Framework Agreement for Night Vision Equipment Training

Irish Air Corps Contracts Section

The Irish Air Corps (IAC) operates a night flying capability for its fleet of helicopters with the aid of night vision googles (NVG's).
In order to sustain the overall night capability the IAC now seeks to establish a single party framework agreement with a provider of NVG initial and recurrent training for its aircrew. It is intended to establish a two (2) year single supplier framework agreement with the option to extend for two (2) years.
The framework agreement will run over the period 2011 to 2015.
NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the eTenders Web Site at http://www.etenders.gov.ie/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=203272.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2011-03-25. The procurement was published on 2011-03-01.

Suppliers

The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2011-03-01 Contract notice
2011-05-03 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2011-03-01)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: specialist training services
Quantity or scope: 100 000400 000
Notice metadata
Original language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Specialist training services ๐Ÿ“ฆ

Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
Lowest price

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Awarding authority type: Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Postal address: Main Technical Stores, Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel
Postal town: Dublin 22
Contact
Internet address: http://www.military.ie ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: accs@defenceforces.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 14037621 ๐Ÿ“ž
Fax: +353 14037634 ๐Ÿ“ 

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2011-03-01 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2011-03-25 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2011-03-03 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2011/S 43-070917
Refers to notice: 2010/S 238-363420
OJ-S issue: 43
Additional information
(ET Ref:203272).

Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 100 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
400 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Frequency of contracts to be awarded: Contracts awarded twice a year.
Short description:
The Irish Air Corps (IAC) operates a night flying capability for its fleet of helicopters with the aid of night vision googles (NVG's).
In order to sustain the overall night capability the IAC now seeks to establish a single party framework agreement with a provider of NVG initial and recurrent training for its aircrew. It is intended to establish a two (2) year single supplier framework agreement with the option to extend for two (2) years.
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The framework agreement will run over the period 2011 to 2015.
NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the eTenders Web Site at http://www.etenders.gov.ie/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=203272.
Reference number: ACC 20110306
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Irish Air Corps, Casement Airbase, Baldonnel, Dublin 22, Ireland.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Contract execution
Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: Service provider must be approved Helicopter NVG flight training organisation.
Names and professional qualifications of the staff โœ…

Procedure
Duration of the framework agreement in years: 4
Tender validity period: 2 months
Languages
Language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Irish ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ

Contracting authority
Identity
Awarding authority name: Irish Air Corps Contracts Section
Contact
Contact point: Defence Forces, Department of Defence, Ireland
Irish Air Corps Contracts Section
Internet address: www.military.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA01416 ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Dates
Publication date: 2010-12-08 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Reference number attributed by the contracting authority: ACC 20110306
Notice number in the OJ S: 2010/S 238-363420

Complementary information
Recurrent procurement
In 4 years time.
Source: OJS 2011/S 043-070917 (2011-03-01)
Contract award notice (2011-05-03)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2011-05-03 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2011-05-04 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2011/S 86-140158
Refers to notice: 2011/S 43-070917
OJ-S issue: 86
Additional information
(ET Ref:229232).

Object
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Irish Air Corps, Casement Airbase, Baldonnel, Dublion 22, IRELAND.

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2011-04-28 ๐Ÿ“…
Postal address: 4632 Aeronca Street, Boise
Postal town: Idaho
Postal code: 83705
Country: United States ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
Internet address: www.asu-nvg.com ๐ŸŒ
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Source: OJS 2011/S 086-140158 (2011-05-03)