The Contracting Authority wishes to award a contract for management services for the trade fair, known as Showcase Ireland, which the Contracting Authority intends to hold on a yearly basis and which has been held at the RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin for the past number of years. The years involved in this agreement include 2026,2027,2028. The 3 day trade event has traditionally run in January of each year. Showcase - Ireland's Creative Expo is licensed by Design and Crafts Council Ireland (DCCI) and delivered by Showcase Case Design and Crafts Fair CLG, a subsidiary of DCCI. DCCI and Showcase work closely with Enterprise Ireland to promote the show internationally to existing and new potential buyers. The Local Enterprise Offices nationwide take a substantial area of the show to present new talent from around Ireland. 2024 was the 49th year of Showcase with trade buyers from over 2500 retail businesses from 26 countries. In 2024 attending buyers placed B2B sales orders of €26.3million over the 3 days. Trade buyers of fashion, jewellery, wellbeing and home and and giftware products attend Showcase at the RDS to source new and exciting products from over 400 exhibitors. Visit www.showcaseireland.com for more details.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2024-11-24.
The procurement was published on 2024-10-25.
Contract notice (2024-10-25) Object Scope of the procurement
Title: Event Management Services for Showcase Ireland Trade Fair
Short description:
“The Contracting Authority wishes to award a contract for management services for the trade fair, known as Showcase Ireland, which the Contracting Authority...”
Short description
The Contracting Authority wishes to award a contract for management services for the trade fair, known as Showcase Ireland, which the Contracting Authority intends to hold on a yearly basis and which has been held at the RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin for the past number of years. The years involved in this agreement include 2026,2027,2028. The 3 day trade event has traditionally run in January of each year. Showcase - Ireland's Creative Expo is licensed by Design and Crafts Council Ireland (DCCI) and delivered by Showcase Case Design and Crafts Fair CLG, a subsidiary of DCCI. DCCI and Showcase work closely with Enterprise Ireland to promote the show internationally to existing and new potential buyers. The Local Enterprise Offices nationwide take a substantial area of the show to present new talent from around Ireland. 2024 was the 49th year of Showcase with trade buyers from over 2500 retail businesses from 26 countries. In 2024 attending buyers placed B2B sales orders of €26.3million over the 3 days. Trade buyers of fashion, jewellery, wellbeing and home and and giftware products attend Showcase at the RDS to source new and exciting products from over 400 exhibitors. Visit www.showcaseireland.com for more details.
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Type of contract: services
Products/services: Cultural event organisation services📦
Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 000 000 EUR 💰
Information about lots
Tenders may be submitted for maximum number of lots: 0
Description
Description of the procurement:
“The Contracting Authority wishes to award a contract for management services for the trade fair, known as Showcase Ireland, which the Contracting Authority...”
Description of the procurement
The Contracting Authority wishes to award a contract for management services for the trade fair, known as Showcase Ireland, which the Contracting Authority intends to hold on a yearly basis and which has been held at the RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin for the past number of years. The years involved in this agreement include 2026,2027,2028. The 3 day trade event has traditionally run in January of each year. Showcase - Ireland's Creative Expo is licensed by Design and Crafts Council Ireland (DCCI) and delivered by Showcase Case Design and Crafts Fair CLG, a subsidiary of DCCI. DCCI and Showcase work closely with Enterprise Ireland to promote the show internationally to existing and new potential buyers. The Local Enterprise Offices nationwide take a substantial area of the show to present new talent from around Ireland. 2024 was the 49th year of Showcase with trade buyers from over 2500 retail businesses from 26 countries. In 2024 attending buyers placed B2B sales orders of €26.3million over the 3 days. Trade buyers of fashion, jewellery, wellbeing and home and and giftware products attend Showcase at the RDS to source new and exciting products from over 400 exhibitors. Visit www.showcaseireland.com for more details.
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Additional products/services: Event services📦
Place of performance: Dublin🏙️ Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001
Procedure Type of procedure
Open procedure ✅ Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2024-11-24 12:00:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2024-11-25 00:00:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=4561520
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Complementary information Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie📧
Phone: +353 1 8886000📞 Information about electronic workflows
Electronic payment will be used
Source: OJS 2024/S 210-655056 (2024-10-25)