Provision of EMail Service Automation and Supporting Services

Tourism Ireland CLG

Tourism Ireland is seeking a suitably qualified agency to provide an automated email solution and supporting services. The appointed partner will facilitate Tourism Ireland's current and future email marketing ambitions. The partner should be able to deliver manual and automated email messaging based on consumer behavioural and affinity data to deliver the right message to the right person at the right time to meet Tourism Irelandโ€™s business objectives The Contract Period will be for an initial term of three years, with the option to extend annually, at Tourism Ireland's discretion, for up to two further years, up to a maximum term of five years. Annual renewal will be subject to budget and annual performance review, and other factors. It is anticipated that the Contract will commence in December 2025. PLEASE REFER TO THE CfT DOCUMENTATION AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOADING FOR FULL DETAILS OF THE REQUIREMENTS

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2025-07-21. The procurement was published on 2025-06-06.

Suppliers

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

Who? What? Where?
  • โ€ข Aฯ„ฯ„ฮนฮบฮฎ โ€บ ฮ’ฯŒฯฮตฮนฮฟฯ‚ ฮคฮฟฮผฮญฮฑฯ‚ ฮ‘ฮธฮทฮฝฯŽฮฝ
  • โ€ข Eastern and Midland โ€บ Dublin
Procurement history
Date Document
2025-06-06 Contract notice
2026-04-02 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2025-06-06)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Provision of EMail Service Automation and Supporting Services
Short description:
โ€œTourism Ireland is seeking a suitably qualified agency to provide an automated email solution and supporting services. The appointed partner will facilitate...โ€    Show more
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Electronic mail software development services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 2 050 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description
Internal identifier: 0
Description of the procurement:
โ€œTourism Ireland is seeking a suitably qualified agency to provide an automated email solution and supporting services. The appointed partner will facilitate...โ€    Show more
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Electronic mail software development services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Electronic mail services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Electronic mail service provider ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Place of performance: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Duration: 5 (YEAR)
The time frame below is expressed in number of years.
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001
Description
Main site or place of performance:
โ€œAcross Tourism Ireland's global network of offices. Operational presence in Ireland or UK plus US required.โ€
Scope of the procurement
Additional products/services: Electronic mail services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Electronic mail service provider ๐Ÿ“ฆ

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure โœ…
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2025-07-21 12:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2025-07-21 12:30:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=5806156
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 6
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2025-07-21 12:30:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Place:
โ€œhttps://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=5806156โ€
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Electronic payment will be used โœ…

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Tourism Ireland CLG
National registration number: 336370
Postal address: 4th Floor - Bishop's Square, Redmond's Hill
Postal code: D02 TD99
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: hhughes@tourismireland.com ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +35314763400 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL: https://www.tourismireland.com/ ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.tourismireland.com/ ๐ŸŒ
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
Main activity
General public services
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=5806156 ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=5806156 ๐ŸŒ
Electronic submission: Required

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number: The High Court of Ireland
Department: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000 ๐Ÿ“ž
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number: The High Court of Ireland
Department: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000 ๐Ÿ“ž
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic payment will be used
Source: OJS 2025/S 110-373517 (2025-06-06)
Contract award notice (2026-04-02)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
โ€œTourism Ireland is seeking a suitably qualified agency to provide an automated email solution and supporting services. The appointed partner will facilitate...โ€    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: 2 050 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): 2 280 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description
Estimated value excluding VAT: 2 050 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description of the procurement:
โ€œTourism Ireland is seeking a suitably qualified agency to provide an automated email solution and supporting services. The appointed partner will facilitate...โ€    Show more
Aim of strategic procurement: Reduction of environmental impacts

โ€œCandidates were asked to supply details of their organisational Sustainability policy plus any accreditations.โ€
Approach to reducing environmental impacts: Other
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Qualitative Award Criteria = 50%. C2 Proposed Solution [30%]; C3 Global Support & Account Management [8%]; C4 US Support & Account Management [8%]; C5 Innovation & Continuous Improvement [4%]
Quality criterion (weighting): 50
Cost criterion (name): Ultimate Cost = 50%
Cost criterion (weighting): 50

Procedure
Weight type: Weight (percentage, exact)

Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded โœ…
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001
Contract Number: 430062
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2026-03-01 ๐Ÿ“…
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: 2 280 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
The tender was ranked
Tender identifier: 000122134
Identifier of lot or group of lots: LOT-0001
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Zeta Global Limited
National registration number: 05754349
Postal code: W1T 1AN
Postal town: London
Country: United Kingdom ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง
E-mail: info@zetaglobal.com ๐Ÿ“ง
Size of the economic operator: Medium
Source: OJS 2026/S 067-235671 (2026-04-02)