Provision of Communication and Media Advice

Mental Health Commission

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Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2015-04-21. The procurement was published on 2015-03-18.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2015-03-18 Contract notice
Contract notice (2015-03-18)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Public relations services
Quantity or scope:
Monthly retainer service for 3 years with the option to extend for 2 years subject to satisfactory performance.50 000300 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: Public relations 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: Mental Health Commission
Postal address: St Martin's House, Waterloo Road
Postal code: 4
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://mhcirl.ie 🌏
E-mail: ray.mooney@mhcirl.ie 📧
Phone: +353 16362400 📞

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2015-03-18 📅
Submission deadline: 2015-04-21 📅
Publication date: 2015-03-21 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2015/S 057-100189
OJ-S issue: 57
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 tenderers. 4) Contract award will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities. 5) It will be a condition of contract that tenderers are tax compliant and are in a position to produce a valid tax clearance certificate from the Revenue Commissioners when requested. 6) If for any reason it is not possible to award the contract to the successful tenderer selected following the conclusion of this competitive process, the contracting authority reserves the right to award the contract to the next highest scoring tenderer 7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, or any contract awarded at any time. 8) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of tenders with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, tenderers are advised to ensure that they return fully completed documentation in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.
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Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description: Text to be inserted.
Quantity or scope:
Monthly retainer service for 3 years with the option to extend for 2 years subject to satisfactory performance.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 50 000 💰
300 000 💰
Description of options:
Three year contract with the option subject to satisfactory performance to extend for an additional 2 years.
Provisional timetable for use of options: 36 months
Number of possible renewals: 1
Time frame for subsequent contracts: 24 months
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Dublin 4.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:
Please refer to tender document available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using system ID 91187.
Economic and financial standing:
Please refer to tender document available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using system ID 91187.
Technical and professional ability:
Please refer to tender document available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using system ID 91187.
Contract execution
Deposits and guarantees required: Not applicable.
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: To be agreed with successful tenderer.
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
A grouping if successful must be prepared to contract as a single entity having joint and several liability.
Names and professional qualifications of the staff

Procedure
Tender validity period: 012 months
Languages
Language: English 🗣️
Irish 🗣️

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Ray Mooney
Address of the buyer profile: http://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/CompanyInformation/Index/1137 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=83803&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=83803&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Start date: 2015-04-01 📅
End date: 2020-03-31 📅
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.
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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 tenderers.
4) Contract award will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities.
5) It will be a condition of contract that tenderers are tax compliant and are in a position to produce a valid tax clearance certificate from the Revenue Commissioners when requested.
6) If for any reason it is not possible to award the contract to the successful tenderer selected following the conclusion of this competitive process, the contracting authority reserves the right to award the contract to the next highest scoring tenderer
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7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, or any contract awarded at any time.
8) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of tenders with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, tenderers are advised to ensure that they return fully completed documentation in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.
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Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal address: Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Information about review deadlines: Text to be inserted.
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: Consult your legal advisor
Recurrent procurement
Upon expiry of this contract.
Source: OJS 2015/S 057-100189 (2015-03-18)