GSI wishes to invite tenders under an open procedure with the objective of putting a Framework Agreement in place, for the supply of Geoscience contract specialists

Geological Survey of Ireland

Framework Agreement in place, for the supply of any or all of the personnel detailed in Section 4, in support of these various programmes. It can be necessary from time to time during any fiscal year to supplement the existing specialist staff with short term or in some cases longer term contract specialists. Applicants deemed qualified will be placed on a panel that the GSI will draw from over the next 4 year period to provide such services. With this in mind, a list of specialists positions are outlined under Appendix 1 (A — A1) of this RFT.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2014-10-15. The procurement was published on 2014-09-01.

Suppliers

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

• Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (DCENR)

Who?

• Geological Survey of Ireland

What?

• Geology, oceanography and hydrology services › Geology services

Where?

• Dublin

Procurement history

Date	Document
2014-09-01	Contract notice
2014-12-05	Contract award notice

Contract notice (2014-09-01)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Geology services
Quantity or scope:

Total value of the procurement: 500 000 💰
Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Geology services 📦

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 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Awarding authority name: Geological Survey of Ireland
Postal address: Beggars Bush, Haddington Road
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.gsi.ie 🌏
E-mail: archie.donovan@gsi.ie 📧
Phone: +353 16782798 📞
Fax: +353 16782579 📠

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2014-09-01 📅
Submission deadline: 2014-10-15 📅
Publication date: 2014-09-03 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2014/S 168-299438
OJ-S issue: 168

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

Lot number: 1
Title of the lot: A — Party Chiefs (offshore)
Short description:

The party chief will manage the survey team in the implementation of survey operations. The position will entail the leadership of a survey team in the acquisition, processing, interpretation and reporting of hydrographic, groundtruthing, and analogue and digital geophysical survey data.

Lot number: 2
Title of the lot: B — Senior Hydrographic Surveyor (offshore)
Short description:

The Senior Hydrographic Surveyor will be responsible for the operation and quality control of on-line navigation, single beam and swathe recording…

… systems.The Surveyor will be required to follow the on-board survey protocols established by the Party Chief. Responsibilities include on-line positioning, swathe data acquisition, accurate positioning of seismic source and hydrophone spread, as well as surface and deep towed bodies (via USBL).The Senior Hydrographic Surveyor will also be responsible for the maintenance and operation of the survey equipment, and ensure that data are logged and stored in the correct format. The Senior Hydrographic Surveyor will also be responsible for the effective planning and execution of all calibrations pertaining to the positioning systems and multi-beam calibrations.

… systems.

The Surveyor will be required to follow the on-board survey protocols established by the Party Chief. Responsibilities include on-line positioning, swathe data acquisition, accurate positioning of seismic source and hydrophone spread, as well as surface and deep towed bodies (via USBL).

The Senior Hydrographic Surveyor will also be responsible for the maintenance and operation of the survey equipment, and ensure that data are logged and stored in the correct format. The Senior Hydrographic Surveyor will also be responsible for the effective planning and execution of all calibrations pertaining to the positioning systems and multi-beam calibrations.

Lot number: 3
Title of the lot: C — Senior Geophysicist (offshore)
Short description:

The Senior Geophysicist is responsible for geophysical data acquisition, quality control, interpretation, and reporting, as well as the maintenance and operation of the geophysical survey equipment with the support of the survey…

… engineer.The Geophysicist will be required to follow the on-board survey protocols established by the Party Chief. The Geophysicist will be responsible for the on-the-fly interpretation of the analogue geophysical data, the correlation of the sub-bottom data and side scan sonar data with the processed multi-beam bathymetric data, and identification of shallow and surficial geohazards, including gas indicators. He/she will ensure that navigation offsets for towed geophysical instrumentation are adequately recorded, and clearly reported to facilitate post processing and data mosaicing as necessary. He/she will work closely with the Party Chief to decide suitable locations for groundtruthing and the design of the groundtruthing campaign. During certain projects the Geophysicist will be required to QC digital seismic data.

… engineer.

The Geophysicist will be required to follow the on-board survey protocols established by the Party Chief. The Geophysicist will be responsible for the on-the-fly interpretation of the analogue geophysical data, the correlation of the sub-bottom data and side scan sonar data with the processed multi-beam bathymetric data, and identification of shallow and surficial geohazards, including gas indicators. He/she will ensure that navigation offsets for towed geophysical instrumentation are adequately recorded, and clearly reported to facilitate post processing and data mosaicing as necessary. He/she will work closely with the Party Chief to decide suitable locations for groundtruthing and the design of the groundtruthing campaign. During certain projects the Geophysicist will be required to QC digital seismic data.

