Consultancy Services to prepare a bid for Limerick as European Capital of Culture

Limerick City and County Council

Establishment of a single-operator framework agreement for the provision of consultancy services to prepare a bid for Limerick: European Capital of Culture 2020.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2014-12-16. The procurement was published on 2014-11-05.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2014-11-05 Contract notice
2015-05-22 Additional information
Contract notice (2014-11-05)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Marketing services
Quantity or scope:
LCCC wishes to establish a Single Party Framework Agreement for the provision of consultancy services for a bid for Limerick: European Capital of Culture 2020. LCCC wishes to appoint consultants/team/individual to prepare the Limerick European Capital of Culture Bid 2020. The initial contract to be awarded under the framework agreement is the preparation of a comprehensive, fully costed proposal for the establishment of Limerick as European Capital of Culture as part of a bid process.150 000350 000
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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: Marketing 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: Regional or local authority
Awarding authority name: Limerick City and County Council
Postal address: Merchant's Quay, Co. Limerick
Postal town: Limerick
Contact
E-mail: procurement@limerick.ie 📧
Phone: +353 61407183 📞

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2014-11-05 📅
Submission deadline: 2014-12-16 📅
Publication date: 2014-11-08 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2014/S 216-382608
OJ-S issue: 216
Additional information
The Contracting Authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers in response to this competition. Establishment of the framework agreement will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities. If for any reason it is not possible to conclude the framework agreement with the successful tenderer designate emerging from this competitive process, or if having concluded the framework agreement the Contracting Authority decides to terminate that agreement, the Contracting Authority reserves the right to admit the next highest scoring tenderer to the framework agreement on the basis of the same terms and as tendered by that party, at any time during the tender validity period. At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process or the concluded framework agreement at any time.
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Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 150 000 💰
350 000 💰
Short description:
Establishment of a single-operator framework agreement for the provision of consultancy services to prepare a bid for Limerick: European Capital of Culture 2020.
Quantity or scope:
LCCC wishes to establish a Single Party Framework Agreement for the provision of consultancy services for a bid for Limerick: European Capital of Culture 2020. LCCC wishes to appoint consultants/team/individual to prepare the Limerick European Capital of Culture Bid 2020. The initial contract to be awarded under the framework agreement is the preparation of a comprehensive, fully costed proposal for the establishment of Limerick as European Capital of Culture as part of a bid process.
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Duration: 048 months
Reference number: European Capital Culture Bid.
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 refer to Invitation to Tender documents available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie
Economic and financial standing:
Please refer to Invitation to Tender documents available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie
Minimum level(s) of standards:
Please refer to qualification documents available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie
Technical and professional ability:
Please refer to Invitation to Tender documents available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie
Minimum level(s) of standards:
Please refer to Invitation to Tender documents available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie
Contract execution
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
Prior to the conclusion of the framework agreement, the Contracting Authority reserves to right to seek copies of any agreements between the members of the consortium if the successful tenderer is a consortium or grouping of members.
The contracting authority reserves the right, at its absolute discretion, to require a lead firm to contract:
— on the basis of joint and several liability with each member of the candidate executing the contract,
— with a particular single member of the tenderer as the prime contractor, with the other members providing collateral warranties and/or guarantees; or
— as an incorporated or unincorporated special purpose vehicle, with collateral warranties and/or guarantees from the members of the candidate.
Names and professional qualifications of the staff

Procedure
Duration of the framework agreement in years: 4
Tender validity period: 012 months
Languages
Language: English 🗣️
Irish 🗣️

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: 3267368TH
Contact
Contact point: Noreen Enright
Address of the buyer profile: http://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/CompanyInformation/Index/103432 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=82375&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=82375&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Identifiers
Reference number attributed by the contracting authority: European Capital Culture Bid.
Additional information
The Contracting Authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers in response to this competition.
Establishment of the framework agreement will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities.
If for any reason it is not possible to conclude the framework agreement with the successful tenderer designate emerging from this competitive process, or if having concluded the framework agreement the Contracting Authority decides to terminate that agreement, the Contracting Authority reserves the right to admit the next highest scoring tenderer to the framework agreement on the basis of the same terms and as tendered by that party, at any time during the tender validity period.
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At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process or the concluded framework agreement at any time.

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Information about review deadlines:
Please refer to the relevant Irish Statutory Instruments (SI 130 of 2010 and SI 420 of 2010) available at www.irishstatutebook.ie
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: Your legal advisor.
Source: OJS 2014/S 216-382608 (2014-11-05)
Additional information (2015-05-22)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Additional information

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2015-05-22 📅
Publication date: 2015-05-27 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2015/S 100-182540
Refers to notice: 2014/S 216-382608
OJ-S issue: 100
Source: OJS 2015/S 100-182540 (2015-05-22)