Prior information notice

Information

Published

Date of dispatch of this notice: 24/03/2022

Expire date: 08/04/2022

External Reference: 2022-255481

TED Reference: 2022/S 062-163332

Prior information notice

Prior information notice

Services

Directive 2014/24/EU

This notice is for prior information only

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)

Name and addresses

Dublin City Council
N/A
Civic Offices, Wood Quay
Dublin 8
Dublin
IE
Contact person: Sabrina Dekker
Telephone: +353 873912448
NUTS code:  IE061 -  Dublin
Internet address(es):
Main address: www.dublincity.ie

I.3)

Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at:  
http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=209530&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE
Additional information can be obtained from
the abovementioned address:  
I.4)

Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority
I.5)

Main activity

General public services

Section II: Object

II.1)

Scope of the procurement

II.1.1)

Title

For interested parties with expertise in food sector to express interest in being involved in Dublin City Council’s Eat the Streets Festival.
Reference number:  Eat the Streets - Participation
II.1.2)

Main CPV code

80000000  -  Education and training services
II.1.3)

Type of contract

Services
II.1.4)

Short description

Dublin City Council’s Climate Action Team is seeking responses from interested parties to be involved in the Eat the Streets Festival.
The purpose of this Prior Information Notice (PIN)/Request for Information (RFI) is to:
• Identify chefs and restaurants keen to teach and share their knowledge of food, in particular sustainable and seasonal eating.
• Identify food growers and producers keen to teach and share their knowledge of growing and producing.
• Identify individuals and small businesses with expertise in food and nutrition, food distribution, food waste, and food history.
• Identify artists with an interest in communicating the relationship between food and climate change.
The expected outcomes of this RFI is to establish a list of interested parties to approach to be involved in the Eat the Streets Festival!
II.1.6)

Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: no
II.2)

Description

II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

15000000  -  Food, beverages, tobacco and related products
55000000  -  Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services
92000000  -  Recreational, cultural and sporting services
98000000  -  Other community, social and personal services
II.2.3)

Place of performance

NUTS code:  IE061 -  Dublin
Main site or place of performance:  
Dublin City
II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

1. Introduction to this PIN/RFI
Dublin City Council’s Climate Action Team is seeking responses from interested parties to be involved in the Eat the Streets Festival.
The purpose of this Prior Information Notice (PIN)/Request for Information (RFI) is to:
• Identify chefs and restaurants keen to teach and share their knowledge of food, in particular sustainable and seasonal eating.
• Identify food growers and producers keen to teach and share their knowledge of growing and producing.
• Identify individuals and small businesses with expertise in food and nutrition, food distribution, food waste, and food history.
• Identify artists with an interest in communicating the relationship between food and climate change.
The expected outcomes of this RFI is to establish a list of interested parties to approach to be involved in the Eat the Streets Festival!
2. About the Project Eat the Streets
In June 2021 the first Eat the Streets Festival! explored Dublin’s rich food history by asking people, young and old to join us on a journey to Grow! Cook! Create! And Discover! Local chefs with a passion for Irish produce taught us how to celebrate Dublin’s vegetable roads taking recipes shared by young people and adding their twists and telling stories along the way in a series of five Cook Alongs. Growers, farmers, experts and foodies shared their knowledge in a series of five After Dinner Chats exploring our past, present and future relationship with food.
Knowing that we have merely scratched the surface of Dublin’s rich food history and culture we are working to develop the second Eat the Streets Festival. Food not only provides us with nourishment but is the biggest and probably oldest social connector and integrator - sharing a meal, we tell stories that bind us together. In growing and placing our hands in the soil, we connect with nature.
We want Eat the Streets! to connect people to each other, and to nature. By growing these connections Dublin flourishes socially, environmentally and economically.
3. Important Information
Without prejudice to competition in the marketplace, this Prior Information Notice (PIN) / Request for Information (RFI) is being used to invite interested economic operators to participate in market consultation in respect of expertise sought for Eat the Streets as stated in the introduction. The purpose of this market consultation is to identify interested parties with expertise and experience in the food sector as it pertains to Eat the Streets. Dublin City Council will use this market consultation to establish a list of interested parties to be included in a subsequent competition for event management.
II.3)

Estimated date of publication of contract notice:

30/04/2022

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Description

IV.1.8)

Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

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

Administrative information

Section VI: Complementary information