The provision of bovine animal identification tags and birth registration documents

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food

Request for tenders for the provision of bovine animal identification tags and birth registration documents.
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=265633. />The awarding authority has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via a "tender submission postbox" facility. Further details of this facility are available at http://www.etenders.gov.ie/PostBox/Postbox_Explain.aspx?ID=265633. />Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. The postbox closes precisely at the time stated.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2011-08-19. The procurement was published on 2011-07-04.

Who?

• Department of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food

What?

• Animal ear tags › Bovine ear tags

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2011-07-04	Contract notice
2011-11-16	Additional information

Contract notice (2011-07-04)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: bovine ear tags
Quantity or scope: 13 000 00014 000 000
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: Bovine ear tags 📦

Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Postal address: Administration Building, Backweston Campus, Youngs Cross, Co Kildare
Postal town: Celbridge
Contact
Internet address: http://www.agriculture.gov.ie 🌏
E-mail: noelle.croghan@agriculture.gov.ie 📧
Phone: +353 15058649 📞
Fax: +353 16012789 📠

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2011-07-04 📅
Submission deadline: 2011-08-19 📅
Publication date: 2011-07-07 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2011/S 128-212832
OJ-S issue: 128
Additional information
(ET ref:265633).

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

Request for tenders for the provision of bovine animal identification tags and birth registration documents.

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=265633.

The awarding authority has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via a "tender submission postbox" facility. Further details of this facility are available at http://www.etenders.gov.ie/PostBox/Postbox_Explain.aspx?ID=265633.

Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. The postbox closes precisely at the time stated.

Estimated value excluding VAT: 13 000 000 💰
14 000 000 💰
Duration: 36 months
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Republic of Ireland.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:

(1) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they are not bankrupt or the subject of an administration order, are not being wound-up, have not granted a trust deed, are not the subject of a petition presented for sequestration of their estate, have not had a receiver, manager or administrator appointed and are not otherwise apparently insolvent;

(2) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that the candidate, their directors, or any other person who has powers of representation, decision or control of the candidate has not been convicted of conspiracy, corruption, bribery, or money laundering. Failure to provide such a declaration will result in the candidate being declared ineligible and they will not be selected to participate in this procurement process;

(3) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have not been convicted of a criminal offence relating to the conduct of their business or profession;

(4) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have not committed an act of grave misconduct in the course of their business or profession;

(5) Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in providing any information required, may be declared ineligible and not selected to continue with this procurement process;

(6) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions under the law or of the relevant state in which the candidate is established;

(7) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes under the law or of the relevant state in which the economic operator is established.

Economic and financial standing:

(1) All candidates will be required to provide a statement, covering the 3 previous financial years including the overall turnover of the candidate and the turnover in respect of the activities which are of a similar type to the subject matter of this notice;

(2) All candidates will be required to provide statements of accounts or extracts from those accounts relating to their business.

Copy of the auditor's report for each of the immediately preceeding 3 financial years.

Minimum level(s) of standards:

Tenderers must demonstrate that they have an overall turnover of a minimum of 3 000 000 EUR for each of the last 3 immediately preceeding years.

Technical and professional ability:

(1) A statement of the candidate's average annual number of staff and managerial staff over the previous 3 years;

(2) All candidates will be required to provide certification drawn up by an independent body attesting the compliance of the economic operator with quality assurance standards based on the relevant European standards;

(3) Samples, descriptions and/or photographs, the authenticity of which must be certified if the contracting authority so requests;

(4) A statement of the principal goods sold or services provided by the supplier or the services provider in the past 3 years, detailing the dates on which the goods were sold or the services provided; the consideration received; the identity of the person to whom the goods were sold or the services were provided;

(5) A check may be carried out by the contracting authority or by a competent official body of the State in which the candidate is established, to verify the technical capacity of the candidate; and if relevant, on the candidates study and research facilities and quality control measures;

(6) A statement of the candidate's technical facilities; measures for ensuring quality; and their study and research facilities;

(7) An indication of the proportion of the contract which the services provider intends possibly to subcontract;

(8) A statement of the tools, plant or technical equipment available to the service provider or contractor for carrying out the contract;

A list of similar services provided in the last 3 years giving an indication of the scale of the project, dates and the services provided.

2 references (including contact names and details) for similar or related services provided in the last 3 years.

Procedure
Tender validity period: 9 months
Award criteria
Criterion: 1. Quality of tags (29 %)
2. Quality of registration form (5 %)
3. Quality of proposed service (26 %)
4. Cost (40 %)
Languages
Language: English 🗣️

Contracting authority
Identity
Awarding authority name: Department of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food
Contact
Contact point: National Beef Assurance Division
Noelle Croghan
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA02565 🌏
Name: Department of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food
Contact point: Pat Keena
Phone: +353 15058724 📞
E-mail: pat.keena@agriculture.gov.ie 📧
URL for further information: http://www.agriculture.gov.ie 🌏
URL for documents: http://www.agriculture.gov.ie 🌏
URL for participation: http://www.agriculture.gov.ie 🌏

Reference
Dates
Publication date: 2008-03-04 📅
Identifiers
Notice number in the OJ S: 2008/S 44-060926

Complementary information
Recurrent procurement

It is not antcipated that any further notices will be issued until 2014 at the earliest.

Source: OJS 2011/S 128-212832 (2011-07-04)

Additional information (2011-11-16)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Additional information

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2011-11-16 📅
Publication date: 2011-11-17 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2011/S 221-358530
Refers to notice: 2011/S 128-212832
OJ-S issue: 221
Source: OJS 2011/S 221-358530 (2011-11-16)

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