Passport Design Services

Department of Foreign Affairs/An Roinn Gnรณthaรญ Eachtracha

Secure passport design services are required to assist the Passport Service in the development of the new Irish passport book. The Contracting Authority requires a comprehensive design for the new Irish passport book and card. The successful Tenderer will be required to work with multiple suppliers within the Contracting Authorityโ€™s production environment to deliver a full passport book and card design that incorporates modern, proven security features with Irish cultural and heritage themes.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2022-10-07. The procurement was published on 2022-09-07.

Suppliers

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

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2022-09-07 Contract notice
2022-11-16 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2022-09-07)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Specialty design services
Short description:
Secure passport design services are required to assist the Passport Service in the development of the new Irish passport book. The Contracting Authority requires a comprehensive design for the new Irish passport book and card. The successful Tenderer will be required to work with multiple suppliers within the Contracting Authorityโ€™s production environment to deliver a full passport book and card design that incorporates modern, proven security features with Irish cultural and heritage themes.
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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: Specialty design services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional CPV: Designs ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance
NUTS region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ

Procedure
Procedure type: Open 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: Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Awarding authority name: Department of Foreign Affairs/An Roinn Gnรณthaรญ Eachtracha
Postal address: 80 St Stephen's Green
Postal code: Dublin
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.dfa.ie ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: consultant.tenders@dfa.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 14082000 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=222878&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=222878&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-09-07 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2022-10-07 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2022-09-12 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 175-496043
OJ-S issue: 175

Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value: 550 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 550 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration: 48 months

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Time of receipt of tenders: 17:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Tender validity period: 12 months
Tender opening date: 2022-10-07 ๐Ÿ“…
Tender opening time: 17:00

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/246 ๐ŸŒ
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=222878&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Source: OJS 2022/S 175-496043 (2022-09-07)
Contract award notice (2022-11-16)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement: 550 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-11-16 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2022-11-21 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 224-644452
Refers to notice: 2022/S 175-496043
OJ-S issue: 224

Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): A. Tenderโ€™s Design approach, methodology and advisory services
Quality criterion (weighting): 25%
Quality criterion (name): B. Contract Management (See Section 4.6 โ€“ 4.8 of Appendix 1)
Quality criterion (weighting): 10%
Quality criterion (name): C. The qualifications and experience of the team proposed for delivery of the contract by reference to their CVs
Quality criterion (weighting): 35%
Cost criterion (name): Cost (See Pricing Schedule at Appendix 2)
Cost criterion (weighting): 30%

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2022-11-10 ๐Ÿ“…
Name: Absolute Graphics Ltd
National registration number: 350224
Postal address: Units 5/6, Ballywaltrim Bus Park
Postal town: Bray
Postal code: Wicklow
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 012768100 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: andy.clarkin@ag2.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Internet address: http://www.ag2.ie ๐ŸŒ
Total value of the procurement: 550 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Source: OJS 2022/S 224-644452 (2022-11-16)