EirGrid wish to establish a Contract for the provision of Advertising services for the EirGrid Group across the island of Ireland and is seeking an agency with experience of working with national and regional media on public notice advertisements and strategic infrastructure projects.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2018-06-07.
The procurement was published on 2018-05-03.
Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Contract award notice (2018-12-04) Contracting authority Name and addresses
Name: EirGrid plc
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: Block 2 — The Oval, 160 Shelbourne Road
Postal town: Ballsbridge
Postal code: Dublin 4
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contact person: Noreen Macgowan
Phone: +44 4890707406📞
E-mail: noreen.magowan@soni.ltd.uk📧
Region: Éire/Ireland🏙️
URL: http://www.eirgrid.com🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/219🌏 Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
Object Scope of the procurement
Title: Advertising Services
ENQEIR612
Products/services: Advertising services📦
Short description:
“EirGrid wish to establish a contract for the provision of Advertising Services for the EirGrid Group across the island of Ireland and is seeking an agency...”
Short description
EirGrid wish to establish a contract for the provision of Advertising Services for the EirGrid Group across the island of Ireland and is seeking an agency with experience of working with national and regional media on public notice advertisements and strategic infrastructure projects.
Show more
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 2 000 000 💰
EirGrid wish to establish a contract for the provision of Advertising Services for the EirGrid Group across the island of Ireland and is seeking an agency with experience of working with national and regional media on public notice advertisements and strategic infrastructure projects.
Show more Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality, Quantity and Balanace of HR
Quality criterion (weighting): 30
Quality criterion (name): Approach and Methodology
Quality criterion (name): Legal
Quality criterion (weighting): 5
Price (weighting): 35
Information about options
Options ✅
Description of options:
“The initial contract period envisaged is 3 years with the possibility to extend annually up to a further 5 years, subject always to the satisfactory...”
Description of options
The initial contract period envisaged is 3 years with the possibility to extend annually up to a further 5 years, subject always to the satisfactory performance of the supplier.
Show more Description
Additional information: The contract value represents the advertising services provider costs.
Procedure Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Information about framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2018/S 087-196279
Award of contract
1️⃣
Contract Number: 1
Title: Advertising Services
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2018-11-26 📅
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Tramway Investment Holdings t/a BBDO Dublin
National registration number: 145570
Postal address: 17 Gilford Road, Sandymount
Postal town: Dublin 4
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Region: Éire/Ireland🏙️
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 2 000 000 💰
Complementary information 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...”
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 or tenderers;
4) Contract award will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities;
5) It will be a condition of award that candidates are tax compliant and are in a position to produce a valid tax clearance certificate or eTax Clearance from the Revenue Commissioners when requested;
6) If for any reason it is not possible to award the contract one or more of the tenderers invited following the conclusion of this competitive process, the Contracting Authority reserves the right to award the contract to the next ranked tenderer as appropriate;
7) At its absolute discretion, the Contracting Authority may elect to terminate this procurement process or any contract awarded.
8) Please note in relation to all documents, that where reference is made to a particular standard, make, source, process, trademark, type or patent, that this is not to be regarded as a de facto requirement. In all such cases it should be understood that such indications are to be treated strictly and solely for reference purposes only, to which the words “or equivalent” will always be appended;
9) 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.
Show more Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000📞
URL: http://www.courts.ie🌏 Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
“The Contracting Authority will not conclude this contract to which a standstill period applies in accordance with Council Directive 2014/25/EU, until after...”
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
The Contracting Authority will not conclude this contract to which a standstill period applies in accordance with Council Directive 2014/25/EU, until after the expiry of the standstill period which commences on the day following the date of notification on 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 reviewable public contract and alleges that he or she has been harmed or is at risk of being harmed by an infringement of the law in relation in this contract.
Show more Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: Central office of the High Courts (Appeal Section
Postal address: Ground Floor, East Wing, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000📞
URL: http://www.courts.ie🌏
Source: OJS 2018/S 235-538416 (2018-12-04)