Provision of Concept, Design and Decoration of Marquees at Leopardstown Racecourse for Selected Race Days

Horse Racing Ireland (HRI)

The Contracting Authority intends to establish a single-party framework agreement for the concept, design and decoration of marquees to Horse Racing Ireland & Subsidiaries. This includes but is not limited to meeting with relevant stakeholders, adherence to a brief, design of concept, decoration of marquees, on site management and post event de- brief. There may also be a requirement for concept, design and decoration of marquees services to other HRI Racecourses.
Please consult the tender document for a full description of the required services.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2023-02-14. The procurement was published on 2023-01-13.

Suppliers

The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:

• Nevents Management Ltd

Who?

• Horse Racing Ireland (HRI)

What?

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2023-01-13	Contract notice
2023-11-03	Contract award notice

Contract notice (2023-01-13)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Event services
Short description:

The Contracting Authority intends to establish a single-party framework agreement for the concept, design and decoration of marquees to Horse Racing Ireland & Subsidiaries. This includes but is not limited to meeting with relevant stakeholders, adherence to a brief, design of concept, decoration of marquees, on site management and post event de- brief. There may also be a requirement for concept, design and decoration of marquees services to other HRI Racecourses. Please consult the tender document for a full description of the required services.

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: Event services 📦
Additional CPV: Exhibition stands 📦
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: Horse Racing Ireland (HRI)
Postal address: Ballymany
Postal code: The Curragh
Postal town: Co Kildare
Contact
Internet address: http://www.hri.ie 🌏
E-mail: dparker@hri.ie 📧
Phone: +353 45455455 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=231675&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=231675&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2023-01-13 📅
Submission deadline: 2023-02-14 📅
Publication date: 2023-01-18 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2023/S 013-033199
Refers to notice: 2019/S 038-085903
OJ-S issue: 13
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 tenderers; 4) Establishment of the contract will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities; 5) It will be a condition of establishment that candidates and all sub-contractors are fully tax compliant as part of their application for participation in the competition; 6) If for any reason it is not possible for the successful tenderer to deliver the contract following the conclusion oft his competitive process, the contracting authority reserves the right to invite the next highest scoring tenderer to join the contract as appropriate. 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; 7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process or the contract any time; 8) Please note in relation to all documents, that where reference is made to a particular standard, make, source,process, trademark, type or patent, that this is not to be regarded as a de facto requirement. In all such cases it should be understood that such indications are to be treated strictly and solely for reference purposes only, to which the words “or equivalent” will always be appended; 9) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of tender submissions with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, tenderers are advised to ensure that they return Fully completed submissions in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.

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 tenderers;

4) Establishment of the contract will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities;

5) It will be a condition of establishment that candidates and all sub-contractors are fully tax compliant as part of their application for participation in the competition;

6) If for any reason it is not possible for the successful tenderer to deliver the contract following the conclusion oft his competitive process, the contracting authority reserves the right to invite the next highest scoring tenderer to join the contract as appropriate. 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;

7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process or the contract any time;

8) Please note in relation to all documents, that where reference is made to a particular standard, make, source,process, trademark, type or patent, that this is not to be regarded as a de facto requirement. In all such cases it should be understood that such indications are to be treated strictly and solely for reference purposes only, to which the words “or equivalent” will always be appended;

9) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of tender submissions with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, tenderers are advised to ensure that they return Fully completed submissions in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

Please consult the tender document for a full description of the required services.

Estimated total value: 500 000 EUR 💰
Estimated value excluding VAT: 500 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 48 months
Description of renewals:

This framework agreement will have a maximum potential duration of four (4) years. In the first instance, it is anticipated that a contract of two (2) years’ duration with an option to extend on an annual basis up to a maximum of four (4) years will be entered into with the successful tenderer emerging form this competitive process.

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Irish 🗣️
Tender validity period: 12 months
Tender opening date: 2023-02-14 📅
Tender opening time: 12:00

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Diarmuid Parker
Internet address: www.hri.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/330 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=231675&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Additional information
Estimated timing for further notices: 48 months

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 tenderers;

4) Establishment of the contract will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities;

5) It will be a condition of establishment that candidates and all sub-contractors are fully tax compliant as part of their application for participation in the competition;

6) If for any reason it is not possible for the successful tenderer to deliver the contract following the conclusion oft his competitive process, the contracting authority reserves the right to invite the next highest scoring tenderer to join the contract as appropriate. 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;

7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process or the contract any time;

8) Please note in relation to all documents, that where reference is made to a particular standard, make, source,process, trademark, type or patent, that this is not to be regarded as a de facto requirement. In all such cases it should be understood that such indications are to be treated strictly and solely for reference purposes only, to which the words “or equivalent” will always be appended;

9) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of tender submissions with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, tenderers are advised to ensure that they return Fully completed submissions in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Four Court, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886088 📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Internet address: www.courts.ie 🌏
Information about review deadlines:

Statutory Instrument Nº 130 of 2010 (the Irish Remedies Regulations) provides that review procedures areavailable in the High Court to a person who has or has had an interest in obtaining the framework agreement(including the reviewable public contract) and alleges that he or she has been harmed or is at risk of beingharmed by an infringement of the law in relation to that framework agreement and reviewable public contract.

Source: OJS 2023/S 013-033199 (2023-01-13)

Contract award notice (2023-11-03)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement: 600 000 EUR 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2023-11-03 📅
Publication date: 2023-11-08 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2023/S 215-677327
Refers to notice: 2023/S 013-033199
OJ-S issue: 215

Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Proposed Methodology for Ensuring the Successful Delivery of the Required Services.
Quality criterion (weighting): 40%
Quality criterion (name): Technical Merit of the Human Resources Offered /Contract Management
Quality criterion (weighting): 15%
Quality criterion (name): Environmental Considerations
Quality criterion (weighting): 10%
Quality criterion (name): Innovation / Value Add
Quality criterion (weighting): 5%
Price (weighting): 30%

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2023-05-02 📅
Name: Nevents Management Ltd
Postal town: Naas
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: grainne@neventsmanagement.com 📧
Total value of the procurement: 600 000 EUR 💰
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Source: OJS 2023/S 215-677327 (2023-11-03)

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