Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-03-02
Buyer: Tourism Ireland Limited
Country: IE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 48500000 | 72212500: Communication software programming services | 72212520
Estimated value: 1050000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2018-04-03
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Tourism Ireland, together with Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Northern Ireland, is procuring the services of a suitably qualified and experienced digital marketing asset management vendor and/or partners to provide and deploy a large scale enterprise 2nd Generation DAM technology system. Digital asset management has been in place and in practice at Tourism Ireland, Fáilte Ireland, and Tourism Northern Ireland for 5+ years, and this project seeks to evolve DAM into the next generation. In addition to offering core functions of a DAM including ingestion and transformation of many different asset types, sophisticated search functionality, intuitive user experience, and multi-channel distribution, we seek a DAM that also includes the ability to service the requirements set out in the supporting documentation. Please refer to the documentation available for downloading.
Tourism Ireland, Tourism Northern Ireland and Failte Ireland are seeking a suitably qualified and experienced digital marketing asset management vendor and/or partner to provide and deploy a large scale enterprise 2
The contract shall be for a period of four [4] years, subject to satisfactory performance, budget and other factors, with the option to extend for a further period not exceeding 36 months; up to a maximum term of seven [7] years, again subject to satisfactory performance, budget and other factors.
Applicants should provide the required documentation as detailed in the PQQ which is available for downloading from the Irish Government procurement portal www.etenders.gov.ie Please note that the maximum limit for incoming emails is 10 MB.
As stated in the procurement documents and PQQ which are available for downloading from the Irish Government procurement portal www.etenders.gov.ie
Candidates must demonstrate that they have at their disposal effective and efficient technical resources to facilitate a 2
Operational Presence: Candidates must confirm that they have an on-the-ground operational presence within the European Union: to enable turnaround of information requests.
As stated in the procurement documents and PQQ which are available for downloading from the Irish Government procurement portal www.etenders.gov.ie
The supporting procurement documents and PQQ in relation to this Contract Notice are available for downloading free of charge from the Irish Government procurement portal www.etenders.gov.ie
This Call for Requests to Participate is the first stage in a staged Competitive Process With Negotiation.
In the first instance, interested parties are required to complete and submit the Qualification Questionnaire to commence the first stage of the process. Candidates will be assessed on the basis of the rules, criteria and weightings set out in Appendix A of that document, which are aimed at establishing the technical and professional abilities of candidates as well as their financial standing. The purpose of this document is to obtain sufficient information to enable Tourism Ireland to evaluate the suitability of candidates who will be invited to negotiate with Tourism Ireland.
Shortlisted candidates will then be invited to participate in negotiation and submit an initial Tender. The submission of initial tenders will signal the commencement of negotiation.
Upon conclusion of negotiations, remaining candidates will be invited to submit a final tender. Final tenders will be evaluated against the award criteria as detailed in the ITT documentation. The award criteria will include both economic [50 %] and also qualitative [50 %] criteria.
Tourism Northern Ireland and Failte Ireland will opt to avail of the Services procured as a result of this competition.
Requests to Participate, in the form of a completed PQQ plus completed ESPD and supporting documents must be submitted in by the deadline stated as per the Instructions. Applicants should provide the required documentation as detailed in the PQQ which is available for downloading from the Irish Government procurement portal www.etenders.gov.ie Please note that the maximum limit for incoming emails is 10 MB.

Eligibility requirements: As stated in the procurement documents and PQQ which are available for downloading from the Irish Government procurement portal www.etenders.gov.ie

Award value: 1050000