Tellus border sample preparation and analysis RFT
Geological Survey of Ireland
Request for tender for the provision of services for sample preparation and geochemical analysis of soils, stream sediments and stream waters for the Tellus Border Project.
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=358569.
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2012-02-08. The procurement was published on 2011-12-22.
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Procurement history
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 2011-12-22 | Contract notice |
| 2012-05-21 | Contract award notice |
Contract notice (2011-12-22)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: geology services
Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Geology services 📦
Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for one or more lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender
Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Awarding authority name: Geological Survey of Ireland
Postal address: Geological Survey of Ireland, Beggars Bush, Haddington Road
Postal town: Dublin 4
Contact
Internet address: http://www.gsi.ie 🌏
Phone: +353 16782000 📞
Fax: +353 16681782 📠
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2011-12-22 📅
Submission deadline: 2012-02-08 📅
Publication date: 2011-12-24 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2011/S 248-404112
OJ-S issue: 248
Additional information
“(ET Ref:358569).”
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“Request for tender for the provision of services for sample preparation and geochemical analysis of soils, stream sediments and stream waters for the Tellus...”
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“Note: to register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the eTenders web site at...”
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Lot number: 1-A
Title of the lot: Preparation of topsoil samples and stream sediment samples to ‘pulps’ for geochemical analyses
Short description:
“Preparation of topsoil samples and stream sediment samples to ‘pulps’ for geochemical analyses.”
Quantity or scope: Aprox. 3 600 topsoil samples.Aprox. 3 600 stream sediment samples.
“Aprox. 3 600 topsoil samples.”
“Aprox. 3 600 stream sediment samples.”
Lot number: 1-B
Title of the lot: Preparation of subsoil samples to <2 mm fraction, for long-term storage
Short description:
“Preparation of subsoil samples to <2 mm fraction, for long-term storage.”
Quantity or scope: Aprox. 3 600 subsoil samples.
Lot number: 2-A
Title of the lot: Multi-element soil geochemical analyses by Inductively Coupled Plasma–Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) following aqua regia extraction; soil pH determination by CaCl2 slurry method; and soil loss-on-ignition at 450°C.
Short description:
“Multi-element soil geochemical analyses by Inductively Coupled Plasma–Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) following aqua regia extraction; soil pH determination by...”
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Quantity or scope: 4 100 soil samples.
Lot number: 2-B
Title of the lot: Pressed powder pellet preparation and multi-element soil geochemical analyses by X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (XRFS); soil pH determination by CaCl2 slurry method; and soil loss-on-ignition at 450°C.
Short description:
“Pressed powder pellet preparation and multi-element soil geochemical analyses by X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (XRFS); soil pH determination by CaCl2...”
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Lot number: 3-A
Title of the lot: Multi-element geochemical analyses by Inductively Coupled Plasma–Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) following aqua regia extraction.
Short description:
“Multi-element geochemical analyses by Inductively Coupled Plasma–Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) following aqua regia extraction.”
Quantity or scope: 4 400 stream sediment samples.
Lot number: 3-B
Title of the lot: Pressed powder pellet preparation and multi-element geochemical analyses by X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (XRFS).
Short description:
“Pressed powder pellet preparation and multi-element geochemical analyses by X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (XRFS).”
Lot number: 4-A
Title of the lot: Lead fire-assay of a 10 g soil pulp sample for gold, platinum, palladium, and optionally rhodium, with ICP-MS finish.
Short description:
“Lead fire-assay of a 10 g soil pulp sample for gold, platinum, palladium, and optionally rhodium, with ICP-MS finish.”
Lot number: 4-B
Title of the lot: Lead fire-assay of a 10 g stream sediment pulp sample for gold, platinum, palladium, and optionally rhodium, with ICP-MS finish.
Short description:
“Lead fire-assay of a 10 g stream sediment pulp sample for gold, platinum, palladium, and optionally rhodium, with ICP-MS finish.”
Lot number: 5
Title of the lot: Stream water Inductively Coupled Plasma–Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) or equivalent alternative; Non-purgeable organic carbon (NPOC); major anions by Ion Chromatography (IC).
Short description:
“Inductively Coupled Plasma–Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) or equivalent alternative; Non-purgeable organic carbon (NPOC); major anions by Ion Chromatography (IC).”
Quantity or scope: 4 400 stream water samples.
Variants will be accepted ✅
Name of EU-financed project or programme:
“The Tellus Border project funded under Interreg IVA EU Structural funds.”
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance:
“Dublin, Ireland.”
Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:
“As per RFT.”
Economic and financial standing:
“Tenders must demonstrate a turnover of a minimum of 200 000 EUR per annum for the previous three years by way of audited accounts.”
Technical and professional ability:
“Tenderers for lots 1 to 5 must supply details of:”
“— Previous works for trace level/baseline environmental geochemical surveys,”
“— A description of the technical facilities and measures used by the tenderer to ensure quality,”
“— Appropriate accreditation (e.g. ISO 17025).”
Procedure
Tender validity period: 12 months
Award criteria
Criterion: 1. Price (40)
2. Time frame (start date, throughput rate, finish date) (20)
3. QA/QC procedures/QA/QC procedures and proposed methods (20)
4. Proposed methods/Proposed analyses and lower limits of detection (20)
Languages
Language: English 🗣️
Irish 🗣️
Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Ray Scanlon
Internet address: www.gsi.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA01545 🌏
Name: Geological Survey of Ireland
Postal address: Geological Survey of Ireland, Beggars Bush, Haddington Road
Postal town: Dublin 4
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
URL for further information: www.gsi.ie 🌏
URL for documents: www.gsi.ie 🌏
URL for participation: www.gsi.ie 🌏
Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal address: High Court Central Office Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
Internet address: www.courts.ie 🌏
Information about review deadlines:
“Interested parties are referred to Regulation 7 of the European Communities (Public Authorities' Contracts) (Review Procedures) Regulations 2010.”
Source: OJS 2011/S 248-404112 (2011-12-22)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: geology services
Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Geology services 📦
Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for one or more lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender
Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Awarding authority name: Geological Survey of Ireland
Postal address: Geological Survey of Ireland, Beggars Bush, Haddington Road
Postal town: Dublin 4
Contact
Internet address: http://www.gsi.ie 🌏
Phone: +353 16782000 📞
Fax: +353 16681782 📠
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2011-12-22 📅
Submission deadline: 2012-02-08 📅
Publication date: 2011-12-24 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2011/S 248-404112
OJ-S issue: 248
Additional information
“(ET Ref:358569).”
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“Request for tender for the provision of services for sample preparation and geochemical analysis of soils, stream sediments and stream waters for the Tellus...”
“Note: to register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the eTenders web site at...”
Lot number: 1-A
Title of the lot: Preparation of topsoil samples and stream sediment samples to ‘pulps’ for geochemical analyses
Short description:
“Preparation of topsoil samples and stream sediment samples to ‘pulps’ for geochemical analyses.”
Quantity or scope: Aprox. 3 600 topsoil samples.Aprox. 3 600 stream sediment samples.
“Aprox. 3 600 topsoil samples.”
“Aprox. 3 600 stream sediment samples.”
Lot number: 1-B
Title of the lot: Preparation of subsoil samples to <2 mm fraction, for long-term storage
Short description:
“Preparation of subsoil samples to <2 mm fraction, for long-term storage.”
Quantity or scope: Aprox. 3 600 subsoil samples.
Lot number: 2-A
Title of the lot: Multi-element soil geochemical analyses by Inductively Coupled Plasma–Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) following aqua regia extraction; soil pH determination by CaCl2 slurry method; and soil loss-on-ignition at 450°C.
Short description:
“Multi-element soil geochemical analyses by Inductively Coupled Plasma–Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) following aqua regia extraction; soil pH determination by...”
Quantity or scope: 4 100 soil samples.
Lot number: 2-B
Title of the lot: Pressed powder pellet preparation and multi-element soil geochemical analyses by X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (XRFS); soil pH determination by CaCl2 slurry method; and soil loss-on-ignition at 450°C.
Short description:
“Pressed powder pellet preparation and multi-element soil geochemical analyses by X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (XRFS); soil pH determination by CaCl2...”
Lot number: 3-A
Title of the lot: Multi-element geochemical analyses by Inductively Coupled Plasma–Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) following aqua regia extraction.
Short description:
“Multi-element geochemical analyses by Inductively Coupled Plasma–Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) following aqua regia extraction.”
Quantity or scope: 4 400 stream sediment samples.
Lot number: 3-B
Title of the lot: Pressed powder pellet preparation and multi-element geochemical analyses by X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (XRFS).
Short description:
“Pressed powder pellet preparation and multi-element geochemical analyses by X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (XRFS).”
Lot number: 4-A
Title of the lot: Lead fire-assay of a 10 g soil pulp sample for gold, platinum, palladium, and optionally rhodium, with ICP-MS finish.
