Contract notice: Administrative services related to tourism affairs Tender, Ireland - 27020281

Procurement Summary

Country : Ireland

Summary : Contract notice: Administrative services related to tourism affairs

Deadline : 18 Oct 2018

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 27020281

Document Ref. No. : 414136-2018

Competition : ICB

Financier : Self Financed

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : TOURISM IRELAND LIMITED
Office Name: Tourism Ireland Limited
Address: 5th Floor — Bishop's Square, Redmond's Hill
Town: Dublin
Postal Code: D02 TD99
Contact Point: Hannah Hughes

Phone: +353 14763474
Fax: +353 14763642
Ireland
Email :hhughes@tourismireland.com
URL :http://www.ireland.com

Tender Details

Object of the contract
Administrative services related to tourism affairs

Description: Contract notice: Administrative services related to tourism affairs

Authority Type: Body governed by public law
Contact Nature: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
Document: Contract notice
Regulation: European Union, with participation by GPA countries
Award criteria: The most economic tender
CPV code: 75125000, 63516000, 75125000, 63516000, 79416000
CPV Description: Administrative services related to tourism affairs.

Travel management services.

Public relations services.

Destination Marketing Services — General Sales Agency(s) for Mainland China and Hong Kong

Reference Number : EM/CHINA2/2018

The Shanghai office of Tourism Ireland wishes to enter into a contract(s) with service provider(s) for market representation services in Mainland China and Hong Kong.

Main Site : Mainland China

The winning company will be responsible for developing, coordinating and executing a comprehensive trade/B2B marketing programme for the island of Ireland in Mainland China with a focus on Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou and Chengdu.

The annual activity plans and budgets are determined and agreed in conjunction with and approved by Tourism Ireland. Tourism Ireland has indicated an estimated total budget figure but we have confirmed budget for years 1 and 2 only. Additional funding may be available in later years as it is our aim to further develop our activity in the China market. We would anticipate that additional resources will be made available in years 3, 4 and 5. A knowledge of the tourism industry of the island of Ireland along with in-market trade expertise is required to successfully undertake these services. Please refer to the specification document Schedule 2 for full details of the services required.

Please refer to the documents available for downloading.

Please refer to the documents available for downloading.

1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders website (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications. All information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal (www.etenders.gov.ie) only. Registration is free of charge. Tourism Ireland will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties;

2) This is the 1 stage in a 2-stage restricted tender process. This is the sole call for requests to participate for this contract;

3) The Contracting Authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers;

4) Contract award will be subject to the approval of the Board of Tourism Ireland;

5) It will be a condition of award that the successful tenderer is and remains tax compliant;

6) At its absolute discretion, the Contracting Authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, the framework or any contract awarded under the framework agreement at any time;

7) Please note in relation to all documents, that where reference is made to a particular standard, make, source, process, trademark, type or patent, that this is not to be regarded as a de facto requirement. In all such cases it should be understood that such indications are to be treated strictly and solely for reference purposes only, to which the words or "equivalent" will always be appended;

8) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the Contracting Authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of the procurement documents with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, respondents are advised to ensure that they return completed documentation in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition;

9) At Section II.2.9 we have indicated that 5 applicants will be invited to tender, please note that the Contracting Authority reserves the right to invite at least 5 subject to that number qualifying;

10) Requests to Participate must be delivered as per the Instructions;

11) Tourism Ireland will not accept or consider Requests to Participate delivered after this deadline;

12) Tourism Ireland will not be responsible for costs, charges or expenses incurred by applicants, whether or not a final contract is awarded;

13) Tourism Ireland is subject to the provisions of the code of practice on freedom of information for North/South implementation bodies and Tourism Ireland, which is available on Tourism Ireland's website;

14) To the extent that any personal data is processed by the successful bidder in connection with the provision of the services for this Lot or otherwise, the provisions set out in Tourism Ireland's minimum conditions of contract under "Data Processing Terms" shall apply to such processing;

15) The contract(s) will be subject to Irish law;

16) Tourism Ireland reserves the right without advance notice (and without giving reasons unless so required by law and without liability to the applicants) to amend or otherwise change the process or to terminate the process.


Internet address (URL): http://www.ireland.com

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