Media Planning and Buying

Electricity Supply Board (ESB)

The contracting entity intends to procure a media planning and buying contract across Republic of Ireland (ROI), United Kingdom (UK) including Northern Ireland (NI) and any other markets.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-02-07. The procurement was published on 2019-12-18.

Suppliers

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

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2019-12-18 Contract notice
2021-03-31 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2019-12-18)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Marketing services
Reference number: SS/CON/4679
Short description:
The contracting entity intends to procure a media planning and buying contract across Republic of Ireland (ROI), United Kingdom (UK) including Northern Ireland (NI) and any other markets.
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: Marketing services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional CPV: Advertising and marketing services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance
NUTS region: Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ

Procedure
Procedure type: Negotiated 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: Utilities entity
Awarding authority name: Electricity Supply Board (ESB)
Postal address: 2 Gateway, East Wall Road
Postal town: Dublin 3
Contact
Internet address: http://www.esb.ie ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: michael.dalton2@esb.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 17026473 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=159943&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=159943&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2019-12-18 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2020-02-07 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2019-12-23 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2019/S 247-610929
OJ-S issue: 247
Additional information
Please refer to the individual instructions for submission of bids relevant to each tender issued via the system.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Duration: 84 months
Description of options:
The duration of the framework agreement(s) will be of 3 years duration, with an option to extend for a further 2 years and subsequently another 2 years by mutual agreement.
Additional information:
Please refer to the individual instructions for submission of bids relevant to each tender issued via the system.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:
As stated in procurement qualification questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 163032
Economic and financial standing:
As stated in procurement qualification questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 163032
Technical and professional ability:
As stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 163032
List and brief description of rules and criteria:
List and brief description of rules and criteria: as stated in procurement qualification questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 162604
Contract execution
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: As per tender documents.
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
Where a grouping of services providers express interest in this process, it is a requirement of ESB that 1 member of the group accepts full contractual responsibility for the delivery of services. Where appropriated the intended contractually responsible member of any grouping or consortium must be identified in responding to this notice.
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Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0025
Envisaged number of candidates: 3
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Michael Dalton
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/377 ๐ŸŒ
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=159943&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Additional information
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 entity will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties.
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2) This is the sole call for competition for this service,
3) The contracting entity will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers,
4) Contract award will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities,
5) It will be a condition of award that candidates are tax compliant,
6) If for any reason it is not possible to admit to the framework agreement one or more of the tenderers invited following the conclusion of this competitive process, or having awarded a contract under the framework agreement, the contracting entity reserves the right to invite the next highest scoring tenderer to join the framework agreement and/or deliver the contract as appropriate to the circumstances pertaining to the framework,
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7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting entity may elect to terminate this procurement process, the framework agreement or any contract awarded under the framework agreement at any time,
8) Please note in relation to all documents, that where reference is made to a particular standard, make, source, process, trademark, type or patent, that this is not to be regarded as a de facto requirement. In all such cases it should be understood that such indications are to be treated strictly and solely for reference purposes only, to which the words โ€˜or equivalentโ€™ will always be appended.
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9) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting entity is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of questionnaires with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, candidates are advised to ensure that they return fully completed questionnaires in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition,
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10) At Section II.2.9) we have indicated that 6 applicants will be invited to tender, please note that the contracting entity reserves the right to invite at least 6 applicants subject to that number qualifying.

Complementary information
Review body
Name: Chief Registrar
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 18886000 ๐Ÿ“ž
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie ๐ŸŒ
Source: OJS 2019/S 247-610929 (2019-12-18)
Contract award notice (2021-03-31)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Media planning and buying contract across Republic of Ireland (ROI), United Kingdom (UK) including Northern Ireland (NI) and any other markets.
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable
Award criteria
Lowest price

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2021-03-31 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2021-04-02 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2021/S 065-169417
Refers to notice: 2019/S 247-610929
OJ-S issue: 65

Object
Scope of the procurement
Description of options:
The duration of the framework agreement will be of 3 years duration, with an option to extend for a further 2 years and subsequently another 2 years by mutual agreement.

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2021-03-03 ๐Ÿ“…
Name: Carat Ireland
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: Two Haddington Buildings, Haddington Road
Postal town: Dublin 4
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 12712100 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: ciaran.cunningham@carat.com ๐Ÿ“ง
Internet address: http://www.carat.ie ๐ŸŒ
Source: OJS 2021/S 065-169417 (2021-03-31)