Supply of turf for domestic home heating - Request for Tenders for the Provision of Turf for domestic home heating as part of the Cessation of Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme

Department of Arts, Heritage & Gaeltacht

The Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht invites responses to this request for tenders from economic operators for the provision of the services as described in Appendix 1 to this RFT. The Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht is the Contracting Authority for this public procurement competition. This public procurement competition relates to the provision of turf for domestic home heating as part of the Cessation of Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme. The successful service provider must be operating in the area of commercial turf extraction for a minimum of 5 years and will be required to supply and deliver to any location in Ireland 15 tonnes of good quality fuel sod peat of less than 36 % moisture for domestic home heating at a fixed price per household during 2014 and 2015.
It is estimated that a minimum of 400 and a maximum of 600 households will require a turf delivery during 2014 and 2015. Any contract that may result from this public procurement competition will be issued for a term of 24 months. The Contracting Authority reserves the right to extend the term for a period of up to 12 months with a maximum of 24 months. Any such extension or extensions will be on the same terms and conditions subject to the Contracting Authority's obligations at law. Tenders must be received not later than 17.00 on 29.11.2013. Tenders that are received after this date will not be considered in this public procurement competition.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2013-11-29. The procurement was published on 2013-10-08.

Suppliers

The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2013-10-08 Contract notice
2014-06-20 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2013-10-08)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy
Notice metadata
Original language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Supplies
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy 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: Other
Awarding authority name: Department of Arts, Heritage & Gaeltacht
Postal address: Newtown Road
Postal town: Wexford
Contact
E-mail: robert.doyle@ahg.gov.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 539117454 ๐Ÿ“ž

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2013-10-08 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2013-11-29 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2013-10-10 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2013/S 197-340123
OJ-S issue: 197
Additional information
To receive more information about this tender, including any amendments and/or clarifications and to request any clarifications and/or to respond to this tender, you must register your interest to this tender on the following site: https://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=70819&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE
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Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
The Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht invites responses to this request for tenders from economic operators for the provision of the services as described in Appendix 1 to this RFT. The Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht is the Contracting Authority for this public procurement competition. This public procurement competition relates to the provision of turf for domestic home heating as part of the Cessation of Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme. The successful service provider must be operating in the area of commercial turf extraction for a minimum of 5 years and will be required to supply and deliver to any location in Ireland 15 tonnes of good quality fuel sod peat of less than 36 % moisture for domestic home heating at a fixed price per household during 2014 and 2015.
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It is estimated that a minimum of 400 and a maximum of 600 households will require a turf delivery during 2014 and 2015. Any contract that may result from this public procurement competition will be issued for a term of 24 months. The Contracting Authority reserves the right to extend the term for a period of up to 12 months with a maximum of 24 months. Any such extension or extensions will be on the same terms and conditions subject to the Contracting Authority's obligations at law. Tenders must be received not later than 17.00 on 29.11.2013. Tenders that are received after this date will not be considered in this public procurement competition.
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Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Different locations around Ireland.

Procedure
Tender validity period: 24 months
Tender opening date: 2013-11-29 ๐Ÿ“…
Award criteria
Criterion: 1. Quality of Service Delivery Plan (35)
2. Quality of Service Guarantees (35)
3. Proposed Costs / Value for Money (30)
Languages
Language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ

Contracting authority
Identity
Other type of contracting authority: Other
Contact
Contact point: Robert Doyle
Source: OJS 2013/S 197-340123 (2013-10-08)
Contract award notice (2014-06-20)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement: 126 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable
Award criteria
Lowest price

Contracting authority
Identity
Awarding authority type: Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Postal address: 23 Kildare Street
Postal code: 2
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
E-mail: orla.joyce@ahg.gov.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 539117456 ๐Ÿ“ž

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2014-06-20 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2014-06-25 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2014/S 119-211819
Refers to notice: 2013/S 197-340123
OJ-S issue: 119
Additional information
V.4) Information on value of contract: Total final value of the contract Value: 1 770,0000 EUR exluding VAT.

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2014-06-20 ๐Ÿ“…
Name: Alay Enterprises Limited t/a Michael Maher
Postal address: Wood of o
Postal town: Tullamore
Postal code: Offaly
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: emmamaher1@live.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Orla Joyce

Complementary information
Review body
Name: Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Postal address: 23 Kildare Street
Postal town: Dublin 2
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: robert.doyle@ahg.gov.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 539117454 ๐Ÿ“ž
Source: OJS 2014/S 119-211819 (2014-06-20)