Lot number: 5
Title of the lot: D — Interpretation Geophysicist
Short description:

The Interpretation Geophysicist is responsible for geophysical data interpretation, including side scan sonar, sub bottom profiler, magnetometer and gravity data, with the intent of producing a geohazard report and accompanying charts. The Interpretation geophysicist may additionally carry out full interpretation of digital seismic data; creating a series of charts depicting any geohazards, including, but not limited to gas shows, faults, major structures and buried channels. The Interpretation Geophysicist will also write the relevant sections in the survey report, using annotated diagrams (time slices, 3-D images, etc.).

Lot number: 7
Title of the lot: E — Underwater Survey Engineers (onshore and offshore)
Short description:

The Underwater Engineers will be responsible for the mobilisation, demobilisation, maintenance and support of marine survey equipment, including but not limited to sub-bottom profiler and side scan systems, magnetometer and gravity meter, oceanographic, positioning/navigation systems, multi-beam and single-beam echo sounders, and ancillary survey…

… equipment.The Engineers will work to provide engineering support to the survey generally on twelve hours on and twelve hours off basis, although this may vary for small-craft near-shore survey operations. The Engineers will act as the on-board survey engineering representative of the Marine Institute and will follow up any equipment-related issues with suppliers or maintenance providers. During data acquisition the Engineers will take responsibility for configuration and operation of the geophysical data recording systems.

… equipment.

The Engineers will work to provide engineering support to the survey generally on twelve hours on and twelve hours off basis, although this may vary for small-craft near-shore survey operations. The Engineers will act as the on-board survey engineering representative of the Marine Institute and will follow up any equipment-related issues with suppliers or maintenance providers. During data acquisition the Engineers will take responsibility for configuration and operation of the geophysical data recording systems.

Lot number: 9
Title of the lot: F — Caris Data Processor (onshore and offshore)
Short description:

The Data Processor (DP) is responsible for the security and manipulation of all data acquired and the presentation thereof. The DP shall be responsible for all data management and storage, the documentation generated throughout the acquisition and processing. The DP shall be responsible for off-line processing of navigation and swathe recorded data. The data will where possible be processed on-board the vessels at the time of data acquisition. Small craft operations may require this work to be undertaken in shore-based…

… facilities.The DP will work in close co-operation with the survey personnel. He/she will work in accordance with the procedures and protocols established by the Party Chief. The DP will prepare, merge, edit and ‘clean' the bathymetric and positioning data gathered during acquisition and produce bathymetric and backscatter images. This data will then be ready for quality control, interpretation and further charting processes.

… facilities.

The DP will work in close co-operation with the survey personnel. He/she will work in accordance with the procedures and protocols established by the Party Chief. The DP will prepare, merge, edit and ‘clean' the bathymetric and positioning data gathered during acquisition and produce bathymetric and backscatter images. This data will then be ready for quality control, interpretation and further charting processes.

Lot number: 11
Title of the lot: G — Geodetic Surveyor (onshore and offshore)
Short description:

The INFOMAR Programme may require geodetic surveying and digital mapping capability, to supplement the existing project teams. This work will primarily involve the layout, observation, processing, report writing, QA and QC for all geodetic control aspects of marine bathymetric, geophysical and geological mapping carried out by the INFOMAR team. However work may consist of additional relevant duties in the broader spectrum of supporting the project. The work is based at the Geological Survey's office in Dublin, however shorter periods of time may be spent at the Marine Institute offices in Oranmore, Galway.

Lot number: 13
Title of the lot: H — Marine Geologist (onshore and offshore)
Short description:

The Marine Geologist will be principally involved in geological data compilation for the various projects, as well as potential data acquisition, quality control, interpretation, and reporting. The person may be required to work offshore as part of INFOMAR survey operations which feed into the EC Projects. At such times they may be responsible for groundtruth sampling, geological interpretation, and/or survey control, and MBES data acquisition under supervision or after training. He/she will work closely with the GSI Project Manager and INFOMAR Party Chiefs in areas from project planning and reporting to data acquisition and selection of suitable locations for groundtruthing and the design and implementation of the groundtruthing campaign.

Lot number: 15
Title of the lot: I — Survey Boat Master (offshore)
Short description:

The Master of the survey boat will be responsible at all times for both the daily operation and the safety of the boat and crew.

Lot number: 17
Title of the lot: J — Survey Boat Crew (offshore)
Short description:

The survey boat crew will be answerable to the boat Master and they will assist the Master in the daily operation of the survey boat.

Lot number: 19
Title of the lot: K — Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Consultant
Short description:

The INFOMAR Programme may require GIS and digital mapping capability, to supplement the existing project teams. This work will primarily involve the presentation of marine bathymetric, geophysical and geological data both in desktop GIS and via web mapping systems. However work may consist of additional relevant duties in the broader spectrum of supporting the project. The work is based at the GSI office in Dublin, however shorter periods of time may be spent at the MI offices.

