To operate a Christmas Market in Eyre Square, Galway

Galway City Council_268

The Christmas Market in Galway has become a key attraction to the City over the past 13 years and Galway City Council is keen to ensure that Christmas Market remains a key attraction for both locals and visitors to the city. The market plays a key role in attracting domestic and international visitors to Galway and is regarded as a key element of the festive season in Galway. The successful applicant will be required to promote, market, operate and organise a Christmas Market and other associated activities, as agreed. Project manage and co-ordinate the day-to-day operations associated with the Christmas Market. Ensure appropriate security measures are in place and all equipment meets standard EU safety guidelines. Install and remove any associated structures. Comply with the requirements of all relevant legislation, including but not limited to the Planning Acts and Regulations; Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Acts and Regulations; and Event Safety Management.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2023-06-23. The procurement was published on 2023-06-02.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2023-06-02 Contract notice
Contract notice (2023-06-02)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Event services
Short description:
The Christmas Market in Galway has become a key attraction to the City over the past 13 years and Galway City Council is keen to ensure that Christmas Market remains a key attraction for both locals and visitors to the city. The market plays a key role in attracting domestic and international visitors to Galway and is regarded as a key element of the festive season in Galway. The successful applicant will be required to promote, market, operate and organise a Christmas Market and other associated activities, as agreed. Project manage and co-ordinate the day-to-day operations associated with the Christmas Market. Ensure appropriate security measures are in place and all equipment meets standard EU safety guidelines. Install and remove any associated structures. Comply with the requirements of all relevant legislation, including but not limited to the Planning Acts and Regulations; Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Acts and Regulations; and Event Safety Management.
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Notice metadata
Original language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Event services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional CPV: Event services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance
NUTS region: ร‰ire/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: Regional or local authority
Awarding authority name: Galway City Council_268
Postal address: Galway City Council
Postal code: H91 X4K8
Postal town: Galway
Contact
Internet address: https://www.etenders.gov.ie ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: ruairi.lehmann@galwaycity.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 91536400 ๐Ÿ“ž
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: 2023-06-23 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2023-06-07 ๐Ÿ“…
Start date: 2023-07-01 ๐Ÿ“…
End date: 2026-06-30 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2023/S 108-338582
OJ-S issue: 108

Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value: 40 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 40 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description of renewals:
The number and duration of extensions will be two (2) for (one) 1 year. Total contract 5 years.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:
The Contracting Authority is using the open procedure for the award of this contract, therefore, while all interested parties may submit a tender, only those demonstrating that they have the required level of financial and technical capacity will have their tender considered. In order to demonstrate a tenderersโ€™ qualifications, tenderers are required to provide the information set out below in the Tender Response Document (TRD) which is based on a self-declaration model, however tenderers are required to provide the minimum information required.
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Economic and financial standing:
(a) Confirmation that the tendering party turnover exceeded โ‚ฌ200,000 during one of the last three years or pro-rata if more recently established firms are tendering โ€“ however the firm must have been in existence for at least 6 months.. . (b) Confirmation of financial standing ensuring the tendering party has the financial capacity to pay its debts identified on the current statement of assets and liabilities as being the debts as they fall due.. . Evidence of both statements will be required prior to the award of any contract.
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Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Tender opening date: 2023-06-23 ๐Ÿ“…
Tender opening time: 12:30
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Proposed Methodology
Quality criterion (weighting): 50
Quality criterion (name): Marketing Strategy
Quality criterion (weighting): 20
Cost criterion (name): Financial Proposal
Cost criterion (weighting): 30

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

Complementary information
Review body
Name: Galway City Council
Postal address: City Hall, College Road, Galway
Postal town: Galway
Postal code: H91 X4K8
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 91536400 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: procurement@galwaycity.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Source: OJS 2023/S 108-338582 (2023-06-02)