Request for Tenders to establish a Multi Supplier Framework Agreement for the Provision of Consumer Communications Services to Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg)

Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg),

The Framework Agreement shall have Four Lots:
โ€” Lot 1 โ€” Specialist Consultancy Services,
โ€” Lot 2 โ€” Content Development Services,
โ€” Lot 3 โ€” Direct Marketing Services,
โ€” Lot 4 โ€” Digital Marketing Services.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2018-09-07. The procurement was published on 2018-08-08.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Who?

What?

Where?

Procurement history
Date Document
2018-08-08 Contract notice
2019-02-14 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2018-08-08)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg),
National registration number: 9614619A
Postal address: One Dockland Central, Guild Street
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: D01 E4X0
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Contact person: Karen Cumiskey
Phone: +353 18049600 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: karen.cumiskey@comreg.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Fax: +353 18049665 ๐Ÿ“ 
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: https://www.comreg.ie/ ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/559 ๐ŸŒ
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=132303&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=132303&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
Type of the contracting authority
Other type: Public Body

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
โ€œRequest for Tenders to establish a Multi Supplier Framework Agreement for the Provision of Consumer Communications Services to Commission for Communications...โ€    Show more
Products/services: Advertising and marketing services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Short description:
โ€œThe Framework Agreement shall have Four Lots: โ€” Lot 1 โ€” Specialist Consultancy Services, โ€” Lot 2 โ€” Content Development Services, โ€” Lot 3 โ€” Direct Marketing...โ€    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 1 200 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Information about lots
Tenders may be submitted for all lots

1๏ธโƒฃ
Scope of the procurement
Title: Consumer Communications Lot 1: Specialist Consultancy Services
Title
Lot Identification Number: 1
Description
Additional products/services: Advertising consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Marketing services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Business and management consultancy and related services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Marketing management consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Design consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Public relations consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Description of the procurement:
โ€œPlease refer to Tender Documentation on Contract Notice on http://www.etenders.gov.ie/ RFT 136978, for all details.โ€
Award criteria
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: 48
Additional information:
โ€œPlease refer to Tender Documentation on Contract Notice on http://www.etenders.gov.ie/ RFT 136978, for all details.โ€

2๏ธโƒฃ
Scope of the procurement
Title: Consumer Communications Lot 2: Content Development Services
Title
Lot Identification Number: 2

3๏ธโƒฃ
Scope of the procurement
Title: Consumer Communications Lot 3: Direct Marketing Services
Title
Lot Identification Number: 3

4๏ธโƒฃ
Scope of the procurement
Title: Consumer Communications Lot 4: Digital Marketing Services
Title
Lot Identification Number: 4

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions:
โ€œPlease refer to Tender Documentation on Contract Notice on http://www.etenders.gov.ie/ RFT 136978, for all details.โ€
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 related to the contract
Contract performance conditions:
โ€œPlease refer to Tender Documentation on Contract Notice on http://www.etenders.gov.ie/ RFT 136978, for all details.โ€
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
Open procedure
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: 20
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2018-09-07 17:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Tender must be valid until: 2018-12-07 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2018-09-07 17:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders (place):
โ€œThe e-applications shall be opened from the electronic post box on http://www.etenders.gov.ie/ RFT 136978 and opened in ComReg Dublin Office.โ€
Conditions for opening of tenders (Information about authorised persons and opening procedure): At least 2 ComReg officials present.

Complementary information
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
Postal town: Dublin 1
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 18886000 ๐Ÿ“ž
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Please consult with your own legal advisers.
Source: OJS 2018/S 153-351152 (2018-08-08)
Contract award notice (2019-02-14)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg)
Postal town: Dublin 1
Type of the contracting authority
Other type: Public body

