Fáilte Ireland’s Official Ireland Golf Guide — License

Fáilte Ireland-National Tourism Development Authority

Fáilte Ireland invites tenders from economic operators (‘Tenderers’) for the award of a licence for the production of Fáilte Ireland’s Official Ireland Golf Guide.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2019-09-09. The procurement was published on 2019-08-02.

Who?

• Fáilte Ireland-National Tourism Development Authority

What?

• Miscellaneous business and business-related services › Publishing services
• Newspapers › Magazines
• Newspapers › Periodicals

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2019-08-02	Contract notice
2019-11-19	Contract award notice

Contract notice (2019-08-02)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Publishing services
Reference number: CD/2019/02
Short description:
“Fáilte Ireland invites tenders from economic operators (‘Tenderers’) for the award of a licence for the production of Fáilte Ireland’s Official Ireland Golf Guide.”
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: Publishing services 📦
Additional CPV: Newspapers, journals, periodicals and magazines 📦
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: Fáilte Ireland-National Tourism Development Authority
Postal address: 88-95 Amiens Street
Postal code: Dublin 1
Postal town: Dublin 1
Contact
Internet address: https://www.failteireiand.ie 🌏
E-mail: procurement@failteireland.ie 📧
Phone: +353 18847888 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=151810&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=151810&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2019-08-02 📅
Submission deadline: 2019-09-09 📅
Publication date: 2019-08-06 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2019/S 150-370134
OJ-S issue: 150
Additional information

“1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for...”

Additional information

1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (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. Registration is free of charge. The contracting authority will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties;

2) This is the sole call for competition for this service;

3) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates, participants or tenderers;

4) Establishment of this contract will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities;

5) If for any reason it is not possible to conclude the contract with the designated successful tenderer emerging from this competitive process; or if having concluded contract the contracting authority considers that the successful tenderer has not met, or cannot meet its obligations; the contracting authority reserves the right to contract with the next highest scoring tenderer on the basis of the same terms at any time during the tender validity period. This shall be without prejudice to the right of the contracting authority to cancel this competitive process and/or initiate a new contract award procedure at its sole discretion;

6) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, at any time;

7) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of tender responses/questionnaires with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, tenderers/candidates are advised to ensure that they return fully completed tenders/questionnaires in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition at the evaluation/application stage.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Duration: 96 months

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:
“As stated in the tender document.”

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender validity period: 2020-09-09 📅
Tender opening date: 2019-09-09 📅
Tender opening time: 12:00

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Procurement unit
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1169 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=151810&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Additional information

“1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for...”

“2) This is the sole call for competition for this service;”

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“3) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates, participants or tenderers;”

“4) Establishment of this contract will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities;”

“5) If for any reason it is not possible to conclude the contract with the designated successful tenderer emerging from this competitive process; or if...”

“6) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, at any time;”

“7) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of tender...”

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal address: Chief Registrar, The Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin 7
Postal code: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Internet address: www.courts.ie 🌏
Information about review deadlines:
“The contracting authority will not conclude this contract to which a standstill period applies in accordance with Irish Statutory Instrument SI 130 of 2010,...”
Source: OJS 2019/S 150-370134 (2019-08-02)

Contract award notice (2019-11-19)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2019-11-19 📅
Publication date: 2019-11-22 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2019/S 226-554937
Refers to notice: 2019/S 150-370134
OJ-S issue: 226
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...”

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. Registration is free of charge. The contracting authority will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties;

2) This is the sole call for competition for this service;

3) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates, participants or tenderers;

4) Establishment of this contract will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities;

5) If for any reason it is not possible to conclude the contract with the designated successful tenderer emerging from this competitive process; or if having concluded contract the contracting authority considers that the successful tenderer has not met, or cannot meet its obligations; the contracting authority reserves the right to contract with the next highest scoring tenderer on the basis of the same terms at any time during the tender validity period. This shall be without prejudice to the right of the contracting authority to cancel this competitive process and/or initiate a new contract award procedure at its sole discretion;

6) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, at any time;

7) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of tender responses/questionnaires with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, tenderers/candidates are advised to ensure that they return fully completed tenders/questionnaires in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition at the evaluation/application stage.

Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Methodology for delivery of the project
Quality criterion (weighting): 15
Quality criterion (name): Creative writing project
Quality criterion (weighting): 20
Quality criterion (name): Resource expertise and skillset
Quality criterion (weighting): 25
Cost criterion (name): Ultimate cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 40

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Procurement Unit

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...”

Complementary information
Review body
Information about review deadlines:
“The contracting authority will not conclude this contract to which a standstill period applies in accordance with Irish Statutory Instrument SI 130 of 2010,...”
Source: OJS 2019/S 226-554937 (2019-11-19)

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