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:

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2021-01-19 Contract notice
2023-05-25 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2021-01-19)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Public relations services
Reference number: 183140
Short description:
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.
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Notice metadata
Original language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Public relations services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional CPV: Public relations management services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance
NUTS region: Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ

Procedure
Procedure type: Restricted procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Awarding authority type: National or federal Agency/Office
Awarding authority name: Safefood
Postal address: 7, Eastgate Ave., Eastgate Business Park, Little Island
Postal town: Cork
Contact
Internet address: http://www.safefood.eu ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: claire@empirica.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 212304100 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=181296&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=181296&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2021-01-19 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2021-02-22 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2021-01-22 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2021/S 015-032412
OJ-S issue: 15

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
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.
Estimated total value: 150 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Information about lots:
Lot 1
Lot 2
Title of the lot: Public Relations Services Republic of Ireland
Lot number: 1
Short description:
Lot 1: Single-party framework agreement for the provision of Public Relations Services for the Republic of Ireland (ROI)
Estimated value excluding VAT: 100 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration: 24 months
Description of renewals: 2 x 12-month renewals.
Title of the lot: Public Relations Services Northern Ireland
Lot number: 2
Estimated value excluding VAT: 50 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Dublin.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity: See PQQ document.

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: As detailed in the PQQ document.
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Irish ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Tender validity period: 12 months

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Claire Cluskey
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/580 ๐ŸŒ
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=181296&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Complementary information
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)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
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.
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Total value of the procurement: 1 600 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable
Award criteria
Lowest price

Contracting authority
Identity
Postal address: 7, Eastgate Ave., Eastgate Business Park,
Postal code: Little Island

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2023-05-25 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2023-05-30 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2023/S 102-319477
Refers to notice: 2021/S 015-032412
OJ-S issue: 102

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
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)
The Public Relations services will include integrated communications planning; issue management; stakeholder relations; media relations; media briefing advice; on-going Public Relations support.
safefood proposes to engage in a competitive process for the establishment of two single-party Framework Agreements as follows:
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Dublin

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2021-07-20 ๐Ÿ“…
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
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Internet address: http://www.wilsonhartnell.ie ๐ŸŒ
Total value of the procurement: 200 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
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
Country: Northern Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Internet address: http://www.asgandpartners.com ๐ŸŒ
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 8

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