Propagation and Marketing Rights of Potato cultivars โ€” Pre-qualification questionnaire for Potato breeding partner

Teagasc

Teagasc is committed to breeding Potato to improve the overall sustainability of the wider Irish and International potato industry. It seeks a partner to underpin and support the application of cultivars that emerge from the Teagasc breeding programme for National Listing and Plant Breeders' Rights in Europe and in all appropriate countries/regions. The selected partner will be required to propagate, market, sell, supply or otherwise distribute, seed of all new Potato cultivars that emerge from the Teagasc breeding programme. The length of an agreement between both parties is expected to commence from 1.11.2017 and to be for a period of 15 years. Teagasc is carrying out this procurement exercise under the Concessions Directive 2014/23/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council. It is a 2 stage process.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2017-08-08. The procurement was published on 2017-07-07.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2017-07-07 Contract notice
Contract notice (2017-07-07)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Potatoes
Short description:
Teagasc is committed to breeding Potato to improve the overall sustainability of the wider Irish and International potato industry. It seeks a partner to underpin and support the application of cultivars that emerge from the Teagasc breeding programme for National Listing and Plant Breeders' Rights in Europe and in all appropriate countries/regions. The selected partner will be required to propagate, market, sell, supply or otherwise distribute, seed of all new Potato cultivars that emerge from the Teagasc breeding programme. The length of an agreement between both parties is expected to commence from 1.11.2017 and to be for a period of 15 years. Teagasc is carrying out this procurement exercise under the Concessions Directive 2014/23/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council. It is a 2 stage process.
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Notice metadata
Original language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Potatoes ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional CPV: Potatoes ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance
NUTS region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ

Procedure
Procedure type: Restricted 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: Body governed by public law
Awarding authority name: Teagasc
Postal address: Headquarters, Oak Park
Postal town: Carlow
Contact
Internet address: https://www.teagasc.ie ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: john.spink@teagasc.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 0599170250 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=115498&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=115498&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2017-07-07 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2017-08-08 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2017-07-11 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2017/S 130-265929
OJ-S issue: 130

Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value: 450 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Short description:
Teagasc is committed to breeding Potato to improve the overall sustainability of the wider Irish and International potato industry. It seeks a partner to underpin and support the application of cultivars that emerge from the Teagasc breeding programme for National Listing and Plant Breeders' Rights in Europe and in all appropriate countries/regions. The selected partner will be required to propagate, market, sell, supply or otherwise distribute, seed of all new Potato cultivars that emerge from the Teagasc breeding programme. The length of an agreement between both parties is expected to commence from 1.11.2017 and to be for a period of 15 years.
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Teagasc is carrying out this procurement exercise under the Concessions Directive 2014/23/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council. It is a 2 stage process. In stage 1, potential suppliers will be identified and may be shortlisted based on specified criteria.
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In stage 2 the shortlisted applicants will be required to present proposals which will be evaluated against specified criteria. Teagasc will finalise a contract with the preferred applicant through a negotiation process.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 450 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration: 180 months

Procedure
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Date of dispatch of invitations: 2017-08-16 ๐Ÿ“…
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: John Spink
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1215 ๐ŸŒ
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=115498&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Complementary information
Review body
Name: Teagasc
Postal address: Oak Park, Co. Carlow
Postal town: Carlow
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Source: OJS 2017/S 130-265929 (2017-07-07)