Multi-Party Framework Agreement for Digital Content Maintenance

Fáilte Ireland-National Tourism Development Authority

This is a tender to establish a Multi-Party Framework of suppliers to be drawn upon by Fáilte Ireland to contribute to the top-level design of the suite of digital platforms and the ongoing maintenance of site content, with a particular focus on the ways in which the strategic goals for the sites and the needs of users can be met.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2015-10-05. The procurement was published on 2015-09-10.

Suppliers

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

Who?

• Fáilte Ireland-National Tourism Development Authority

What?

• Systems and technical consultancy services › Project management consultancy services

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2015-09-10	Contract notice
2016-03-07	Contract award notice

Contract notice (2015-09-10)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Quantity or scope:

The duration of the framework agreement will be for 4 years. For the avoidance of doubt, it should be stated that the period for delivery of any subsequent contracts entered into under the framework may extend beyond the date of expiry of the framework.300 000600 000

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: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support 📦

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: Not specified
Awarding authority name: Fáilte Ireland-National Tourism Development Authority
Postal address: 88-95 Amiens Street
Postal code: 1
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
E-mail: procurement@failteireland.ie 📧
Phone: +353 18847888 📞
Fax: +353 18556821 📠

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2015-09-10 📅
Submission deadline: 2015-10-05 📅
Publication date: 2015-09-15 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2015/S 178-323669
Refers to notice: 2014/S 232-409115
OJ-S issue: 178
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.

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.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 300 000 💰
600 000 💰
Short description:

Quantity or scope:

Duration: 048 months
Reference number: DI/2015/03
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:

As stated in the ITT document available for downloading from the Irish Government's Procurement portal: www.etenders.gov.ie

Economic and financial standing:

As stated in the ITT document available for downloading from the Irish Government's Procurement portal: www.etenders.gov.ie

Technical and professional ability:

As stated in the ITT document available for downloading from the Irish Government's Procurement portal: www.etenders.gov.ie

Contract execution
Deposits and guarantees required: None.
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 or the contracting authority.

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
Maximum number of operators of the framework agreement: 3
Duration of the framework agreement in months: 48
Tender validity period: 006 months
Languages
Language: English 🗣️

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Awarding authority name: Tourism Ireland
Postal address: Bishops Square, Redmonds Hill
Postal code: 2
Contact
Contact point: Glenda Byrne
Address of the buyer profile: http://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/CompanyInformation/Index/1169 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=92626&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=92626&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Publication date: 2014-12-02 📅
Identifiers
Reference number attributed by the contracting authority: DI/2015/03
Notice number in the OJ S: 2014/S 232-409115
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.

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Chief Registrar, The Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
Internet address: http://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 2015/S 178-323669 (2015-09-10)

Contract award notice (2016-03-07)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2016-03-07 📅
Publication date: 2016-03-09 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2016/S 048-080465
Refers to notice: 2015/S 178-323669
OJ-S issue: 48

Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 500 000 💰
3 000 000 💰

Procedure
Award criteria
Criterion: 1. Methodology (25)
2. Project and account management (20)
3. Understanding of the brief (15)
4. Ultimate cost (40)

Award of contract

1️⃣
Date of contract conclusion: 2016-02-19 📅
Name: Adventure Publishing t/a bigO media
Postal address: 20 Fitzwilliam Street Upper
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 2
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪

2️⃣
Name: Alison O'Byrne t/a Alhaus
Postal address: 2 Waterside Lawn, Swords Road, Co Dublin

3️⃣
Name: Simply Zesty
Postal address: The Locks, Charlotte Quay Dock
Postal code: 4
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6
Source: OJS 2016/S 048-080465 (2016-03-07)

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