Contract award notice

Information

Published

Date of dispatch of this notice: 07/12/2018

External Reference: 2018-275552

TED Reference: 2018/S 238-544278

Contract award notice

Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)

Name and addresses

Fáilte Ireland-National Tourism Development Authority
N/A
88-95 Amiens Street
Dublin
Dublin 1
IE
Contact person: Maurice O'Reilly
Telephone: +353 18847888
Internet address(es):
Main address: www.failteireland.ie

I.4)

Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law
I.5)

Main activity

General public services

Section II: Object

II.1)

Scope of the procurement

II.1.1)

Title

Provision of Professional Services Pertaining to Data Protection & Records Management
Reference number:  BI/2018/02
II.1.2)

Main CPV code

79410000  -  Business and management consultancy services
II.1.3)

Type of contract

Services
II.1.4)

Short description

Fáilte Ireland is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified vendor for the provision of professional Data Protection and Records Management support and advisory services in order to carry out its remit and statutory functions under the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).
II.1.6)

Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.7)

Total value of the procurement

Lowest offer:  200000.00  EUR / Highest offer:  500000.00  EUR   taken into consideration  (excluding VAT)
II.2)

Description

II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

79410000  -  Business and management consultancy services
II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

Fáilte Ireland is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified vendor for the provision of professional Data Protection and Records Management support and advisory services in order to carry out its remit and statutory functions under the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).
II.2.5)

Award criteria

Criteria below
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Approach & Methodology to Service Delivery  /  Weighting:  2500
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Quality & Relevance of Proposed Team  /  Weighting:  2500
Price  -  Weighting:  50-50
II.2.11)

Information about options

Options: no
II.2.13)

Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Description

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

Open procedure
IV.1.8)

Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement : yes
IV.2)

Administrative information

IV.2.1)

Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number in the OJ S: 2018/S 091-206375

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: 1

Title: Provision of Professional Services Pertaining to Data Protection & Records Management

A contract/lot is awarded: yes
V.2)

Award of contract

V.2.1)

Date of conclusion of the contract

21/11/2018
V.2.2)

Information about tenders

Number of tenders received:  4
Number of tenders received from SMEs:  4
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States:  0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States:  0
Number of tenders received by electronic means:  0
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators :  no
V.2.3)

Name and address of the contractor

Trilateral Research Ltd
Dundalk
IE

The contractor is an SME : yes
V.2.4)

Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Lowest offer:  138000.00  EUR / Highest offer:  150000.00  EUR   taken into consideration

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3)

Additional information

1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (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. The contracting authority will not accept responsibility for information relayed(or not relayed) via third parties
2) This is the sole call for competition for this service.
3) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates,participants or tenderers.
4) Establishment of the framework will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities.
5) If for any reason it is not possible to conclude the framework agreement with the designated successfultenderer emerging from this competitive process; or if having concluded the framework agreement thecontracting authority considers that the successful tenderer has not met, or cannot meet its obligations; thecontracting authority reserves the right to admit the next highest scoring tenderer to the framework on the basisof the same terms at any time during the tender validity period. This shall be without prejudice to the right of thecontracting authority to cancel this competitive process and /or initiate a new contract award procedure at itssole discretion.
6) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, theframework agreement or any contract awarded under the framework agreement at any time.
7) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of questionnaires with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, candidates are advised to ensure that they return fully completed questionnaires in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition at the application stage.
VI.4)

Procedures for review

VI.4.1)

Review body

High Court
Chief Registrar, The Four Courts
Dublin
7
IE
Internet address: www.courts.ie

VI.4.3)

Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: 
The contracting authority will not conclude this framework agreement to which a standstill period applies in accordance with Irish Statutory Instrument S.I. nº 284 of 2016, until after the expiry of the standstill period which commences on the day following the date of notification of concerned candidates and tenderers. The duration of the standstill period will be 14 calendar days where notifications are sent electronically or by fax and 16 calendar days where these are sent by any other means. The statutory instrument mentioned above provides that review procedures are available in the High Court to a person who has or has had an interest in obtaining the framework agreement and alleges that he or she has been harmed or is at risk of being harmed by an infringement of the law in relation to that framework agreement.
VI.4.4)

Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained

High Court
Chief Registrar, The Four Courts
Dublin
Dublin 1
IE
Internet address: www.courts.ie