Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-10-23
Buyer: Tourism Ireland CLG
Country: IE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 22200000 | 30233000 | 71700000 | 72212500: Communication software programming services | 72330000
Estimated value: 1500000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2020-11-18
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Tourism Ireland wishes to contract a media evaluation consultancy to support with qualitative media evaluation of global earned media coverage, spanning 20 markets. As part of this contract, the supplier will provide a centralised media monitoring service for online news content across these 20 markets which feeds into the global evaluation database.
Please refer to the associated documentation available for downloading from www.etenders.gov.ie for details of Tourism Ireland's specific requirements.
Tourism Ireland wishes to contract a media evaluation consultancy to support with qualitative media evaluation of global earned media coverage, spanning 20 markets. As part of this contract, the supplier will provide a centralised media monitoring service for online news content across these 20 markets which feeds into the global evaluation database.
The contract will be renewed annually, subject to satisfactory contractor performance, budget and other factors. The initial term will be for three (3) years, with the option to extend annually, at Tourism Ireland's discretion, for up to two (2) further years. The maximum term of the contract is five (5) years.
Previous recent experience (within the past 3 years) in multi market reporting with various and complex data feeds — please provide brief descriptions of similar relevant contracts and a list of references (30 %).
Evidenced ability to tailor database metrics and outputs (reports, online dashboards) to Tourism Ireland’s bespoke needs/requirements as outlined in the Specification (20 %).
Proposed account team members with evidenced experience of supporting a global team, with multiple internal and external stakeholders though a process of change management in media evaluation metrics (30 %).
Demonstrable technical capability for qualitative analysis and tagging to be carried out either at the supplier end or by Tourism Ireland’s global publicity team (20-30 individuals, based in different geographies) (20 %).
Please consult the associated RFT documentation which contains full instructions regarding the submission of a request to participate and is available for download from www.etenders.gov.ie
Tourism Ireland requires the services to adhere to good industry security practice and must be in compliance with legislative and regulatory requirements including:
Candidates will be required as part of the pre-qualification process to indicate compliance by answering specific questions in this regard.
Note No 1: in the case of the tenderer being a grouping, the condition at (i) above may be satisfied by the group members as a whole.
Candidates must declare below that they satisfy the minimum insurance requirements set out below and they are able, upon request and without delay, to provide the supporting documentation to Tourism Ireland in each case:
Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders website (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. Tourism Ireland will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties.
All queries regarding this tender requirement or process must be submitted through the Irish Procurement Opportunities www.etenders.gov.ie as a specific question. Responses will be circulated to those tenderers that have registered an interest in this Notice on www.etenders.gov.ie The details of the person making the query will not be disclosed when circulating the response.

Eligibility requirements: Please consult the associated documentation available for download from www.etenders.gov.ie Tourism Ireland requires the services to adhere to good industry security practice and must be in compliance with legislative and regulatory requirements including: • EU GDPR, • Data Protection Act 2018. Candidates will be required as part of the pre-qualification process to indicate compliance by answering specific questions in this regard.

Award value: 1500000