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 — Destination Marketing Services in the Swiss Market
Lot 2 — 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.
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2018-08-02. The procurement was published on 2018-06-29.
SuppliersThe following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Who? What?- • Administrative services of agencies › Administrative services related to tourism affairs
- • Business and management consultancy services › Marketing management consultancy services
Procurement history
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 2018-06-29 | Contract notice |
| 2019-04-05 | Contract award notice |
Contract notice (2018-06-29)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Administrative services related to tourism affairs
Reference number: CE/GSA/SW/A/2018
Short description:
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: Administrative services related to tourism affairs 📦
Additional CPV: Marketing management consultancy 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: Tourism Ireland Limited
Postal address: 5th Floor — Bishop's Square, Redmond's Hill
Postal code: D02 TD99
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.ireland.com 🌏
E-mail: hhughes@tourismireland.com 📧
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=131521&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2018-06-29 📅
Submission deadline: 2018-08-02 📅
Publication date: 2018-07-03 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2018/S 125-285415
OJ-S issue: 125
Additional information
Procurement personnel
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Estimated total value: 660 000 EUR 💰
Title of the lot: Lot 1 — Destination Marketing Services / General Sales Agency for Switzerland
Lot number: 1
Short description:
Estimated value excluding VAT: 330 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 36 months
Description of renewals:
Title of the lot: Lot 2 — Destination Marketing / General Sales Agency for Austria
Lot number: 2
Short description:
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance:
Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Contract execution
Contract performance conditions: Please refer to the tender documents available for downloading.
Procedure
Time of receipt of tenders: 15:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender opening date: 2018-08-02 📅
Tender opening time: 15:00
Place: Tourism Ireland Offices — Dublin
Additional information: Procurement personnel
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Demonstrated ability to develop a consumer marketing plan for the island of Ireland together with the trade partners in the market
Quality criterion (weighting): 10
Quality criterion (name): Quality 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 market
Quality criterion (weighting): 20
Quality criterion (name): Quality 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 a holiday destination in the market
Cost criterion: Cost
Cost weighting: 50
Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Hannah Hughes
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1197 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=131521&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Reference
Additional information
Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: The Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Source: OJS 2018/S 125-285415 (2018-06-29)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Administrative services related to tourism affairs
Reference number: CE/GSA/SW/A/2018
Short description:
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 — Destination Marketing Services in the Swiss Market
Lot 2 — 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.
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Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Administrative services related to tourism affairs 📦
Additional CPV: Marketing management consultancy 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: Tourism Ireland Limited
Postal address: 5th Floor — Bishop's Square, Redmond's Hill
Postal code: D02 TD99
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.ireland.com 🌏
E-mail: hhughes@tourismireland.com 📧
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=131521&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2018-06-29 📅
Submission deadline: 2018-08-02 📅
Publication date: 2018-07-03 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2018/S 125-285415
OJ-S issue: 125
Additional information
Procurement personnel
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
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 — Destination Marketing Services in the Swiss Market
Lot 2 — 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.
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Title of the lot: Lot 1 — Destination Marketing Services / General Sales Agency for Switzerland
Lot number: 1
Short description:
Lot 1 — Destination Marketing Services in Switzerland
To co-ordinate and execute a comprehensive marketing programme for the island of Ireland in the Swiss market on behalf of Tourism Ireland and to represent Tourism Ireland in Switzerland.
Duration: 36 months
Description of renewals:
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.
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Lot number: 2
Short description:
Lot 2 — Destination Marketing Services in Austria
To co-ordinate and execute a comprehensive marketing programme for the island of Ireland in the Swiss market on behalf of Tourism Ireland and to represent Tourism Ireland in Austria
Main site or place of performance:
Switzerland
Austria
Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Contract execution
Contract performance conditions: Please refer to the tender documents available for downloading.