Short description:
“Lead fire-assay of a 10 g soil pulp sample for gold, platinum, palladium, and optionally rhodium, with ICP-MS finish.”
Lot number: 4-B
Title of the lot: Lead fire-assay of a 10 g stream sediment pulp sample for gold, platinum, palladium, and optionally rhodium, with ICP-MS finish.
Short description:
“Lead fire-assay of a 10 g stream sediment pulp sample for gold, platinum, palladium, and optionally rhodium, with ICP-MS finish.”
Lot number: 5
Title of the lot: Stream water Inductively Coupled Plasma–Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) or equivalent alternative; Non-purgeable organic carbon (NPOC); major anions by Ion Chromatography (IC).
Short description:
“Inductively Coupled Plasma–Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) or equivalent alternative; Non-purgeable organic carbon (NPOC); major anions by Ion Chromatography (IC).”
Quantity or scope: 4 400 stream water samples.
Variants will be accepted ✅
Name of EU-financed project or programme:
“The Tellus Border project funded under Interreg IVA EU Structural funds.”
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance:
“Dublin, Ireland.”
Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:
“As per RFT.”
Economic and financial standing:
“Tenders must demonstrate a turnover of a minimum of 200 000 EUR per annum for the previous three years by way of audited accounts.”
Technical and professional ability:
“Tenderers for lots 1 to 5 must supply details of:”
“— Previous works for trace level/baseline environmental geochemical surveys,”
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“— A description of the technical facilities and measures used by the tenderer to ensure quality,”
“— Appropriate accreditation (e.g. ISO 17025).”
Procedure
Tender validity period: 12 months
Award criteria
Criterion: 1. Price (40)
2. Time frame (start date, throughput rate, finish date) (20)
3. QA/QC procedures/QA/QC procedures and proposed methods (20)
4. Proposed methods/Proposed analyses and lower limits of detection (20)
Languages
Language: English 🗣️
Irish 🗣️
Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Ray Scanlon
Internet address: www.gsi.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA01545 🌏
Name: Geological Survey of Ireland
Postal address: Geological Survey of Ireland, Beggars Bush, Haddington Road
Postal town: Dublin 4
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
URL for further information: www.gsi.ie 🌏
URL for documents: www.gsi.ie 🌏
URL for participation: www.gsi.ie 🌏
Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal address: High Court Central Office Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
Internet address: www.courts.ie 🌏
Information about review deadlines:
“Interested parties are referred to Regulation 7 of the European Communities (Public Authorities' Contracts) (Review Procedures) Regulations 2010.”
Source: OJS 2011/S 248-404112 (2011-12-22)
Contract award notice (2012-05-21)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement: 861 383,52 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice
Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2012-05-21 📅
Publication date: 2012-05-23 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2012/S 97-161155
Refers to notice: 2011/S 248-404112
OJ-S issue: 97
Additional information
“XRF analyses subcontracted to PANalytical ltd.”
Procedure
Award criteria
Criterion: 1. Cost (40)
2. Time frame (20)
3. QA/QC procedures (20)
4. Proposed methods/proposed analyses and lower limits of detection (20)
Award of contract
1️⃣
Date of contract conclusion: 2012-04-30 📅
Name: SGS Ireland Limited
Postal address: Hazel House, Millenium Park
Postal town: Naas Co Kildare
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
2️⃣
Name: British Geological Survey
Postal address: Nicker Hill, Keyworth
Postal town: Nottingham
Postal code: NG12 5BB
Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
3️⃣
4️⃣
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6
8
7
Source: OJS 2012/S 097-161155 (2012-05-21)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement: 861 383,52 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice
Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2012-05-21 📅
Publication date: 2012-05-23 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2012/S 97-161155
Refers to notice: 2011/S 248-404112
OJ-S issue: 97
Additional information
“XRF analyses subcontracted to PANalytical ltd.”
Procedure
Award criteria
Criterion: 1. Cost (40)
2. Time frame (20)
3. QA/QC procedures (20)
4. Proposed methods/proposed analyses and lower limits of detection (20)
Award of contract
1️⃣
Date of contract conclusion: 2012-04-30 📅
Name: SGS Ireland Limited
Postal address: Hazel House, Millenium Park
Postal town: Naas Co Kildare
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
2️⃣
Name: British Geological Survey
Postal address: Nicker Hill, Keyworth
Postal town: Nottingham
Postal code: NG12 5BB
Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
3️⃣
4️⃣
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6
8
7
Source: OJS 2012/S 097-161155 (2012-05-21)
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