2012-01-25 📅
Publication date: 2011-12-07 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2011/S 235-381063
OJ-S issue: 235
Additional information
Please see the Terms of Reference and associated documents. (ET Ref:349792).

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Irish Aid manages the Irish Government’s programme of assistance to developing countries. The Irish Aid programme is focused on reducing poverty, inequality and exclusion in developing countries. Its geographic focus is sub-Saharan Africa.
The Simon Cumbers Media Challenge Fund promotes more and better quality coverage of development issues in the Irish media through the management and administration of a grants scheme to promote a greater understanding of development issues and the work of Irish Aid. It was established by Irish Aid in 2005 in memory of the late Irish journalist and cameraman, Simon Cumbers.
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The Fund is intended to facilitate and encourage increased coverage of global development issues and the work of Irish Aid via print, broadcast and online media.
The themes cover global development issues and reflect Irish Aid priorities and the partner countries in which we work. Irish Aid’s overarching goal is the eradication of hunger and poverty. The successful applicant will work with Irish Aid on an ongoing basis to identify priority issues for coverage. For example, in light of the global food security crisis and Irish Aid’s commitment to spend 20 % of its budget on hunger eradication by 2012, the panel overseeing the latest round of funding particularly welcomed submissions which examined issues surrounding hunger.
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Examples of other relevant themes are: globalisation, migration, education, health, gender, sustainable development, conflict as a factor in development, international trade, agriculture and rural development, democracy, HIV and AIDS and the role of aid and others. Decisions on awards are made in two annual grants rounds in April and October of each year.
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Detailed information on Irish Aid and the Simon Cumbers Media Challenge Fund, including eligibility criteria is available at www.simoncumbersmediafund.ie.
Irish Aid invites suitably qualified specialist service providers to tender for a multi-annual contract to promote and administer The Simon Cumbers Media Fund. The contract will be awarded initially for two years, with the possibility of renewal for one further year to a maximum of three years, subject always to satisfactory performance, the availability of funding, and the Department's business needs.
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NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the eTenders Web Site at http://www.etenders.gov.ie/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=349792.
The awarding authority has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via a 'Tender Submission Postbox' facility. Further details of this facility are available at http://www.etenders.gov.ie/PostBox/Postbox_Explain.aspx?ID=349792.
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Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. The postbox closes precisely at the time stated.
Variants will be accepted ✅
Quantity or scope:
150 000 EUR to 180 000 EUR total project fees and expenses over three years.
Please see the Terms of Reference for full detail.
Reference number: 2011
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Limerick.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity: Please see the Terms of Reference and associated documents.
Economic and financial standing: Please see the Terms of Reference and associated documents.
Minimum level(s) of standards: Please see the Terms of Reference and associated documents.
Technical and professional ability: Please see the Terms of Reference and associated documents.
Contract execution
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: Please see the Terms of Reference and associated documents.
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded: Please see the Terms of Reference and associated documents.
Other particular conditions: Please see the Terms of Reference and associated documents.
Names and professional qualifications of the staff ✅

Procedure
Tender validity period: 40 months
Tender opening date: 2012-01-26 📅
Place of opening: Limerick.
Place: Limerick.
Languages
Language: English 🗣️

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: John Histon
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA01498 🌏

Reference
Identifiers
Reference number attributed by the contracting authority: 2011
Additional information
Please see the Terms of Reference and associated documents.
(ET Ref:349792).

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The Registrar
Postal address: The High Court, Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
Internet address: www.courts.ie 🌏
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Postal address: Central Office of the High Court Ground Floor (East Wing), Inns Quay, Four Courts
Source: OJS 2011/S 235-381063 (2011-12-02)
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