PR Services
Electricity Supply Board (ESB)
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.
DeadlineThe time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-12-18. The procurement was published on 2020-11-20.
SuppliersThe following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Who? What?- • Public relations services › Public relations consultancy services
- • Public relations services › Public relations management services
Procurement history
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 2020-11-20 | Contract notice |
| 2021-03-18 | Additional information |
| 2022-03-08 | Contract award notice |
Contract notice (2020-11-20)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Public relations services
Reference number: SSCON5088
Short description:
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: Public relations services 📦
Additional CPV: Public relations management services 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
Procedure
Procedure type: Negotiated procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender
Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Utilities entity
Awarding authority name: Electricity Supply Board (ESB)
Postal address: 2 Gateway
Postal code: East Wall Road
Postal town: Dublin 3
Contact
Internet address: http://www.esb.ie 🌏
E-mail: helen.loughnane@esb.ie 📧
Phone: +353 17026546 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=178460&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=178460&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2020-11-20 📅
Submission deadline: 2020-12-18 📅
Publication date: 2020-11-25 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2020/S 230-568104
OJ-S issue: 230
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title of the lot: Northern Ireland – Corporate, Consumer, Business and Sport
Lot number: 1
Duration: 36 months
Description of renewals:
Lot number: 2
Title of the lot: RoI Consumer e.g. Consumer Activity Support
Lot number: 3
Title of the lot: RoI Sport e.g. Sports Sponsorship Activity Support
Lot number: 4
Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:
Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0025
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).
Number of participants to be contemplated: 4
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender validity period: 6 months
Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Helen Loughnane
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/377 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=178460&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Complementary information
Review body
Name: Chief Registrar
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Source: OJS 2020/S 230-568104 (2020-11-20)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Public relations services
Reference number: SSCON5088
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.
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Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Public relations services 📦
Additional CPV: Public relations management services 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
Procedure
Procedure type: Negotiated procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender
Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Utilities entity
Awarding authority name: Electricity Supply Board (ESB)
Postal address: 2 Gateway
Postal code: East Wall Road
Postal town: Dublin 3
Contact
Internet address: http://www.esb.ie 🌏
E-mail: helen.loughnane@esb.ie 📧
Phone: +353 17026546 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=178460&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=178460&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2020-11-20 📅
Submission deadline: 2020-12-18 📅
Publication date: 2020-11-25 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2020/S 230-568104
OJ-S issue: 230
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title of the lot: Northern Ireland – Corporate, Consumer, Business and Sport
Lot number: 1
Duration: 36 months
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.
Title of the lot: Republic of Ireland (RoI) Corporate e.g. Financial and Strategic Media Engagement, Reputation Management
Lot number: 2
Title of the lot: RoI Consumer e.g. Consumer Activity Support
Lot number: 3
Title of the lot: RoI Sport e.g. Sports Sponsorship Activity Support
Lot number: 4
Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:
As stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 180524.
Economic and financial standing:
As stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 180524.
Technical and professional ability:
As stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 180524.
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
Legal basis: 32014L0025
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).
Number of participants to be contemplated: 4
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender validity period: 6 months
Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Helen Loughnane
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/377 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=178460&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Complementary information
Review body
Name: Chief Registrar
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Source: OJS 2020/S 230-568104 (2020-11-20)
Additional information (2021-03-18)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Notice metadata
Document type: Additional information
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Public relations consultancy services 📦
Contracting authority
Identity
Postal address: 2 Gateway, East Wall Road
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2021-03-18 📅
Publication date: 2021-03-23 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2021/S 057-145214
Refers to notice: 2020/S 230-568104
OJ-S issue: 57
Source: OJS 2021/S 057-145214 (2021-03-18)
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 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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Document type: Additional information
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Public relations consultancy services 📦
Contracting authority
Identity
Postal address: 2 Gateway, East Wall Road
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2021-03-18 📅
Publication date: 2021-03-23 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2021/S 057-145214
Refers to notice: 2020/S 230-568104
OJ-S issue: 57
Source: OJS 2021/S 057-145214 (2021-03-18)
Contract award notice (2022-03-08)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice
Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable
Award criteria
Lowest price
Contracting authority
Identity
Awarding authority name: Electricity Supply Board ( ESB )
Contact
E-mail: michael.dalton2@esb.ie 📧
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-03-08 📅
Publication date: 2022-03-11 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 050-131300
OJ-S issue: 50
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title of the lot: Republic of Ireland (RoI) Corporate e.g. financial and strategic media engagement, reputation manag
: RoI Consumer e.g. consumer activity support
RoI Sport e.g. sports sponsorship activity support
Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2021-11-22 📅
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 📧
Internet address: http://www.aikenpr.com 🌏
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 📧
Internet address: http://www.drury.ie 🌏
Date of contract conclusion: 2022-03-04 📅
Name: Wilson Hartnell Public Relations
National registration number: 9F40559A
Postal address: 6 Ely Place
E-mail: alison.macdonald@ogilvy.com 📧
Internet address: http://www.wilsonhartnell.ie 🌏
Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Michael Dalton
Source: OJS 2022/S 050-131300 (2022-03-08)
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 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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Document type: Contract award notice
Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable
Award criteria
Lowest price
Contracting authority
Identity
Awarding authority name: Electricity Supply Board ( ESB )
Contact
E-mail: michael.dalton2@esb.ie 📧
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-03-08 📅
Publication date: 2022-03-11 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 050-131300
OJ-S issue: 50
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title of the lot: Republic of Ireland (RoI) Corporate e.g. financial and strategic media engagement, reputation manag
: RoI Consumer e.g. consumer activity support
RoI Sport e.g. sports sponsorship activity support
Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2021-11-22 📅
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 📧
Internet address: http://www.aikenpr.com 🌏
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 📧
Internet address: http://www.drury.ie 🌏
Date of contract conclusion: 2022-03-04 📅
Name: Wilson Hartnell Public Relations
National registration number: 9F40559A
Postal address: 6 Ely Place
E-mail: alison.macdonald@ogilvy.com 📧
Internet address: http://www.wilsonhartnell.ie 🌏
Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Michael Dalton
Source: OJS 2022/S 050-131300 (2022-03-08)
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