Fáilte Ireland-National Tourism Development Authority

N/A

88-95 Amiens Street

Dublin

Dublin 1

IE

Contact person: Procurement Unit

Telephone: +353 18847888

E-mail: procurement@failteireland.ie

Main address: https://www.failteireiand.ie

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Body governed by public law

General public services

Visitor Experience & Management Masterplan for Glendalough and Wicklow Mountains National Park and Visitor Orientation Recommendations for Co. Wicklow

Reference number:  AC/2020/01

Fáilte Ireland in Partnership with National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS), the Office of Public Works (OPW), the National Monuments Service (NMS) and Wicklow County Council is seeking a multidisciplinary team that will deliver a Visitor Experience and Management Masterplan (Glendalough and Wicklow Mountains National Park) and Visitor Orientation recommendations (Co. Wicklow) which identifies the priorities, actions, concept drawings, indicative costings and timelines for implementation.

Fáilte Ireland in Partnership with National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS), the Office of Public Works (OPW), the National Monuments Service (NMS) and Wicklow County Council is seeking a multidisciplinary team that will deliver a Visitor Experience and Management Masterplan (Glendalough and Wicklow Mountains National Park) and Visitor Orientation recommendations (Co. Wicklow) which identifies the priorities, actions, concept drawings, indicative costings and timelines for implementation. The multi-disciplinary team should have relevant experience in but not limited to the following: interpretation, orientation and way finding, tourism, architectural and archaeological conservation, engineering, traffic management, environment and planning. The proposal should balance the core conservation and heritage values of the NPWS, NMS and OPW with increased tourism demand.
• Visitor Experience & Management Masterplan for Glendalough and Wicklow Mountains National Park (Concept Design and Order of Magnitude costs)
• Visitor Orientation recommendations for County Wicklow.

Quality criterion  -  Name:  Methodology  /  Weighting:  35

Quality criterion  -  Name:  Multi-Disciplinary Team Management & Account/Contract Management  /  Weighting:  25

Quality criterion  -  Name:  Sustainability and Environmental Best Practice  /  Weighting:  5

Price  -  Weighting:  35

Number of tenders received:  12

Number of tenders received by electronic means:  12

Consarc Design Group

ROI 9512001J

The Gas Office

Belfast

4 Cromac Quay

UK

Telephone: +44 02890828400

E-mail: conservation@consarc-design.co.uk

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:  500000.00  EUR

Lowest offer:  399743.00  EUR / Highest offer:  460443.00  EUR   taken into consideration

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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;
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time;
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clarification process in respect of tender responses with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, tenderers
are advised to ensure that they return fully completed tenders in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the
competition at the evaluation stage.

High Court

Chief Registrar, The Four Courts

Dublin

IE

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The contracting authority will not conclude this contract to which a standstill period applies in accordance with Irish Statutory Instrument SI 130 of 2010, 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 contract 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 contract.