Event Management Services for Showcase Ireland Trade Fair

The Contracting Authority wishes to award a contract for management services for the trade fair, known as Showcase Ireland, which the Contracting Authority intends to hold on a yearly basis and which has been held at the RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin for the past number of years. The years involved in …

CPV: 79952100 Cultural event organisation services, 79952000 Event services
Deadline:
Nov. 24, 2024, noon
Deadline type:
Submitting a bid
Place of execution:
Event Management Services for Showcase Ireland Trade Fair
Awarding body:
Design and Crafts Council Ireland
Award number:
0

1. Buyer

1.1 Buyer

Official name : Design and Crafts Council Ireland
Legal type of the buyer : Body governed by public law, controlled by a regional authority
Activity of the contracting authority : General public services

2. Procedure

2.1 Procedure

Title : Event Management Services for Showcase Ireland Trade Fair
Description : The Contracting Authority wishes to award a contract for management services for the trade fair, known as Showcase Ireland, which the Contracting Authority intends to hold on a yearly basis and which has been held at the RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin for the past number of years. The years involved in this agreement include 2026,2027,2028. The 3 day trade event has traditionally run in January of each year. Showcase - Ireland's Creative Expo is licensed by Design and Crafts Council Ireland (DCCI) and delivered by Showcase Case Design and Crafts Fair CLG, a subsidiary of DCCI. DCCI and Showcase work closely with Enterprise Ireland to promote the show internationally to existing and new potential buyers. The Local Enterprise Offices nationwide take a substantial area of the show to present new talent from around Ireland. 2024 was the 49th year of Showcase with trade buyers from over 2500 retail businesses from 26 countries. In 2024 attending buyers placed B2B sales orders of €26.3million over the 3 days. Trade buyers of fashion, jewellery, wellbeing and home and and giftware products attend Showcase at the RDS to source new and exciting products from over 400 exhibitors. Visit www.showcaseireland.com for more details.
Procedure identifier : d3c70478-69ff-4de0-b0cc-defa22d50891
Type of procedure : Open
The procedure is accelerated : no
Justification for the accelerated procedure :
Main features of the procedure :

2.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 79952100 Cultural event organisation services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79952000 Event services

2.1.2 Place of performance

Country subdivision (NUTS) : Dublin ( IE061 )
Country : Ireland

2.1.3 Value

Estimated value excluding VAT : 1 000 000 Euro
Maximum value of the framework agreement : 1 000 000 Euro

2.1.4 General information

Legal basis :
Directive 2014/24/EU

2.1.5 Terms of procurement

Terms of submission :
Maximum number of lots for which one tenderer can submit tenders : 0

2.1.6 Grounds for exclusion

Purely national exclusion grounds : Please refer to CFT documents

5. Lot

5.1 Lot technical ID : LOT-0001

Title : Event Management Services for Showcase Ireland Trade Fair
Description : The Contracting Authority wishes to award a contract for management services for the trade fair, known as Showcase Ireland, which the Contracting Authority intends to hold on a yearly basis and which has been held at the RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin for the past number of years. The years involved in this agreement include 2026,2027,2028. The 3 day trade event has traditionally run in January of each year. Showcase - Ireland's Creative Expo is licensed by Design and Crafts Council Ireland (DCCI) and delivered by Showcase Case Design and Crafts Fair CLG, a subsidiary of DCCI. DCCI and Showcase work closely with Enterprise Ireland to promote the show internationally to existing and new potential buyers. The Local Enterprise Offices nationwide take a substantial area of the show to present new talent from around Ireland. 2024 was the 49th year of Showcase with trade buyers from over 2500 retail businesses from 26 countries. In 2024 attending buyers placed B2B sales orders of €26.3million over the 3 days. Trade buyers of fashion, jewellery, wellbeing and home and and giftware products attend Showcase at the RDS to source new and exciting products from over 400 exhibitors. Visit www.showcaseireland.com for more details.
Internal identifier : 0

5.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 79952100 Cultural event organisation services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79952000 Event services

5.1.2 Place of performance

Country subdivision (NUTS) : Dublin ( IE061 )
Country : Ireland
Additional information :

5.1.3 Estimated duration

Other duration : Unknown

5.1.6 General information

Reserved participation : Participation is not reserved.
Procurement Project not financed with EU Funds.
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) : yes

5.1.7 Strategic procurement

Aim of strategic procurement : No strategic procurement

5.1.9 Selection criteria

Criterion :
Type : Other

5.1.11 Procurement documents

Languages in which the procurement documents are officially available : English
Languages in which the procurement documents (or their parts) are unofficially available : English

5.1.12 Terms of procurement

Terms of submission :
Electronic submission : Required
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted : English
Electronic catalogue : Not allowed
Tenderers may submit more than one tender : Not allowed
Deadline for receipt of tenders : 24/11/2024 12:00 +01:00
Information about public opening :
Opening date : 25/11/2024 00:00 +01:00
Terms of contract :
The execution of the contract must be performed within the framework of sheltered employment programmes : No
Electronic invoicing : Not allowed
Electronic ordering will be used : no
Electronic payment will be used : yes

5.1.15 Techniques

Framework agreement :
No framework agreement
Information about the dynamic purchasing system :
No dynamic purchase system
Electronic auction : no

5.1.16 Further information, mediation and review

Review organisation : The High Court of Ireland
Organisation providing offline access to the procurement documents : Design and Crafts Council Ireland
Organisation receiving requests to participate : Design and Crafts Council Ireland
Organisation processing tenders : Design and Crafts Council Ireland
TED eSender : European Dynamics S.A.

8. Organisations

8.1 ORG-0001

Official name : Design and Crafts Council Ireland
Registration number : 56542
Postal address : Castle Yard
Town : Kilkenny
Postcode : R95 CAA6
Country : Ireland
Telephone : +353864576148
Internet address : https://www.dcci.ie
Buyer profile : https://www.dcci.ie
Roles of this organisation :
Buyer
Organisation providing offline access to the procurement documents
Organisation receiving requests to participate
Organisation processing tenders

8.1 ORG-0002

Official name : The High Court of Ireland
Registration number : The High Court of Ireland
Department : The High Court of Ireland
Postal address : Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Town : Dublin
Postcode : D07 WDX8
Country : Ireland
Telephone : +353 1 8886000
Roles of this organisation :
Review organisation

8.1 ORG-0003

Official name : European Dynamics S.A.
Registration number : 002024901000
Department : European Dynamics S.A.
Town : Athens
Country : Greece
Telephone : +30 2108094500
Roles of this organisation :
TED eSender

11. Notice information

11.1 Notice information

Notice identifier/version : 69d484f2-7c5d-436b-8899-7912614ae505 - 01
Form type : Competition
Notice type : Contract or concession notice – standard regime
Notice dispatch date : 25/10/2024 10:06 +01:00
Languages in which this notice is officially available : English

11.2 Publication information

Notice publication number : 00655056-2024
OJ S issue number : 210/2024
Publication date : 28/10/2024