Procedure
Time of receipt of tenders: 15:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender opening date: 2018-08-02 📅
Tender opening time: 15:00
Place: Tourism Ireland Offices — Dublin
Additional information: Procurement personnel
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Demonstrated ability to develop a consumer marketing plan for the island of Ireland together with the trade partners in the market
Quality criterion (weighting): 10
Quality criterion (name): Quality 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 market
Quality criterion (weighting): 20
Quality criterion (name): Quality 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 a holiday destination in the market
Cost criterion: Cost
Cost weighting: 50
Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Hannah Hughes
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1197 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=131521&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Reference
Additional information
1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders website (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. Tourism Ireland will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties.
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2)This is the sole call for request for Tenders for this contract/framework;
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 Board of Tourism Ireland;
5) It will be a condition of award that the successful tenderer is and remains tax compliant;
6) At its absolute discretion, the Contracting Authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, the framework or any contract awarded under the framework agreement at any time;
7) 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;
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8) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the Contracting Authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of the procurement documents with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, respondents are advised to ensure that they return completed documentation in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition;
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9) Applicants must be fully compliant with Tourism Ireland GDPR policy;
10) Tenders must be delivered as per the Instructions;
11) Tourism Ireland will not accept or consider Tenders delivered after this deadline;
12) Tourism Ireland will not be responsible for costs, charges or expenses incurred by applicants, whether or not a final contract is awarded;
13) Tourism Ireland is subject to the provisions of the Code of Practice on Freedom of information for North/South Implementation Bodies and Tourism Ireland, which is available on Tourism Ireland‘s website;
14) The contract/framework will be subject to Irish law;
15) Tourism Ireland reserves the right without advance notice (and without giving reasons unless so required by law and without liability to the applicants) to amend or otherwise change the process or to terminate the process.
Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: The Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Source: OJS 2018/S 125-285415 (2018-06-29)
Contract award notice (2019-04-05)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Total value of the procurement: 660 000 EUR 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice
Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable
Contracting authority
Identity
Awarding authority name: Tourism Ireland Ltd
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2019-04-05 📅
Publication date: 2019-04-09 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2019/S 070-166144
Refers to notice: 2018/S 125-285415
OJ-S issue: 70
Additional information
This tender competition has been completed and a contract awarded.
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Title of the lot: Lot 1: Destination Marketing Services/General Sales Agency for Switzerland
Short description:
Additional information: This tender competition has been completed and a contract awarded.
Title of the lot: Lot 2: Destination Marketing/General Sales Agency for Austria
Short description:
Procedure
Award criteria
Cost criterion (name): Cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 50
Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2018-10-01 📅
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 🇨🇭
Internet address: https://www.aviareps.com 🌏
Total value of the procurement: 330 000 EUR 💰
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 🇦🇹
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Source: OJS 2019/S 070-166144 (2019-04-05)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
This 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 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: Destination Marketing Services in the Swiss Market;
Lot 2: 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 9 month period.
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Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice
Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable
Contracting authority
Identity
Awarding authority name: Tourism Ireland Ltd
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2019-04-05 📅
Publication date: 2019-04-09 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2019/S 070-166144
Refers to notice: 2018/S 125-285415
OJ-S issue: 70
Additional information
This tender competition has been completed and a contract awarded.
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
This 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 services in Austria and Switzerland reporting in to the Central European office in Frankfurt. The required services are split into two [2] Lots:
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Lot 1: Destination Marketing Services in the Swiss Market;
Lot 2: 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 9 month period.
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Short description:
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: Destination Marketing Services in Switzerland.
To coordinate and execute a comprehensive marketing programme for the island of Ireland in the Swiss market on behalf of Tourism Ireland and to represent Tourism Ireland in Switzerland.
Title of the lot: Lot 2: Destination Marketing/General Sales Agency for Austria
Short description:
Lot 2: Destination Marketing Services in the Austrian Market;
Lot 2: Destination Marketing Services in Austria.
To coordinate and execute a comprehensive marketing programme for the island of Ireland in the Swiss market on behalf of Tourism Ireland and to represent Tourism Ireland in Austria
Procedure
Award criteria
Cost criterion (name): Cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 50
Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2018-10-01 📅
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 🇨🇭
Internet address: https://www.aviareps.com 🌏
Total value of the procurement: 330 000 EUR 💰
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 🇦🇹
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Source: OJS 2019/S 070-166144 (2019-04-05)
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