Sale and/or the provision of recovery services for electronic voting and counting equipment

Department of the Environment, Community & Local Government

This is a request for tenders for the provision of recovery services and/or for the sale of electronic voting and counting equipment and related items.
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=366732.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2012-03-15. The procurement was published on 2012-01-19.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2012-01-19 Contract notice
Contract notice (2012-01-19)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: data-processing machines (hardware)
Quantity or scope: Please refer to Annex A of Appendix 1 to the request for tenders.
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: Data-processing machines (hardware) ๐Ÿ“ฆ

Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for one or more 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 the Environment, Community & Local Government
Postal address: Custom House
Postal town: Dublin 1
Contact
Internet address: http://www.environ.ie ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: franchise@environ.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 18882878 ๐Ÿ“ž
Fax: +353 18882690 ๐Ÿ“ 

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2012-01-19 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2012-03-15 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2012-01-21 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2012/S 14-022451
OJ-S issue: 14
Additional information
(ET Ref:366732).

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
This is a request for tenders for the provision of recovery services and/or for the sale of electronic voting and counting equipment and related items.
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=366732.
Lot number: 5
Title of the lot: Transport/storage trolleys
Short description: Steel trolleys for the storage and transport of electronic voting machines.
Quantity or scope: 1 232 units.
Lot number: 6
Title of the lot: Hand trolleys
Short description: Hand trolleys for the movement of electronic voting machines.
Quantity or scope: 2 142 units.
Lot number: 8
Title of the lot: Tray attachments for tables
Short description: Steel attachments for use with electronic voting machines.
Quantity or scope: 918 units.
Lot number: 1
Title of the lot: Electronic voting machines
Short description: Electronic voting machines.
Quantity or scope: 7 500 units.
Lot number: 3
Title of the lot: Ballot modules
Short description: Flash memory devices.
Quantity or scope: 12 842 units.
Lot number: 2
Title of the lot: Programme reading units
Short description: Programme reading units.
Quantity or scope: 154 units.
Lot number: 4
Title of the lot: Cases for ballot modules and programme reading units
Short description:
Metal cases for storage and transport of ballot modules and programme reading units.
Quantity or scope: 292 units.
Lot number: 7
Title of the lot: Metal tilt tables
Short description: Steel frame tables for supporting electronic voting machines while in use.
Quantity or scope: 4 787 units.
Reference number: EV/478
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Dublin, 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;
Show more
(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;
Show more
(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) All candidates must comply with the requirements of the State in which they are established, regarding registration on the professional or trade register;
(6) 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;
(7) All candidates will have to demonstrate that they are licensed, or a member of the relevant organisation, in the State where they are established, when the law of that State prohibits the provision of the services, described in this notice, by a person who is not so licensed or who is not a member of the relevant organisation;
Show more
(8) 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;
Show more
(9) 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: Please refer to the request for tenders.
Technical and professional ability:
(1) 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;
Show more
(2) A statement of the candidate's technical facilities; measures for ensuring quality; and their study and research facilities;
(3) An indication of the proportion of the contract which the services provider intends possibly to subcontract;
(4) A statement of the technicians or technical services available to the candidate to carry out the work under the contract; or be involved in the production of goods or the provision of services under the contract; particularly those responsible for quality control, whether or not they are independent of the candidate;
Show more
(5) A statement of the tools, plant or technical equipment available to the service provider or contractor for carrying out the contract.
Please refer to the request for tenders.
Contract execution
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: Please refer to paragraphs 2.3.2 and 2.10 of the request for tenders.
Other particular conditions: Please refer to Appendix 1 of the request for tenders.

Procedure
Tender validity period: 2012-07-13 ๐Ÿ“…
Languages
Language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Other languages: Irish.

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Franchise Section
Eamonn Waters
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA01503 ๐ŸŒ
Name: Department of the Environment, Community & Local Government
Postal address: Custom House, 1
Postal town: Dublin
Contact point: Ian Stuart-Mills
Phone: +353 18882769 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL for further information: http://www.environ.ie ๐ŸŒ
Contact point: Franchise section
URL for documents: http://www.environ.ie ๐ŸŒ
Fax: +353 18888690 ๐Ÿ“ 
URL for participation: http://www.environ.ie ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Identifiers
Reference number attributed by the contracting authority: EV/478

Complementary information
Review body
Name: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
Postal address: Room 1.67 Custom House, 1
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: franchise@environ.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 18882878 ๐Ÿ“ž
Internet address: www.environ.ie ๐ŸŒ
Fax: +353 18882690 ๐Ÿ“ 
Source: OJS 2012/S 014-022451 (2012-01-19)