Supply of an Automated Weather Balloon Launching and Radiosonde Monitoring System

Contract notice (2019-07-15)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Met Eireann
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: Glasnevin Hill
Postal town: Glasnevin
Postal code: Dublin 9
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contact person: Charles Gillman
Phone: +353 669473466 📞
E-mail: charles.gillman@met.ie 📧
Region: 00 🏙️
URL: https://www.met.ie/ 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/255 🌏
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=150615&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=150615&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
“Supply of an Automated Weather Balloon Launching and Radiosonde Monitoring System Autolauncher Procurement”
Products/services: Meteorological instruments 📦
Short description:
“Supply of an automated weather balloon launching and radiosonde monitoring system to the Met Eireann Valentia observatory.”
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 550 000 💰

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Additional products/services: Navigational and meteorological instruments 📦
Place of performance: 00 🏙️
Description of the procurement:
“Supply of an automated weather balloon launching and radiosonde monitoring system to the Met Eireann Valentia observatory.”
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 550 000 💰
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 36
Information about options
Options ✅
Description of options: Launcher, ancillaries, warranty and maintenance options.
Information about electronic catalogues
Tenders must be presented in the form of electronic catalogues or include an electronic catalogue

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2019-08-20 12:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender must be valid until: 2020-02-20 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2019-08-20 12:00 📅

Complementary information
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
Review body
Name: Met Eireann
Postal address: Glasnevin Hill
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Dublin 9
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18064200 📞
URL: https://www.met.ie/ 🌏
Source: OJS 2019/S 137-336820 (2019-07-15)

Contract award notice (2019-10-24)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
“Supply of an Automated Weather Balloon Launching and Radiosonde Monitoring System. Autolauncher Procurement”
Short description:
“Supply of an automated weather balloon launching and radiosonde monitoring system to the met Eireann Valentia observatory.”
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 324 000 💰
Description
Main site or place of performance: Cahersiveen, Co Kerry.
Description of the procurement:
“Supply of an automated weather balloon launching and radiosonde monitoring system to the met Eireann Valentia observatory.”
Award criteria
Price

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2019/S 137-336820
Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title:
“Supply of an Automated Weather Balloon Launching and Radiosonde Monitoring System”
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2019-10-21 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Vaisala Ltd
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: Elm House, 351 Bristol Road
Postal town: Birmingham
Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Phone: +44 7590713663 📞
E-mail: david.bullock@vaisala.com 📧
Region: United Kingdom 🏙️
URL: http://www.vaisala.com 🌏
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 324 000 💰
Source: OJS 2019/S 208-507342 (2019-10-24)