Lot number: 21
Title of the lot: L — Geochemist
Short description:

GSI may require geochemist services to assist a number of programmes and projects. Geochemists will work on all aspects of delivering soil geochemical surveys, including planning stage, field work, assisting in analytical tenders, data QA/QC, data interpretation and report writing.

Additional information about the lots:

GSI may require geological services to assist a number of programmes and projects. Geologists will work on all aspects of delivering various projects including some field work and report…

… writing.Essential:— Honours degree in Geology/Geoscience or equivalent.— Full driving licence.N — GeophysicistGSI may require geophysicist services to assist a number of programmes and projects. Geophysicists will work on all aspects of delivering geophysical surveys, including planning stage, field work, assisting in drafting and evaluating tenders, data QA/QC, data interpretation and report writing. Geophysical data from regional airborne and marine surveys to shallow investigation methods are to be interpreted.

… writing.

Essential:

— Honours degree in Geology/Geoscience or equivalent.

— Full driving licence.

N — Geophysicist

GSI may require geophysicist services to assist a number of programmes and projects. Geophysicists will work on all aspects of delivering geophysical surveys, including planning stage, field work, assisting in drafting and evaluating tenders, data QA/QC, data interpretation and report writing. Geophysical data from regional airborne and marine surveys to shallow investigation methods are to be interpreted.

Lot number: 23
Title of the lot: M — Geologist
Short description:

GSI may require geological services to assist a number of programmes and projects. Geologists will work on all aspects of delivering various projects including some field work and report writing.

Lot number: 25
Title of the lot: N — Geophysicist
Short description:

Lot number: 27
Title of the lot: O — Hydrogeologist (Source Protection Work)
Short description:

The hydrogeologist will undertake data collection, collation, data entry, GIS work and fieldwork (e.g. pumping tests, hydrogeological mapping, tracer testing).

Lot number: 29
Title of the lot: P — Hydrogeologist (Project)
Short description:

The hydrogeologist will undertake source protection work (delineating Source Protection Zones (SPZs) and/or Zones of Contribution(ZOCs)) for individual groundwater drinking water sources as per the Groundwater Protection Schemes Guidelines (DELG/EPA/GSI, 1999) and the GSI Guidelines for the Assessment and Mapping of Groundwater Vulnerability to Contamination (GSI, Draft June…

… 2003).SPZs may also include the development of setback distances for land spreading, in accordance with the Good Agricultural Practices Regulations (S.I. 610 of 2010).

… 2003).

SPZs may also include the development of setback distances for land spreading, in accordance with the Good Agricultural Practices Regulations (S.I. 610 of 2010).

Lot number: 31
Title of the lot: Q — Hydrogeologist (Assistant)
Lot number: 33
Title of the lot: R — Geothermal Specialist (Groundwater Programme)
Short description:

The appointed consultant will produce reports and guidelines, populate and develop existing databases, undertake and/or supervise laboratory and field testing (e.g. thermal response testing), undertake data analysis (e.g. system efficiency, geological interpretations, hydrogeological/geothermal assessments) and working with academic institutes on developing research programmes.

Lot number: 35
Title of the lot: S — Geologist (County Geological Site Audits)
Short description:

The Geologist will be required to carry out County Geological Site Audits with associated reports and GIS, on a county basis (1 to 5 county audits annually, depending on number of sites). The Audit is a partnership between the relevant local authority, the Heritage Council and the GSI. The audit of each site will involve the determination of and meeting with the landowner/s (as far as is practical), a field visit to the site, a description of the geological significance of the site, a comprehensive photographic record of the site and the delineation of the site boundary or area of interest (as per GSI guidelines). The format of the audit and reports will be based on the current IGH County audit format.

Lot number: 37
Title of the lot: T — Geologist (Geology in Planning; GIS/Data Handler)
Short description:

The IGH programme currently evaluates and responds to Planning/Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) enquiries through direct IGH data searches or through re-direction to the on-line Public Map Viewer (Geological Heritage map layers). It will still make recommendations and mitigation measures where needed, as and when consulted. The Geologist will be required to input to the preparation of an automatic on-line data response system that will provide data and/or guidance to available data within a specific area of Ireland in relation to a planning or Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA, EIS) or other enquiry.

Lot number: 39
Title of the lot: U — Satellite Remote Sensing Specialist
Short description:

The INFOMAR Programme may require a satellite remotes sensing specialist, to supplement the existing project teams. The work is based at the GSI office in Dublin, however shorter periods of time may be spent at the MI…

… officesThe individual will be responsible for building on a basic capacity existing in the INFOMAR in the area of remote sensing of the ocean and at the land ocean interface. This work will focus in particular looking at the use of satellites for ocean productivity, ocean clarity, dynamics in the surface ocean and the use of satellites to map near shore bathymetry. The individual will be responsible for developing the INFOMAR capacity in accessing, utilising and visualising Earth Observation data sets from the ESA and NASA catalogue of products and any others of relevance that are in the public domain and validated.

