Tender for Services to Programme, Produce and Promote a New Festival to take place in October focusing on Samhain/Halloween

Fáilte Ireland-National Tourism Development Authority

Fáilte Ireland require a service provider(s) to programme, produce and promote the Samhain/Halloween Festival, as a large scale international festival to celebrate Ireland as the original home of Halloween which began as the ancient tradition of Samhain — the ancient new year. The festival will motivate overseas visitor to Ireland at off-peak times and disperse tourism to areas outside of hotspots.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2019-01-21. The procurement was published on 2018-12-20.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2018-12-20 Contract notice
2019-06-28 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2018-12-20)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Fáilte Ireland-National Tourism Development Authority
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: 88-95 Amiens Street
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Dublin 1
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contact person: Glenda Byrne
Phone: +353 18847878 📞
E-mail: glenda.byrne@failteireland.ie 📧
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
URL: http://www.failteireland.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1169 🌏
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=140063&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=140063&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
“Tender for Services to Programme, Produce and Promote a New Festival to take place in October focusing on Samhain/Halloween FE/2018/02”
Products/services: Festival organisation services 📦
Short description:
“Fáilte Ireland require a service provider(s) to programme, produce and promote the Samhain/Halloween Festival, as a large scale international festival to...”    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 4 000 000 💰

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Additional products/services: Event services 📦
Additional products/services: Cultural event organisation services 📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
Description of the procurement:
“Fáilte Ireland require a service provider (s) to programme, produce and promote the Samhain/Halloween Festival, as a large scale international festival to...”    Show more
Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 4 000 000 💰
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 60

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions: As stated in the procurement documents.
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: As stated in the procurement documents.
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
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2019-01-21 12:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender must be valid until: 2020-01-21 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2019-01-21 12:00 📅

Complementary information
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
Additional information

“1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to b eincluded on the mailing list for...”    Show more
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal address: Chief Registrar, The Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
URL: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
“The Contracting Authority will not conclude this contract to which a standstill period applies in accordance with Irish Statutory Instrument SI 130 of 2010,...”    Show more
Source: OJS 2018/S 247-569798 (2018-12-20)
Contract award notice (2019-06-28)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Phone: +353 18847888 📞
E-mail: procurement@failteireland.ie 📧

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
“Tender for Services to Programme, Produce and Promote a New Festival to take place in October Focusing on Samhain/Halloween FE/2018/02”
Short description:
“Fáilte Ireland require a service provider (s) to programme, produce and promote the Samhain/Halloween Festival, as a large scale international festival to...”    Show more
Currency code: EUR 💰
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT) (lowest offer): 3000000.00
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT) (highest offer): 6000000.00
Description
Description of the procurement:
“Fáilte Ireland require a service provider (s) to programme, produce and promote the Samhain/Halloween Festival, as a large scale international festival to...”    Show more
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Fitness for the purpose of the proposed solution
Quality criterion (weighting): 30
Quality criterion (name): Production management, operations and logistics
Quality criterion (weighting): 25
Quality criterion (name): Proposed human resources and project management
Cost criterion (name): Ultimate cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 20

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2018/S 247-569798

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title:
“Tender for Services to Programme, Produce and Promote a new Festival to take place in October focusing on Samhain/Halloween”
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2019-06-04 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 5
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Curated Place Ltd
National registration number: 193374974
Postal address: 3 West Bank
Postal town: Manchester
Postal code: M11 1GT
Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
E-mail: tenders@curatedplace.com 📧
Region: United Kingdom 🏙️
URL: http://www.curatedplace.com 🌏
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Currency code: EUR 💰
Lowest offer: 3000000.00
Highest offer: 6000000.00

Complementary information
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
“The Contracting Authority will not conclude this contract to which a standstill period applies in accordance with Irish Statutory Instrument SI 130 of 2010,...”    Show more
Source: OJS 2019/S 125-306329 (2019-06-28)