Public Relations Services

Safefood

Safefood proposes to engage in a competitive process for the establishment of two single-party framework agreements as follows:
Lot 1: Single-party framework agreement for the provision of Public Relations Services for the Republic of Ireland (ROI);
Lot 2: Single-party framework agreement for the provision of Public Relations Services for Northern Ireland (NI).
Interested parties may apply for one or both lots.
If applying for both lots, please provide a separate PQQ document for each lot.
The Public Relations services will include integrated communications planning, issue management, stakeholder relations, media relations, media briefing advice, on-going Public Relations support.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2021-02-22. The procurement was published on 2021-01-19.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2021-01-19 Contract notice
2023-05-25 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2021-01-19)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Safefood
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: 7, Eastgate Ave., Eastgate Business Park, Little Island
Postal town: Cork
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Contact person: Claire Cluskey
Phone: +353 212304100 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: claire@empirica.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: http://www.safefood.eu ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/580 ๐ŸŒ
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=181296&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=181296&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Public Relations Services 183140
Products/services: Public relations services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Short description:
โ€œSafefood proposes to engage in a competitive process for the establishment of two single-party framework agreements as follows: Lot 1: Single-party...โ€    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 150 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Information about lots
Tenders may be submitted for all lots
Scope of the procurement
The contracting authority reserves the right to award contracts combining the following lots or groups of lots: Lot 1 Lot 2

1๏ธโƒฃ
Scope of the procurement
Title: Public Relations Services Republic of Ireland
Title
Lot Identification Number: 1
Description
Additional products/services: Public relations management services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Public relations consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Main site or place of performance: Dublin.
Description of the procurement:
โ€œSafefood proposes to engage in a competitive process for the establishment of two single-party framework agreements as follows: Lot 1: Single-party...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 100 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 24
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal โœ…
Description
Description of renewals: 2 x 12-month renewals.
Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: As detailed in the PQQ document.

2๏ธโƒฃ
Scope of the procurement
Title: Public Relations Services Northern Ireland
Title
Lot Identification Number: 2
Description
Place of performance: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Description of the procurement:
โ€œSafefood proposes to engage in a competitive process for the establishment of two single-party framework agreements as follows: Lot 1: Single-party...โ€    Show more
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 50 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions: See PQQ document.
Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

Procedure
Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with a single operator
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2021-02-22 12:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Irish ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 12

Complementary information
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
Review body
Name: Central Office of the High Court
Postal address: Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Source: OJS 2021/S 015-032412 (2021-01-19)
Contract award notice (2023-05-25)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Postal address: 7, Eastgate Ave., Eastgate Business Park,
Postal code: Little Island

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
โ€œSafefood proposes to engage in a competitive process for the establishment of two single-party Framework Agreements as follows: Lot 1: Single-party...โ€    Show more
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 1 600 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots โœ…
Description
Main site or place of performance: Dublin
Description of the procurement:
โ€œsafefood proposes to engage in a competitive process for the establishment of two single-party Framework Agreements as follows: Lot 1: Single-party...โ€    Show more
Award criteria
Price

Procedure
Information about framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2021/S 015-032412

Award of contract

1๏ธโƒฃ
Contract Number: 1
Title: Public Relations Services Republic of Ireland
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2021-07-20 ๐Ÿ“…
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 8
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 8
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 8
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Wilson Hartnell Public Relations
National registration number: 9F40559A
Postal address: 6 Ely Place
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: alison.macdonald@ogilvy.com ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: http://www.wilsonhartnell.ie ๐ŸŒ
The contractor is an SME โœ…
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 200 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

2๏ธโƒฃ
Contract Number: 2
Title: Public Relations Services Northern Ireland
Name and address of the contractor
Name: ASG & Partners
National registration number: GB 375767990
Postal address: Anderson House
Postal town: Belfast
Postal code: 409 Holywood Road
Country: United Kingdom ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง
Phone: +44 2890802000 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: natasha@asgandpartners.com ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: Northern Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: http://www.asgandpartners.com ๐ŸŒ
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 200 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

Complementary information
Review body
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 07
Source: OJS 2023/S 102-319477 (2023-05-25)