Request for Tender for the Provision of Strategic Public Relations, Marketing and Event Management

Louth and Meath Education & Training Board

LMETB proposes to engage in a competitive process to establish a single party framework agreement for the provision of strategic public relations, marketing and event management services. The successful tenderer will be required to strengthen LMETB - Advanced Manufacturing Training Centre of Excellence (AMTCE) identify and positioning as the National/International/All-Ireland advanced manufacturing current and tuture talent workforce development project as per the attached tender documents.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2023-04-25. The procurement was published on 2023-03-20.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2023-03-20 Contract notice
2023-07-05 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2023-03-20)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Louth and Meath Education & Training Board
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: Abbey Road
Postal town: Co Meath
Postal code: Navan
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Contact person: MaryG Keane
Phone: +353 469021447 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: mkeane@lmetb.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: https://www.lmetb.ie/ ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/398 ๐ŸŒ
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=237599&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=237599&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
โ€œRequest for Tender for the Provision of Strategic Public Relations, Marketing and Event Management 2023/23โ€
Products/services: Public relations services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Short description:
โ€œLMETB proposes to engage in a competitive process to establish a single party framework agreement for the provision of strategic public relations, marketing...โ€    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 1 000 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

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Additional products/services: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Advertising and marketing services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Marketing services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Direct marketing services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Marketing management consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Public relations management services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Public relations consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Event services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Main site or place of performance: Abbey Road, Navan, Co. Meath.
Description of the procurement:
โ€œLMETB proposes to engage in a competitive process to establish a single party framework agreement for the provision of strategic public relations, marketing...โ€    Show more
Award criteria
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 1 000 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 24
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal โœ…
Description
Description of renewals:
โ€œoption to extend for a period of up to 2 years with a maximum of 1 such extension on the same terms and conditions.โ€

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions: As per tender documents
Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with a single operator
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2023-04-25 12:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Tender must be valid until: 2025-04-25 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2023-04-25 12:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): Tenders will be opened electronically
Conditions for opening of tenders (Information about authorised persons and opening procedure):
โ€œOne member of the Board of LMETB, one member of Senior Management Team and one staff memberโ€

Complementary information
Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement โœ…
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: 4 years
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: As required
Source: OJS 2023/S 060-179263 (2023-03-20)
Contract award notice (2023-07-05)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Currency code: EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT) (lowest offer): 640.00
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT) (highest offer): 1550.00
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Methodology and Approach
Quality criterion (weighting): 30%
Quality criterion (name): Innovation and creativity in public relations
Quality criterion (weighting): 25%
Quality criterion (name): Relevant Experience
Quality criterion (weighting): 20%
Price (weighting): 25%

Procedure
Information about framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2023/S 060-179263

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title:
โ€œRequest for Tender for the Provision of Strategic Public Relations, Marketing and Event Managementโ€
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2023-06-21 ๐Ÿ“…
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 5
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 6
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Ripple Marketing
National registration number: 3193025DH
Postal address: 17 Corrig Road, Sandyford
Postal town: Dublin 18
Postal code: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 857322619 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: edwina@ripplemarketing.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: http://https://www.ripplemarketing.ie/ ๐ŸŒ
The contractor is an SME โœ…
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 1 000 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Currency code: EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Lowest offer: 640.00
Highest offer: 1550.00
Source: OJS 2023/S 130-415220 (2023-07-05)