DIAS Marine Instrument Pool

Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies

From funding received from Science Foundation Ireland, DIAS seeks to purchase a pool of marine instruments including: broadband acoustic hydrophones, absolute pressure sensors, a seafloor tsunameter and high frequency acoustic sensors (suitable for wildlife studies). A detailed specification of requirements is set out in Section 2 of the main Tender Document which is available for upload. Tenders must comply with the format of tender as set out in Section 3.
As can be seen from Section 2 of the tender document we are looking for sets of four types of instruments, a) 10, 15 or 20 broadband acoustic hydrophones, b) 5 absolute seafloor pressure sensors, c) 1 seafloor tsunameter and d) 10, 15 or 20 high frequency hydrophones. We are asking suppliers to provide quotes for any part or all of the supply and delivery of these instruments and all relevant consumables. To facilitate this, the tender has been broken into 4 lots as follows:
Each lot will be evaluated independently.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2017-11-24. The procurement was published on 2017-10-20.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2017-10-20 Contract notice
2018-12-17 Contract award notice
Contract award notice (2018-12-17)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: 10 Burlington Road
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Dublin 4
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contact person: Grace Forkin
Phone: +353 6140100 📞
E-mail: finance@admin.dias.ie 📧
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
URL: https://www.dias.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/303 🌏
Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
Type of the contracting authority
Other type: Research Institute Publicy Funded by the Irish State

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: DIAS Marine Instrument Pool DIAS Marine Instrument Pool
Products/services: Marine equipment 📦
Short description:
“From funding received from Science Foundation Ireland, DIAS seeks to purchase a pool of marine instruments including: broadband acoustic hydrophones,...”    Show more
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 306 825 💰
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots

1️⃣
Scope of the procurement
Title: DIAS Lot1 A-
Title
Lot Identification Number: 1
Description
Additional products/services: Acoustic devices 📦
Additional products/services: Pressure-measuring equipment 📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
Main site or place of performance: Dublin
Description of the procurement:
“Supply of 10 broadband hydrophone systems with recording and storage capability and all relevant consumeables. Details set out in main tender document...”    Show more
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Technical Spec
Quality criterion (weighting): 45 %
Quality criterion (name): Lead Time
Quality criterion (weighting): 15 %
Quality criterion (name): Warranty and Support
Cost criterion (name): total cost of ownership
Cost criterion (weighting): 25 %
Description
Additional information:
“Full details of the tender is available in the document section for uploading. This includes advising suppliers on how they might bid for this and/or any other Lot”    Show more

2️⃣
Scope of the procurement
Title:
“DIAS Lot1 B- 15 broadband hydrophone systems with recording and storage capability and consumeables”
Title
Lot Identification Number: 2
Description
Description of the procurement:
“Supply of 15 broadband hydrophone systems with recording and storage capability and all relevant consumeables”
Award criteria
Cost criterion (name): total cost of Ownership
Description
Additional information: Again full details in main tender document available for upload

3️⃣
Scope of the procurement
Title:
“DIAS Lot 1(c) 20 broadband hydrophone systems with recording and storage capability and consumeables”
Title
Lot Identification Number: 3
Description
Description of the procurement:
“Supply of 20 broadband hydrophone systems with recording and storage capability and all relevant consumeables”
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): technical spec
Description
Additional information:
“Again See main tender document for details of how to bid for this lot and a full description.”

4️⃣
Scope of the procurement
Title:
“DIAS Lot2 -5 Absolute Pressure Sensors with recording and Storage capability and consumeables”
Title
Lot Identification Number: 4
Description
Description of the procurement:
“Supply of 5 absolute Pressure Sensors with recording and storage capability and all relevant consumeables”
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Technical Specification
Cost criterion (name): Total Cost of Ownership
Description
Additional information: See main tender document for full details

5️⃣
Scope of the procurement
Title: DIAS Lot3- 1 Tsunameter with recording and storage capability and consumeables
Title
Lot Identification Number: 5
Description
Description of the procurement:
“Supply of 1 Seafloor Tsunameter with recording and storage capability and all relevant consumeables”
Additional information: See main tender document

6️⃣
Scope of the procurement
Title:
“DIAS Lot4 A-10 high frequency Hydrophones with recording +storage capability+consumeabless”
Title
Lot Identification Number: 6
Description
Description of the procurement:
“Supply of 10 high frequency hydrophones with recording and storage capability and all relevant consumeables”
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Lead time
Cost criterion (name): Total cost of Ownership

7️⃣
Scope of the procurement
Title:
“DIAS Lot4 B-15 high frequency Hydrophones with recording +storage capability+consumeables”
Title
Lot Identification Number: 7
Description
Description of the procurement:
“Supply of 15 High Frequency hydrophones with recording and storage capability and all relevant consumeables”
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Support and Warranty

8️⃣
Scope of the procurement
Title:
“DIAS Lot4 C-20 high frequency Hydrophones with recording +storage capability+consumeables”
Title
Lot Identification Number: 8
Description
Description of the procurement:
“Supply of 20 High Frequency Hydrophones with recording and storage capability and all relevant consumeables”
Additional information: Again see main tender document

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2017/S 204-420239

Award of contract

1️⃣
Contract Number: 1
Title: DIAS Lot 1 A.
Information on non-award
Other reasons (discontinuation of procedure)

2️⃣
Contract Number: 2
Title:
“DIAS Lot 1 B: 15 Broadband Hydrophone Systems with Recording and Storage Capability and Consumables”

3️⃣
Contract Number: 3
Title:
“DIAS Lot 1(c): 20 Broadband Hydrophone Systems with Recording and Storage Capability and Consumables”

4️⃣
Contract Number: 4
Title:
“DIAS Lot 2: 5 Absolute Pressure Sensors with Recording and Storage Capability and Consumables”
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2018-03-27 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 3
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 3
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 3
Name and address of the contractor
Name: RS Aqua Ltd
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: Units 4-6, Hurst Barns
Postal town: Hampshire
Postal code: Privett, Alton
Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Phone: +44 1730828222 📞
E-mail: l.scrivens@rsaqua.co.uk 📧
Region: United Kingdom 🏙️
URL: http://www.rsaqua,co,uk 🌏
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 125 000 💰
Currency code: EUR 💰
Lowest offer: 103850.00
Highest offer: 151343.00

5️⃣
Contract Number: 5
Title: DIAS Lot 3- 1 Tsunameter with Recording and Storage Capability and Consumables

6️⃣
Contract Number: 6
Title:
“DIAS Lot4 A-10 High Frequency Hydrophones with Recording + Storage Capability+ Consumabless”
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 4
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 4
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 4
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 100 000 💰
Currency code: EUR 💰
Lowest offer: 192693.00
Highest offer: 493855.00

7️⃣
Contract Number: 7
Title:
“DIAS Lot 4 B-15 High Frequency Hydrophones with Recording + Storage Capability + Consumables”

8️⃣
Contract Number: 8
Title:
“DIAS Lot4 C-20 High Frequency Hydrophones with Recording + Storage Capability + Consumables”

Complementary information
Additional information

“This tender was divided into lots. Following the evaluation process it became clear that DIAS was unable to proceed with acquiring goods and services for all lots.”    Show more
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Four Courts Dublin
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: D7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 1888651 📞
URL: http://www.courts.ie/Home.nsf/LookupPageLink/home 🌏
Source: OJS 2018/S 244-558185 (2018-12-17)