Weed Clearance and associated services at Kerdiffstown Landfill

Environmental Protection Agency

The Environmental Protection Agency proposes to engage in a competitive process in order to establish a framework agreement for the provision of Weed Clearance and Associated Services at the Kerdiffstown Landfill Site, Kildare.
These services will include but are not limited to:
— weed control,
— grass cutting,
— pruning,
— tree felling.
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=436212.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2012-06-18. The procurement was published on 2012-05-25.

Who?

• Environmental Protection Agency

What?

• Horticultural services › Tree pruning and hedge trimming
• Planting and maintenance services of green areas › Weed-clearance services
• Services incidental to logging › Tree-clearing services
• Services incidental to logging › Tree-cutting services

Procurement history

Date	Document
2012-05-25	Contract notice

Contract notice (2012-05-25)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: weed-clearance services
Quantity or scope:

This framework agreement concerns Weed Clearance and associated Services at Kerdiffstown Landfill Site and will be for a maximum potential duration of four years.150 000300 000

Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Weed-clearance services 📦

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

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: National or federal Agency/Office
Awarding authority name: Environmental Protection Agency
Postal address: Headquarters, PO Box 3000, Johnstown Castle Estate
Postal town: Wexford
Contact
Internet address: http://www.epa.ie 🌏
Phone: +353 539160600 📞
Fax: +353 539160699 📠

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2012-05-25 📅
Submission deadline: 2012-06-18 📅
Publication date: 2012-05-30 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2012/S 101-168781
OJ-S issue: 101
Additional information

1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications. All information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal (www.etenders.gov.ie)only. Registration is free of charge. The contracting authority will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties. 2) This is the sole call for competition for this service. 3) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by tenderers. 4) Establishment of the framework agreement will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities. 5) It will be a condition of stablishment of the agreement that candidates and all sub-contractors produce a valid Tax Clearance Certificate from the Irish Revenue Commissioners as part of their application for participation in the competition. 6) If for any reason it is not possible to admit to the framework agreement one or more of the tenderers invited following the conclusion of this competitive process, the contracting authority reserves the right to invite the next highest scoring tenderer(s) to join the framework agreement as appropriate. 7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, the framework agreement or any contract awarded under the framework agreement at any time. 8) Please note in relation to all documents, that where reference is made to a particular standard, make, source, process, trademark, type or patent, that this is not to be regarded as a de facto requirement. In all such cases it should be understood that such indications are to be treated strictly and solely for reference purposes only, to which the words "or equivalent" will always be appended. 9) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of questionnaires with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, candidates are advised to ensure that they return fully completed questionnaires in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition. 11) This is a voluntary notice in accordance with Article 37 Of Directive 2004/18/EC. As the subject matter of this framework agreement is a non-priority (Annex IIB) service, the establishment of this framework is not fully subject to the provisions of Directive 2004/18/EC. Under this award procedure, the EPA is availing of shortened timescales. (ET Ref:436212).

Additional information

1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications. All information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal (www.etenders.gov.ie)only. Registration is free of charge. The contracting authority will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties.

2) This is the sole call for competition for this service.

3) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by tenderers.

4) Establishment of the framework agreement will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities.

5) It will be a condition of stablishment of the agreement that candidates and all sub-contractors produce a valid Tax Clearance Certificate from the Irish Revenue Commissioners as part of their application for participation in the competition.

6) If for any reason it is not possible to admit to the framework agreement one or more of the tenderers invited following the conclusion of this competitive process, the contracting authority reserves the right to invite the next highest scoring tenderer(s) to join the framework agreement as appropriate.

7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, the framework agreement or any contract awarded under the framework agreement at any time.

8) Please note in relation to all documents, that where reference is made to a particular standard, make, source, process, trademark, type or patent, that this is not to be regarded as a de facto requirement. In all such cases it should be understood that such indications are to be treated strictly and solely for reference purposes only, to which the words "or equivalent" will always be appended.

9) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of questionnaires with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, candidates are advised to ensure that they return fully completed questionnaires in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.

11) This is a voluntary notice in accordance with Article 37 Of Directive 2004/18/EC. As the subject matter of this framework agreement is a non-priority (Annex IIB) service, the establishment of this framework is not fully subject to the provisions of Directive 2004/18/EC. Under this award procedure, the EPA is availing of shortened timescales.

(ET Ref:436212).

Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 150 000 💰
300 000 💰
Short description:

These services will include but are not limited to:

— weed control,

— grass cutting,

— pruning,

— tree felling.

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=436212.

Quantity or scope:

This framework agreement concerns Weed Clearance and associated Services at Kerdiffstown Landfill Site and will be for a maximum potential duration of four years.

Duration: 48 months
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Kerdiffstown, Co. Kildare.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity: As per the tender document, available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie.
Minimum level(s) of standards: As per the tender document, available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie.
Contract execution
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: To be discussed with the successful framework member.
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

A grouping, if successful, may be required to contract as a single entity having joint and several liability but subject to the agreement of the contracting parties. If it is proposed to sub-contract the delivery of any any contract under the framework, it may be a condition of award of contract that both the service provider and any proposed sub-contractor enter simultaneously into a collateral warranty with the contracting authority for the relevant portion of that contract.

Names and professional qualifications of the staff ✅

Procedure
Duration of the framework agreement in years: 4
Minimum number of candidates: 5
Objective criteria for selection:

As per the qualification questionnaire available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie.

Date of dispatch of invitations: 2012-03-01 📅
Languages
Language: English 🗣️
Irish 🗣️

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Procurement Department
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA01535 🌏
Name: Achilles Procurement Services Ltd
Postal address: 1 Harmsworth, Greenmount Office Park, Harold's Cross
Postal town: Dublin 6W
Contact point: Kerdiffstown Procurement Administrator
Phone: +353 14020114 📞

Reference
Additional information

2) This is the sole call for competition for this service.

3) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by tenderers.

4) Establishment of the framework agreement will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities.

5) It will be a condition of stablishment of the agreement that candidates and all sub-contractors produce a valid Tax Clearance Certificate from the Irish Revenue Commissioners as part of their application for participation in the competition.

6) If for any reason it is not possible to admit to the framework agreement one or more of the tenderers invited following the conclusion of this competitive process, the contracting authority reserves the right to invite the next highest scoring tenderer(s) to join the framework agreement as appropriate.

7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, the framework agreement or any contract awarded under the framework agreement at any time.

8) Please note in relation to all documents, that where reference is made to a particular standard, make, source, process, trademark, type or patent, that this is not to be regarded as a de facto requirement. In all such cases it should be understood that such indications are to be treated strictly and solely for reference purposes only, to which the words "or equivalent" will always be appended.

9) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of questionnaires with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, candidates are advised to ensure that they return fully completed questionnaires in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.

11) This is a voluntary notice in accordance with Article 37 Of Directive 2004/18/EC. As the subject matter of this framework agreement is a non-priority (Annex IIB) service, the establishment of this framework is not fully subject to the provisions of Directive 2004/18/EC. Under this award procedure, the EPA is availing of shortened timescales.

(ET Ref:436212).

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal address: Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Internet address: www.courts.ie 🌏
Information about review deadlines:

Statutory Instrument No. 130 of 2010 (the Irish Remedies Regulations) provides that review procedures are available in the High Court to a person who has or has had an interest in obtaining the framework agreement (including the reviewable public contract) and alleges that he or she has been harmed or is at risk of being harmed by an infringement of the law in relation to that framework agreement and reviewable public contract.

Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: Please contact a legal advisor
Source: OJS 2012/S 101-168781 (2012-05-25)

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