IRL-Dublin: publishing services

Country:

Ireland

City/Locality:

DOYBLINO

Notice/Contract Number:

eu:136528-2008

Publication Date:

May 28, 2008

Buyer:

TOURISM IRELAND

Original Language:

English

Address:

TOURISM IRELAND
DUBLIN , IRELAND
Ireland

Web Site:

http://www.tourismireland.com

Notice Type: 2280
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Contract award
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 102/2008
, #
136528-2008
Referenced Document Number: 199927-2007
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Contract awards
Type of Bid Required: Not applicable
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender
Successful Bidder: NAME AND ADDRESS OF ECONOMIC OPERATOR TO WHOM THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN
AWARDED: Ashville Media Limited, Longboat Quay 57-59, Sir John Rogerson's
Quay, IRL-Dublin 2. E-mail: info@ashville.com. Tel. 003 53 14 32 22 00.
URL: www.ashville.com. Fax 003 53 16 72 71 00.

Summary:
CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): Tourism Ireland, 5th Floor -
Bishop's Square, Redmond's Hill, Attn: Alan Myles, IRL-Dublin 2. Tel. 014
76 34 00. E-mail: amyles@tourismireland.com. Fax 014 76 36 66.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority:
http://www.tourismireland.com.
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/
Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA01860.
I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
Body governed by public law.
Other: Tourism Marketing.
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1) DESCRIPTION
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Publishing Services [Concession Contract] for Tourism Ireland All-Island
Market Book Media.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Services.
Service category No 15.
Main place of performance: The Island of Ireland.
NUTS code IE.
II.1.4) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): Tourism Ireland
Limited wishes to appoint a Supplier to provide a Contract Management
Service Concession for the production, print, distribution and advertising
sales of the All-Island Ireland Market Books.
Tourism Ireland Limited was established under the framework of the Belfast
Agreement of Good Friday 1998 to promote increased tourism to the island
of Ireland. A key component of Tourism Ireland Limited operations is the
production of an all-island market book to act as the main fulfilment
piece for all enquiries, advertising responses and for distribution at
trade and consumer promotions, through travel agents and tour operators
specialising in Ireland.
A total of 13 market books in 10 different languages will be produced for
the following markets:
Great Britain, United States, Canada, Australia/New Zealand, France,
Italy, Germany, The Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Spain and
Finland.
The supplier will generate revenue through the successful sale of
advertising space in each of the Ireland Market Books. This revenue will
be sufficient to cover the following services:
— Suppliers Costs and Profit Margin,
— Cost of pre-press, print and distribution of the Ireland Market Books,
— A financial return to Tourism Ireland Limited.
And may also be used to fund additional services drawn from the following
list (please note that not all the services listed will be required in
year one):
— Design of the Market Books,
— Development of digital copies (e-brochures) of the Market Books and
supply of usage stats,
— Advising and sourcing Photography including specific commissions,
— Generation of Advertorial Content,
— Test printing (Wet Proofs) of Market Books prior to full print runs,
— Copyrighting, Editing and Proofreading of written content,
— Purchasing of Paper in bulk to print the Market Books,
— Pre and On-Press Proofing and Approval of Printed Books (including
design and advertising content).
It is envisaged that as a minimum the concessionaire may have to provide
the following services in the first year:
— Advertising Sales to generate revenue,
— Design of the Market Books,
— Pre-press, print and distribution of the Ireland Market Books,
— Development of the e-brochures digital publications of the Market Books,
— Management and Administration of the Project.
II.1.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 78300000, 22150000,
22462000, 78100000, 78240000, 78221000, 78224000, 74840000, 74843000,
29561000, 74811300.
II.1.6) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
Yes.
II.2) TOTAL FINAL VALUE OF CONTRACT(S)
II.2.1) Total final value of contract(s):
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
IV.1) TYPE OF PROCEDURE
IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Negotiated with a call for competition.
IV.2) AWARD CRITERIA
IV.2.1) Award criteria: The most economically advantageous tender in
terms of
1. Financial Proposals. Weighting: 25.
2. Technical Merit. Weighting: 30.
3. Economic and Financial Capacity. Weighting: 15.
4. Proposed Delivery Approach (Services Undertaken). Weighting: 30.
IV.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the Contracting Authority:
MB-PUB-09/11-DM.
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: Contract
notice
Notice number in OJ: 2007/S 160-199927 of 22.8.2007.
SECTION V: AWARD OF CONTRACT
CONTRACT NO:
TITLE: Services Concession Agreement.
V.1) DATE OF CONTRACT AWARD: 15.5.2008.
V.2) NUMBER OF OFFERS RECEIVED: 3.
V.3) NAME AND ADDRESS OF ECONOMIC OPERATOR TO WHOM THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN
AWARDED: Ashville Media Limited, Longboat Quay 57-59, Sir John Rogerson's
Quay, IRL-Dublin 2. E-mail: info@ashville.com. Tel. 003 53 14 32 22 00.
URL: www.ashville.com. Fax 003 53 16 72 71 00.
V.4) INFORMATION ON VALUE OF CONTRACT If annual or monthly value:
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.2) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: (ET Ref:66789).
VI.4) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 27.5.2008.

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