Request for Tenders for the provision of a Press Cuttings and Media Monitoring Service

Department of Education & Skills

Request for Tender for the provision of a Press Cuttings and Media Monitoring Service.
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=499652.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2012-11-01. The procurement was published on 2012-09-10.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2012-09-10 Contract notice
Contract notice (2012-09-10)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: newspapers, journals, periodicals and magazines
Notice metadata
Original language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Newspapers, journals, periodicals and magazines ๐Ÿ“ฆ

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

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Awarding authority type: Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Awarding authority name: Department of Education & Skills
Postal address: Marlborough Street
Postal code: 1
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.education.gov.ie ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: sarah_moroney@education.gov.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 18896400 ๐Ÿ“ž

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2012-09-10 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2012-11-01 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2012-09-13 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2012/S 176-290510
OJ-S issue: 176
Additional information
(ET Ref:499652).

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Request for Tender for the provision of a Press Cuttings and Media Monitoring Service.
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=499652.
Description of options:
The Contracting Authority reserves the right to extend the term for a period of up to 12 months with a maximum of 2 such extensions.
Number of possible renewals: 2
Time frame for subsequent contracts: 12 months
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Dublin.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:
(1) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they are not bankrupt or the subject of an administration order, are not being wound-up, have not granted a trust deed, are not the subject of a petition presented for sequestration of their estate, have not had a receiver, manager or administrator appointed and are not otherwise apparently insolvent.
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(2) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that the candidate, their directors, or any other person who has powers of representation, decision or control of the candidate has not been convicted of conspiracy, corruption, bribery, or money laundering. Failure to provide such a declaration will result in the candidate being declared ineligible and they will not be selected to participate in this procurement process.
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(3) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have not been convicted of a criminal offence relating to the conduct of their business or profession.
(4) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have not committed an act of grave misconduct in the course of their business or profession.
(5) All candidates must comply with the requirements of the State in which they are established, regarding registration on the professional or trade register.
(6) Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in providing any information required, may be declared ineligible and not selected to continue with this procurement process.
(7) All candidates will have to demonstrate that they are licensed, or a member of the relevant organisation, in the State where they are established, when the law of that State prohibits the provision of the services, described in this notice, by a person who is not so licensed or who is not a member of the relevant organisation.
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(8) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions under the law or of the relevant State in which the candidate is established
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(9) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes under the law or of the relevant State in which the economic operator is established.
Contract execution
Names and professional qualifications of the staff โœ…

Procedure
Tender validity period: 2012-12-31 ๐Ÿ“…
Tender opening date: 2012-11-02 ๐Ÿ“…
Place of opening: Dublin.
Place: Dublin.
Languages
Language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Sarah Moroney
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA01495 ๐ŸŒ
Name: Department of Education & Skills
URL for further information: http://www.education.gov.ie ๐ŸŒ
URL for documents: http://www.education.gov.ie ๐ŸŒ
URL for participation: http://www.education.gov.ie ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Dates
Start date: 2012-12-01 ๐Ÿ“…
End date: 2014-11-30 ๐Ÿ“…
Source: OJS 2012/S 176-290510 (2012-09-10)
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