Public relations consultancy services

Tender description

Enterprise Ireland wishes to tender for the provision of communications and research services from suitably qualified service providers and to establish a single party framework agreement for such services for a 4-year period. In January 2017, Enterprise Ireland launched its four year strategy ‘Build Scale, Expand Reach’. The objective of the new strategy is to transform the innovation and competitive capabilities of Irish businesses, to expand the global reach of ambitious Irish companies into diversified export markets. The purpose of this framework is to communicate the capabilities and innovations of Irish exporters to buyers in international markets, particularly in the context of the challenges and opportunities posed by Brexit. As part of the strategy, key priorities for Enterprise Ireland will be: — Driving innovation in Irish enterprise to unprecedented levels through new supports to reach the target of 1 250 000 000 EUR in R&D expenditure per annum by 2020. — Increasing the reach of client company exports into new markets, with two-thirds of exports going beyond the UK. — Major focus on the Eurozone, targeting a 50 per cent increase in exports. Under the four-year strategy to Build Scale, Expand Reach, Enterprise Ireland has set out its communications and marketing objectives which will complement the corporate strategy, supporting the organisation and its clients companies to deliver on the goals set above. In line with the new four year strategy, Enterprise Ireland is currently in the process of implementing a new Client Engagement Model (CEM) of working with its client base, in order to help them scale and expand their businesses. To support the delivery of this strategy, Enterprise Ireland proposes to engage in a competitive process for the establishment of a single party framework agreement for the provision of corporate communications projects services which will support and promote Enterprise Ireland client companies looking to expand and export into new international markets, particularly in the context of Brexit, with a strong focus on the Eurozone region.