Invitation to Tender for the Supply and Delivery of Periodicals

Dublin City Council

Dublin City Council proposes to establish a single party framework agreement for 2 years, for the provision of supply and delivery of periodicals. The contracting authority reserves the right, at its discretion, to extend the term for a period or periods of up to 12 months with a maximum of 2 such extension or extensions on the same terms and conditions, subject to the contracting authority’s obligations at law. The term will not exceed 4 years in aggregate. This agreement is for the supply of electronic and printed periodicals, journals and associated services, via subscription agents, including domestic and overseas material from any publisher or 3 party willing to trade via the supplier. Collectively all 4 Dublin library services use the Sierra Library services automation platform (Innovative Interfaces) for the management of periodical holdings.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-01-13. The procurement was published on 2019-12-13.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2019-12-13 Contract notice
2020-01-10 Additional information
2020-01-13 Additional information
2020-03-10 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2019-12-13)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Dublin City Council
National registration number: N/a
Postal address:
“Culture, Recreation and Economic Services, Block 4, Ground Floor, Civic Offices, Wood Quay”
Postal town: Dublin 8
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contact person: Betty Codd
E-mail: betty.codd@dublincity.ie 📧
Region: Dublin 🏙️
URL: http://www.dublincity.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/267 🌏

Contracting authority (additional)
Name: Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: County Hall, Marine Road, Co.Dublin
Postal town: Dún Laoghaire

Contracting authority
Postal code: A96 K6C9

Contracting authority (additional)
Contact person: Head Librarian
Phone: +353 12054700 📞

Contracting authority
E-mail: info@dlrcoco.ie 📧
URL: https://www.dlrcoco.ie/ 🌏

Contracting authority (additional)
Name: Fingal County Council
Postal address: Grove Road
Postal town: Blanchardstown

Contracting authority
Postal code: D15 W638

Contracting authority (additional)
Phone: +353 18905000 📞

Contracting authority
E-mail: customercareunit@fingal.ie 📧
URL: https://www.fingal.ie/contact-us 🌏

Contracting authority (additional)
Name: South Dublin County Council
Postal address: County Hall
Postal town: Tallaght

Contracting authority
Postal code: D24 YNN5

Contracting authority (additional)
Phone: +353 14149000 📞

Contracting authority
E-mail: info@sdublincoco.oe 📧
URL: https://www.sdcc.ie 🌏
Information about joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=157487&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=157487&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Invitation to Tender for the Supply and Delivery of Periodicals 160692
Products/services: Newspapers, journals, periodicals and magazines 📦
Short description:
“Dublin City Council proposes to establish a single party framework agreement for 2 years, for the provision of supply and delivery of periodicals. The...”    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 580 000 💰

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Additional products/services: Library books 📦
Additional products/services: Periodicals 📦
Additional products/services: Library and archive services 📦
Additional products/services: Library services 📦
Place of performance: Dublin 🏙️
Description of the procurement:
“This agreement is for the supply of electronic and printed periodicals, Journals and associated services, via subscription agents, including domestic and...”    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 620 000 💰
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 24
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal
Description
Description of renewals: Annual renewals to a maximum of 4 years in total.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
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:
“Please see tender documents available to download from etenders.gov.ie RFT ID: 160692”

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: 4
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2020-01-13 17:00 📅
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: 12
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2020-01-13 12:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders (Information about authorised persons and opening procedure):
“The date and time for opening tenders set out above may change at the discretion of Dublin City Council..”

Complementary information
Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: 2 years
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
Additional information

“Each of the parties will undertake to use their reasonable endeavours to hold confidential any confidential information received from the other party,...”    Show more
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Chief Registrar, High Court, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Please contact your solicitor.
Source: OJS 2019/S 243-596637 (2019-12-13)
Additional information (2020-01-10)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“Dublin City Council proposes to establish a single party framework agreement for 2 years, for the provision of supply and delivery of periodicals. The...”    Show more

Complementary information
Original notice reference
Notice number in the OJ S: 2019/S 243-596637

Changes
Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: II.2.6)
Place of text to be modified: Estimated Value
Old value
Text: 620 000,00
New value
Text: 580 000,00
Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: IV.2.2)
Place of text to be modified: Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Old value
Date: 2020-01-13 📅
Time: 17:00
New value
Date: 2020-01-20 📅
Time: 12:00
Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: IV.2.7)
Place of text to be modified: Conditions for opening of tenders
Old value
Date: 2020-01-13 📅
Time: 12:00
New value
Date: 2020-01-20 📅
Time: 12:00
Source: OJS 2020/S 008-013866 (2020-01-10)
Additional information (2020-01-13)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“Dublin City Council proposes to establish a single party framework agreement for 2 years, for the provision of supply and delivery of periodicals. The...”    Show more

Changes
Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: IV.2.2)
Place of text to be modified: Time limit for reciept of tenders to participate
Old value
Date: 2020-01-20 📅
Time: 12:00
New value
Date: 2020-01-20 📅
Time: 17:00
Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: IV.2.7)
Place of text to be modified: Conditions for opening of tenders
Old value
Date: 2020-01-20 📅
Time: 12:00
New value
Date: 2020-01-20 📅
Time: 17:00
Source: OJS 2020/S 011-021498 (2020-01-13)
Contract award notice (2020-03-10)
Contracting authority (additional)
Name and addresses
Postal address: County Hall, Marine Road, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“Dublin City Council proposes to establish a single party framework agreement for 2 years, for the provision of supply and delivery of periodicals. The...”    Show more
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 580 000 💰
Description
Description of the procurement:
“This agreement is for the supply of electronic and printed periodicals, journals and associated services, via subscription agents, including domestic and...”    Show more
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality of service
Quality criterion (weighting): 70
Cost criterion (name): Ultimate cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 30
Information about options
Options
Description of options: 2 year with an option to extend for 2 more years.

Procedure
Information about framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2019/S 243-596637

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title: Invitation to Tender for the Supply and Delivery of Periodicals
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2020-02-18 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
Name and address of the contractor
Name: EBSCO Information Services
National registration number: FC16134
Postal address: 6th Floor, Civic Centre, Silver Street, Enfield, Middlesex
Postal town: London
Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Phone: +44 2084474188 📞
E-mail: cnilsson@ebsco.com 📧
Region: London 🏙️
URL: http://www.ebsco.com 🌏
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 580 000 💰

Complementary information
Additional information

“Each of the parties will undertake to use their reasonable endeavours to hold confidential any confidential information received from the other party,...”    Show more
Review body
Postal town: Dublin 7
Source: OJS 2020/S 052-123281 (2020-03-10)