Public Relations and Public Affairs Agencies RFT

Waterways Ireland_225

This tender is in two lots, Lot 1 is for the appointment of a Public Relations agency and Lot 2 is for the appointment of a Public Affairs Agency. As Waterways Ireland works in two jurisdictions, it is important that the agencies have experience and a strong track record of delivering for clients across Ireland and Northern Ireland in national and local/ regional media (due to the geographic footprint of each of our waterways and their respective target audiences). The tender stes out to award two contracts, one for Public Relations and one for Public Affairs however a single agency house may tender for both contracts.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2023-07-07. The procurement was published on 2023-06-02.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2023-06-02 Contract notice
2023-07-07 Additional information
Contract notice (2023-06-02)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Public relations services
Short description:
โ€œThis tender is in two lots, Lot 1 is for the appointment of a Public Relations agency and Lot 2 is for the appointment of a Public Affairs Agency. As...โ€    Show more
Notice metadata
Original language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Public relations services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional CPV: Public relations management services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance
NUTS region: Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ

Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Awarding authority type: Body governed by public law
Awarding authority name: Waterways Ireland_225
Postal address: 2 Sligo Road
Postal code: BT74 7JY
Postal town: Enniskillen
Contact
Internet address: https://www.etenders.gov.ie ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: paul.mulligan@waterwaysireland.org ๐Ÿ“ง
URL for documents: https://www.etenders.gov.ie ๐ŸŒ
URL for participation: https://www.etenders.gov.ie ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2023-06-02 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2023-07-07 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2023-06-07 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2023/S 108-339032
OJ-S issue: 108

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title of the lot: Public Relations
Lot number: 1
Duration: 24 months
Description of renewals:
โ€œTwo extensions of 12 months eachโ€
Title of the lot: Public Affairs
Lot number: 2

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Time of receipt of tenders: 15:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Tender opening date: 2023-07-07 ๐Ÿ“…
Tender opening time: 15:30

Contracting authority
Contact
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.etenders.gov.ie ๐ŸŒ
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie ๐ŸŒ

Complementary information
Review body
Name: Waterways Ireland
Postal town: Carrick on Shannon
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Source: OJS 2023/S 108-339032 (2023-06-02)
Additional information (2023-07-07)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Additional information
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Public relations consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2023-07-07 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2023-07-21 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2023-07-12 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2023/S 132-422629
Refers to notice: 2023/S 108-339032
OJ-S issue: 132
Additional information

โ€œDeadline extended for tender clarifications and submissionsโ€
Source: OJS 2023/S 132-422629 (2023-07-07)