Tender for Services to Programme, Develop, Produce and Promote Ireland’s Púca Festival

Fáilte Ireland-National Tourism Development Authority

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:

• MPI BANDS LTD

Who?

• Fáilte Ireland-National Tourism Development Authority

What?

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2022-02-04	Contract notice
2022-07-04	Contract award notice

Contract notice (2022-02-04)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Festival organisation services
Reference number: FE/2022/02
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.

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: Festival organisation services 📦
Additional CPV: Event services 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Éire/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: Body governed by public law
Awarding authority name: Fáilte Ireland-National Tourism Development Authority
Postal address: 88-95 Amiens Street
Postal code: Dublin 1
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: https://www.failteireland.ie 🌏
E-mail: glenda.byrne@failteireland.ie 📧
Phone: +353 18847878 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=206796&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=206796&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-02-04 📅
Submission deadline: 2022-03-07 📅
Publication date: 2022-02-09 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 028-071815
OJ-S issue: 28
Additional information
Failte Ireland staff

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

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.

Estimated total value: 5 000 000 EUR 💰
Estimated value excluding VAT: 5 000 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 60 months

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:

As stated in the Invitation to Tender document available for downloading via www.etenders.gov.ie

Contract execution
Contract performance conditions:

As stated in the Invitation to Tender document available for downloading via www.etenders.gov.ie

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: 2023-03-07 📅
Tender opening date: 2022-03-07 📅
Tender opening time: 12:00
Place: eTenders postbox
Additional information: Failte Ireland staff

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Glenda Byrne
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1169 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=206796&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Additional information

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.

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal address: Chief Registrar, The Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
Internet address: 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: 5 000 000 EUR 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-07-04 📅
Publication date: 2022-07-08 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 130-370724
Refers to notice: 2022/S 028-071815
OJ-S issue: 130
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 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.

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 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.

Procedure
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

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2022-07-01 📅
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 📧
Internet address: http://mpiartists.com 🌏
Total value of the procurement: 5 000 000 EUR 💰
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Source: OJS 2022/S 130-370724 (2022-07-04)

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