Survey of Overseas Travellers

Fáilte Ireland-National Tourism Development Authority

The Survey of Overseas Travellers is a survey conducted continuously throughout the year amongst overseas visitors to Ireland. The survey has been conducted annually on a continuous basis since 1972. The objective of the survey is to collect information on the most important traveller and trip characteristics of overseas visitors to Ireland from the major overseas source markets. As the study has been conducted continuously for the past 40 years, we have built up a significant database of tourism statistics that allows us to monitor the major trends in key markets and market segments over a number of years. The data collected is used extensively by Fáilte Ireland, Tourism Ireland Ltd and the tourism industry at large.
This contract involves the collection, analysis and reporting of the trip and traveller characteristics of overseas visitors to Ireland.
— the survey is conducted continuously throughout the year,
— overseas visitors are interviewed when departing the country at the major air and sea ports throughout the republic,
— face to face interviews of between 10 to 15 minutes duration are conducted with a minimum of 6,000 overseas visitors per year,
— Fáilte Ireland requires interim and annual tabular reports and a database for further interrogation and analysis. Fáilte Ireland requires recommendations regarding appropriate software for interrogating the database and it must also be available for use with SPSS software.
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=272492.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2011-08-23. The procurement was published on 2011-07-14.

Suppliers

The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:

• Millward Brown Lansdowne

Who?

• Fáilte Ireland-National Tourism Development Authority

What?

• Research and development services and related consultancy services

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2011-07-14	Contract notice
2011-11-16	Contract award notice

Contract notice (2011-07-14)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: research and development services and related consultancy services
Quantity or scope:

This is a contract for a period of 3 years commencing on 1st January 2012 subject to an annual review in relation to:— costs,— details of survey (including any required changes).Fáilte Ireland reserves the right to extend this contract for a further 2 twelve month periods to the 31st December 2016 (subject to review and budget availability).

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: Research and development services and related consultancy 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: Body governed by public law
Postal address: 88-95 Amiens Street
Postal code: 1
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.failteireland.ie 🌏
E-mail: procurement@failteireland.ie 📧
Phone: +353 18847888 📞
Fax: +353 18556821 📠

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2011-07-14 📅
Submission deadline: 2011-08-23 📅
Publication date: 2011-07-19 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2011/S 136-226527
Refers to notice: 2011/S 113-187013
OJ-S issue: 136
Additional information

1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications. All information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal (www.etenders.gov.ie) only. Registration is free of charge. The contracting authority will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties. 2) This is the sole call for competition for this service. 3) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates, participants or tenderers. 4) Establishment of the framework will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities. 5) If for any reason it is not possible to conclude the framework agreement with the designated successful tenderer emerging from this competitive process; or if having concluded the framework agreement the contracting authority considers that the successful tenderer has not met, or cannot meet its obligations; the contracting authority reserves the right to admit the next highest scoring tenderer to the framework on the basis of the same terms at any time during the tender validity period. This shall be without prejudice to the right of the contracting authority to cancel this competitive process and/or initiate a new contract award procedure at its sole discretion. 6) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, the framework agreement or any contract awarded under the framework agreement at any time. 7) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of questionnaires with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, candidates are advised to ensure that they return FULLY COMPLETED questionnaires in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition at the application stage. (ET Ref:272492).

Additional information

1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications. All information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal (www.etenders.gov.ie) only. Registration is free of charge. The contracting authority will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties.

2) This is the sole call for competition for this service.

3) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates, participants or tenderers.

4) Establishment of the framework will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities.

5) If for any reason it is not possible to conclude the framework agreement with the designated successful tenderer emerging from this competitive process; or if having concluded the framework agreement the contracting authority considers that the successful tenderer has not met, or cannot meet its obligations; the contracting authority reserves the right to admit the next highest scoring tenderer to the framework on the basis of the same terms at any time during the tender validity period. This shall be without prejudice to the right of the contracting authority to cancel this competitive process and/or initiate a new contract award procedure at its sole discretion.

6) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, the framework agreement or any contract awarded under the framework agreement at any time.

7) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of questionnaires with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, candidates are advised to ensure that they return FULLY COMPLETED questionnaires in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition at the application stage.

(ET Ref:272492).

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

This contract involves the collection, analysis and reporting of the trip and traveller characteristics of overseas visitors to Ireland.

— the survey is conducted continuously throughout the year,

— overseas visitors are interviewed when departing the country at the major air and sea ports throughout the republic,

— face to face interviews of between 10 to 15 minutes duration are conducted with a minimum of 6,000 overseas visitors per year,

— Fáilte Ireland requires interim and annual tabular reports and a database for further interrogation and analysis. Fáilte Ireland requires recommendations regarding appropriate software for interrogating the database and it must also be available for use with SPSS software.

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=272492.

Variants will be accepted ✅
Quantity or scope:

This is a contract for a period of 3 years commencing on 1st January 2012 subject to an annual review in relation to:

— costs,

— details of survey (including any required changes).

Fáilte Ireland reserves the right to extend this contract for a further 2 twelve month periods to the 31st December 2016 (subject to review and budget availability).

Reference number: RS - 2011 - 14
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Ireland.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:

As stated in the RFT Document available for downloading from the Irish Government Procurement website www.etenders.gov.ie.

Economic and financial standing:

As stated in the RFT Document available for downloading from the Irish Government Procurement website www.etenders.gov.ie.

Technical and professional ability:

As stated in the RFT Document available for downloading from the Irish Government Procurement website www.etenders.gov.ie.

Contract execution
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:

Payment on receipt of invoices quoting a valid Fáilte Ireland purchase order number.

Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded: Single Legal Entity(ies).
Names and professional qualifications of the staff ✅

Procedure
Tender opening date: 2011-08-08 📅
Place of opening: Fáilte Ireland Head office - Amiens Street.
Place: Fáilte Ireland Head office - Amiens Street.
Languages
Language: English 🗣️

Contracting authority
Identity
Awarding authority name: Fáilte Ireland-National Tourism Development Authority
Contact
Contact point: Procurement Officer
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA05025 🌏
Name: eTenders Public Procurement
URL for documents: www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏

Reference
Dates
Publication date: 2011-06-15 📅
Identifiers
Reference number attributed by the contracting authority: RS - 2011 - 14
Notice number in the OJ S: 2011/S 113-187013
Additional information

2) This is the sole call for competition for this service.

3) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates, participants or tenderers.

4) Establishment of the framework will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities.

5) If for any reason it is not possible to conclude the framework agreement with the designated successful tenderer emerging from this competitive process; or if having concluded the framework agreement the contracting authority considers that the successful tenderer has not met, or cannot meet its obligations; the contracting authority reserves the right to admit the next highest scoring tenderer to the framework on the basis of the same terms at any time during the tender validity period. This shall be without prejudice to the right of the contracting authority to cancel this competitive process and/or initiate a new contract award procedure at its sole discretion.

6) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, the framework agreement or any contract awarded under the framework agreement at any time.

7) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of questionnaires with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, candidates are advised to ensure that they return FULLY COMPLETED questionnaires in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition at the application stage.

(ET Ref:272492).

Source: OJS 2011/S 136-226527 (2011-07-14)

Contract award notice (2011-11-16)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Contracting authority
Identity
Postal town: Dublin 1

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2011-11-16 📅
Publication date: 2011-11-18 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2011/S 222-360470
Refers to notice: 2011/S 136-226527
OJ-S issue: 222
Additional information

Please note that this is a contract award notice. (ET Ref:341632).

Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 500 000 💰
600 000 💰

Procedure
Award criteria
Criterion: 1. Methodology (2500)
2. Delivery of results (500)
3. Project management (2000)
4. Ultimate cost (5000)

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2011-11-10 📅
Name: Millward Brown Lansdowne
Postal address: Millbank House, Arkle Road, Sandyford
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Dublin 18
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: velma.burns@millwardbrownlansdowne.ie 📧
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Source: OJS 2011/S 222-360470 (2011-11-16)

New procurements in related categories 🆕

Research and development services and related consultancy services (13 new procurements)