Contract award notice

Information

Published

Date of dispatch of this notice: 02/10/2018

External Reference: 2018-243870

TED Reference: 2018/S 191-432406

Contract award notice

Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)

Name and addresses

The Football Association of Ireland
17081
National Sports Campus, Abbotstown
Dublin 15
Dublin
IE
Contact person: Eamon Breen
Telephone: +353 877448422
Internet address(es):
Main address: http://www.fai.ie

I.4)

Type of the contracting authority

Other type:  National Association
I.5)

Main activity

Recreation, culture and religion

Section II: Object

II.1)

Scope of the procurement

II.1.1)

Title

National Football Exhibition (to mark Dublin’s hosting of matches in UEFA EURO 2020 Finals Tournament)
Reference number:  FAI/2018/01
II.1.2)

Main CPV code

79950000  -  Exhibition, fair and congress organisation services
II.1.3)

Type of contract

Services
II.1.4)

Short description

The FAI are seeking suitably qualified companies to fully manage this exhibition from design concept to build to include but not limited to acquisition of screens and other technology solutions, interpretation of visitor journey, security, insurance, staffing, logistics/transport and storage.
II.1.6)

Information about lots

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

Total value of the procurement

Lowest offer:  499963.00  EUR / Highest offer:  1452000.00  EUR   taken into consideration  (excluding VAT)
II.2)

Description

II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

79952000  -  Event services
II.2.3)

Place of performance

Main site or place of performance:  
Ireland
II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

The FAI are seeking suitably qualified companies to fully manage this exhibition from design concept to build to include but not limited to acquisition of screens and other technology solutions, interpretation of visitor journey, security, insurance, staffing, logistics/transport and storage.
II.2.5)

Award criteria

Criteria below
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Fitness for purpose of your overall proposed solution  /  Weighting:  30
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Technological Solution  /  Weighting:  10
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Project Management and Resources  /  Weighting:  30
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Presentation  /  Weighting:  10
Cost criterion  -  Name:  Ultimate Cost  /  Weighting:  20
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

This is a Tilte III services contract.

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Description

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

Restricted 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 091-206930

Section V: Award of contract

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

Award of contract

V.2.1)

Date of conclusion of the contract

12/09/2018
V.2.2)

Information about tenders

Number of tenders received:  7
Number of tenders received from SMEs:  7
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators :  no
V.2.3)

Name and address of the contractor

The Groove Yard Company LTD
The Malthouse, Distillery Court
North Circular Road
Dublin 1
IE

The contractor is an SME : yes
V.2.4)

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

Lowest offer:  499963.00  EUR / Highest offer:  1452000.00  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 this contract will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities.
5) If for any reason it is not possible to conclude the contract with the designated successful tenderer emerging from this competitive process; or if having concluded contract the contracting authority considers that the successful tenderer has not met, or cannot meet its obligations; the contracting authority reserves the right to contract with the next highest scoring tenderer on the basis of the same terms at any time during the tender validity period. This shall be without prejudice to the right of the contracting authority to cancel this competitive process and/or initiate a new contract award procedure at its sole discretion.
6) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, 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
7
IE
Internet address: www.courts.ie