Fáilte Ireland’s strategic mission is to support the survival and drive the recovery to maximise the sustainable economic, environmental, cultural and social contribution of tourism to Ireland. It recognises the important role of festivals in giving overseas visitors to Ireland a unique opportunity to experience the very best of our culture, people and place and deliver brilliant visitor experiences.
The ambition for this project is to develop a high-quality, large-scale international festival to celebrate Ireland as the original home of Halloween which began as the ancient tradition of Samhain - the Celtic New Year. The festival will motivate overseas visitors to Ireland at off-peak times and disperse tourism to areas outside of hotspots in line with Fáilte Ireland Strategy.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2022-03-07.
The procurement was published on 2022-02-04.
Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Object Scope of the procurement
Title:
“Tender for Services to Programme, Develop, Produce and Promote Ireland’s Púca Festival
FE/2022/02”
Products/services: Festival organisation services📦
Short description:
“Fáilte Ireland’s strategic mission is to support the survival and drive the recovery to maximise the sustainable economic, environmental, cultural and...”
Short description
Fáilte Ireland’s strategic mission is to support the survival and drive the recovery to maximise the sustainable economic, environmental, cultural and social contribution of tourism to Ireland. It recognises the important role of festivals in giving overseas visitors to Ireland a unique opportunity to experience the very best of our culture, people and place and deliver brilliant visitor experiences.
The ambition for this project is to develop a high-quality, large-scale international festival to celebrate Ireland as the original home of Halloween which began as the ancient tradition of Samhain - the Celtic New Year. The festival will motivate overseas visitors to Ireland at off-peak times and disperse tourism to areas outside of hotspots in line with Fáilte Ireland Strategy.
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Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 5 000 000 💰
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Additional products/services: Event services📦
Additional products/services: Cultural event organisation services📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland🏙️
Description of the procurement:
“Fáilte Ireland’s strategic mission is to support the survival and drive the recovery to maximise the sustainable economic, environmental, cultural and...”
Description of the procurement
Fáilte Ireland’s strategic mission is to support the survival and drive the recovery to maximise the sustainable economic, environmental, cultural and social contribution of tourism to Ireland. It recognises the important role of festivals in giving overseas visitors to Ireland a unique opportunity to experience the very best of our culture, people and place and deliver brilliant visitor experiences.
The ambition for this project is to develop a high-quality, large-scale international festival to celebrate Ireland as the original home of Halloween which began as the ancient tradition of Samhain - the Celtic New Year. The festival will motivate overseas visitors to Ireland at off-peak times and disperse tourism to areas outside of hotspots in line with Fáilte Ireland Strategy.
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Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 5 000 000 💰
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 60
Legal, economic, financial and technical information Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions:
“As stated in the Invitation to Tender document available for downloading via www.etenders.gov.ie” Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions:
“As stated in the Invitation to Tender document available for downloading via www.etenders.gov.ie” Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract
Procedure Type of procedure
Open procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2022-03-07
12:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender must be valid until: 2023-03-07 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2022-03-07
12:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): eTenders postbox
Conditions for opening of tenders (Information about authorised persons and opening procedure): Failte Ireland staff
Complementary information Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
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...”
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 this contract will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities.
5) If for any reason it is not possible to conclude the contract with the designated successful tenderer emerging from this competitive process; or if having concluded contract the contracting authority considers that the successful tenderer has not met, or cannot meet its obligations; the contracting
authority reserves the right to contract with the next highest scoring tenderer 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, 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/questionnaires 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 stage.
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Name: High Court
Postal address: Chief Registrar, The Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000📞
URL: http://www.courts.ie🌏
Source: OJS 2022/S 028-071815 (2022-02-04)
Contract award notice (2022-07-04) Object Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 5 000 000 💰
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Fitness for Purpose of the Proposed Solution
Quality criterion (weighting): 30
Quality criterion (name): Sales, Marketing & Communications
Quality criterion (weighting): 20
Quality criterion (name): Proposed Human Resources & Contract Management
Cost criterion (name): Ultimate Cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 30
Procedure Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2022/S 028-071815
Award of contract
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Contract Number: 1
Title:
“Tender for Services to Programme, Develop, Produce and Promote Ireland’s Púca Festival”
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2022-07-01 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 4
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 4
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Mpi bands ltd
National registration number: 9833246i
Postal address: 10 upper grand canal st
Postal town: Ballsbridge
Postal code: D04X240
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: martin@mpiartists.com📧
Region: Éire/Ireland🏙️
URL: http://mpiartists.com🌏
The contractor is an SME ✅ Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 5 000 000 💰
Source: OJS 2022/S 130-370724 (2022-07-04)