Provision of Destination Marketing Services / General Sales Agency for Mainland China and Hong Kong

Tourism Ireland Limited

Tourism Ireland wishes to appoint a Destination Marketing / General Sales Agency for mainland China and Hong Kong. The successful agency will liaise with and report to Tourism Irelandโ€™s China Manager based in Shanghai and Tourism Irelandโ€™s Head of Emerging Markets based in London, and be responsible for developing, co-ordinating and executing a comprehensive trade, digital marketing and publicity programme for the island of Ireland in the Chinese market. The annual marketing plans are determined and agreed in conjunction with and approved by Tourism Ireland. A thorough knowledge of the tourism industry of the island of Ireland along with in-market trade, marketing, digital marketing and media expertise is required to successfully undertake these services. It is anticipated that work under the Contract will commence on 1.9.2018. Please refer to the RFT documentation attached for downloading.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2018-04-23. The procurement was published on 2018-03-23.

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Procurement history
Date Document
2018-03-23 Contract notice
2018-06-12 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2018-03-23)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Administrative services related to tourism affairs
Reference number: EM/CHINA/2018
Short description:
โ€œTourism Ireland wishes to appoint a Destination Marketing / General Sales Agency for mainland China and Hong Kong. The successful agency will liaise with...โ€    Show more
Notice metadata
Original language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
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 ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional CPV: Marketing management consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance
NUTS region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ

Procedure
Procedure type: Restricted procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Awarding authority type: Body governed by public law
Awarding authority name: Tourism Ireland Limited
Postal address: 5th Floor โ€” Bishop's Square, Redmond's Hill
Postal code: D02 TD99
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.ireland.com ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: hhughes@tourismireland.com ๐Ÿ“ง
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=126861&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2018-03-23 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2018-04-23 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2018-03-27 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2018/S 060-132616
OJ-S issue: 60
Additional information

โ€œFluent spoken and written English and Chinese / Mandarin is essential.โ€
Source: OJS 2018/S 060-132616 (2018-03-23)
Contract award notice (2018-06-12)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
โ€œTender competition cancelled. Tourism Ireland wishes to appoint a Destination Marketing / General Sales Agency for mainland China and Hong Kong. The...โ€    Show more
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2018-06-12 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2018-06-13 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2018/S 111-253434
Refers to notice: 2018/S 060-132616
OJ-S issue: 111
Source: OJS 2018/S 111-253434 (2018-06-12)