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:
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...”
Short description
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.
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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...”
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 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.
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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...”
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 with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, tenderers are advised to ensure that they return fully completed tenders in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition at the evaluation stage.
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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,...”
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, until after the expiry of the standstill period which commences on the day following the date of notification of concerned candidates and tenderers. The duration of the standstill period ill be 14 calendar days where notifications are sent electronically or by fax and 16 calendar days where these are sent by any other means. The statutory instrument mentioned above provides that review procedures are
Available in the High Court to a person who has or has had an interest in obtaining the contract and alleges that he or she has been harmed or is at risk of being harmed by an infringement of the law in relation to that contract.
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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...”
Short description
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.
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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...”
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 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.
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,...”
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, until after the expiry of the standstill period which commences on the day following the date of notification of concerned candidates and tenderers. The duration of the standstill period ill be 14 calendar days where notifications are sent electronically or by fax and 16 calendar days where these are sent by any other means. The statutory instrument mentioned above provides that review procedures are available in the High Court to a person who has or has had an interest in obtaining the contract and alleges that he or she has been harmed or is at risk of being harmed by an infringement of the law in relation to that contract.
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Source: OJS 2020/S 247-613362 (2020-12-14)