Fáilte Ireland is seeking a service provider to host and facilitate online virtual events utilising a webinar platform that will facilitate the delivery of a combination of live and pre-recorded digital content. This will be achieved through virtual webinars with virtual break out rooms. The successful tenderer will be required to manage the virtual webinars from beginning to end including rehearsals prior to each webinar.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2021-01-18.
The procurement was published on 2020-12-18.
Object Scope of the procurement
Title: Virtual Events Services
CD/2020/10
Products/services: Event services📦
Short description:
“Fáilte Ireland is seeking a service provider to host and facilitate online virtual events utilising a webinar platform that will facilitate the delivery of...”
Short description
Fáilte Ireland is seeking a service provider to host and facilitate online virtual events utilising a webinar platform that will facilitate the delivery of a combination of live and pre-recorded digital content. This will be achieved through virtual webinars with virtual break out rooms. The successful tenderer will be required to manage the virtual webinars from beginning to end including rehearsals prior to each webinar.
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Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 800 000 💰
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Additional products/services: Teleconferencing services📦
Additional products/services: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland🏙️
Main site or place of performance: Ireland.
Description of the procurement:
“Fáilte Ireland is seeking a service provider to host and facilitate online virtual events utilising a webinar platform that will facilitate the delivery of...”
Description of the procurement
Fáilte Ireland is seeking a service provider to host and facilitate online virtual events utilising a webinar platform that will facilitate the delivery of a combination of live and pre-recorded digital content. This will be achieved through virtual webinars with virtual break out rooms. The successful tenderer will be required to manage the virtual webinars from beginning to end including rehearsals prior to each webinar.
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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 800 000 💰
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 48
Legal, economic, financial and technical information Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions:
“As stated in the Invitation to Tender document available from www.etenders.gov.ie” Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions:
“As stated in the Invitation to Tender document available from www.etenders.gov.ie”
Procedure Type of procedure
Open procedure
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: 5
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2021-01-18
12:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender must be valid until: 2022-01-18 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2021-01-18
12:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): ETenders Tender Box
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 web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for...”
1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (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 the framework will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities.
5) If for any reason it is not possible to conclude the framework agreement with the designated successful tenderer emerging from this competitive process; or if having concluded the framework agreement the contracting authority considers that the successful tenderer has not met, or cannot meet its obligations; the contracting authority reserves the right to admit the next highest scoring tenderer to the framework 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, the framework agreement or any contract awarded under the framework agreement 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/questionnaires 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: The Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000📞
URL: http://www.courts.ie🌏 Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
“The contracting authority will not conclude this framework agreement to which a standstill period applies in accordance with Irish Statutory Instrument S.I....”
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
The contracting authority will not conclude this framework agreement to which a standstill period applies in accordance with Irish Statutory Instrument S.I. No 284 of 2016, 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 will 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 framework agreement 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 framework agreement.
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Source: OJS 2020/S 250-625019 (2020-12-18)
Contract award notice (2021-04-23) Object Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Fitness for purpose of the proposed technical solutions
Quality criterion (weighting): 30
Quality criterion (name): Competency and expertise
Quality criterion (weighting): 20
Quality criterion (name): Contract management
Quality criterion (weighting): 10
Price (weighting): 40
Procedure Information about framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2020/S 250-625019
Award of contract
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Contract Number: 1
Title: Virtual Events Services
Information on non-award
Other reasons (discontinuation of procedure)
Complementary information Additional information
“1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for...”
1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (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 the framework will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities;
5) If for any reason it is not possible to conclude the framework agreement with the designated successful tenderer emerging from this competitive process; or if having concluded the framework agreement the contracting authority considers that the successful tenderer has not met, or cannot meet its obligations; the contracting authority reserves the right to admit the next highest scoring tenderer to the framework 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, the framework agreement or any contract awarded under the framework agreement 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/questionnaires 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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Source: OJS 2021/S 082-212043 (2021-04-23)