Digital Content Production Services

Department of Foreign Affairs/An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha

The Services comprise the provision of services by six skilled and experienced service providers (“expert resources”) to the Communications Unit of the Contracting Authority to the following work streams:
(i) writing, digital content and platform management (2 service providers)
(ii) graphic design (2 service providers), and
(iii) audio and visual content production (2 service providers).

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2021-09-21. The procurement was published on 2021-08-18.

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

Where?

Procurement history
Date Document
2021-08-18 Contract notice
2021-09-17 Additional information
2021-12-23 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2021-08-18)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Department of Foreign Affairs/An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: 80 St Stephen's Green
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 14082000 📞
E-mail: consultant.tenders@dfa.ie 📧
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
URL: http://www.dfa.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/246 🌏
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=195949&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=195949&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Digital Content Production Services
Products/services: Graphic design services 📦
Short description:
“The Services comprise the provision of services by six skilled and experienced service providers (“expert resources”) to the Communications Unit of the...”    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 780 000 💰
Information about lots
Tenders may be submitted for all lots

1️⃣
Scope of the procurement
Title: Writing, Digital Content and Platform Management
Title
Lot Identification Number: 1
Description
Additional products/services: Audio-visual equipment 📦
Additional products/services: Audio-visual materials 📦
Additional products/services: Web page editing software package 📦
Additional products/services: Web page editing software development services 📦
Additional products/services: World wide web (www) site design services 📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
Main site or place of performance: Dublin
Description of the procurement:
“The Services comprise the provision of services to the Communications Unit of the Contracting Authority as described in the RFT”
Award criteria
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: 24

2️⃣
Scope of the procurement
Title: Graphic Design
Title
Lot Identification Number: 2

3️⃣
Scope of the procurement
Title: Audio and Visual Content Production
Title
Lot Identification Number: 3

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2021-09-21 17:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2021-09-21 17:00 📅

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Source: OJS 2021/S 162-427096 (2021-08-18)
Additional information (2021-09-17)

Complementary information
Original notice reference
Notice number in the OJ S: 2021/S 162-427096

Changes
Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: Iv
Place of text to be modified: IV.2.2
Old value
Date: 2021-09-21 📅
Time: 17:00
New value
Date: 2021-09-24 📅
Time: 17:00
Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: Iv
Place of text to be modified: IV.2.7
Old value
Date: 2021-09-21 📅
Time: 17:00
New value
Date: 2021-09-24 📅
Time: 17:00
Source: OJS 2021/S 184-479817 (2021-09-17)
Contract award notice (2021-12-23)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 780 000 💰
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Methodology and Timeline for Delivery of Service
Quality criterion (weighting): 3000
Quality criterion (name): Qualifications, Expertise and Experience of the Proposed Resources
Cost criterion (name): Cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 4000
Quality criterion (name): Methodology and Timeline for Delivery of the Service

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2021/S 162-427096

Award of contract

1️⃣
Contract Number: 1
Title: Writing, Digital Content and Platform Management
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2021-12-20 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 6
Name and address of the contractor
Name: bigO
National registration number: IE 9668130S
Postal address: 9 Mount Street Crescent
Postal town: Dublin 2
Postal code: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 15312555 📞
E-mail: vanessa@bigo.ie 📧
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
URL: http://www.bigo.ie 🌏
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 260 000 💰

2️⃣
Contract Number: 2
Title: Graphic Design
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 260 000 💰

3️⃣
Contract Number: 3
Title: Audio and Visual Content Production
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 260 000 💰
Source: OJS 2021/S 252-670973 (2021-12-23)