RFT for the Provision of Strategic Design Services to the Department of the Taoiseach

Department of the Taoiseach

The Government Information Service in the Department of the Taoiseach, is responsible for coordinating Government Communications. A new unified identity for the Government of Ireland was introduced in September 2017 t
A tender is now being run to appoint a partner to provide strategic design services and related capacity building for the provision of strategic solutions for the communication of major cross-Government programmes such as the Government’s climate action plan, continued management and development of the Government of Ireland identity programme and the ongoing management and development of the Department’s Frontify account.
The successful company will be an industry leader in strategic design and will be experienced in developing the strategic direction for and delivery of the roll-out of large-scale unified identity systems and communications programmes.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2021-04-16. The procurement was published on 2021-03-26.

Who?

• Department of the Taoiseach

What?

Where?

• Éire/Ireland › Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2021-03-26	Contract notice

Contract notice (2021-03-26)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Specialty design services
Reference number: GIS-SDS-FUNIT01
Short description:

The Government Information Service in the Department of the Taoiseach, is responsible for coordinating Government Communications. A new unified identity for the Government of Ireland was introduced in September 2017 t A tender is now being run to appoint a partner to provide strategic design services and related capacity building for the provision of strategic solutions for the communication of major cross-Government programmes such as the Government’s climate action plan, continued management and development of the Government of Ireland identity programme and the ongoing management and development of the Department’s Frontify account. The successful company will be an industry leader in strategic design and will be experienced in developing the strategic direction for and delivery of the roll-out of large-scale unified identity systems and communications programmes.

Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Specialty design services 📦
Additional CPV: Design consultancy services 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Ireland 🏙️

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

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Awarding authority name: Department of the Taoiseach
Postal address: Government Buildings, Merrion Street Upper
Postal code: D02R583
Postal town: Dublin 2
Contact
Internet address: http://www.taoiseach.gov.ie 🌏
E-mail: marc.mcmanus@taoiseach.gov.ie 📧
Phone: +353 16194135 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=184964&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=184964&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2021-03-26 📅
Submission deadline: 2021-04-16 📅
Publication date: 2021-03-31 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2021/S 063-160406
OJ-S issue: 63

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

A tender is now being run to appoint a partner to provide strategic design services and related capacity building for the provision of strategic solutions for the communication of major cross-Government programmes such as the Government’s climate action plan, continued management and development of the Government of Ireland identity programme and the ongoing management and development of the Department’s Frontify account.

The successful company will be an industry leader in strategic design and will be experienced in developing the strategic direction for and delivery of the roll-out of large-scale unified identity systems and communications programmes.

Estimated total value: 130 000 EUR 💰
Short description:

The Government Information Service (GIS), in the Department of the Taoiseach, is responsible for coordinating Government Communications.

A new unified identity for the Government of Ireland was introduced by Government decision in September 2017 as part of a programme to reform Government communications. The unified identity was introduced to streamline Government communications, to provide a unified, consistent, clear identity for Government, to support greater coordination, clarity and simplification of Government communications to the citizen (current guidelines attached as appendix). This has been developed with reference to international best practice including unified identity projects completed by the Governments in the Netherlands and the UK.

The full implementation of the identity is a large-scale programme of work and is the first of its kind in Ireland. The programme saw the completion of the roll out to primary Government Departments, offices and agencies including a Government of Ireland mark and a system of Departmental, office/agency marks and associated applications and a comprehensive Guidelines document.

Estimated value excluding VAT: 130 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 12 months
Description of renewals:

The term of the contract may be renewed for one period of up to 12 months subject to the agreement of both parties.

Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Merrion Street Upper, Dublin D02 R483.

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

The successful tenderer will be

— an acknowledged industry leader in the provision of strategic design service;

— experienced in developing the strategic direction for communications programmes;

— be experienced in managing the delivery and roll-out of large-scale unified identity systems and communications programmes.

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Accelerated procedure:

Services are required to assist in the co-ordination of the Governments response to the ongoing Covid-19 Pandemic. As the situation continues to evolve, it is vitally important that the messaging surrounding Covid is consistent and reaches all target audiences. For this reason, it is felt that it is essential that these design services are put in place as soon as possible and thus an accelerated procedure is preferred.

Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender validity period: 12 months
Tender opening date: 2021-04-16 📅
Tender opening time: 12:00

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Marc McManus
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/387 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=184964&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Complementary information
Review body
Name: Office of Government Procurement
Postal address: 3A Mayor Street Upper
Postal town: Dublin 1
Postal code: D01 PF72
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 761008000 📞
Internet address: https://ogp.gov.ie 🌏
Source: OJS 2021/S 063-160406 (2021-03-26)

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