… offices

The individual will be responsible for building on a basic capacity existing in the INFOMAR in the area of remote sensing of the ocean and at the land ocean interface. This work will focus in particular looking at the use of satellites for ocean productivity, ocean clarity, dynamics in the surface ocean and the use of satellites to map near shore bathymetry. The individual will be responsible for developing the INFOMAR capacity in accessing, utilising and visualising Earth Observation data sets from the ESA and NASA catalogue of products and any others of relevance that are in the public domain and validated.

Lot number: 41
Title of the lot: V — Senior Hydrographic Project Manager
Short description:

The Senior Hydrographic Project manager will be responsible for the managing and coordinating a project concentrating on near-shore marine surveying…

… methodologies.The Manager will be required to investigate all present and proposed future approaches to near-shore hydrographic surveying. The Manager will also be responsible for the effective planning and execution of collaborations pertaining to the interaction with European like- minded agencies.

… methodologies.

The Manager will be required to investigate all present and proposed future approaches to near-shore hydrographic surveying. The Manager will also be responsible for the effective planning and execution of collaborations pertaining to the interaction with European like- minded agencies.

Lot number: 43
Title of the lot: W — Geographic Information Technology Consultant
Lot number: 45
Title of the lot: X — Geographic Information Systems/Data Management Consultant
Short description:

The GSI may require GIS and data management capability, to supplement the existing project teams. This work will primarily involve the presentation of disparate geological data both in desktop GIS and via web mapping systems. However work may consist of additional relevant duties in the broader spectrum of supporting the various GSI projects. The work is based at the GSI office in Dublin.

Lot number: 47
Title of the lot: Y — Science Outreach/Marketing Consultant
Short description:

The GSI may require scientific outreach and marketing skills in support of its activities. This work will primarily involve the development of outreach and marketing materials, for GSI Customer Centre, websites, brochures, conferences and meetings. However work may consist of additional relevant duties in the broader spectrum of supporting the various GSI projects, including conference attendance, manning of stands and monitoring and interpretation of social media and web statistic. The work is based at the GSI office in Dublin.

Lot number: 49
Title of the lot: Z — Project Management
Short description:

The GSI may require external project management expertise, to supplement the existing project teams. This work will primarily involve project management in all of its facets, however work may consist of additional relevant duties in the broader spectrum of supporting the various GSI projects. The Manager will also be responsible for the effective planning and execution of collaborations pertaining to the interaction with European like-minded agencies. The work is based at the GSI office in Dublin.

Lot number: 51
Title of the lot: A1 — Minerals Geologist
Short description:

GSI may require minerals geologists to assist a number of projects in the Minerals Programme. Minerals geologists may work on any aspect of work in the Minerals Programme and the work may include some field work foreign travel or report writing.

Quantity or scope:

Description of options: Possible call-down each year.
Provisional timetable for use of options: 48 months
Duration: 048 months
Reference number: RFT-2014-03-Consultant-Personnel
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Dublin

Procedure
Maximum number of operators of the framework agreement: 400
Duration of the framework agreement in years: 4
Tender validity period: 048 months
Languages
Language: English 🗣️

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Archie Donovan
Address of the buyer profile: http://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/CompanyInformation/Index/402 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=80712&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=80712&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Identifiers
Reference number attributed by the contracting authority: RFT-2014-03-Consultant-Personnel
Source: OJS 2014/S 168-299438 (2014-09-01)

Contract award notice (2014-12-05)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Geology, oceanography and hydrology services
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Geology, oceanography and hydrology services 📦

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2014-12-05 📅
Publication date: 2014-12-10 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2014/S 238-419478
Refers to notice: 2014/S 168-299438
OJ-S issue: 238
Additional information

This is a Framework Agreement, where mini-competitions will be held when any of the 27 positions are required in any of the 4 individual years of the term of the framework.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 500 000 💰
1 000 000 💰
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Dublin.

Procedure
Award criteria
Criterion: 1. Cost (25)
2. Heath and Safety Compliance (10)
3. Proposed Management Plan (10)
4. Proposed Human Resource Plan (40)
5. Proposed contractor history (details of similar services provided including references) (15)

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2014-12-05 📅
Name: Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (DCENR)
Postal address: 29 -31 Adelaide Road
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 2
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: archie.donovan@gsi.ie 📧
Internet address: http://www.dcenr.gov.ie 🌏
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 162
Source: OJS 2014/S 238-419478 (2014-12-05)

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