Monitoring of mining activities and compliance with conditions of state mining facilities

Department of Communications, Energy & Natural Resources

The Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources seeks the provision of expert services invoving the regular physical inspections by suitably qualified personnel of mining operations under State Mining Leases/Licences, to ensure comliance with terms and conditions of those Leases and Licences. In addition, the Department will request on an irregular and as required basis specialist expertise (which may include ecology or hydrogeology) in screening and evaluation of the "Appropriate Assessment" requirement as provided for by the European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011 (SI 477 of 2011) for certain exploration activities carried out under Prospecting Licences for which the Minister is the consenting authority for the purposes of the Regulation.
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=450032. />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=450032. />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 2012-09-03. The procurement was published on 2012-07-23.

Who?
What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2012-07-23 Contract notice
Contract notice (2012-07-23)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: site-preparation work for mining
Quantity or scope:
โ€œThe scope of the contract is set out at Appendix A.โ€
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: Site-preparation work for mining 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: 2012-07-23 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2012-09-03 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2012-07-25 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2012/S 141-236226
OJ-S issue: 141
Additional information

โ€œ(ET Ref:450032).โ€

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
โ€œThe Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources seeks the provision of expert services invoving the regular physical inspections by suitably...โ€    Show more

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Duration: 36 months
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance:
โ€œVarious mine site locations in Ireland.โ€

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:
โ€œConditions are set out at Appendix 5: declaration as to the personal circumstances of Tenderer.โ€
Economic and financial standing:
โ€œConditions are set out at Section 3.2.A: economic and financial standing in the request for tender.โ€
Technical and professional ability:
โ€œConditions are set out at Section 3.2B: technical and professional ability in the request for tender.โ€
Contract execution
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
โ€œTo be agreed between parties.โ€
Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession:
โ€œYes Multidisciplinary including mining engineering.โ€
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
Postal address: 29-31 Adelaide Road
Postal town: Dublin 2
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
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

โ€œThis is the first contract of this nature and is for 3 years. It is most likely that a further contract will be required at the end of this period subject...โ€    Show more
Source: OJS 2012/S 141-236226 (2012-07-23)