Provision of Soil Moisture Sensors

University College Dublin (UCD)

The primary requirement of this competition relates to the provision of sensors for six (6) soil moisture measurement stations comprising of a Cosmic Ray Neutron Sensor (CRNS) designed for soil moisture monitoring plus 21 soil moisture probes with associated equipment. The tender shall include an option for up to four (4) additional soil moisture measurement stations (for a total of 10 stations). Half of the stations will be at new locations and half of the stations will be co-located with existing automatic weather stations (i.e. 3 stations for the tender of 6 stations and 5 stations for the tender of 10 stations). The details of the station configuration are described in section I.4) (Network configuration).
The function of the station is to automatically acquire, process and store data. The station will have the capability to communicate.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-11-06. The procurement was published on 2020-10-05.

Suppliers
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Procurement history
Date Document
2020-10-05 Contract notice
2021-08-13 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2020-10-05)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: University College Dublin (UCD)
National registration number: IE6517386K
Postal address: Procurement and Contracts Office, Roebuck Offices
Postal town: Belfield
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Contact person: Turlough Kieran
Phone: +353 7167618 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: turlough.kieran1@ucd.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: http://www.ucd.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1222 ๐ŸŒ
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=175276&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=175276&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Provision of Soil Moisture Sensors UCDOPP5071
Products/services: Sensors ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Short description:
โ€œThe primary requirement of this competition relates to the provision of sensors for six (6) soil moisture measurement stations comprising of a Cosmic Ray...โ€    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 400 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Information about lots
Tenders may be submitted for all lots

1๏ธโƒฃ
Scope of the procurement
Title: Lot A: Cosmic Ray Soil Moisture Sensor
Title
Lot Identification Number: 1
Description
Additional products/services: Measuring instruments ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Miscellaneous evaluation or testing instruments ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Humidity and moisture measuring instruments ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Moisture meters ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Main site or place of performance: Ireland.
Description of the procurement: Please refer to the tender document.
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 100 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 48
Additional information: Please refer to the tender document.

2๏ธโƒฃ
Scope of the procurement
Title: Lot B: Soil Moisture and Temperature Sensors
Title
Lot Identification Number: 2
Description
Place of performance: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 50 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

3๏ธโƒฃ
Scope of the procurement
Title: Lot C: Meteorological Sensors
Title
Lot Identification Number: 3
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 50 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

4๏ธโƒฃ
Scope of the procurement
Title: Lot D: Power Supply and Data Processing
Title
Lot Identification Number: 4
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 80 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions: Please refer to the tender 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
Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions: Please refer to the tender document.

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2020-11-06 12:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Tender must be valid until: 2021-02-26 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2020-11-06 12:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): Dublin.
Conditions for opening of tenders (Information about authorised persons and opening procedure): Via the eTenders postbox facility.

Complementary information
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
Additional information
Please refer to the tender document.
Review body
Name: Courts Service
Postal address: Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
URL: www.courts.ie ๐ŸŒ
Source: OJS 2020/S 197-474507 (2020-10-05)
Contract award notice (2021-08-13)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: University College Dublin ( UCD )
Postal address: Procurement and Contracts Office
Postal code: Roebuck Offices

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
โ€œThe primary requirement of this competition relates to the provision of sensors for six (6) soil moisture measurement stations comprising of a Cosmic Ray...โ€    Show more
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 300 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots โœ…
Scope of the procurement
Title: o Lot A โ€“ Cosmic Ray Soil Moisture Sensor
Description
Main site or place of performance: Ireland
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Technical Merit
Quality criterion (weighting): 60
Quality criterion (name): Installation, maintenance & technical support
Quality criterion (weighting): 12.5
Price (weighting): 27.5
Scope of the procurement
Title: o Lot B โ€“ Soil Moisture and Temperature Sensors
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Technical merit
Scope of the procurement
Title: o Lot C โ€“ Meteorological Sensors
Title: o Lot D โ€“ Power Supply and Data Processing
Description
Description of the procurement: Please refer to the tender document
Additional information: Please refer to the tender document

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2020/S 197-474507

Award of contract

1๏ธโƒฃ
Contract Number: 1
Title: o Lot A โ€“ Cosmic Ray Soil Moisture Sensor
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2020-12-10 ๐Ÿ“…
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 2
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 2
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Campbell Scientific
Postal town: Shepshed
Country: United Kingdom ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง
Region: Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
The contractor is an SME โœ…
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 74 641 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

2๏ธโƒฃ
Contract Number: 2
Title: o Lot B โ€“ Soil Moisture and Temperature Sensors
Information about tenders
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators โœ…
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 28 079 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

3๏ธโƒฃ
Contract Number: 3
Title: o Lot C โ€“ Meteorological Sensors
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Cambell Scientific
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 15 522 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

4๏ธโƒฃ
Contract Number: 4
Title: o Lot D โ€“ Power Supply and Data Processing
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 14 720 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

Complementary information
Additional information
Please refer to the tender document
Source: OJS 2021/S 159-420206 (2021-08-13)