Provision of forest operations and planning system for Coillte
The Coillte Group is a commercial company operating in forestry, land based businesses and value added timber processing operations. The group has annual turnover in the region of Euro250m and is structured into three operating divisions namely Coillte Forest, Coillte Enterprise and Coillte panel products. The divisions operate in a diverse range of predominantly business to business markets in Ireland, the UK and Europe. Coillte owns over 445,000 hectares of land, about 7 % of the land cover of Ireland, and is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council.
Coillte Forest and its businesses include log sales, farm forestry services, plant sales and laboratory services. Coillte Forest is currently structured into five main operational teams: planners (districts), sales, harvesting, engineering (for road construction) and establishment (planting).
Coillte are now seeking expressions of interest from suitable providers for the implementation of a forest operations and planning system.
We are looking for a solution to fulfill its future forest operations and planning needs. We have a strong preference for an integrated end to end commercial off the shelf product.
The solution required will need to address the following core processes which are detailed in the attached PQQ:
— Strategic forest planning,
— Inventory,
— Timber supply planning,
— Road operations,
— Timber supply management,
— Siviculture,
— Environmental management system (EMS),
— Site information management,
— Business area unit financial planning.
The solution must have the ability to integrate with Coillte’s existing information systems to support the processes along with other potential systems which are also listed in the PQQ.
Coillte are seeking a provider with a proven track record in delivering solutions of this nature.
It is our intention to use the competitive dialogue procedure for this competition.
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=436092.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2012-06-25.
The procurement was published on 2012-05-28.
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Procurement history
| Date |
Document |
| 2012-05-28
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Contract notice
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| 2013-10-08
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Contract award notice
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