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
โ€œRequest for Tenders to Establish a Multi Supplier Framework Agreement for the Provision of Consumer Communications Services to Commission for Communications...โ€    Show more
Short description:
โ€œThe Framework Agreement shall have 4 lots: โ€” lot 1 โ€“ specialist consultancy services, โ€” lot 2 โ€“ content development services, โ€” lot 3 โ€“ direct marketing...โ€    Show more
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 1 200 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots โœ…
Description
Description of the procurement:
โ€œPlease refer to tender documentation on Contract Notice on http://www.etenders.gov.ie/ RFT 136978, for all details.โ€
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Key personnel and approach
Quality criterion (weighting): 70
Cost criterion (name): Price, maximum โ‚ฌ rate per grade
Cost criterion (weighting): 30
Description
Additional information:
โ€œPlease refer to tender documentation on Contract Notice on http://www.etenders.gov.ie/ RFT 136978, for all details.โ€

Procedure
Information about framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2018/S 153-351152

Award of contract

1๏ธโƒฃ
Contract Number: 1
Lot Identification Number: 1
Title: Consumer Communications Lot 1: Specialist Consultancy Services
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2019-02-08 ๐Ÿ“…
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 9
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 9
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Connelly Partners
National registration number: 82549085
Postal address: First Floor, Portview House
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Thorncastle Street
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 16680755 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: keith@connellypartners.com ๐Ÿ“ง
Fax: +353 16680818 ๐Ÿ“ 
Region: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: http://www.connellypartnersdublin.com ๐ŸŒ
The contractor is an SME โœ…
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 300 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

2๏ธโƒฃ
Contract Number: 2
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Elevate PR
National registration number: IE6363975C
Postal address: 46 Fitzwilliam Square
Postal code: Dublin 2
Phone: +353 16625652 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: claire@elevate.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
URL: http://www.elevate.ie ๐ŸŒ
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 300 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

3๏ธโƒฃ
Contract Number: 3
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Marketing Network
National registration number: IE4805574A
Postal address: Marketing Network House, Argyle Square, Donnybrook
Postal code: Dublin 4
Phone: +353 16627111 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: padraig.smith@marketingnetwork.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
URL: http://www.marketingnetwork.ie ๐ŸŒ
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 300 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

4๏ธโƒฃ
Contract Number: 4
Name and address of the contractor
Name: PR360
National registration number: 9794855V
Postal address: 50 Upper Mount Street
Phone: +353 863599988 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: declan@pr360.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 300 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

5๏ธโƒฃ
Contract Number: 5
Lot Identification Number: 2
Title: Consumer Communications Lot 2: Content Development Services
Name and address of the contractor
Name: bigO Creative Ltd
National registration number: IE 9668130S
Postal address: 9 Mount Street Crescent
Phone: +353 15312555 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: vanessa@bigomedia.com ๐Ÿ“ง
URL: http://www.bigo.ie ๐ŸŒ
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 300 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

6๏ธโƒฃ
Contract Number: 6
Name and address of the contractor
Name: indiepics
National registration number: IE4559325i
Postal address: 22 Fitzwilliam Street Upper
Postal code: Dublin
Phone: +353 17088154 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: diarmaid.m@indiepics.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
URL: http://www.indiepics.ie ๐ŸŒ
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 300 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

7๏ธโƒฃ
Contract Number: 7
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 300 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

8๏ธโƒฃ
Contract Number: 8
Name and address of the contractor
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 300 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

9๏ธโƒฃ
Contract Number: 9
Lot Identification Number: 3
Title: Consumer Communications Lot 3: Direct Marketing Services
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 300 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

1๏ธโƒฃ0๏ธโƒฃ
Contract Number: 10
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 300 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

1๏ธโƒฃ1๏ธโƒฃ
Contract Number: 11
Lot Identification Number: 4
Title: Consumer Communications Lot 4: Digital Marketing Services
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 300 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

1๏ธโƒฃ2๏ธโƒฃ
Contract Number: 12
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 300 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

1๏ธโƒฃ3๏ธโƒฃ
Contract Number: 13
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 300 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

1๏ธโƒฃ4๏ธโƒฃ
Contract Number: 14
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 300 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

Complementary information
Additional information

โ€œThe signed/conclusion date of the Framework Agreement for all lots and all members is 8.2.2019. The effective date of the Framework Agreement is 15.1.2019.โ€
Source: OJS 2019/S 035-079350 (2019-02-14)