Provision of Communications Services in Relation to Transport Projects
National Transport Authority
The Authority has a requirement for a service provider for communications services, inclusive of a full-time communications team based in the Authority’s offices, in relation to various transport projects and programmes being undertaken by the Authority or by other parties funded by the Authority.
In addition, the service provider will be required to provide a general communications advisory service, delivering advice and assistance to the Authority in relation to general corporate communications matters and others items related to the Authority’s activities.
The service provider will be required to establish, organise and manage a communications team to be based in the Authority’s offices to service the communications aspects of the BusConnects Programme being delivered by the Authority, and to provide communications services and support to the other investment programmes of the Authority.
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2022-06-27. The procurement was published on 2022-05-23.
SuppliersThe following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Who? What?- • Miscellaneous business and business-related services › Miscellaneous business-related services
- • Public relations services › Public relations consultancy services
- • Public relations services › Public relations management services
Procurement history
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 2022-05-23 | Contract notice |
| 2022-08-29 | Contract award notice |
Contract notice (2022-05-23)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Business and management consultancy services
Short description:
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: Business and management consultancy services 📦
Additional CPV: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: 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: National or federal Agency/Office
Awarding authority name: National Transport Authority
Postal address: Dun Sceine, Iveagh Court
Postal code: D02 WT20
Postal town: Dublin 2
Contact
Internet address: http://www.nationaltransport.ie/ 🌏
E-mail: procurement@nationaltransport.ie 📧
Phone: +353 01-8798362 📞
Fax: +353 01-8798333 📠
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=214539&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=214539&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-05-23 📅
Submission deadline: 2022-06-27 📅
Publication date: 2022-05-27 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 102-284743
OJ-S issue: 102
Additional information
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Estimated total value: 18 000 000 EUR 💰
Estimated value excluding VAT: 18 000 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 48 months
Description of renewals:
Main site or place of performance: Ireland
Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity: As set out in the tender documents.
Contract execution
Contract performance conditions: As set out in the tender documents.
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: 2022-12-24 📅
Tender opening date: 2022-06-27 📅
Tender opening time: 12:00
Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Mark Bradwell
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1149 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=214539&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Reference
Additional information
Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Ground Floor (East Wing), Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: D7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Fax: +353 18886125 📠
Internet address: https://www.courts.ie 🌏
Information about review deadlines:
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Business and management consultancy services
Short description:
The Authority has a requirement for a service provider for communications services, inclusive of a full-time communications team based in the Authority’s offices, in relation to various transport projects and programmes being undertaken by the Authority or by other parties funded by the Authority.
In addition, the service provider will be required to provide a general communications advisory service, delivering advice and assistance to the Authority in relation to general corporate communications matters and others items related to the Authority’s activities.
The service provider will be required to establish, organise and manage a communications team to be based in the Authority’s offices to service the communications aspects of the BusConnects Programme being delivered by the Authority, and to provide communications services and support to the other investment programmes of the Authority.
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Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Business and management consultancy services 📦
Additional CPV: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: 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: National or federal Agency/Office
Awarding authority name: National Transport Authority
Postal address: Dun Sceine, Iveagh Court
Postal code: D02 WT20
Postal town: Dublin 2
Contact
Internet address: http://www.nationaltransport.ie/ 🌏
E-mail: procurement@nationaltransport.ie 📧
Phone: +353 01-8798362 📞
Fax: +353 01-8798333 📠
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=214539&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=214539&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-05-23 📅
Submission deadline: 2022-06-27 📅
Publication date: 2022-05-27 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 102-284743
OJ-S issue: 102
Additional information
The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by tenderers relating to this contract award procedure irrespective of the outcome of the competition, or if the competition is postponed or cancelled. All costs incurred by interested parties in participating in this competition must be borne by them.
Any contract award will be subject to a number of preconditions, including production of a current tax clearance certificate or tax clearance statement from the Revenue Commissioners in Ireland. The contracting authority may terminate this competition (or any part thereof), change the basis of and the procedures for the bidding process, at any time, or procure the project by alternative means if it appears that the project can thereby be more advantageously procured.
The most economically advantageous or any tender will not automatically be accepted.
Refer to procurement documents for further information.
