The EPA is seeking ecological expertise and technical support in the areas of work and associated requirements specified below. Tenderers are required to demonstrate that they can provide personnel with the necessary skills, expertise and experience to meet the requirements in the indicative list of tasks set out below in each lot tendered. Each tenderer should provide for suitably qualified, experienced and competent candidates.
The place of work will be in any of the EPA Regional Inspectorates in Dublin, Castlebar, Cork or Monaghan. It is anticipated that the primary place of work for lot 1 will be in the EPA Dublin Regional Inspectorate.
Depending on the nature of the technical expertise and services being sought contractors may also be in a position to provide the expertise and or service from their company’s place of work.
Contractors may also be asked to support EPA teams, or to undertake independently, monitoring of WFD water bodies.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-05-22.
The procurement was published on 2020-04-22.
Object Scope of the procurement
Title:
“Framework Agreement for the Provision of Monitoring and Ecological Technical Support to the Environmental Protection Agency
EPAOEAEMAU2020”
Products/services: Environmental services📦
Short description:
“The EPA is seeking ecological expertise and technical support in the areas of work and associated requirements specified below. Tenderers are required to...”
Short description
The EPA is seeking ecological expertise and technical support in the areas of work and associated requirements specified below. Tenderers are required to demonstrate that they can provide personnel with the necessary skills, expertise and experience to meet the requirements in the indicative list of tasks set out below in each lot tendered. Each tenderer should provide for suitably qualified, experienced and competent candidates.
The place of work will be in any of the EPA Regional Inspectorates in Dublin, Castlebar, Cork or Monaghan. It is anticipated that the primary place of work for lot 1 will be in the EPA Dublin Regional Inspectorate.
Depending on the nature of the technical expertise and services being sought contractors may also be in a position to provide the expertise and or service from their company’s place of work.
Contractors may also be asked to support EPA teams, or to undertake independently, monitoring of WFD water bodies.
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Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 1 000 000 💰
Information about lots
Tenders may be submitted for all lots
1️⃣ Scope of the procurement
Title: Technical Support and Services for Rivers and Lakes
Title
Lot Identification Number: 1
Description
Additional products/services: Environmental management📦
Additional products/services: Environmental impact assessment other than for construction📦
Additional products/services: Environmental standards other than for construction📦
Place of performance: Dublin🏙️
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland🏙️
Main site or place of performance: Richview, Clonskeagh, D14.
Description of the procurement:
“Framework agreement for the provision of monitoring and ecological technical support to the Environmental Protection Agency.
It is expected that up to a...”
Description of the procurement
Framework agreement for the provision of monitoring and ecological technical support to the Environmental Protection Agency.
It is expected that up to a maximum of three suitably qualified candidates may be required, at any given time, to provide the technical office-based services outlined in this tender.
It is also anticipated that contractors will need to provide sampling support to EPA teams in undertaking the lake component of the national surface water monitoring assessment programme. Typically this will involve providing a sampling assistant to support an EPA field ecologist in each EPA team deployed to the field. It is anticipated that approximately 60 to 80 days of field sampling assistance, in total, will be required to support at least four separate EPA field teams.
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Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
Duration
Start date: 2020-06-19 📅
2️⃣ Scope of the procurement
Title: Technical Support and Services for Transitional and Coastal Waters
Title
Lot Identification Number: 2
Description
Description of the procurement:
“Suitably qualified tenderers may be required to undertake sampling in transitional and coastal waters and to deliver samples to an EPA laboratory. It is...”
Description of the procurement
Suitably qualified tenderers may be required to undertake sampling in transitional and coastal waters and to deliver samples to an EPA laboratory. It is anticipated that approximately 30 to 60 days field sampling will be required per year.
It is expected that up to a maximum of two additional suitably qualified candidates may be required, at any given time, to provide the services outlined above at one of the EPA regional inspectorates.
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” 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
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with several operators
Description
Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement: 4
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2020-05-22
12:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2020-05-22
12:00 📅
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🌏 Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: Consult legal advisor
Postal town: As applicable
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Source: OJS 2020/S 082-193778 (2020-04-22)