ETENDERS

Contract award notice

Information

Published

Date of dispatch of this notice: 02/08/2019

External Reference: 2019-259289

TED Reference: 2019/S 150-370477

Contract award notice

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Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)

Name and addresses

Tourism Ireland Limited
N/A
5th Floor - Bishop's Square, Redmond's Hill
Dublin
D02 TD99
IE
Contact person: Hannah Hughes
Telephone: +353 14763474
E-mail: hhughes@tourismireland.com
Fax: +353 014763642
NUTS code:  IE -  IRELAND
Internet address(es):
Main address: http://www.ireland.com
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1197

I.2)

Joint procurement

The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4)

Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law
I.5)

Main activity

Other activity:  Tourism - Destination Marketing

Section II: Object

II.1)

Scope of the procurement

II.1.1)

Title

Provision of a 2nd Generation Digital Marketing Asset Management System
Reference number:  DAM/2018/01
II.1.2)

Main CPV code

72212520  -  Multimedia software development services
II.1.3)

Type of contract

Services
II.1.4)

Short description

CONTRACT AWARDED TO HIGHEST SCORING TENDERER. Tourism Ireland, together with Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Northern Ireland, is procuring the services of a suitably qualified and experienced digital marketing asset management vendor and/or partners to provide and deploy a large scale enterprise 2nd Generation DAM technology system. Digital asset management has been in place and in practice at Tourism Ireland, Fáilte Ireland, and Tourism Northern Ireland for 5+ years, and this project seeks to evolve DAM into the next generation. In addition to offering core functions of a DAM including ingestion and transformation of many different asset types, sophisticated search functionality, intuitive user experience, and multi-channel distribution, we seek a DAM that also includes the ability to service the requirements set out in the supporting documentation. PLEASE REFER TO THE DOCUMENTATION AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOADING
II.1.6)

Information about lots

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

Total value of the procurement

Value excluding VAT:  1324500.00  EUR
II.2)

Description

II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

48500000  -  Communication and multimedia software package
72212500  -  Communication and multimedia software development services
II.2.3)

Place of performance

NUTS code:  IE -  IRELAND
Main site or place of performance:  
Island of Ireland
II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

CONTRACT AWARDED TO HIGHEST SCORING TENDERER. Tourism Ireland, Tourism Northern Ireland and Failte Ireland are seeking a suitably qualified and experienced digital marketing asset management vendor and/or partner to provide and deploy a large scale enterprise 2nd Generation DAM technology system.
II.2.5)

Award criteria

Criteria below
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Demonstrated ability to meet the detailed requirements set out in in Specifications Document  /  Weighting:  20%
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Methodology of Delivery of the System including delivery timelines & key milestones  /  Weighting:  7.5%
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Expertise of Proposed Management & Account Team  /  Weighting:  7.5%
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Support Solution during transition and through the lifetime of the contract  /  Weighting:  5%
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Video Ingestion / Functionality  /  Weighting:  5%
Quality criterion  -  Name:  System Integration Capacity  /  Weighting:  5%
Cost criterion  -  Name:  Pricing Model  /  Weighting:  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
II.2.14)

Additional information

CONTRACT AWARDED TO THE HIGHEST SCORING BIDDER FOLLOWING A COMPETITIVE TENDER PROCESS

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Description

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

Competitive procedure with negotiation
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 043-094057

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: 1

Title: DIGITAL MARKETING ASSET MANAGEMENT SERVICES

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

Award of contract

V.2.1)

Date of conclusion of the contract

21/12/2018
V.2.2)

Information about tenders

Number of tenders received:  6
Number of tenders received from SMEs:  6
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States:  5
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States:  1
Number of tenders received by electronic means:  6
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators :  no
V.2.3)

Name and address of the contractor

Censhare [UK] Limited
40 Queen Anne Street
London
W1G 9EL
UK
NUTS code:  UK -  UNITED KINGDOM
Internet address: https://www.censhare.com/uk

The contractor is an SME : yes
V.2.4)

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

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:  1050000.00  EUR
Total value of the contract/lot:  1324500.00  EUR

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3)

Additional information

CONTRACT AWARDED TO THE HIGHEST SCORING BIDDER FOLLOWING A COMPETITIVE TENDER PROCESS
For an overview of Tourism Ireland, please refer to our corporate website: https://www.tourismireland.com/
VI.4)

Procedures for review

VI.4.1)

Review body

The High Court
Dublin
D7
IE