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Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
The Authority has a requirement for a service provider for communications services, inclusive of a full-time communications team based in the Authority’s offices, in relation to various transport projects and programmes being undertaken by the Authority or by other parties funded by the Authority.
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In addition, the service provider will be required to provide a general communications advisory service, delivering advice and assistance to the Authority in relation to general corporate communications matters and others items related to the Authority’s activities.
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The service provider will be required to establish, organise and manage a communications team to be based in the Authority’s offices to service the communications aspects of the BusConnects Programme being delivered by the Authority, and to provide communications services and support to the other investment programmes of the Authority.
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Estimated value excluding VAT: 18 000 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 48 months
Description of renewals:
The expected term of the contract will be for an initial period of four years. The Contract may be renewed annually, at the option of the NTA, up to a maximum of three years after the end of the fourth year.
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 set out in the tender documents.
Contract execution
Contract performance conditions: As set out in the tender documents.
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: 2022-12-24 📅
Tender opening date: 2022-06-27 📅
Tender opening time: 12:00
Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Mark Bradwell
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1149 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=214539&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Reference
Additional information
The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by tenderers relating to this contract award procedure irrespective of the outcome of the competition, or if the competition is postponed or cancelled. All costs incurred by interested parties in participating in this competition must be borne by them.
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Any contract award will be subject to a number of preconditions, including production of a current tax clearance certificate or tax clearance statement from the Revenue Commissioners in Ireland. The contracting authority may terminate this competition (or any part thereof), change the basis of and the procedures for the bidding process, at any time, or procure the project by alternative means if it appears that the project can thereby be more advantageously procured.
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The most economically advantageous or any tender will not automatically be accepted.
Refer to procurement documents for further information.
Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Ground Floor (East Wing), Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: D7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Fax: +353 18886125 📠
Internet address: https://www.courts.ie 🌏
Information about review deadlines:
As set out in S.I. No. 130/2010 European Communities (Public Authorities' Contracts) (Review Procedures) Regulations 2010 (in particular Regulation 7 thereof).
Source: OJS 2022/S 102-284743 (2022-05-23)
Contract award notice (2022-08-29)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement: 6 986 400 EUR 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice
Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-08-29 📅
Publication date: 2022-09-02 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 169-478843
Refers to notice: 2022/S 102-284743
OJ-S issue: 169
Additional information
Object
Scope of the procurement
Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Experience and qualifications of the person proposed for the Communications Director role
Quality criterion (weighting): 15
Quality criterion (name): Capabilities, qualifications and experience of the Initial Communications Team
Quality criterion (weighting): 10
Quality criterion (name): Quality of the Tenderer’s Outline Communications Strategy
Quality criterion (weighting): 45
Price (weighting): 30
Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2022-08-03 📅
Name: Q4 Public Relations
Postal address: 88 St. Stephen’s Green
Postal town: Dublin 2
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Dublin 🏙️
Total value of the procurement: 6 986 400 EUR 💰
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Reference
Additional information
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement: 6 986 400 EUR 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice
Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-08-29 📅
Publication date: 2022-09-02 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 169-478843
Refers to notice: 2022/S 102-284743
OJ-S issue: 169
Additional information
The Total value of the procurement in Section II.1.7) represents the total tender fee of €6,986,400 submitted by the successful tenderer.
Object
Scope of the procurement
The Total value of the procurement in Section II.1.7) represents the total tender fee of €6,986,400 submitted by the successful tenderer.
Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Experience and qualifications of the person proposed for the Communications Director role
Quality criterion (weighting): 15
Quality criterion (name): Capabilities, qualifications and experience of the Initial Communications Team
Quality criterion (weighting): 10
Quality criterion (name): Quality of the Tenderer’s Outline Communications Strategy
Quality criterion (weighting): 45
Price (weighting): 30
Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2022-08-03 📅
Name: Q4 Public Relations
Postal address: 88 St. Stephen’s Green
Postal town: Dublin 2
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Dublin 🏙️
Total value of the procurement: 6 986 400 EUR 💰
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Reference
Additional information
The value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT) in Section V.2.4) represents the maximum contract value.
Source: OJS 2022/S 169-478843 (2022-08-29)
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