Meitheal (The Irish Travel Trade Fair) Venue for Workshop, Workshop Catering and Accommodation

Fáilte Ireland-National Tourism Development Authority

Meitheal — The Irish Travel Trade Fair is held annually each spring, over two days. It is Fáilte Ireland's largest tourism business to business event attracting approx. 700 delegates each day.
Meitheal 2018 will be held on Tuesday 17th and Wednesday 18.4.2018 with the workshops held over 2 days. The venue should be available from 6:00 hrs Monday 16th April until 23:30 hrs Wednesday 18th 2018.
Fáilte Ireland is publishing a call for competition seeking tenders from locations within a 25km radius of Dublin City Centre (GPO) to host this two day workshop with workshop catering and accommodation.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2017-09-04. The procurement was published on 2017-08-02.

Suppliers

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

• Cape Wrath Hotel Ltd T/A Citywest Hotel

Who?

• Fáilte Ireland-National Tourism Development Authority

What?

• Hotel services › Hotel meeting and conference services

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2017-08-02	Contract notice
2018-01-17	Contract award notice

Contract notice (2017-08-02)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Hotel meeting and conference services
Reference number: IP/2017/01
Short description:

Meitheal — The Irish Travel Trade Fair is held annually each spring, over two days. It is Fáilte Ireland's largest tourism business to business event attracting approx. 700 delegates each day. Meitheal 2018 will be held on Tuesday 17th and Wednesday 18.4.2018 with the workshops held over 2 days. The venue should be available from 6:00 hrs Monday 16th April until 23:30 hrs Wednesday 18th 2018. Fáilte Ireland is publishing a call for competition seeking tenders from locations within a 25km radius of Dublin City Centre (GPO) to host this two day workshop with workshop catering and accommodation.

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: Hotel meeting and conference services 📦
Additional CPV: Hotel services 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️

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: Fáilte Ireland-National Tourism Development Authority
Postal address: Failte Ireland
Postal code: 1
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.failteireland.ie 🌏
E-mail: geraldine.toohey@failteireland.ie 📧
Phone: +353 18847888 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=116792&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2017-08-02 📅
Submission deadline: 2017-09-04 📅
Publication date: 2017-08-04 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2017/S 148-306628
OJ-S issue: 148
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 success fultenderer 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 solediscretion. 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, tenderersare advised to ensure that they return ‘Fully Completed’ RFT's in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.

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 success fultenderer 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 solediscretion.

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, tenderersare advised to ensure that they return ‘Fully Completed’ RFT's in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

Meitheal — The Irish Travel Trade Fair is held annually each spring, over two days. It is Fáilte Ireland's largest tourism business to business event attracting approx. 700 delegates each day.

Meitheal 2018 will be held on Tuesday 17th and Wednesday 18.4.2018 with the workshops held over 2 days. The venue should be available from 6:00 hrs Monday 16th April until 23:30 hrs Wednesday 18th 2018.

Fáilte Ireland is publishing a call for competition seeking tenders from locations within a 25km radius of Dublin City Centre (GPO) to host this two day workshop with workshop catering and accommodation.

Estimated total value: 1 000 000 EUR 💰
Short description:

Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 000 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 36 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: