ESB wishes to engage up to four experienced and established PR Consultancy Agencies to provide PR services to ESB businesses (these include the ESB Corporate, Customer Solutions, ESB Networks, ESB International, ESB Telecoms businesses) and within these Business Units a subset of ESB brands (these include the ESB Corporate /parent brand, E-cars, ESB Networks, Smart Energy Services and Electric Ireland (business and residential), in both the ROI and NI markets. Please note ESB Energy in the GB market and NIE brand/business are not included in this tender process.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-12-18.
The procurement was published on 2020-11-20.
Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Object Scope of the procurement
Title: PR Services
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Products/services: Public relations services📦
Short description:
“ESB wishes to engage up to four experienced and established PR Consultancy Agencies to provide PR services to ESB businesses (these include the ESB...”
Short description
ESB wishes to engage up to four experienced and established PR Consultancy Agencies to provide PR services to ESB businesses (these include the ESB Corporate, Customer Solutions, ESB Networks, ESB International, ESB Telecoms businesses) and within these Business Units a subset of ESB brands (these include the ESB Corporate /parent brand, E-cars, ESB Networks, Smart Energy Services and Electric Ireland (business and residential), in both the ROI and NI markets. Please note ESB Energy in the GB market and NIE brand/business are not included in this tender process.
Show more Information about lots
Tenders may be submitted for all lots
1️⃣ Scope of the procurement
Title: Northern Ireland – Corporate, Consumer, Business and Sport
Title
Lot Identification Number: 1
Description
Additional products/services: Public relations management services📦
Additional products/services: Public relations consultancy services📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland🏙️
Description of the procurement:
“ESB wishes to engage up to four experienced and established PR Consultancy Agencies to provide PR services to ESB businesses (these include the ESB...”
Description of the procurement
ESB wishes to engage up to four experienced and established PR Consultancy Agencies to provide PR services to ESB businesses (these include the ESB Corporate, Customer Solutions, ESB Networks, ESB International, ESB Telecoms businesses) and within these Business Units a subset of ESB brands (these include the ESB Corporate /parent brand, E-cars, ESB Networks, Smart Energy Services and Electric Ireland (business and residential), in both the ROI and NI markets. Please note ESB Energy in the GB market and NIE brand/business are not included in this tender process.
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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
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal ✅ Description
Description of renewals:
“The framework agreement will be for an initial three (3) years with an option - at the sole discretion of ESB – to extend for a further two (2) years and...”
Description of renewals
The framework agreement will be for an initial three (3) years with an option - at the sole discretion of ESB – to extend for a further two (2) years and thereafter a further two (2) years by mutual agreement.
Show more Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged number of candidates: 16
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Short-list of 16 Applicants maximum (up to 4 per Lot).
2️⃣ Scope of the procurement
Title:
“Republic of Ireland (RoI) Corporate e.g. Financial and Strategic Media Engagement, Reputation Management” Title
Lot Identification Number: 2
3️⃣ Scope of the procurement
Title: RoI Consumer e.g. Consumer Activity Support
Title
Lot Identification Number: 3
4️⃣ Scope of the procurement
Title: RoI Sport e.g. Sports Sponsorship Activity Support
Title
Lot Identification Number: 4
Legal, economic, financial and technical information Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions:
“As stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 180524.” Economic and financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria:
“As stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 180524.” Technical and professional ability
List and brief description of selection criteria:
“As stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 180524.” Conditions for participation
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 180524.”
Procedure Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with several operators
Description
Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement: 4
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2020-12-18
12:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 6
Complementary information Review body
Name: Chief Registrar
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000📞
URL: http://www.courts.ie🌏
Source: OJS 2020/S 230-568104 (2020-11-20)
Additional information (2021-03-18) Contracting authority Name and addresses
Postal address: 2 Gateway, East Wall Road
Object Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“ESB wishes to engage up to four experienced and established PR Consultancy Agencies to provide PR services to ESB businesses (these include the ESB...”
Short description
ESB wishes to engage up to four experienced and established PR Consultancy Agencies to provide PR services to ESB businesses (these include the ESB Corporate, Customer Solutions, ESB Networks, ESB International, ESB Telecoms businesses) and within these Business Units a subset of ESB brands (these include the ESB Corporate/parent brand, E-cars, ESB Networks, Smart Energy Services and Electric Ireland (business and residential), in both the ROI and NI markets. Please note ESB Energy in the GB market and NIE brand/business are not included in this tender process.
Complementary information Original notice reference
Notice number in the OJ S: 2020/S 230-568104
Changes Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: IV.2.2)
Place of text to be modified: Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Old value
Date: 2020-12-18 📅
Time: 12:00
New value
Date: 2020-12-21 📅
Time: 12:00
Source: OJS 2021/S 057-145214 (2021-03-18)
Contract award notice (2022-03-08) Contracting authority Name and addresses
Name: Electricity Supply Board ( ESB )
Contact person: Michael Dalton
E-mail: michael.dalton2@esb.ie📧
Object Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“ESB wishes to engage up to four experienced and established PR Consultancy Agencies to provide PR services to ESB businesses (these include the ESB...”
Short description
ESB wishes to engage up to four experienced and established PR Consultancy Agencies to provide PR services to ESB businesses (these include the ESB Corporate , Customer Solutions, ESB Networks, ESB International, ESB Telecoms businesses) and within these Business Units a subset of ESB brands (these include the ESB Corporate /parent brand, E-cars, ESB Networks , Smart Energy Services and Electric Ireland (business and residential), in both the ROI and NI markets . Please note ESB Energy in the GB market and NIE brand/business are not included in this tender process.
Show more Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots ✅ Description
Description of the procurement:
“ESB wishes to engage up to four experienced and established PR Consultancy Agencies to provide PR services to ESB businesses (these include the ESB...”
Description of the procurement
ESB wishes to engage up to four experienced and established PR Consultancy Agencies to provide PR services to ESB businesses (these include the ESB Corporate , Customer Solutions, ESB Networks, ESB International, ESB Telecoms businesses) and within these Business Units a subset of ESB brands (these include the ESB Corporate /parent brand, E-cars, ESB Networks , Smart Energy Services and Electric Ireland (business and residential), in both the ROI and NI markets . Please note ESB Energy in the GB market and NIE brand/business are not included in this tender process.
Show more Scope of the procurement
Title:
“Republic of Ireland (RoI) Corporate e.g. financial and strategic media engagement, reputation manag”
Title: : RoI Consumer e.g. consumer activity support
Title: RoI Sport e.g. sports sponsorship activity support
Procedure Information about framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2020/S 230-568104
Award of contract
1️⃣
Contract Number: 1
Title: Northern Ireland – Corporate, Consumer, Business and Sport
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2021-11-22 📅
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Aiken Communications Limited
National registration number: IE9692680s
Postal address: 24 Holles Street
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +44 2890663000📞
E-mail: carolyn@aikenpr.com📧
Region: Éire/Ireland🏙️
URL: http://www.aikenpr.com🌏
The contractor is an SME ✅
2️⃣
Contract Number: 2
Title:
“Republic of Ireland (RoI) Corporate e.g. financial and strategic media engagement, reputation manag” Name and address of the contractor
Name: Drury
National registration number: 139459
Postal address: 1st Floor, Westmoreland House
Postal town: Dublin 6
Postal code: Ranelagh
Phone: +353 12605000📞
E-mail: morwenna.rice@drury.ie📧
URL: http://www.drury.ie🌏
3️⃣
Contract Number: 3
Title: : RoI Consumer e.g. consumer activity support
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2022-03-04 📅
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Wilson Hartnell Public Relations
National registration number: 9F40559A
Postal address: 6 Ely Place
E-mail: alison.macdonald@ogilvy.com📧
URL: http://www.wilsonhartnell.ie🌏
4️⃣
Contract Number: 4
Title: RoI Sport e.g. sports sponsorship activity support
Source: OJS 2022/S 050-131300 (2022-03-08)