Official name: Fáilte Ireland-National Tourism Development Authority
National registration number: N/A
Postal address: 88-95 Amiens Street
Town: Dublin
NUTS code: IE Éire / Ireland
Postal code: 1
Country: Ireland
Contact person: Sabrina Jones
E-mail: procurement@failteireland.ie
Telephone: +353 18847783
Internet address(es):
Main address: www.failteireland.ie
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1169

The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=210882&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE

Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=210882&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the abovementioned address

Body governed by public law

General public services

Provision of Banking and Purchasing Card Services

Reference number: FI/2022/01 & FI/2022/02

Services

Fáilte Ireland wishes to establish contracts for the provision of the following:

Banking Services, Merchant Card Services and Online Payment Services

Purchasing Card Services

Value excluding VAT: 2 000 000.00 EUR

This contract is divided into lots: yes

Tenders may be submitted for all lots

Provision of Banking Services

Lot No: 1

NUTS code: IE Éire / Ireland

Fáilte Ireland wishes to establish contracts for the provision of the following:

· Banking Services

· Merchant Card Services and

· Online Payment Services

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

Duration in months: 84

This contract is subject to renewal: no

Variants will be accepted: no

Options: no

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

Purchasing Card Services

Lot No: 2

NUTS code: IE Éire / Ireland

The Fáilte Ireland Purchasing Card is a credit card-based system used by designated cardholders who are empowered to order goods and services.

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

Duration in months: 84

This contract is subject to renewal: no

Variants will be accepted: no

Options: no

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

List and brief description of conditions:

As stated in the ITT document available for downloading from www.etenders.gov.ie

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

As stated in the ITT document available for downloading from www.etenders.gov.ie

Open procedure

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes

Date: 04/05/2022

Local time: 12:00

English

Tender must be valid until: 04/05/2023

Date: 04/05/2022

Local time: 12:00

This is a recurrent procurement: no

Electronic ordering will be used

Electronic invoicing will be accepted

Electronic payment will be used

1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (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. The contracting authority will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties

2) This is the sole call for competition for this service.

3) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates, participants or tenderers.

4) Establishment of this contract will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities.

5) If for any reason it is not possible to conclude the contract with the designated successful tenderer emerging from this competitive process; or if having concluded contract the contracting authority considers that the successful tenderer has not met, or cannot meet its obligations; the contracting

authority reserves the right to contract with the next highest scoring tenderer on the basis of the same terms at any time during the tender validity period. This shall be without prejudice to the right of the contracting authority to cancel this competitive process and/or initiate a new contract award procedure at its sole discretion.

6) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, at any time.

7) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of tender responses/questionnaires with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, tenderers/candidates are advised to ensure that they return FULLY COMPLETED tenders/questionnaires in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition at the evaluation/application stage.

Official name: High Court
Postal address: Chief Registrar, The Four Courts
Town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland
Telephone: +353 18886000
Internet address: www.courts.ie

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:

The contracting authority will not conclude this contract to which a standstill period applies in accordance with Irish Statutory Instrument SI 130 of 2010, until after the expiry of the standstill period which commences on the day following the date of notification of concerned candidates and tenderers. The duration of the standstill period will be 14 calendar days where notifications are sent electronically or by fax and 16 calendar days where these are sent by any other means. The Statutory Instrument mentioned above provides that review procedures are available in the High Court to a person who has or has had an interest in obtaining the contract and alleges that he or she has been harmed or is at risk of being harmed by an infringement of the law in relation to that contract.

01/04/2022