Provision of Out of Home Advertising Services for the CIE Group of Companies

Iarnrod Eireann-Irish Rail

CIE manages a substantial network of outdoor advertising sites, potential and realised, across bus and rail networks throughout Ireland. The advertising business includes, but is not limited to, external and internal positions on network bus and rail fleets, fixed and digital advertising sites at bus and rail stations and nationwide roadside billboard sites (the “Sites”). The current license for the CIE out of home advertising business (the “OOH Advertising Business”) expires on 24th January 2023. Pre-Qualification Applications for a new license to operate the OOH Advertising Business, are now invited from interested parties.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2022-04-12. The procurement was published on 2022-03-12.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2022-03-12 Contract notice
2023-01-23 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2022-03-12)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Iarnród Eireann-Irish Rail
National registration number: IE 4812851 O
Postal address: Connolly Station,
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contact person: Tommy Conlon
E-mail: tommy.conlon@irishrail.ie 📧
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
URL: http://www.irishrail.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/433 🌏
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=208778&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=208778&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
“Provision of Out of Home Advertising Services for the CIE Group of Companies 7911”
Products/services: Advertising services 📦
Short description:
“CIE manages a substantial network of outdoor advertising sites, potential and realised, across bus and rail networks throughout Ireland. The advertising...”    Show more

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Additional products/services: Advertising and marketing services 📦
Additional products/services: Advertising consultancy services 📦
Additional products/services: Advertising management services 📦
Additional products/services: Advertising campaign services 📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
Description of the procurement:
“CIE manages a substantial network of outdoor advertising sites, potential and realised, across bus and rail networks throughout Ireland. The advertising...”    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: 60
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal
Description
Description of renewals:
“The contract will have a two year extension option on a 1 + 1 basis subject to CIÉ's discretion”

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions:
“For full details, please download a copy of the attached Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.”
Economic and financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria:
“The economic and financial capacity of the entity must be established to the satisfaction of CIE. Applicants will be invited to complete a questionnaire...”    Show more
Conditions for participation
As outlined in the PQQ available from www.etenders.gov.ie
Technical and professional ability
List and brief description of selection criteria:
“The technical competence of the entity, its employees and processes must be established to the satisfaction of CIE. Applicants will be invited to complete a...”    Show more
Conditions for participation
Conditions for participation (technical and professional ability): As outlined in the PQQ available from www.etenders.gov.ie
List and brief description of rules and criteria: As outlined in the PQQ available from www.etenders.gov.ie
Deposits and guarantees required: As outlined in the PQQ available from www.etenders.gov.ie
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: As outlined in the PQQ available from www.etenders.gov.ie
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded: As outlined in the PQQ available from www.etenders.gov.ie
Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions:
“For full details, please download a copy of the attached Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.”

Procedure
Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2022-04-12 12:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 6

Complementary information
Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: 2029
Review body
Name: Central Office of the High Court
Postal address: Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 N972
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
URL: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Body responsible for mediation procedures
Name: The High Court
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: Central Office of the High Court
Postal address: Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 N972
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
URL: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Source: OJS 2022/S 054-139611 (2022-03-12)
Contract award notice (2023-01-23)
Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2022/S 054-139611

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title: Provision of Out of Home Advertising Services for the CIE Group of Companies
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2023-01-12 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 2
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Global Media & Entertainment (Ireland) Limited
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
The contractor is an SME
Source: OJS 2023/S 020-054010 (2023-01-23)