2014 Research 2 -– Proofreading, copyediting, typesetting and formatting services

Environmental Protection Agency

The EPA Act of 1992 provides for the EPA to support and co-ordinate environmental research in Ireland. The objective of the current EPA research programme which spans the period 2014–2020 is to “target key environmental challenges through competitive research leading to the generation of knowledge, promotion of excellence and the protection and improvement of our natural environment and human health”.
In order to disseminate the research results to stakeholders and the public, final project reports and synthesis reports are made available on the EPA website (www.epa.ie). In certain circumstances a small number of synthesis reports will be published and made available from the EPA Publications Section.
As a result, there is an on-going need for proofreading, copy-editing, typesetting and formatting expertise and assistance for the production of these reports.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2014-06-11. The procurement was published on 2014-05-09.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2014-05-09 Contract notice
Contract notice (2014-05-09)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Proofreading services
Quantity or scope:
The EPA is seeking to establish a multi-operator framework agreement for the provision of Proofreading, copyediting, typesetting and formatting services. The Framework Agreement will be for a period of 4 years.The framework will be established using the restricted procedure as follows(a) Following the evaluation of responses from interested parties in respect of this Qualification Questionnaire and in accordance with the criteria and rules for qualitative selection (detailed in Appendix A of this document) a tender list will be drawn up for the initial contract. It is anticipated that between 8 and 10 service providers will be invited to tender.(b) Upon receipt, these initial tenders will be duly evaluated in accordance with the rules of competition and the award criteria applied. Following the evaluation of tenders the initial contract will be awarded to the economic operator, providing the Most Economically Advantageous Tender. The winning tenderer plus the organisations that have provided the next four most economically advantageous tenders will be admitted to the Framework.(c) Thereafter, as and when requirements which fall under the scope of the framework agreement arise during the lifetime of the framework, contracts will be awarded on a cascade basis (i.e., in the first instance the contract will be offered to the tenderer whose tender was ranked in the first position. Should the first ranked tenderer not be capable of providing the services, the contract will be offered to the next-ranked tenderer, and so on).(d) No new members will be admitted to the framework after its initial establishment. It should be emphasised that admission to the framework will also be subject to the chosen organisations acceptance of the Terms and Conditions set by the EPA.300 000400 000
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Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Proofreading services 📦

Procedure
Procedure type: Restricted procedure
Type of bid: Submission for one lot only
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Awarding authority name: Environmental Protection Agency
Postal address: Headquarters, PO Box 3000
Postal town: Johnstown Castle Estate
Contact
Internet address: http://www.epa.ie 🌏
E-mail: k.woods@epa.ie 📧
Phone: +353 539170764 📞
Fax: +353 539160699 📠

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2014-05-09 📅
Submission deadline: 2014-06-11 📅
Publication date: 2014-05-14 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2014/S 092-161826
OJ-S issue: 92
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=76076&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE
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Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 300 000 💰
400 000 💰
Short description:
The EPA Act of 1992 provides for the EPA to support and co-ordinate environmental research in Ireland. The objective of the current EPA research programme which spans the period 2014–2020 is to “target key environmental challenges through competitive research leading to the generation of knowledge, promotion of excellence and the protection and improvement of our natural environment and human health”.
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In order to disseminate the research results to stakeholders and the public, final project reports and synthesis reports are made available on the EPA website (www.epa.ie). In certain circumstances a small number of synthesis reports will be published and made available from the EPA Publications Section.
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As a result, there is an on-going need for proofreading, copy-editing, typesetting and formatting expertise and assistance for the production of these reports.
Lot number: 1
Title of the lot: Proofreading, copyediting, typesetting and formatting services
Quantity or scope:
The EPA is seeking to establish a multi-operator framework agreement for the provision of Proofreading, copyediting, typesetting and formatting services. The Framework Agreement will be for a period of 4 years.
The framework will be established using the restricted procedure as follows
(a) Following the evaluation of responses from interested parties in respect of this Qualification Questionnaire and in accordance with the criteria and rules for qualitative selection (detailed in Appendix A of this document) a tender list will be drawn up for the initial contract. It is anticipated that between 8 and 10 service providers will be invited to tender.
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(b) Upon receipt, these initial tenders will be duly evaluated in accordance with the rules of competition and the award criteria applied. Following the evaluation of tenders the initial contract will be awarded to the economic operator, providing the Most Economically Advantageous Tender. The winning tenderer plus the organisations that have provided the next four most economically advantageous tenders will be admitted to the Framework.
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(c) Thereafter, as and when requirements which fall under the scope of the framework agreement arise during the lifetime of the framework, contracts will be awarded on a cascade basis (i.e., in the first instance the contract will be offered to the tenderer whose tender was ranked in the first position. Should the first ranked tenderer not be capable of providing the services, the contract will be offered to the next-ranked tenderer, and so on).
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(d) No new members will be admitted to the framework after its initial establishment. It should be emphasised that admission to the framework will also be subject to the chosen organisations acceptance of the Terms and Conditions set by the EPA.
Duration: 48 months
Reference number: 2014 Research 2.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity: As per the tender document available for download at www.etenders.gov.ie
Economic and financial standing: As per the tender document available for download at www.etenders.gov.ie
Technical and professional ability: As per the tender document available for download at www.etenders.gov.ie
Contract execution
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: To be agreed with successful framework members.
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
A grouping if succesful 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 portion of any contracts under the framework, it may be a condition of award of contract that both the service procider and any proposed sub contractor enter simultaneously into a collateral warranty with the contracting authority for the relevant portion of taht contract.
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Procedure
Number of operators of the framework agreement: 5
Duration of the framework agreement in years: 4
Minimum number of candidates: 8
Maximum number of candidates: 10
Objective criteria for selection: As per the tender document available for download at www.etenders.gov.ie
Languages
Language: English 🗣️

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Kevin Woods

Reference
Identifiers
Reference number attributed by the contracting authority: 2014 Research 2.

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal address: Innis Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Information about review deadlines:
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: Satutory Instrument no. 130 of 2010 (the Irish remedies regulations) provides taht review procedures are available in the high court to a person who has or who 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
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Source: OJS 2014/S 092-161826 (2014-05-09)
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