B2B and B2C Strategy and Communications Services

Fáilte Ireland-National Tourism Development Authority

Fáilte Ireland intends to procure B2B and B2C Strategy and Communications Services
As the Agency with responsibility for leading integration among other contracted agencies, the successful tenderer will be required to provide strategic and creative services to Failte Ireland.
These services will include the delivery of:
• strategic planning (to include brand planning, communications planning and connections planning)
• creative support
• evaluation.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-06-24. The procurement was published on 2020-05-25.

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

Where?

Procurement history
Date Document
2020-05-25 Contract notice
2020-12-14 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2020-05-25)
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 1
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contact person: Procurement Unit
Phone: +353 18847888 📞
E-mail: procurement@failteireland.ie 📧
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
URL: 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=167492&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=167492&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: B2B and B2C Strategy and Communications Services MC/2020/03
Products/services: Advertising and marketing services 📦
Short description:
“Fáilte Ireland intends to procure B2B and B2C Strategy and Communications Services As the Agency with responsibility for leading integration among other...”    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 20 000 000 💰

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Additional products/services: Advertising and marketing services 📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
Description of the procurement:
“Fáilte Ireland intends to procure B2B and B2C Strategy and Communications Services As the agency with responsibility for leading integration among other...”    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 20 000 000 💰
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 60
Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
“The top 5 scoring candidates, as per the selection criteria contained in the pre-qualification questionnaire will be invited to tender.”

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions:
“As stated in the PQQ document available for downloading from www.etenders.gov.ie”
Economic and financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria:
“As stated in the PQQ document available for downloading from www.etenders.gov.ie”
Conditions for participation

“As stated in the PQQ document available for downloading from www.etenders.gov.ie”
Technical and professional ability
List and brief description of selection criteria:
“As stated in the PQQ document available for downloading from www.etenders.gov.ie”
Conditions for participation
Conditions for participation (technical and professional ability):
“As stated in the PQQ document available for downloading from www.etenders.gov.ie”
Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions:
“As stated in the PQQ document available for downloading from www.etenders.gov.ie”

Procedure
Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2020-06-24 12:00 📅
Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates: 2020-07-10 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️

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 website (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included 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: 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 2020/S 103-248438 (2020-05-25)
Contract award notice (2020-12-14)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“Fáilte Ireland intends to procure B2B and B2C Strategy and Communications Services As the Agency with responsibility for leading integration among other...”    Show more
Currency code: EUR 💰
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT) (lowest offer): 15000000.00
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT) (highest offer): 25000000.00
Description
Description of the procurement:
“Fáilte Ireland intends to procure B2B and B2C Strategy and Communications Services. As the Agency with responsibility for leading integration among other...”    Show more
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Strategic challenge
Quality criterion (weighting): 20
Quality criterion (name): Creative challenge
Quality criterion (name): Competency and expertise
Quality criterion (weighting): 10
Quality criterion (name): Agile production capability
Quality criterion (name): Contract management
Quality criterion (weighting): 5
Cost criterion (name): Ultimate cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 30
Cost criterion (name): Added value
Cost criterion (weighting): 5

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2020/S 103-248438

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title: B2B and B2C Strategy and Communications Services
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2020-12-11 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 3
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Core
National registration number: IE 9824547V
Postal address: 16 Sir John Rogerson's Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 16496439 📞
E-mail: dave.griffin@onecore.ie 📧
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
URL: http://www.onecore.ie 🌏
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Currency code: EUR 💰
Lowest offer: 15000000.00
Highest offer: 25000000.00

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 2020/S 247-613362 (2020-12-14)