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Country:

Ireland

City/Locality:

DOYBLINO

Notice/Contract Number:

eu:173581-2008

Publication Date:

Jul 8, 2008

Deadline:

Aug 5, 2008

Buyer:

FAILTE IRELAND-NATIONAL TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

Original Language:

English

Address:

FAILTE IRELAND-NATIONAL TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
DUBLIN , IRELAND
Ireland

Web Site:

http://www.failteireland.ie

Notice Type: 2220
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Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 130/2008
, #
173581-2008
Referenced Document Number: 157042-2008
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Restricted procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

Summary:
CONTRACT NOTICE
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): Fáilte Ireland-National
Tourism Development Authority, Baggot Street Bridge, Contact: Central
Services Division, Attn: Mr Francis Carroll, IRL-Dublin 2. Tel. 016 02 40
00. E-mail: procurement@failteireland.ie. Fax 018 55 68 21.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: http://www.failteireland.ie.
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/
Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA05025.
Further information can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact
point(s).
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for
competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at:
Etenders Website, IRL-. URL: http://www.etenders.gov.ie.
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Fáilte Ireland, Baggot
Street Bridge, Contact: Central Services Division, Attn: Mr Francis
Carroll, IRL-Dublin 2. Tel. 016 02 40 00. E-mail:
procurement@failteireland.ie. URL: www.failteireland.ie.
I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
Body governed by public law.
General public services.
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1) DESCRIPTION
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Survey of Overseas Travellers 2009 - 2011.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Services.
Service category: No 8.
Main place of performance: Ireland.
NUTS code: IE.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): Fáilte Ireland,
the National Tourism Development Authority, established under the National
Tourism Development Authority Act, 2003, brings together and builds on the
functions previously discharged by Bord Fáilte and CERT. The organisation
provides strategic and practical support to develop and sustain Ireland as
a high-quality and competitive tourist destination. Fáilte Ireland works
in strategic partnership with tourism interests to support the industry in
its efforts to be more competitive and more profitable and to help
individual enterprises to enhance their performance.
The objective of the Survey of Overseas Travellers is the collection and
analysis of the trip and traveller characteristics of overseas visitors to
Ireland.
— Survey conducted continuously throughout the year,
— Overseas tourists (visitors spending at least one night in Ireland)
interviewed departing the country at the major air and sea ports
throughout the Republic (Dublin, Shannon, Cork, Knock, Dun Laoghaire and
Rosslare),
— Face to face interviews of up to 15 minutes duration (average) with 10
000 overseas visitors per year based on the following criteria:
— Overseas residents aged 16 years and over spending at least one night
but not more than a year in Ireland,
— Fáilte Ireland will require questionnaire development, printing and
distribution, management of fieldwork, data editing and entry, tabular
reports and an annual database and appropriate software for internal
interrogation and analysis.
The Survey of Overseas Travellers has been conducted by Fáilte Ireland
(previously Bord Fáilte) for the past forty years and comparability of
results with previous years is a key aspect of the Survey.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 74130000, 73200000,
73210000.
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
Yes.
II.1.8) Division into lots: No.
II.1.9) Variants will be accepted: Yes.
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: This contract is for a three year period
with fieldwork commencing 1st of January 2009 (subject to annual review).
Fáilte Ireland reserves the right to extend this contract for a period of
a further two years.
II.2.2) Options: No.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Duration in
months: 36 (from the award of the contract).
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required: None.
III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or
reference to the relevant provisions regulating them: Payment on receipt
of invoices related to Purchase Orders issued by Fáilte Ireland.
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to
whom the contract is to be awarded: Single Legal Entity(ies).
III.1.4) Other particular conditions to which the performance of the
contract is subject: No.
III.2) CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION
III.2.1) Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements
relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers: Information and
formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: See
Pre-Qualification Questionnaire available for downloading along with the
tender notice from www.etenders.gov.ie.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: See Pre-Qualification
Questionnaire available for downloading along with the tender notice from
www.etenders.gov.ie.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met: See Pre-Qualification Questionnaire
available for downloading along with the tender notice from
www.etenders.gov.ie.
III.3) CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS
III.3.2) Legal entities should indicate the names and professional
qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service:
Yes.
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
IV.1) TYPE OF PROCEDURE
IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Restricted.
IV.1.2) Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to
tender or to participate: Envisaged minimum number: 5. Maximum number: 8
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: See
Pre-Qualification Questionnaire available for downloading along with the
tender notice from www.etenders.gov.ie.
IV.2) AWARD CRITERIA
IV.2.1) Award criteria: The most economically advantageous tender in
terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to
tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document.
IV.2.2) An electronic auction will be used: No.
IV.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
RS-2008-08.
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: Prior
information notice
Notice number in OJ: 2008/S 118-157042 of 17.6.2008.
IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents
or descriptive document
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
5.8.2008 - 12:00.
IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to
selected candidates: 7.8.2008.
IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be
drawn up: English.
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Interested vendors should submit two copies
of the Pre-Qualification questionnaire available for downloading along
with the tender notice from www.etenders.gov.ie, in addition one copy is
required on CD.
(ET Ref:59877).
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 3.7.2008.

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