Multi-Party Framework for Consumer Planning & Insights

Fáilte Ireland-National Tourism Development Authority

Fáilte Ireland seeks to appoint best in class research suppliers in a wide range of skills and specialist areas, to assist us in providing research data and insights. The Consumer Planning & Insights (CP&I) team supports multiple divisions with a multitude of different research needs and wants to put in place a framework that reflects the diverse and strong role they play in Fáilte Ireland.
To this end, Fáilte Ireland is looking for suppliers who can deliver on the various research disciplines, whether as a general supplier or in more specialist areas.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2022-09-26. The procurement was published on 2022-08-26.

Suppliers

The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:

• Analytics Engines
• Behaviour & Attitudes Marketing Research
• buzzback
• CORE
• Future Proof Marketing Ltd.
• Genesis
• Idiro Analytics
• Innate Motion Nederland BV
• Jump!
• Opinions
• Red C Research And Marketing Ltd
• Stantec UK Ltd

Who?

• Fáilte Ireland-National Tourism Development Authority

What?

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2022-08-26	Contract notice
2023-05-19	Contract award notice

Contract notice (2022-08-26)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Market research services
Reference number: CP/2022/02
Short description:

Fáilte Ireland seeks to appoint best in class research suppliers in a wide range of skills and specialist areas, to assist us in providing research data and insights. The Consumer Planning & Insights (CP&I) team supports multiple divisions with a multitude of different research needs and wants to put in place a framework that reflects the diverse and strong role they play in Fáilte Ireland. To this end, Fáilte Ireland is looking for suppliers who can deliver on the various research disciplines, whether as a general supplier or in more specialist areas.

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: Market research services 📦
Additional CPV: Research and development consultancy services 📦
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=222059&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=222059&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-08-26 📅
Submission deadline: 2022-09-26 📅
Publication date: 2022-08-31 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 167-474323
OJ-S issue: 167
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 are advised to ensure that they return FULLY COMPLETED tenders in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition at the evaluation/application stage.

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 are advised to ensure that they return FULLY COMPLETED tenders in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition at the evaluation/application stage.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

To this end, Fáilte Ireland is looking for suppliers who can deliver on the various research disciplines, whether as a general supplier or in more specialist areas.

Estimated total value: 8 000 000 EUR 💰
Estimated value excluding VAT: 8 000 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 60 months
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Ireland

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

As stated in the ITT documentation available for downloading from www.etenders.gov.ie

Contract execution
Contract performance conditions:

As stated in the ITT documentation available for downloading from www.etenders.gov.ie

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Number of participants to be contemplated: 10
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender validity period: 2023-09-26 📅
Tender opening date: 2022-09-26 📅
Tender opening time: 12:00
Place: eTenders tender box

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=222059&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Additional information

2) This is the sole call for competition for this service.

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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 are advised to ensure that they return FULLY COMPLETED tenders in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition at the evaluation/application stage.

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal address: The Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Dublin 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.

Source: OJS 2022/S 167-474323 (2022-08-26)

Contract award notice (2023-05-19)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement: 8 000 000 EUR 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2023-05-19 📅
Publication date: 2023-05-24 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2023/S 099-308880
Refers to notice: 2022/S 167-474323
OJ-S issue: 99

Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Expertise & Evidence of Skillset of the Tendering Entity
Quality criterion (weighting): 35
Quality criterion (name): Innovation
Quality criterion (weighting): 15
Quality criterion (name): Proposed Resources & Account Management
Quality criterion (weighting): 10
Price (weighting): 40

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2023-04-10 📅
Name: Analytics Engines
National registration number: Analytics Engines
Postal address: 1 Chlorine Gardens
Postal town: Belfast
Postal code: BT9 5DJ
Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Phone: +44 2890669022 📞
E-mail: s.jones@analyticsengines.com 📧
Internet address: http://www.analyticsengines.com 🌏
Name: Behaviour & Attitudes Marketing Research
National registration number: 102171
Postal address: Milltown House
Postal town: Milltown
Postal code: Mount St Annes
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 012057500 📞
E-mail: brenda@banda.ie 📧
Name: buzzback
National registration number: buzzback
Postal address: CITYPOINT 2, GLASGOW
Postal town: Glasgow
Postal code: G4 0JY
Phone: +44 7804700461 📞
E-mail: moxley@buzzback.com 📧
Name: Core
National registration number: IE 9824547V
Postal address: 16 Sir John Rogerson Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Dublin 2
Phone: +353 0872861039 📞
E-mail: conor.hughes@onecore.ie 📧
Internet address: http://www.onecore.ie 🌏
Name: Future Proof Marketing Ltd.
National registration number: IE3561765UH
Postal address: Unit D4,Centrepoint Business Park, Oak Drive, Clondalkin
Postal town: Clondalkin
Postal code: D12 TY48
E-mail: sean@futureproofmedia.ie 📧
Internet address: http://https://www.futureproofmedia.ie/ 🌏
Name: Genesis
National registration number: 9663055F
Postal address: The Chapel
Postal town: Dublin 6
Postal code: Mount St Anne's
Phone: +353 14973400 📞
E-mail: oflannery@genesis.ie 📧
Internet address: http://www.genesis.ie 🌏
Name: Idiro Analytics
National registration number: 6393129E
Postal address: Clarendon House, 39 Clarendon St
Postal code: Dublin D02 HD78
Phone: +353 861038777 📞
E-mail: tender.committee@idiro.com 📧
Internet address: http://idiro.com 🌏
Date of contract conclusion: 2023-05-18 📅
Name: Innate Motion Nederland BV
National registration number: NL820538930B01
Postal address: Prof J W Dieperinklaan 24
Postal town: Utrecht
Postal code: 3571 WK
Country: Netherlands 🇳🇱
E-mail: freek@innatemotion.com 📧
Internet address: http://www.innatemotion.com 🌏
Name: jump!
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: 4th floor, block e, iveagh court
Postal town: dublin
Postal code: harcourt road, d2
Phone: +353 0863800787 📞
E-mail: paul@jump.ie 📧
Internet address: http://www.jump.ie 🌏
Name: Opinions
National registration number: 654611
Postal address: 12 Pembroke Street Lower, Dublin 2
Postal code: Dublin
Phone: +353 876857965 📞
E-mail: david@opinions.ie 📧
Internet address: http://Opinions 🌏
Name: RED C Research and Marketing Ltd
National registration number: ie6391854v
Postal address: Ground Floor, Block G, Eastpoint Busines Park
Phone: +353 18186316 📞
E-mail: bryan@redcresearch.ie 📧
Internet address: http://www.redcresearch.ie 🌏
Name: Stantec UK Ltd
National registration number: 01188070
Postal address: Fifth Floor, Lomond House, 9 George Square
Postal code: G2 1DY
Phone: +44 01173327892 📞
E-mail: info.glasgow@stantec.com 📧
Internet address: http://www.stantec.com/uk 🌏
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 15
Source: OJS 2023/S 099-308880 (2023-05-19)

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