The Provision of Market Research Services to ERVIA and its subsidiaries, Irish Water, Gas Network Ireland and its subsidiaries. This will cover market research activities across a variety of marketing, communications and customer service activities for a period of 3 years. Annual Extensions may be made to the contract of — plus 1 year, plus 1 year subject to annual review. Qualitative and Quantitative market research and insight generation to lead and support strategy and planning activities. Ervia require services across the following range of market research, including but not limited to,
— customer experience,
— brand sentiment,
— communication and advertising effectiveness and development,
— attitudes, opinions and behaviour within consumer and business environment.
As per PQQ document
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2018-08-27.
The procurement was published on 2018-07-23.
Object Scope of the procurement
Title:
“Multi Party Framework for the Provision of Market Research Services to Ervia
17/230”
Products/services: Market research services📦
Short description:
“The Provision of Market Research Services to ERVIA and its subsidiaries, Irish Water, Gas Network Ireland and its subsidiaries. This will cover market...”
Short description
The Provision of Market Research Services to ERVIA and its subsidiaries, Irish Water, Gas Network Ireland and its subsidiaries. This will cover market research activities across a variety of marketing, communications and customer service activities for a period of 3 years. Annual Extensions may be made to the contract of — plus 1 year, plus 1 year subject to annual review. Qualitative and Quantitative market research and insight generation to lead and support strategy and planning activities. Ervia require services across the following range of market research, including but not limited to,
— customer experience,
— brand sentiment,
— communication and advertising effectiveness and development,
— attitudes, opinions and behaviour within consumer and business environment.
As per PQQ document
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Tenders may be submitted for all lots
1️⃣ Scope of the procurement
Title: Lot 1: Regular and ad hoc quantitative research
Title
Lot Identification Number: 1
Description
Additional products/services: Survey services📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland🏙️
Main site or place of performance: Dublin and Cork
Description of the procurement:
“Research that leads and supports strategy and planning in areas that include communications, consumer and business sentiment and experiences, attitudes and...”
Description of the procurement
Research that leads and supports strategy and planning in areas that include communications, consumer and business sentiment and experiences, attitudes and behaviours within category and related environment.
A partnership approach to conducting quantitative research for Ervia;
– including collaborative scoping of research requirements and overall design,
– deployment of robust and efficient design, data and advanced statistical analyses that leads and supports strategic communication and marketing planning with Ervia teams.
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Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 36
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal ✅ Description
Description of renewals: Annual Extension — plus 1 and plus 1 subject to annual review.
Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged number of candidates: 6
Information about options
Options ✅
Description of options: Annual Extension — plus 1 and plus 1 subject to annual review.
Description
Additional information:
“You must submit through the etenders system before The deadline. The submission deadline is strict and no submissions will be possible after the date and...”
Additional information
You must submit through the etenders system before The deadline. The submission deadline is strict and no submissions will be possible after the date and time specified in the PQQ documents. Please note that all tenders are electronic, as such no paper copies will be accepted or read. Please submit via the Etenders system not later than 12:00 local time Monday 27.8.2018.
2️⃣ Scope of the procurement
Title: Lot 2: Regular and ad hoc qualitative research
Title
Lot Identification Number: 2
Description
Description of the procurement:
“Research that leads and supports strategy and planning in areas that includes communications, consumer and business sentiment and experiences, attitudes and...”
Description of the procurement
Research that leads and supports strategy and planning in areas that includes communications, consumer and business sentiment and experiences, attitudes and behaviours within category and related environment.
A partnership approach to conducting qualitative research for Ervia:
— including collaborative scoping of research requirements and overall design,
— deployment of effective and efficient design that leads and supports strategic communication and marketing planning with Ervia teams.
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Additional information:
“You must submit through the etenders system before The deadline. The submission deadline is strict and no submissions will be possible after the date and...”
Additional information
You must submit through the etenders system before The deadline. The submission deadline is strict and no submissions will be possible after the date and time specified in the PQQ documents. Please note that all tenders are electronic, as such NO paper copies will be accepted or read. Please submit via the Etenders system not later than 12:00 local time Monday 27.8.2018.
Legal, economic, financial and technical information Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions:
“Please refer to tender documents available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie only.” Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Conditions for participation
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
“Requests to participate may be submitted by single entities or by groups of service providers.
A group will not be required to convert into a specific legal...”
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded
Requests to participate may be submitted by single entities or by groups of service providers.
A group will not be required to convert into a specific legal form in order to submit a request to participate, but may if the Contracting Entity considers it necessary to ensure that the contract is carried out to its satisfaction, be required to do so prior to award of the contract. The Contracting Entity also reserves the right to contract with each member of the group on the basis of joint and several liability, or with one member of the group as a main contractor with a number of sub-contractors or on any other basis as the Contracting Entity considers appropriate.
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Reserved to a particular profession
Reference to the relevant law, regulation or administrative provision:
“If applicable, please refer to tender documents available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie only.” Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract
Procedure Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with several operators
Description
Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement: 6
Information about reduction of the number of solutions or tenders during negotiation or dialogue
Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2018-08-27
12:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Irish 🗣️
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 6
Complementary information Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement ✅
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: Tbc
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
Additional information
“You must submit through the etenders system before the deadline. The submission deadline is strict and no submissions will be possible after the date & time...”
You must submit through the etenders system before the deadline. The submission deadline is strict and no submissions will be possible after the date & time specified in the PQQ documents. Please note that all tenders are electronic, as such no paper copies will be accepted or read. Please submit via the Etenders system not later than 12:00 local time Monday 27.8.2018.
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Name: The High Court
Postal address: The Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie📧
URL: http://www.courts.ie🌏 Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
“Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
Please refer to Statutory Instrument 131 of 2010, European Communities (Award of Contracts by...”
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
Please refer to Statutory Instrument 131 of 2010, European Communities (Award of Contracts by Utility Undertaking) (Review Procedures) Regulations 2010 (and in particular Regulation 7 and 10(2)).
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Source: OJS 2018/S 142-325626 (2018-07-23)
Additional information (2018-08-24) Legal, economic, financial and technical information Legal basis
Description
Object Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“The Provision of Market Research Services to ERVIA and its subsidiaries, Irish Water, Gas Network Ireland and its subsidiaries. This will cover market...”
Short description
The Provision of Market Research Services to ERVIA and its subsidiaries, Irish Water, Gas Network Ireland and its subsidiaries. This will cover market research activities across a variety of marketing, communications and customer service activities for a period of three years. Annual Extensions may be made to the contract of — plus 1 year, plus 1 year subject to annual review. Qualitative and Quantitative market research and insight generation to lead and support strategy and planning activities. Ervia require services across the following range of market research, including but not limited to:
— customer experience,
— brand sentiment,
— communication and advertising effectiveness and development,
— attitudes, opinions and behaviour within consumer and business environment.
As per PQQ document.
Complementary information Original notice reference
Notice number in the OJ S: 2018/S 142-325626
Changes Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: IV.2.2)
Old value
Date: 2018-08-27 📅
Time: 12:00
New value
Date: 2018-09-03 📅
Time: 12:00
Source: OJS 2018/S 164-375809 (2018-08-24)