The RSA is seeking tenders for the management, storage, distribution and merchandising of its road safety publications and high visibility items.
The scope of the Contract will involve, at a high level, the following:
— storage of a wide variety of road safety publications and high visibility materials,
— distribution of the RSA Goods to multiple locations nationwide,
— merchandising of the RSA Goods in approximately 543 brochure display stands at locations all over Ireland,
— provision of an online ordering system to be accessed by the public through the RSA website,
— acceptance of orders online, by email and by phone from various organisations and members of the public for the RSA Goods.
The contract is for an initial term of 3 years with an option to extend the term for a period of up to 2 years with a maximum of 3 such extensions. Further info is available in the documents attached to this notice.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2019-05-15.
The procurement was published on 2019-04-08.
Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Object Scope of the procurement
Title:
“RFT for the Storage, Fulfilment, Merchandising and Distribution of Road Safety Materials
ET1903”
Products/services: Storage and warehousing services📦
Short description:
“The RSA is seeking tenders for the management, storage, distribution and merchandising of its road safety publications and high visibility items.
The scope...”
Short description
The RSA is seeking tenders for the management, storage, distribution and merchandising of its road safety publications and high visibility items.
The scope of the Contract will involve, at a high level, the following:
— storage of a wide variety of road safety publications and high visibility materials,
— distribution of the RSA Goods to multiple locations nationwide,
— merchandising of the RSA Goods in approximately 543 brochure display stands at locations all over Ireland,
— provision of an online ordering system to be accessed by the public through the RSA website,
— acceptance of orders online, by email and by phone from various organisations and members of the public for the RSA Goods.
The contract is for an initial term of 3 years with an option to extend the term for a period of up to 2 years with a maximum of 3 such extensions. Further info is available in the documents attached to this notice.
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Additional products/services: Storage and retrieval services📦
Additional products/services: Storage services📦
Additional products/services: Advertising and marketing services📦
Additional products/services: Marketing services📦
Additional products/services: Promotional services📦
Additional products/services: Printing and distribution services📦
Additional products/services: Stock-control services📦
Additional products/services: Education and training services📦
Additional products/services: Safety education services📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland🏙️
Description of the procurement: Further info is available in the documents attached to this notice.
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: 36
Information about options
Options ✅
Description of options:
“The RSA reserves the right to extend the term for a period of up to 2 years with a maximum of 3 such extensions up to a total contract duration of 9 years...”
Description of options
The RSA reserves the right to extend the term for a period of up to 2 years with a maximum of 3 such extensions up to a total contract duration of 9 years in aggregate.
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Additional information: Additional information is available in the documents attached to this notice.
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
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: 2019-05-15
12:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender must be valid until: 2019-11-15 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2019-05-15
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
Additional information is available in the documents attached to this notice.
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: igh Court Central Office, Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie📧 Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Please consult your legal advisors.
Source: OJS 2019/S 072-170746 (2019-04-08)
Contract award notice (2019-10-02) Contracting authority Name and addresses
Contact person: Procurement and Contracts Office
E-mail: procurement@rsa.ie📧
Object Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“The RSA recently held a competition for the management, storage, distribution and merchandising of its road safety publications and high visibility...”
Short description
The RSA recently held a competition for the management, storage, distribution and merchandising of its road safety publications and high visibility items.
Following evaluation of the tenders received and the expiry of the applicable standstill period the RSA has awarded the contract to the Supplier who was deemed to have submitted the most economically advantageous tender in respect of the competition.
Further details in relation to the award of this contract are set out in this contract award notice.
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Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 3 600 000 💰
Description
Description of the procurement:
“The scope of the contract will involve, at a high level, the following;
— storage of a wide variety of road safety publications and high visibility...”
Description of the procurement
The scope of the contract will involve, at a high level, the following;
— storage of a wide variety of road safety publications and high visibility materials,
— distribution of the RSA Goods to multiple locations nationwide,
— merchandising of the RSA Goods in approximately 543 brochure display stands at locations all over Ireland,
— provision of an online ordering system to be accessed by the public through the RSA website,
— acceptance of orders online, by email and by phone from various organisations and members of the public for the RSA goods.
The contract is for an initial term of 3 years with an option to extend the term for a period of up to 2 years with a maximum of 3 such extensions. Further info is available in the documents attached to this notice.
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Quality criterion (name): Storage
Quality criterion (weighting): 150
Quality criterion (name): Fulfilment
Quality criterion (name): Distribution
Quality criterion (weighting): 200
Quality criterion (name): Merchandising
Price (weighting): 300
Procedure Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2019/S 072-170746
Award of contract
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Contract Number: 1
Title:
“RFT for the Storage, Fulfilment, Merchandising and Distribution of Road Safety Materials”
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2019-09-02 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6
Name and address of the contractor
Name: The Marketing Hub Ltd
National registration number: 00484507
Postal address: Unit 6 Airways Industrial Estated
Postal town: Santry
Postal code: Dublin 17
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18441104📞
E-mail: art.mcgann@thehub.ie📧
Region: Éire/Ireland🏙️
URL: www.thehub.ie🌏
The contractor is an SME ✅ Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 2 700 000 💰
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 3 600 000 💰
Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be subcontracted
Short description of the part of the contract to be subcontracted: Merchandising of RSA materials i.e. field merchandising services
Complementary information Review body
Postal address: High Court Central Office, Four Courts, Inns Quay
Source: OJS 2019/S 192-467189 (2019-10-02)