Specialist Economic, Financial, Investment and Appraisal Services to Support Delivery of a Programme of Work of the Strategy Management and Investment Analysis Division

Fáilte Ireland-National Tourism Development Authority

As the National Tourism Development Authority, Fáilte Ireland’s role is to support the long-term sustainable growth in the economic, social, cultural and environmental contribution of tourism to Ireland.
Fáilte Ireland wishes to tender for a single-party framework to enable the provision of a range of specialist services to enable the delivery of key work programmes of the strategy management and investment analysis divisions. This programme of work will encompass the delivery of a range of significant investment schemes and associated evaluation, impact analysis and strategy review projects.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2021-08-12. The procurement was published on 2021-07-13.

Suppliers

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Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2021-07-13 Contract notice
2021-11-26 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2021-07-13)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Financial consultancy services
Reference number: EV/2021/04
Short description:
As the National Tourism Development Authority, Fáilte Ireland’s role is to support the long-term sustainable growth in the economic, social, cultural and environmental contribution of tourism to Ireland. Fáilte Ireland wishes to tender for a single-party framework to enable the provision of a range of specialist services to enable the delivery of key work programmes of the strategy management and investment analysis divisions. This programme of work will encompass the delivery of a range of significant investment schemes and associated evaluation, impact analysis and strategy review projects.
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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: Financial consultancy services 📦
Additional CPV: Economic impact assessment 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Éire/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: Body governed by public law
Awarding authority name: Fáilte Ireland-National Tourism Development Authority
Postal address: 88-95 Amiens Street
Postal code: Dublin 1
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: https://www.failteireland.ie 🌏
E-mail: glenda.byrne@failteireland.ie 📧
Phone: +353 18847878 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=193352&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=193352&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2021-07-13 📅
Submission deadline: 2021-08-12 📅
Publication date: 2021-07-16 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2021/S 136-361547
OJ-S issue: 136
Additional information
1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications. All information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal (www.etenders.gov.ie) only. Registration is free of charge. The contracting authority will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties; 2) This is the sole call for competition for this service; 3) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates, participants or tenderers; 4) Establishment of the framework will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities; 5) If for any reason it is not possible to conclude the framework agreement with the designated successful tenderer emerging from this competitive process; or if having concluded the framework agreement the contracting authority considers that the successful tenderer has not met, or cannot meet its obligations; the contracting authority reserves the right to admit the next highest scoring tenderer to the framework on the basis of the same terms at any time during the tender validity period. This shall be without prejudice to the right of the contracting authority to cancel this competitive process and/or initiate a new contract award procedure at its sole discretion; 6) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, the framework agreement or any contract awarded under the framework agreement at any time; 7) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of tender responses with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, tenderers/candidates are advised to ensure that they return fully completed tenders in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition at the evaluation stage.
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Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
As the National Tourism Development Authority, Fáilte Ireland’s role is to support the long-term sustainable growth in the economic, social, cultural and environmental contribution of tourism to Ireland.
Fáilte Ireland wishes to tender for a single-party framework to enable the provision of a range of specialist services to enable the delivery of key work programmes of the strategy management and investment analysis divisions. This programme of work will encompass the delivery of a range of significant investment schemes and associated evaluation, impact analysis and strategy review projects.
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Estimated total value: 3 200 000 EUR 💰
Short description:
Fáilte Ireland has overseen tourism investment in Ireland through a range of funding programmes. Our most recent strategic framework ‘Tourism Development and Innovation: A Strategy for Investment 2016-2022’ was formulated in the context of Government’s policy framework, Project Ireland 2040 Strategy, and longer-term objectives for the tourism sector.
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Within these parameters Fáilte Ireland is rolling out a range of investment schemes which will be focused on supporting and realising Fáilte Ireland’s strategic objectives of developing world class tourism products to drive economic development by supporting the key regional tourism brands of Dublin, Ireland’s Ancient East, Wild Atlantic Way and Ireland’s Hidden Heartlands.
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Duration: 48 months

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:
As stated in ITT documentation available for downloading from www.etenders.gov.ie
Contract execution
Contract performance conditions:
As stated in ITT documentation available for downloading from www.etenders.gov.ie

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender validity period: 2022-08-12 📅
Tender opening date: 2021-08-12 📅
Tender opening time: 12:00
Place: ETenders postbox.

