Managed Service to Deliver All Aspects of the 2022 Census Publicity Campaign

Central Statistics Office

The development, design, management and delivery of a comprehensive, nationwide publicity campaign for Census 2022, including brand development, strong PR focus, advertising (on all relevant platforms) and development and maintenance of the Census 2022 website.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2021-03-23. The procurement was published on 2021-02-01.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2021-02-01 Contract notice
2021-10-07 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2021-02-01)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Central Statistics Office
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: Swords Business Park, Swords
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: K67 D2X4
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Contact person: Olivia Brady
Phone: +353 18951345 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: olivia.brady@cso.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: www.cso.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/285 ๐ŸŒ
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=182118&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=182118&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
โ€œManaged Service to Deliver All Aspects of the 2022 Census Publicity Campaign CENPUB2022โ€
Products/services: Public relations services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Short description:
โ€œThe development, design, management and delivery of a comprehensive, nationwide publicity campaign for Census 2022, including brand development, strong PR...โ€    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 1 500 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

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Additional products/services: Advertising material ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Advertising and marketing services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Advertising services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Advertising consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Advertising management services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Advertising campaign services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Marketing services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Public relations management services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Public relations consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Advertising photography services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Advertising, propaganda and information film and video-tape production ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Advertising film production ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Main site or place of performance: Dublin.
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThe development, design, management and delivery of a comprehensive, nationwide publicity campaign for Census 2022, including brand development, strong PR...โ€    Show more
Award criteria
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 1 500 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration
Start date: 2021-05-10 ๐Ÿ“…
End date: 2022-06-30 ๐Ÿ“…
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal โœ…
Description
Description of renewals:
โ€œThe hosting and maintenance of the Census Website will continue until 31 December 2022. The contracting authority reserves the right to extend these website...โ€    Show more

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions: See Section 3.2 of the RFT for details.
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: See the RFT for details.
Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2021-03-23 12:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Tender must be valid until: 2021-06-21 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2021-03-23 12:00 ๐Ÿ“…

Complementary information
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
URL: www.courts.ie ๐ŸŒ
Source: OJS 2021/S 025-060166 (2021-02-01)
Contract award notice (2021-10-07)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Postal address: Swords Business Park, Swords,

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
โ€œManaged Service to deliver all aspects of the 2022 Census Publicity Campaign CENPUB2022โ€
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 1 480 225 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description
Main site or place of performance: Dublin
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): A- Quality of Campaign Delivery proposal
Quality criterion (weighting): 35
Quality criterion (name): B- Quality of Contract Management (incl. Project and Account Management)
Quality criterion (weighting): 20
Quality criterion (name): C- Quality and Balance of Team/Resources proposed (CVโ€™s)
Quality criterion (weighting): 25
Cost criterion (name): D โ€“ Total Overall Cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 20

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2021/S 025-060166

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title: Managed Service to deliver all aspects of the 2022 Census Publicity Campaign
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2021-05-27 ๐Ÿ“…
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators โœ…
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Core Full Solutions Ltd.
National registration number: IE9824547V
Postal address: 1 Windmill Lane
Postal town: Dublin 2
Postal code: D02 F206
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
The contractor is an SME
Name: Fusio Ltd.,
National registration number: 6366318E
Postal address: 26 Great Strand Street
Postal town: Dublin
The contractor is an SME โœ…
Name: MKC Communications
National registration number: 295370
Postal address: 4 Lower Pembroke Street
Name: Zenith Optimedia Ireland
National registration number: IE6415492P
Postal address: 1 windmill Lane
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 1 500 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 1 480 225 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

Complementary information
Review body
Postal address: Dublin 7
Postal town: Dublin
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Source: OJS 2021/S 198-517166 (2021-10-07)