A Service to Print and Distribute Sheep Dispatch Document Books

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is responsible for the operation of the national sheep identification system which sets down the rules for the identification, registration and movement of sheep in Ireland. One of the main aspects of the NSIS is that all sheep leaving a holding must be accompanied by a sheep dispatch document which contains details of the consignment including, inter alia, the flock keepers name and address, flock number, designator code, the tag numbers, the transporter and the destination details. Flock owners are supplied with books of documents as outlined in the specifications in the RFT. The successful tenderer will be required to print and distribute (post) on a periodic (normally weekly) basis of dispatch document books to:
โ€ข registered flock owners who have placed order with DAFM for additional supplies of sheep dispatch document books;
โ€ข newly registered flock owners who require an initial supply of 1 sheep dispatch document book.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-11-06. The procurement was published on 2020-10-02.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2020-10-02 Contract notice
Contract notice (2020-10-02)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Printing and related services
Reference number: RFT 176845
Short description:
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is responsible for the operation of the national sheep identification system which sets down the rules for the identification, registration and movement of sheep in Ireland. One of the main aspects of the NSIS is that all sheep leaving a holding must be accompanied by a sheep dispatch document which contains details of the consignment including, inter alia, the flock keepers name and address, flock number, designator code, the tag numbers, the transporter and the destination details. Flock owners are supplied with books of documents as outlined in the specifications in the RFT. The successful tenderer will be required to print and distribute (post) on a periodic (normally weekly) basis of dispatch document books to: โ€ข registered flock owners who have placed order with DAFM for additional supplies of sheep dispatch document books; โ€ข newly registered flock owners who require an initial supply of 1 sheep dispatch document book.
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Notice metadata
Original language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Printing and related services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional CPV: Services related to printing ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance
NUTS region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ

Procedure
Procedure type: Open 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: Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Awarding authority name: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Postal address: Backweston Admin Building, Young's Cross
Postal code: W23 X3PH
Postal town: Celbridge
Contact
Internet address: http://www.agriculture.gov.ie ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: norma.behan@agriculture.gov.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 15058642 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=174574&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=174574&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2020-10-02 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2020-11-06 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2020-10-07 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2020/S 195-472035
OJ-S issue: 195

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is responsible for the operation of the national sheep identification system which sets down the rules for the identification, registration and movement of sheep in Ireland. One of the main aspects of the NSIS is that all sheep leaving a holding must be accompanied by a sheep dispatch document which contains details of the consignment including, inter alia, the flock keepers name and address, flock number, designator code, the tag numbers, the transporter and the destination details. Flock owners are supplied with books of documents as outlined in the specifications in the RFT. The successful tenderer will be required to print and distribute (post) on a periodic (normally weekly) basis of dispatch document books to:
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โ€ข registered flock owners who have placed order with DAFM for additional supplies of sheep dispatch document books;
โ€ข newly registered flock owners who require an initial supply of 1 sheep dispatch document book.
Estimated total value: 400 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Short description:
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) is responsible for the operation of the national sheep identification system (NSIS) which sets down the rules for the identification, registration and movement of sheep in Ireland. One of the main aspects of the NSIS is that all sheep leaving a holding must be accompanied by a sheep dispatch document which contains details of the consignment including, inter alia, the flock keepers name and address, flock number, designator code, the tag numbers, the transporter and the destination details.
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Flock owners are supplied with books of documents which contain 25 sets of documents. Each set comprises 3 parts on NCR paper. Each book also contains a reminder page, an A4 information page and a loose cardboard insert as outlined in the specifications in the RFT.
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All documents in each book must be printed with personalised details as set out below following which each book must be packaged and posted directly to the flock owner for whom the book was printed.
The successful tenderer will be required to print and distribute (post) on a periodic (normally weekly) basis of dispatch document books to:
โ€ข registered flock owners who have placed order with DAFM for additional supplies of sheep dispatch document books. Such orders are generally for one book of documents but flock owners can if they wish order up to a maximum of five books at one time; and
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Estimated value excluding VAT: 400 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration: 24 months
Description of renewals: Two (2) possible 12-month extensions.

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Time of receipt of tenders: 17:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Tender validity period: 3 months
Tender opening date: 2020-11-06 ๐Ÿ“…
Tender opening time: 17:00

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Norma Behan
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/307 ๐ŸŒ
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=174574&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Additional information
Estimated timing for further notices: In 2-4 years.

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court of Ireland
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Source: OJS 2020/S 195-472035 (2020-10-02)