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Glenda Byrne
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1169 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=193352&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Additional information
1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications. All information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal (www.etenders.gov.ie) only. Registration is free of charge. The contracting authority will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties;
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2) This is the sole call for competition for this service;
3) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates, participants or tenderers;
4) Establishment of the framework will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities;
5) If for any reason it is not possible to conclude the framework agreement with the designated successful tenderer emerging from this competitive process; or if having concluded the framework agreement the contracting authority considers that the successful tenderer has not met, or cannot meet its obligations; the contracting authority reserves the right to admit the next highest scoring tenderer to the framework on the basis of the same terms at any time during the tender validity period. This shall be without prejudice to the right of the contracting authority to cancel this competitive process and/or initiate a new contract award procedure at its sole discretion;
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6) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, the framework agreement or any contract awarded under the framework agreement at any time;
7) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of tender responses with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, tenderers/candidates are advised to ensure that they return fully completed tenders in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition at the evaluation stage.
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Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal address: The Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Duboin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Information about review deadlines:
The contracting authority will not conclude this framework agreement to which a standstill period applies in accordance with Irish Statutory Instrument S.I. No 284 of 2016, until after the expiry of the standstill period which commences on the day following the date of notification of concerned candidates and tenderers. The duration of the standstill period will be 14 calendar days where notifications are sent electronically or by fax and 16 calendar days where these are sent by any other means. The Statutory Instrument mentioned above provides that review procedures are available in the High Court to a person who has or has had an interest in obtaining the framework agreement and alleges that he or she has been harmed or is at risk of being harmed by an infringement of the law in relation to that framework agreement.
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Source: OJS 2021/S 136-361547 (2021-07-13)
Contract award notice (2021-11-26)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
As the National Tourism Development Authority, Fáilte Ireland’s role is to support the long-term sustainable growth in the economic, social, cultural and environmental contribution of tourism to Ireland. Fáilte Ireland wishes to tender for a single-party framework to enable the provision of a range of specialist services to enable the delivery of key work programmes of the Strategy Management & Investment Analysis Divisions. This programme of work will encompass the delivery of a range of significant investment schemes and associated evaluation, impact analysis and strategy review projects.
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Total value of the procurement: 3 200 000 EUR 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Contracting authority
Contact
E-mail: procurement@failteireland.ie 📧

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2021-11-26 📅
Publication date: 2021-12-01 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2021/S 233-614224
Refers to notice: 2021/S 136-361547
OJ-S issue: 233
Additional information
1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications. All information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal (www.etenders.gov.ie) only. Registration is free of charge. The contracting authority will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties 2) This is the sole call for competition for this service. 3) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates, participants or tenderers. 4) Establishment of the framework will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities. 5) If for any reason it is not possible to conclude the framework agreement with the designated successful tenderer emerging from this competitive process; or if having concluded the framework agreement the contracting authority considers that the successful tenderer has not met, or cannot meet its obligations; the contracting authority reserves the right to admit the next highest scoring tenderer to the framework on the basis of the same terms at any time during the tender validity period. This shall be without prejudice to the right of the contracting authority to cancel this competitive process and/or initiate a new contract award procedure at its sole discretion. 6) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, the framework agreement or any contract awarded under the framework agreement at any time. 7) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of tender responses with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, tenderers/candidates are advised to ensure that they return FULLY COMPLETED tenders in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition at the evaluation stage.
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Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Fáilte Ireland wishes to tender for a single-party framework to enable the provision of a range of specialist services to enable the delivery of key work programmes of the Strategy Management & Investment Analysis Divisions. This programme of work will encompass the delivery of a range of significant investment schemes and associated evaluation, impact analysis and strategy review projects.
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Fáilte Ireland has overseen tourism investment in Ireland through a range of funding programmes. Our most recent strategic framework “Tourism Development & Innovation: A Strategy for Investment 2016-2022” was formulated in the context of Government’s policy framework, Project Ireland 2040 Strategy, and longer-term objectives for the tourism sector.
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Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Provision of Team, Skills & Experience to Deliver Work
Quality criterion (weighting): 40
Quality criterion (name): Relationship & Project Management
Quality criterion (weighting): 20
Cost criterion (name): Ultimate Cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 40

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2021-11-25 📅
Name: Bdo
National registration number: IE 4610662K
Postal address: Beaux Lane House, Mercer St. Lwr.
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 14700420 📞
E-mail: edaly@bdo.ie 📧
Internet address: http://www.bdo.ie 🌏
Total value of the procurement: 3 200 000 EUR 💰
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3

Reference
Additional information
1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications. All information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal (www.etenders.gov.ie) only. Registration is free of charge. The contracting authority will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties
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2) This is the sole call for competition for this service.
3) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates, participants or tenderers.
4) Establishment of the framework will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities.
5) If for any reason it is not possible to conclude the framework agreement with the designated successful tenderer emerging from this competitive process; or if having concluded the framework agreement the contracting authority considers that the successful tenderer has not met, or cannot meet its obligations; the contracting authority reserves the right to admit the next highest scoring tenderer to the framework on the basis of the same terms at any time during the tender validity period. This shall be without prejudice to the right of the contracting authority to cancel this competitive process and/or initiate a new contract award procedure at its sole discretion.
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6) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, the framework agreement or any contract awarded under the framework agreement at any time.
7) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of tender responses with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, tenderers/candidates are advised to ensure that they return FULLY COMPLETED tenders in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition at the evaluation stage.
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Complementary information
Review body
Information about review deadlines:
The contracting authority will not conclude this framework agreement to which a standstill period applies in accordance with Irish Statutory Instrument S.I. No. 284 of 2016, until after the expiry of the standstill period which commences on the day following the date of notification of concerned candidates and tenderers. The duration of the standstill period will be 14 calendar days where notifications are sent electronically or by fax and 16 calendar days where these are sent by any other means. The Statutory Instrument mentioned above provides that review procedures are available in the High Court to a person who has or has had an interest in obtaining the framework agreement and alleges that he or she has been harmed or is at risk of being harmed by an infringement of the law in relation to that framework agreement.
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Source: OJS 2021/S 233-614224 (2021-11-26)
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