Provision of Community Forum Management / Social Media Engagement / Contact Centre Services

Tourism Ireland Limited

Tourism Ireland wishes to enter into a contract with a Supplier for the provision of Community Forum Management / Social Media Engagement / Contact Centre Services. The successful candidate must be capable of servicing, managing and engaging customers using a range of channels. The core services to be provided are Digital Community Engagement, Marketing Programme Development and Management, Centre Operations plus Collaboration and Communication. Currently, our key interaction points are the Ireland.com Community Forum, Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, Instagram and inbound consumer email. This list is indicative but is not exhaustive. Please refer to the downloadable documents attached to this notice for the detailed requirements.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2016-04-22. The procurement was published on 2016-03-23.

Suppliers

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

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2016-03-23 Contract notice
2016-11-17 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2016-03-23)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Customer services
Quantity or scope:
Tourism Ireland Tourism Ireland is seeking to appoint a Services Provider for the next 3 years, commencing no later than 1.11.2016, with the option to extend annually for a further 4 years. Annual renewal will be subject to satisfactory performance, budget and other factors.
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Notice metadata
Original language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Customer services ๐Ÿ“ฆ

Procedure
Procedure type: Restricted 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: Body governed by public law
Awarding authority name: Tourism Ireland Limited
Postal address: 5th Floor โ€” Bishop's Square, Redmond's Hill
Postal code: D02 TD99
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.ireland.com ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: hhughes@tourismireland.com ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 14763474 ๐Ÿ“ž
Fax: +353 014763642 ๐Ÿ“ 

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2016-03-23 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2016-04-22 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2016-03-25 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2016/S 060-101642
OJ-S issue: 60
Additional information
Documentation accompanying this Notice should be downloaded from www.etenders.gov.ie This Call for Requests to Participate is the 1

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Tourism Ireland wishes to enter into a contract with a Supplier for the provision of Community Forum Management / Social Media Engagement / Contact Centre Services. The successful candidate must be capable of servicing, managing and engaging customers using a range of channels. The core services to be provided are Digital Community Engagement, Marketing Programme Development and Management, Centre Operations plus Collaboration and Communication. Currently, our key interaction points are the Ireland.com Community Forum, Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, Instagram and inbound consumer email. This list is indicative but is not exhaustive. Please refer to the downloadable documents attached to this notice for the detailed requirements.
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Reference number: DDOP/2016/3/02
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Island of Ireland.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Economic and financial standing: Please refer to the supporting documentation.
Minimum level(s) of standards: Please refer to the supporting documentation.
Contract execution
Deposits and guarantees required: Please refer to the supporting documentation.
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: Please refer to the supporting documentation.
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
A grouping if successful must contract as a single entity, having joint and several liability.
Names and professional qualifications of the staff โœ…

Procedure
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Languages
Language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Hannah Hughes
Address of the buyer profile: http://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/CompanyInformation/Index/1197 ๐ŸŒ
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=97644&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=97644&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Dates
Start date: 2016-11-01 ๐Ÿ“…
End date: 2023-11-01 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Reference number attributed by the contracting authority: DDOP/2016/3/02
Source: OJS 2016/S 060-101642 (2016-03-23)
Contract award notice (2016-11-17)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Tourism Ireland wishes to enter into a contract with a Supplier for the provision of Community Forum Management / Social Media Engagement / Contact Centre Services. The successful candidate must be capable of servicing, managing and engaging customers using a range of channels. The core services to be provided are Digital Community Engagement, Marketing Programme Development and Management, Centre Operations plus Collaboration and Communication. Currently, our key interaction points are the Ireland.com Community Forum, Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, Instagram and inbound consumer email. This list is indicative but is not exhaustive.
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Total value of the procurement: 5 140 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice
Place of performance
NUTS region: Northern Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2016-11-17 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2016-11-19 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2016/S 224-408452
Refers to notice: 2016/S 060-101642
OJ-S issue: 224

Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Community engagement
Quality criterion (weighting): 12
Quality criterion (name): Social media engagement
Quality criterion (weighting): 10
Quality criterion (name): Campaign engagement
Quality criterion (weighting): 8
Quality criterion (name): Other engagement
Quality criterion (weighting): 4
Quality criterion (name): Market co-ordination and development
Quality, training and recruitment
Quality criterion (weighting): 6
Cost criterion: Cost
Cost weighting: 50

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2016-10-06 ๐Ÿ“…

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: The Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Source: OJS 2016/S 224-408452 (2016-11-17)