Destination Marketing Services / General Sales Agency for Switzerland and Austria

Tourism Ireland Limited

Tourism Ireland wishes to appoint a Supplier(s) to provide the required services in Austria and Switzerland reporting in to the Central European office in Frankfurt. The required services are split into two [2] Lots:
Lot 1 โ€” Destination Marketing Services in the Swiss Market
Lot 2 โ€” Destination Marketing Services in the Austrian Market
Applicants may apply for either or both of the Lots.
The contract will be awarded for a period of two [2] years, with the option to extend annually for a further three [3] years, subject to satisfactory annual review. The contract term will commence on 1.10.2018. It will be reviewed after an initial nine month period.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2018-08-02. The procurement was published on 2018-06-29.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2018-06-29 Contract notice
2019-04-05 Contract award notice
Contract award notice (2019-04-05)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Tourism Ireland Ltd
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: 5th Floor โ€” Bishop's Square, Redmond's Hill
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: D02 TD99
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Contact person: Hannah Hughes
E-mail: hhughes@tourismireland.com ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: http://www.ireland.com ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1197 ๐ŸŒ

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
โ€œDestination Marketing Services/General Sales Agency for Switzerland and Austria CE/GSA/SW/A/2018โ€
Products/services: Administrative services related to tourism affairs ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Short description:
โ€œThis tender competition is completed and a contract has been awarded for each lot. Tourism Ireland wishes to appoint a supplier(s) to provide the required...โ€    Show more
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 660 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots โœ…

1๏ธโƒฃ
Scope of the procurement
Title: Lot 1: Destination Marketing Services/General Sales Agency for Switzerland
Title
Lot Identification Number: 1
Description
Additional products/services: Marketing management consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Main site or place of performance: Switzerland
Description of the procurement:
โ€œTourism Ireland wishes to appoint a supplier(s) to provide the required services in Austria and Switzerland reporting in to the Central European office in...โ€    Show more
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name):
โ€œDemonstrated ability to develop a consumer marketing plan for the island of Ireland together with the trade partners in the marketโ€
Quality criterion (weighting): 10
Quality criterion (name):
โ€œQuality of strategy for applying their contacts in the travel trade to develop a plan to promote the island of Ireland as a holiday destination in the marketโ€
Quality criterion (weighting): 20
Quality criterion (name):
โ€œQuality of strategy for applying their contacts in the media sector to develop a plan to interest suitable media to visit/report on the island of Ireland as...โ€    Show more
Cost criterion (name): Cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 50
Description
Additional information: This tender competition has been completed and a contract awarded.

2๏ธโƒฃ
Scope of the procurement
Title: Lot 2: Destination Marketing/General Sales Agency for Austria
Title
Lot Identification Number: 2
Description
Main site or place of performance: Austria
Description of the procurement:
โ€œTourism Ireland wishes to appoint a supplier(s) to provide the required services in Austria and Switzerland reporting in to the Central European office in...โ€    Show more

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2018/S 125-285415

Award of contract

1๏ธโƒฃ
Contract Number: 1
Lot Identification Number: 1
Title: Destination Marketing Services/General Sales Agency for Switzerland [Lot 2]
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2018-10-01 ๐Ÿ“…
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 2
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 2
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Airline and Tourism Center GmbH [AVIAREPS Switzerland]
National registration number: CHE-106.831.566
Postal address: Badenerstrasse 15
Postal town: Zurich
Postal code: 8004
Country: Switzerland ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ
Region: Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: https://www.aviareps.com ๐ŸŒ
The contractor is an SME โœ…
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 380 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 330 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

2๏ธโƒฃ
Lot Identification Number: 2
Title: Destination Marketing Services/General Sales Agency for Austria [Lot 2]
Name and address of the contractor
Name: AVIAREPS Ges.m.b.H
National registration number: 164754 K
Postal address: Untere Donaustrasse 11/3OG
Postal town: Vienna
Postal code: 1020
Country: Austria ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น
Region: ร–sterreich ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 380 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 330 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

Complementary information
Additional information
This tender competition has been completed and a contract awarded.
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: The Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Source: OJS 2019/S 070-166144 (2019-04-05)