Economic and Sustainabilility Impact Assessment for Ireland of the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement

Department of Businesss, Enterprise and Innovation

On 28.6.2019, the European Union and Mercosur states โ€” Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay โ€“ reached a political agreement for an ambitious, balanced and comprehensive trade agreement as part of the EU-Mercosur association agreement.
The agreement in principle is subject to the final transcription into the texts and the respective market access offers. Subsequently, in the EUโ€™s case, it is subject to approval by the European Council and European Parliament and ratification by the national parliaments of EU member states.
The Government of Ireland has committed to undertaking a full Economic and Sustainability and Impact Assessment (ESIA) for Ireland of the EU-Mercosur trade agreement, including economic, social, environmental and human rights impacts.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-01-10. The procurement was published on 2019-11-27.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2019-11-27 Contract notice
2020-04-08 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2019-11-27)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Department of Businesss, Enterprise and Innovation
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: 23 Kildare Street,Dublin 2
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Contact person: Andrew Colgan
Phone: +353 16312851 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: andrew.colgan@dbei.gov.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: www.dbei.gov.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1203 ๐ŸŒ
Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=157729&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=157729&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
โ€œEconomic and Sustainabilility Impact Assessment for Ireland of the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreementโ€
Products/services: Economic research services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Short description:
โ€œOn 28.6.2019, the European Union and Mercosur states โ€” Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay โ€“ reached a political agreement for an ambitious, balanced...โ€    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 200 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

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Additional products/services: Market and economic research; polling and statistics ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Economic impact assessment ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Business and management consultancy and related services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Environmental impact assessment other than for construction ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Main site or place of performance: 23 Kildare Street, Dublin 2.
Description of the procurement:
โ€œOn 28.6.2019, the European Union and Mercosur states โ€” Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay โ€“ reached a political agreement for an ambitious, balanced...โ€    Show more
Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 200 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 6
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal โœ…
Description
Description of renewals: See RFT document for details.
Additional information: Further information is available in the tender document.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions: See RFT document.
Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2020-01-10 17:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 2
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2020-01-10 17:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): 23 Kildare Street, Dublin 2.
Conditions for opening of tenders (Information about authorised persons and opening procedure): Delegated to: Andrew Colgan Cliona Ryan

Complementary information
Review body
Name: Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation
Postal address: 23 Kildare Street
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Dublin 2
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 16312851 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: andrew.colgan@dbei.gov.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
โ€œ14 day standstill period applies from day that successful bidder is notified by the contracting authority of intention to award the contract.โ€
Source: OJS 2019/S 232-569241 (2019-11-27)
Contract award notice (2020-04-08)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Postal address: 23 Kildare Street
Postal town: Dublin 2

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
โ€œOn 28 June 2019, the European Union and Mercosur states โ€” Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay โ€“ reached a political agreement for an ambitious, balanced...โ€    Show more
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 200 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description
Description of the procurement:
โ€œOn 28 June 2019, the European Union and Mercosur states โ€” Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay โ€“ reached a political agreement for an ambitious, balanced...โ€    Show more
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): 2. Quality in terms of technical quality of the offer
Quality criterion (weighting): 70
Price (weighting): 30 percent

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2019/S 232-569241

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title:
โ€œEconomic and Sustainabilility Impact Assessment for Ireland of the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreementโ€
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2020-04-07 ๐Ÿ“…
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 5
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Implement Consulting Group P/S
National registration number: 32767788
Postal address: Strandvejen 54
Postal town: Hellerup
Postal code: 2900
Country: Denmark ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ
Phone: +45 61246171 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: lopo@implement.dk ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: Byen Kรธbenhavn ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 200 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Currency code: EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Lowest offer: 193200.00
Highest offer: 199500.00

Complementary information
Review body
Postal town: Dublin 2
Source: OJS 2020/S 071-169368 (2020-04-08)