The EPA has the statutory responsibility in Ireland for the regulation of industrial and waste installations falling within the scope of the Environmental Protection Agency Act and the Waste Management Act. Since the commencement of these licensing regimes, the Agency has granted in excess of 1 000 licenses and over 280 of these include scheduled emissions to atmosphere, with limit values that require periodic monitoring. The licences also defines the manner in which limits values shall be interpreted for compliance assessment.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-09-15.
The procurement was published on 2020-08-14.
Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Object Scope of the procurement
Title:
“Air Emissions Monitoring Programme (AEMP) of Air Emission Compliance Monitoring (Standard and Dioxin) at Selected EPA Licensed Sites in Ireland
RFT 174583”
Products/services: Air pollution monitoring or measurement services📦
Short description:
“The EPA has the statutory responsibility in Ireland for the regulation of industrial and waste installations falling within the scope of the Environmental...”
Short description
The EPA has the statutory responsibility in Ireland for the regulation of industrial and waste installations falling within the scope of the Environmental Protection Agency Act and the Waste Management Act. Since the commencement of these licensing regimes, the Agency has granted in excess of 1 000 licenses and over 280 of these include scheduled emissions to atmosphere, with limit values that require periodic monitoring. The licences also defines the manner in which limits values shall be interpreted for compliance assessment.
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Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 1 200 000 💰
The EPA has the statutory responsibility in Ireland for the regulation of industrial and waste installations falling within the scope of the Environmental Protection Agency Act and the Waste Management Act. Since the commencement of these licensing regimes, the Agency has granted in excess of 1 000 licenses and over 280 of these include scheduled emissions to atmosphere, with limit values that require periodic monitoring. The licences also defines the manner in which limits values shall be interpreted for compliance assessment.
Operators are required to carry out programmes of self-monitoring and report the results to the Office of Environmental Enforcement (OEE). As part of its regulatory functions and to provide public confidence, the OEE carries out an annual programme of independent monitoring. The OEE wishes to outsource this programme of independent monitoring by means of a competitive tender. The intention is to award a minimum of two separate contracts to two separate contractors. These will both be 1-year contracts, with an option to extend the contracts for two further 1-year periods. The total maximum duration of both of these contracts will be 3 years. They will involve air monitoring at a minimum of 30 EPA licenced sites per year.
The 1-year monitoring programme is to commence in January 2021. If the contracts are extended for the two further 1-year periods, the project is expected to be completed by December 2023.
The contract will be for a national project, covering the entire country. This tender is for the completion of monitoring at sites, which will require both standard air emissions monitoring and also monitoring of dioxin emissions.
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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 1 200 000 💰
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 12
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal ✅ Description
Description of renewals: Two 1-year extensions are possible.
Legal, economic, financial and technical information Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions:
“As detailed in the tender documentation available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie” 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: 2020-09-15
15:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2020-09-15
15:00 📅
Complementary information Review body
Name: High Court
Postal address: Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie📧
URL: http://www.courts.ie🌏 Body responsible for mediation procedures
Name: High Court
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪 Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: Consult legal advisor
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Source: OJS 2020/S 160-390317 (2020-08-14)
Contract award notice (2021-01-25) Contracting authority Name and addresses
Postal address: Headquarters, PO Box 3000
Object Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 1 200 000 💰
Description
Place of performance: Eastern and Midland🏙️
Description of the procurement:
“The EPA has the statutory responsibility in Ireland for the regulation of industrial and waste installations falling within the scope of the Environmental...”
Description of the procurement
The EPA has the statutory responsibility in Ireland for the regulation of industrial and waste installations falling within the scope of the Environmental Protection Agency Act and the Waste Management Act. Since the commencement of these licensing regimes, the Agency has granted in excess of 1000 licenses and over 280 of these include scheduled emissions to atmosphere, with limit values that require periodic monitoring. The licences also defines the manner in which limits values shall be interpreted for compliance assessment.
Operators are required to carry out programmes of self-monitoring, and report the results to the Office of Environmental Enforcement (OEE). As part of its regulatory functions and to provide public confidence, the OEE carries out an annual programme of independent monitoring. The OEE wishes to outsource this programme of independent monitoring by means of a competitive tender. The intention is to award a minimum of two separate contracts to two separate contractors. These will both be 1-year contracts, with an option to extend the contracts for two further one-year periods. The total maximum duration of both of these contracts will be 3 years. They will involve air monitoring at a minimum of 30 EPA licenced sites per year.
The 1-year monitoring programme is to commence in January 2021. If the contracts are extended for the two further one-year periods, the project is expected to be completed by December 2023.
The contract will be for a national project, covering the entire country. This tender is for the completion of monitoring at sites, which will require both standard air emissions monitoring, and also monitoring of dioxin emissions.
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Price
Description
Additional information: Cost was not the only award criteria.
Procedure Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2020/S 160-390317
Award of contract
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Contract Number: 1
Title:
“Air Emissions Monitoring Programme (AEMP) of Air Emission Compliance Monitoring (Standard and Dioxin) at Selected EPA Licensed Sites in Ireland”
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2021-01-04 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 5
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Element Materials Technology Ireland Ltd
National registration number: IE95734520
Postal address: Unit D8, North City Buisness Park, North Road, Finglas
Postal town: Dublin 11
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 14438855📞
E-mail: james.bealing@element.com📧
Region: Eastern and Midland🏙️
URL: http://www.element.com🌏
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 600 000 💰
Currency code: EUR 💰
Lowest offer: 550000.00
Highest offer: 650000.00
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Contract Number: 2
Name and address of the contractor
Name: SOCOTEC UK Ltd
National registration number: 864124823
Postal address: SOCOTEC House, Bretby Business Park
Postal town: Burton On Trent
Postal code: Ashby Road
Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Phone: +44 1283554389📞
E-mail: socotec.bids@socotec.com📧
Fax: +44 1283554423 📠
Region: West Midlands (England) 🏙️
URL: http://www.socotec.com🌏 Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 600 000 💰
Currency code: EUR 💰
Source: OJS 2021/S 020-047157 (2021-01-25)