Provision of General Forestry Maintenance contract services in 2013

Coillte

Coillte are seeking expressions of interest for the provision of General Forestry Maintenance contract services in 2013. This will consist of two types of contracts:
Contract A - Maintenance of Forests.
This contract will include the following operations; road repairs and maintenance, fence and drainage repair, hedge trimming, litter collection, fire-lines, supply and erect entrance barriers, chainsaw operations, fire fighting and general amenity maintenance. The contractor will supply materials (ex road material), labour and machinery required to complete the contract.
Contract B - Maintenance of Forest Parks.
This contract will include the following operations; maintenance of buildings, toilets, trails and grass-cutting. The contractor will supply materials, labour and machinery required to complete the contract. These sites will include forest parks which are generally located in rural areas.
More detail on the above contracts is provided in the attached Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.
Coillte require suitably qualified contractors with experience in forestry or a similar environment to provide these services. Contractors must be capable of providing all activities listed in the contracts, both manual and mechanical.
Coillte will reserve the right to award the contracts as a whole or as individual parts.
The questionnaire attached should be completed and enclosed in a sealed envelope, marked ‘PQQ for General Forestry Maintenance Contracts’ and should be delivered not later than 17:00 HRS on 20.11.2012 for the attention of:
Eileen O’Keeffe, Coillte, Unit 5, Castletroy Business Park, Castletroy, Limerick.
Forestry services are classified as non-priority services falling under Annex II B of Directive 2004/18/EC. These services are covered by Articles 23 and 35(4) of the Directive only, to the exclusion of the other provisions. Whilst such procurements are not expressly covered by provisions of the Directive, the award procedure will nevertheless being conducted in accordance with the principles of equal treatment and transparency.
Further information on the contracts will be provided at tender stage.
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=527192.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2012-11-20. The procurement was published on 2012-10-30.

Who?

• Coillte

What?

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2012-10-30	Contract notice

Contract notice (2012-10-30)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: repair and maintenance services
Quantity or scope: Please see description of contract section.
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: Repair and maintenance services 📦

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

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Body governed by public law
Awarding authority name: Coillte
Postal address: Unit 5, Castletroy Business Park, Co Limerick
Postal town: Castletroy
Contact
Internet address: http://www.coillte.ie 🌏
E-mail: eileen.okeeffe@coillte.ie 📧
Phone: +353 61501509 📞
Fax: +353 61338271 📠

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2012-10-30 📅
Submission deadline: 2012-11-20 📅
Publication date: 2012-11-01 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2012/S 211-347876
OJ-S issue: 211
Additional information

Coillte will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred in this process. Please complete the PQQ attached to this notice and return by the deadline date stated. (ET Ref:527192).

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

Coillte are seeking expressions of interest for the provision of General Forestry Maintenance contract services in 2013. This will consist of two types of contracts:

Contract A - Maintenance of Forests.

This contract will include the following operations; road repairs and maintenance, fence and drainage repair, hedge trimming, litter collection, fire-lines, supply and erect entrance barriers, chainsaw operations, fire fighting and general amenity maintenance. The contractor will supply materials (ex road material), labour and machinery required to complete the contract.

Contract B - Maintenance of Forest Parks.

This contract will include the following operations; maintenance of buildings, toilets, trails and grass-cutting. The contractor will supply materials, labour and machinery required to complete the contract. These sites will include forest parks which are generally located in rural areas.

More detail on the above contracts is provided in the attached Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.

Coillte require suitably qualified contractors with experience in forestry or a similar environment to provide these services. Contractors must be capable of providing all activities listed in the contracts, both manual and mechanical.

Coillte will reserve the right to award the contracts as a whole or as individual parts.

The questionnaire attached should be completed and enclosed in a sealed envelope, marked ‘PQQ for General Forestry Maintenance Contracts’ and should be delivered not later than 17:00 HRS on 20.11.2012 for the attention of:

Eileen O’Keeffe, Coillte, Unit 5, Castletroy Business Park, Castletroy, Limerick.

Forestry services are classified as non-priority services falling under Annex II B of Directive 2004/18/EC. These services are covered by Articles 23 and 35(4) of the Directive only, to the exclusion of the other provisions. Whilst such procurements are not expressly covered by provisions of the Directive, the award procedure will nevertheless being conducted in accordance with the principles of equal treatment and transparency.

Further information on the contracts will be provided at tender stage.

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=527192.

Variants will be accepted ✅
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Ireland.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity: Please see pre qualification questionnaire attached.
Minimum level(s) of standards: Please see pre qualification questionnaire attached.
Contract execution
Deposits and guarantees required: N/A.
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: N/a.
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

A grouping if successful must contract as a single entity having joint or several liability.

Procedure
Minimum number of candidates: 5
Objective criteria for selection: At least 5 but depending on the quality of applications received.
Date of dispatch of invitations: 2012-11-27 📅
Languages
Language: English 🗣️
Other languages: Irish.

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Coillte Forest
Eileen O'Keeffe
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA01468 🌏

Reference
Additional information

Coillte will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred in this process.

Please complete the PQQ attached to this notice and return by the deadline date stated.

(ET Ref:527192).

Source: OJS 2012/S 211-347876 (2012-10-30)

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