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Fáilte Ireland-National Tourism Development Authority

Fáilte Ireland is the National Tourism Development Authority, established by the Irish Government in May 2003 to guide and promote the development of tourism as a leading indigenous component of the Irish economy. To this end, Fáilte Ireland, working in partnership with the tourism industry, provides an extensive range of support services and business solutions designed specifically to develop and sustain Ireland as a high-quality and competitive tourism destination.
Fáilte Ireland works in partnership with Tourism Ireland (who promote Ireland as a holiday destination to overseas markets) and the Northern Ireland Tourist Board (responsible for tourism development and marketing in Northern Ireland). It also leads an extensive domestic holiday campaign via ‘Discover Ireland,’ which features comprehensive information and listings for Irish accommodation, activities, events, tourist attractions and Irish holiday special offers.
This is a single party framework agreement for the management of general website content updates for Discover Ireland for 2012 – 2014.
The successful service provider will also be required to provide support and advice to a range of website contributors and stakeholders both internal and extrernal to Fáilte Ireland, covering areas including Kentico CMS usage, web writing/editorial, and photo and video management.
For full details please see request for tender document available for downloading from the Irish Government's website www.etenders.gov.ie.
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=372592.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2012-02-17. The procurement was published on 2012-01-24.

Suppliers

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

• Alhaus

Who?

• Fáilte Ireland-National Tourism Development Authority

What?

• Systems and technical consultancy services › Business analysis consultancy services

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2012-01-24	Contract notice
2012-07-30	Contract award notice

Contract notice (2012-01-24)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: systems and technical consultancy services
Quantity or scope:

The duration of this framework agreement will be for 2 years with the option to extend for a further 12 month period.

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: Systems and technical 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
Awarding authority name: Fáilte Ireland-National Tourism Development Authority
Postal address: 88-95 Amiens Street,
Postal town: Dublin 1
Contact
Internet address: http://www.failteireland.ie 🌏
Phone: +353 18847888 📞
Fax: +353 18556821 📠

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2012-01-24 📅
Submission deadline: 2012-02-17 📅
Publication date: 2012-01-28 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2012/S 19-030910
Refers to notice: 2011/S 113-187013
OJ-S issue: 19
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:372592).

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:372592).

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

Fáilte Ireland works in partnership with Tourism Ireland (who promote Ireland as a holiday destination to overseas markets) and the Northern Ireland Tourist Board (responsible for tourism development and marketing in Northern Ireland). It also leads an extensive domestic holiday campaign via ‘Discover Ireland,’ which features comprehensive information and listings for Irish accommodation, activities, events, tourist attractions and Irish holiday special offers.

This is a single party framework agreement for the management of general website content updates for Discover Ireland for 2012 – 2014.

The successful service provider will also be required to provide support and advice to a range of website contributors and stakeholders both internal and extrernal to Fáilte Ireland, covering areas including Kentico CMS usage, web writing/editorial, and photo and video management.

For full details please see request for tender document available for downloading from the Irish Government's website www.etenders.gov.ie.

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=372592.

Duration: 36 months
Reference number: MT/2012/03
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:

Please see details in the RFT document available for downloading with this notice from the Irish Government's Procurement website www.etenders.gov.ie.

Economic and financial standing:

Please see details in the RFT document available for downloading with this notice from the Irish Government's Procurement website www.etenders.gov.ie.

Technical and professional ability:

Please see details in the RFT document available for downloading with this notice from the Irish Government's 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 related to Purchase Orders issued by Fáilte Ireland.

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
Duration of the framework agreement in months: 36
Tender validity period: 6 months
Languages
Language: English 🗣️

Contracting authority
Identity
Awarding authority name: Tourism Ireland
Contact
Contact point: Procurement Officer
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA05025 🌏
Name: eTenders Website
Phone: +353 16177944 📞
URL for further information: http://www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏
URL for documents: http://www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏
Name: Fáilte Ireland-National Tourism Development Authority
Postal address: 88-95 Amiens Street
URL for participation: http://www.failteireland.ie 🌏

Reference
Dates
Publication date: 2011-06-15 📅
Identifiers
Reference number attributed by the contracting authority: MT/2012/03
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:372592).

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Chief Registrar, The Four courts
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Internet address: www.courts.ie 🌏
Information about review deadlines:

The contracting authority will not conclude this framework agreement to which a standstill period applies in accordance with Irish Statutory Instrument SI 130 of 2010, until after the expiry of the standstill period which commences on the day following the date of notification of concerned candidates and tenderers. The duration of the standstill period will be 14 calendar days where notifications are sent electronically or by fax and 16 calendar days where these are sent by any other means. The Statutory Instrument mentioned above provides that review procedures are available in the High Court to a person who has or has had an interest in obtaining the framework agreement and alleges that he or she has been harmed or is at risk of being harmed by an infringement of the law in relation to that framework agreement.

Source: OJS 2012/S 019-030910 (2012-01-24)

Contract award notice (2012-07-30)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2012-07-30 📅
Publication date: 2012-08-02 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2012/S 147-245429
Refers to notice: 2012/S 19-030910
OJ-S issue: 147
Additional information

Please note that this is a Contract Award Notice and not a call for competition. (ET Ref:475952).

Object
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: ireland.

Procedure
Award criteria
Criterion: 1. Methodology (2500)
2. Delivery Timeline (1500)
3. Planning & Project Management (1000)
4. Ultimate Cost (5000)

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2012-05-01 📅
Name: Alhaus
Postal address: 2 Waterside Lawn, Swords Road, Co. Dublin
Postal town: Malahide
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Internet address: www.alhaus.com 🌏
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 7

Complementary information
Review body
Postal town: Dublin 7
Source: OJS 2012/S 147-245429 (2012-07-30)

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