Environmental Monitoring at former mining areas of Silvermines, Co. Tipperary and Avoca, Co. Wicklow

Department of Communications, Energy & Natural Resources

The provision of environmental monitoring services at the former mining areas of Silvermines and Avoca, over a three year period. The services contract will comprise dust, surface water, groundwater, vegetation and geotechnical monitoring, checking the condition of security fencing around mine shafts, adits, open pits, etc. and an annual inspection of the Gortmore (Silvermines) and Shelton Abbey (Avoca) Tailings Management Facilities (TMF).
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Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2012-08-01. The procurement was published on 2012-06-21.

Who?
What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2012-06-21 Contract notice
Contract notice (2012-06-21)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: environmental monitoring other than for construction
Quantity or scope: The scope of this contract is set out in the documents attached to this tender.
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: Environmental monitoring other than for construction ๐Ÿ“ฆ

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

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Awarding authority type: Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Awarding authority name: Department of Communications, Energy & Natural Resources
Postal address: 29-31 Adelaide Road
Postal town: Dublin 2
Contact
Internet address: http://www.dcenr.ie ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: diarmuid.o'connor@dcenr.gov.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 16782663 ๐Ÿ“ž

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2012-06-21 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2012-08-01 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2012-06-26 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2012/S 120-199413
OJ-S issue: 120
Additional information
(ET Ref:432452).

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
The provision of environmental monitoring services at the former mining areas of Silvermines and Avoca, over a three year period. The services contract will comprise dust, surface water, groundwater, vegetation and geotechnical monitoring, checking the condition of security fencing around mine shafts, adits, open pits, etc. and an annual inspection of the Gortmore (Silvermines) and Shelton Abbey (Avoca) Tailings Management Facilities (TMF).
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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=432452.
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=432452.
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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.
Duration: 36 months
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Silvermines, Co. Tipperary and Avoca, Co. Wicklow.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity: Please see Appendix 5: Declaration as to Personal Circumstances of Tenderer.
Economic and financial standing: Conditions are set out in Section 3.2.A of the attached "Request For Tender".
Technical and professional ability: Conditions are set out in Section 3.2.B of the attached "Request For Tender".
Contract execution
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: To be agreed between parties.
Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession:
Multi disciplinary and includes Environmental Monitoring and Tailings Inspection.
Names and professional qualifications of the staff โœ…

Procedure
Tender validity period: 3 months
Languages
Language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Other languages: Irish.

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Exploration and Mining Division
Diarmuid O'Connor
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA02323 ๐ŸŒ
Name: Department of Communications, Energy & Natural Resources
URL for further information: http://www.dcenr.ie ๐ŸŒ
URL for documents: http://www.dcenr.ie ๐ŸŒ
URL for participation: http://www.dcenr.ie ๐ŸŒ

Complementary information
Recurrent procurement
This is the first contract of this nature and is for three years. It is most likely that a further contract will be required at the end of this period subject to available funding.
Source: OJS 2012/S 120-199413 (2012-06-21)