Distribution and Warehousing Services in the US Market

Tourism Ireland CLG

Tourism Ireland is seeking to appoint a logistics partner capable of providing distribution and warehousing solutions for the US market. The appointed supplier will take responsibility for shipping marketing literature and supporting materials through its marketing channels in the US market. Bidders must have an operational base and warehouse facility in the US. Local suppliers in the US will advised of this tender opportunity. For full requirements please refer to the request for tender [RFT] documentation available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-07-28. The procurement was published on 2020-06-23.

Suppliers

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

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2020-06-23 Contract notice
2021-01-04 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2020-06-23)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Printing and distribution services
Reference number: DIST-US-2020
Short description:
Tourism Ireland is seeking to appoint a logistics partner capable of providing distribution and warehousing solutions for the US market. The appointed supplier will take responsibility for shipping marketing literature and supporting materials through its marketing channels in the US market. Bidders must have an operational base and warehouse facility in the US. Local suppliers in the US will advised of this tender opportunity. For full requirements please refer to the request for tender [RFT] documentation available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie
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Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Printing and distribution services 📦
Additional CPV: Warehouse management system 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️

Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Body governed by public law
Awarding authority name: Tourism Ireland CLG
Postal address: 4th Floor — Bishop's Square, Redmond's Hill
Postal code: D02 TD99
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.ireland.com 🌏
E-mail: tenderresponse@tourismireland.com 📧
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=169057&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=169057&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2020-06-23 📅
Submission deadline: 2020-07-28 📅
Publication date: 2020-06-25 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2020/S 121-296418
OJ-S issue: 121
Additional information
Two authorised Tourism Ireland personnel.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value: 1 400 000 EUR 💰
Short description:
Tourism Ireland is seeking to appoint a logistics partner capable of providing distribution and warehousing solutions for the US market. The appointed supplier will take responsibility for shipping marketing literature and supporting materials through its marketing channels in the US market. Bidders must have an operational base and warehouse facility in the US. Local suppliers in the US will advised of this tender opportunity.
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Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 400 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 36 months
Description of renewals:
The initial term of the contract will be for three [3] years subject to budget, annual performance review, and other factors. Tourism Ireland may opt, at its absolute discretion, to renew the contract annually, again subject to budget, performance and other factors, for a further four [4] up to a maximum contract term of seven [7] years.
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Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: United States of America.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity: As stated in the RFT documents available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie
Contract execution
Contract performance conditions:
Tenderers must have an operational base and warehouse facility in the US
As stated in the RFT documents available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Time of receipt of tenders: 16:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender validity period: 12 months
Tender opening date: 2020-07-28 📅
Tender opening time: 16:00
Place: Via the eTenders electronic Postbox facility.
Additional information: Two authorised Tourism Ireland personnel.
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): B. Quality of proposed delivery model and guaranteed service levels
Quality criterion (weighting): 20 %
Quality criterion (name): C. IT/reporting capabilities
Quality criterion (weighting): 15 %
Quality criterion (name): D. Proposed account management model
Cost criterion (name): A. Overall cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 50 %

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Procurement Officer
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1197 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=169057&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
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 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.
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2) Suppliers must register their interest on the eTenders website (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications and to respond electronically to the competition. There is a maximum upload limit of 2 GB per document on eTenders. Documents larger than this should be divided into smaller files prior to upload or zipped.
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3) Should you experience difficulty when uploading documents please contact the eTenders Support Desk for technical assistance. Email etenders@eu-supply.com or telephone: 353 (0) 212439277 (9.00-17.30 GMT).
4) All queries regarding this tender requirement or process must be submitted through the Irish Procurement Opportunities www.etenders.gov.ie as a specific question. Responses will be circulated to those tenderers that have registered an interest in this Notice on www.etenders.gov.ie The details of the person making the query will not be disclosed when circulating the response.
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5) This is the sole call for competition for these services.
6) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers, whether or not a final contract is awarded.
7) Contract award will be subject to the approval of the Board of Tourism Ireland.
8) It will be a condition of award that the successful tenderer is and remains tax compliant.
9) Tenderers must have an operational base and warehouse facility in the US to qualify for inclusion in this tender competition.
10) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process or any contract awarded at any time.
11) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of the procurement documents with missing or incomplete information. Respondents are advised to ensure that they return fully completed tender documentation in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition at the application/evaluation stage.
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12) The contracting authority is subject to the provisions of the code of practice on Freedom of Information for North/South Implementation Bodies and Tourism Ireland, which is available on the contracting authority website.
13) To the extent that any personal data is processed in connection with the provision of the services or otherwise, the provisions set out in the contracting authority’s ICT and GDPR guidelines shall apply to such processing.
14) Award of this contract will be subject to selected candidate being qualified for the purposes of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, if based in Northern Ireland.
15) The contract will be subject to Irish law.
16) The contracting authority reserves the right without advance notice (and without giving reasons unless so required by law and without liability to the applicants) to amend or otherwise change the process or to terminate the process.
17) The contracting authority reminds suppliers that application to this competition and completion of tenders should in no way impede the need to comply with government advice/directives for isolation or any other requirements or containment measures in place to fight the spread of Covid-19.
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Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: The Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Information about review deadlines:
This contract/framework is covered by the application of the remedies directive and the relevant standstill period applied at time of notification.
Source: OJS 2020/S 121-296418 (2020-06-23)
Contract award notice (2021-01-04)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
This tender competition is closed. following the evaluation of qualifying tenders received against the stated evaluation criteria, the contract has been awarded to the highest scoring tenderer. Tourism Ireland is seeking to appoint a logistics partner capable of providing distribution and warehousing solutions for the US market. The appointed supplier will take responsibility for shipping marketing literature and supporting materials through its marketing channels in the US market. Bidders must have an operational base and warehouse facility in the US. Local suppliers in the US will advised of this tender opportunity. For full requirements please refer to the request for tender [RFT] documentation available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie
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Total value of the procurement: 1 400 000 EUR 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Contracting authority
Identity
Postal address: 4th Floor - Bishop's Square, Redmond's Hill

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2021-01-04 📅
Publication date: 2021-01-08 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2021/S 005-006498
Refers to notice: 2020/S 121-296418
OJ-S issue: 5
Additional information
This tender competition is closed. following the evaluation of qualifying tenders received against the stated evaluation criteria, the contract has been awarded to the highest scoring tenderer.

Object
Scope of the procurement
This tender competition is closed. following the evaluation of qualifying tenders received against the stated evaluation criteria, the contract has been awarded to the highest scoring tenderer.
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: UNITED STATES of AMERICA.

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2021-01-01 📅
Name: Marketway LLC
Postal address: 1314 Highland Avenue
Postal town: Plainfield
Postal code: NJ 07060
Country: United States 🇺🇸
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Total value of the procurement: 1 400 000 EUR 💰
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2

Complementary information
Review body
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: D7
Information about review deadlines:
This contract/framework is covered by the application of the Remedies Directive and the relevant standstill period applied at time of notification.
Source: OJS 2021/S 005-006498 (2021-01-04)
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