MBA INTERNATIONAL STUDY TOUR

University College Dublin ( UCD )

The Contracting Authority is establishing four separate panels for the provision of international services for the MBA International Study Tour Modules, as more fully described in Section 2 of this document. For the purposes of the Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV), the subject-matter of this panel is defined as ‘Education and Training Services’ (CPV Code 80000000-4), ‘Seminar Organisation Services’ (79951000-5), ‘Event Services’ (CPV 79952000-3) b and ‘Cultural Event Organisation Services’ (CPV 7995100-3), all falling within Annex XIV of Directive 2014/24/EU. As a competition for services falling within Annex XIV, this competition is not fully subject to the detailed provisions of the European public procurement regime; notwithstanding this fact, the Contracting Authority will uphold the highest standards of transparency and objectivity in establishing and operating these panels.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2022-08-31. The procurement was published on 2022-07-28.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2022-07-28 Contract notice
2022-10-03 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2022-07-28)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: University College Dublin ( UCD )
National registration number: IE6517386K
Postal address: Procurement Office, UCD Agriculture & Food Science Building
Postal town: Dublin 4
Postal code: Belfield
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contact person: Wendy Stanford
Phone: +353 017164990 📞
E-mail: w.stanford@ucd.ie 📧
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
URL: http://www.ucd.ie/ 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1222 🌏
Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=220052&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=220052&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: MBA INTERNATIONAL STUDY TOUR UCDOPP5242
Products/services: Travel management services 📦
Short description:
“The Contracting Authority is establishing four separate panels for the provision of international services for the MBA International Study Tour Modules, as...”    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 250 000 💰
Information about lots
Tenders may be submitted for all lots

1️⃣
Scope of the procurement
Title:
“North America and Canada, specifically: − New York and Washington DC. − Silicon Valley and San Fran”
Title
Lot Identification Number: 1
Description
Additional products/services: Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services 📦
Additional products/services: Travel agency, tour operator and tourist assistance services 📦
Additional products/services: Travel agency and similar services 📦
Additional products/services: Sale of travel tickets and package tours services 📦
Additional products/services: Travel services 📦
Additional products/services: Seminar organisation services 📦
Additional products/services: Event services 📦
Additional products/services: Cultural event organisation services 📦
Additional products/services: Business travel services 📦
Additional products/services: Education and training services 📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
Main site or place of performance: Ireland
Description of the procurement:
“The UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School intends to establish four lots suitably qualified and experienced economic operators who will exclusively...”    Show more
Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
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
Description
Description of renewals: Potential to extend competition to a total of 48 months

2️⃣
Scope of the procurement
Title: Latin America
Title
Lot Identification Number: 2
Description
Description of renewals: Potential to extend competition to a total of 48months

3️⃣
Scope of the procurement
Title:
“Asia, India, and Middle East, specifically: − Vietnam: Hanoi and HCM. − China − Japan and Korea”
Title
Lot Identification Number: 3
Description
Description of renewals: Potential to extend to a total of 48 months.

4️⃣
Scope of the procurement
Title: All European countries and Scandinavia
Title
Lot Identification Number: 4
Description
Description of renewals: Potential to extend term to a total of 48 months.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions: See document 2
Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
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
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with several operators
Description
Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement: 4
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2022-08-31 12:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2022-08-31 12:00 📅

Complementary information
Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: 4 years
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
Review body
Name: Ucd
Postal address: Belfield Campus,
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Source: OJS 2022/S 147-421180 (2022-07-28)
Contract award notice (2022-10-03)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 1 200 000 💰
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): 3 suppliers
Quality criterion (weighting): various
Price (weighting): 0001
Quality criterion (weighting): Various
Price (weighting): 0000

Procedure
Information about framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2022/S 147-421180

Award of contract

1️⃣
Contract Number: 1
Lot Identification Number: 1
Title:
“North America and Canada, specifically: − New York and Washington DC. − Silicon Valley and San Fran”
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2022-10-03 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 3
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Austral Services LLC
National registration number: 76112657-1
Postal address: 1000 NW 57th Court - Suite 860
Postal town: Miami, FL
Postal code: Usa
Country: United States 🇺🇸
Phone: +1 227195979 📞
E-mail: lloyd@theaustralgroup.com 📧
Region: us 🏙️
URL: http://www.theaustralgroup.com 🌏
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 1 💰

2️⃣
Contract Number: 2
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Legacy Ventures
National registration number: 158885254
Postal address: 5th Floor 11 Leadenhall Street
Postal town: London
Postal code: EC3V 1LP
Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Phone: +44 7900892823 📞
E-mail: catia@legacy-ventures.com 📧
Region: London 🏙️
URL: http://https://legacy-ventures.com 🌏
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 1 💰

3️⃣
Contract Number: 3
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Omnia Discovery Limited
National registration number: 10337195
Postal address: 1 Poole Street
Postal code: N15EE
E-mail: jake@omniadiscovery.com 📧
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 1 💰

4️⃣
Contract Number: 4
Lot Identification Number: 2
Title: Latin America
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 1 💰

5️⃣
Contract Number: 5
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 1 💰

6️⃣
Contract Number: 6
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 1 💰

7️⃣
Contract Number: 7
Lot Identification Number: 3
Title:
“Asia, India, and Middle East, specifically: − Vietnam: Hanoi and HCM. − China − Japan and Korea”
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 1 💰

8️⃣
Contract Number: 8
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 1 💰

9️⃣
Contract Number: 9
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 1 💰

1️⃣0️⃣
Contract Number: 10
Lot Identification Number: 4
Title: All European countries and Scandinavia
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 1 💰

1️⃣1️⃣
Contract Number: 11
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 1 💰

1️⃣2️⃣
Contract Number: 12
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 1 💰
Source: OJS 2022/S 194-550075 (2022-10-03)