Promotional PR and Marketing Campaign for the Royal Canal Greenway

Waterways Ireland

As a new tourism offering of scale and of national significance, the potential value of the Royal Canal Greenway has been recognised by all stakeholders involved.
It is imperative that the opportunity which exists to promote this new offering now is not lost. Recent significant investment in infrastructure to create a high-quality visitor offering must be capitalised upon.
Waterways Ireland will lead the Steering Group for the Royal Canal Greenway on behalf of the named partner authorities. In particular, it is anticipated that the successful Tenderer(s) will lead on the targeting, messaging, media relations and promotion of this proposition of scale, to a wide audience.
To continue to raise the profile of and interest in similar recreational and tourism offerings Waterways Ireland will use the outcome of this tender process to establish a framework agreement for the delivery of additional promotional, marketing, PR and creative activity.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2022-06-28. The procurement was published on 2022-05-28.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2022-05-28 Contract notice
Contract notice (2022-05-28)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Advertising and marketing services
Reference number: MD-M&C-2022-03
Short description:
As a new tourism offering of scale and of national significance, the potential value of the Royal Canal Greenway has been recognised by all stakeholders involved. It is imperative that the opportunity which exists to promote this new offering now is not lost. Recent significant investment in infrastructure to create a high-quality visitor offering must be capitalised upon. Waterways Ireland will lead the Steering Group for the Royal Canal Greenway on behalf of the named partner authorities. In particular, it is anticipated that the successful Tenderer(s) will lead on the targeting, messaging, media relations and promotion of this proposition of scale, to a wide audience. To continue to raise the profile of and interest in similar recreational and tourism offerings Waterways Ireland will use the outcome of this tender process to establish a framework agreement for the delivery of additional promotional, marketing, PR and creative activity.
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Notice metadata
Original language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Advertising and marketing services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional CPV: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance
NUTS region: Northern 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: Body governed by public law
Awarding authority name: Waterways Ireland
Postal address: 2 Sligo Road
Postal code: Co. Fermanagh
Postal town: Enniskillen
Contact
Internet address: http://www.waterwaysireland.org ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: katrina.mcgirr@waterwaysireland.org ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +44 2866323004 ๐Ÿ“ž
Fax: +44 2866346258 ๐Ÿ“ 
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=215311&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=215311&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-05-28 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2022-06-28 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2022-06-02 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 106-294629
OJ-S issue: 106

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
As a new tourism offering of scale and of national significance, the potential value of the Royal Canal Greenway has been recognised by all stakeholders involved.
It is imperative that the opportunity which exists to promote this new offering now is not lost. Recent significant investment in infrastructure to create a high-quality visitor offering must be capitalised upon.
Waterways Ireland will lead the Steering Group for the Royal Canal Greenway on behalf of the named partner authorities. In particular, it is anticipated that the successful Tenderer(s) will lead on the targeting, messaging, media relations and promotion of this proposition of scale, to a wide audience.
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To continue to raise the profile of and interest in similar recreational and tourism offerings Waterways Ireland will use the outcome of this tender process to establish a framework agreement for the delivery of additional promotional, marketing, PR and creative activity.
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Estimated total value: 600 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Short description:
A steering group (the โ€œSteering Groupโ€) has been established to co-ordinate the development, activation and marketing of the Royal Canal Greenway comprising Waterways Ireland, Longford County Council, Westmeath County Council, Meath County Council and Kildare County Council.
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To continue to raise the profile of and interest in similar recreational and tourism offerings Waterways Ireland will use the outcome of this tender process to establish a framework agreement for the delivery of additional promotional, marketing, PR and creative activity including but not limited to
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โ€ข Concept, Delivery and Management of Marketing campaigns including social media campaigns.
โ€ข Definition of target audiences
โ€ข Development of collateral โ€“ photography, videography, copy etc.
โ€ข Creation of multi-media campaigns employing appropriate marketing mix e.g. advertising, print media, radio, online, PR, bloggers, influencers etc.
โ€ข Rationale, strategy and methods proposed to deliver objectives and estimated reach.
โ€ข Definition of metrics to enable evaluation against objectives
Estimated value excluding VAT: 600 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration: 48 months
Description of options: Additional in scope services if required

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Number of participants to be contemplated: 4
Time of receipt of tenders: 15:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Tender validity period: 2023-06-23 ๐Ÿ“…
Tender opening date: 2022-06-28 ๐Ÿ“…
Tender opening time: 15:00

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Paul Mulligan
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/225 ๐ŸŒ
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=215311&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Complementary information
Review body
Name: Waterways Ireland
Postal town: Enniskillen
Country: United Kingdom ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง
Source: OJS 2022/S 106-294629 (2022-05-28)