Tools and Hardware for the Irish Public Sector

The Office of Government Procurement

The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (the ‘Contracting Authority’) is issuing this request for tenders (‘RFT’) as a central purchasing body for use by the framework clients (defined below). The Office of Government Procurement (the ‘OGP’) is an office within the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform tasked with sourcing goods and services on behalf of the public service. References to the Contracting Authority will be deemed to include the OGP. The Contracting Authority invites tenders (‘Tenders’) from economic operators (‘Tenderers’) for appointment to a multi-supplier framework agreement for the supply of the goods as described in Appendix 1 to this RFT (the ‘Goods’).

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-08-21. The procurement was published on 2020-07-20.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2020-07-20 Contract notice
2021-02-08 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2020-07-20)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: The Office of Government Procurement
National registration number: IE3229842HH
Postal address: 3A Mayor Street Upper
Postal town: Dublin 1
Postal code: D01 PF72
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contact person: Tender Operations
Phone: +353 761008000 📞
E-mail: support@ogp.gov.ie 📧
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
URL: http://www.ogp.gov.ie/ 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/351 🌏
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=170818&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=170818&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Tools and Hardware for the Irish Public Sector PROJ000005998 - KFP065F
Products/services: Tools 📦
Short description:
“The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (the ‘Contracting Authority’) is issuing this request for tenders (‘RFT’) as a central purchasing body for...”    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 6 000 000 💰
Information about lots
Tenders may be submitted for all lots

1️⃣
Scope of the procurement
Title: Lot 1: Dublin
Title
Lot Identification Number: 1
Description
Additional products/services: Pneumatic or motorised hand tools 📦
Additional products/services: Pneumatic hand tools 📦
Additional products/services: Hand-held electromechanical tools 📦
Additional products/services: Parts of hand tools 📦
Additional products/services: Power tools 📦
Additional products/services: Hardware 📦
Additional products/services: Hand tools 📦
Additional products/services: Spades and shovels 📦
Additional products/services: Spades 📦
Additional products/services: Shovels 📦
Additional products/services: Gardening forks 📦
Additional products/services: Mattocks, picks, hoes, rakes and beach rakes 📦
Additional products/services: Mattocks 📦
Additional products/services: Picks 📦
Additional products/services: Hoes 📦
Additional products/services: Rakes 📦
Additional products/services: Beach rakes 📦
Additional products/services: Axes 📦
Additional products/services: Hand saws 📦
Additional products/services: Handsaw blades 📦
Additional products/services: Miscellaneous hand tools 📦
Additional products/services: Chisels 📦
Additional products/services: Pliers 📦
Additional products/services: Crimping pliers 📦
Additional products/services: Hammers 📦
Additional products/services: Wire grips 📦
Additional products/services: Spanners 📦
Additional products/services: Files or rasps 📦
Additional products/services: Screwdrivers 📦
Additional products/services: Drill bits, screwdriver bits and other accessories 📦
Additional products/services: Drill bits 📦
Additional products/services: Screwdriver bits 📦
Additional products/services: Tool carriers 📦
Additional products/services: Tool kits 📦
Additional products/services: Treadle-operated tools 📦
Additional products/services: Tool handles and tool parts 📦
Additional products/services: Tool handles 📦
Additional products/services: Tool parts 📦
Additional products/services: Locks, keys and hinges 📦
Additional products/services: Miscellaneous padlocks and locks 📦
Additional products/services: Locks 📦
Additional products/services: Door locks 📦
Additional products/services: Electronic security lock 📦
Additional products/services: Enhanced security lock 📦
Additional products/services: Furniture locks 📦
Additional products/services: Padlocks and chains 📦
Additional products/services: Padlocks 📦
Additional products/services: Clasps, lock parts and keys 📦
Additional products/services: Clasps 📦
Additional products/services: Keys 📦
Additional products/services: Parts of padlocks 📦
Additional products/services: Parts of locks 📦
Additional products/services: Hinges, mountings and fittings 📦
Additional products/services: Hinges 📦
Additional products/services: Mountings 📦
Additional products/services: Fittings 📦
Additional products/services: Fasteners 📦
Additional products/services: Threaded fasteners 📦
Additional products/services: Wood screws 📦
Additional products/services: Screw hooks or screw rings 📦
Additional products/services: Self-tapping screws 📦
Additional products/services: Bolts 📦
Additional products/services: Flange jointing sets 📦
Additional products/services: Bolts and screws 📦
Additional products/services: Coach bolts and screws 📦
Additional products/services: Nuts 📦
Additional products/services: Iron or steel threaded articles 📦
Additional products/services: Non-threaded fasteners 📦
Additional products/services: Rivets 📦
Additional products/services: Washers 📦
Additional products/services: Cotter pins 📦
Additional products/services: Steel fishplates 📦
Additional products/services: Copper fasteners 📦
Additional products/services: Chain 📦
Additional products/services: Paints, varnishes and mastics 📦
Additional products/services: Paints 📦
Additional products/services: Road paint 📦
Additional products/services: Enamels and glazes 📦
Additional products/services: Decorating supplies 📦
Additional products/services: Varnishes 📦
Additional products/services: Mastics, fillers, putty and solvents 📦
Additional products/services: Mastics, fillers, putty 📦
Additional products/services: Mastics 📦
Additional products/services: Fillers 📦
Additional products/services: Putty 📦
Additional products/services: Grout 📦
Additional products/services: Solvents 📦
Additional products/services: Paint stripper 📦
Additional products/services: Thinners 📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
Main site or place of performance: Dublin 1.
Description of the procurement:
“The provision of tools, hardware, and consumables to the Irish Public Sector. Under this framework tools, hardware and consumables will range from goods and...”    Show more
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Environmental and sustainability
Quality criterion (weighting): 75
Quality criterion (name): Customer complaints
Quality criterion (weighting): 125
Quality criterion (name): Contract management
Quality criterion (weighting): 150
Quality criterion (name): Continuity of supply and disaster recovery
Cost criterion (name): Delivery
Cost criterion (weighting): 50
Cost criterion (name): Total core product list cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 450
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 2 800 000 💰
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 24
Information about options
Options
Description of options: Two 12 months.

2️⃣
Scope of the procurement
Title: Lot 2: All remaining Counties
Title
Lot Identification Number: 2
Description
Description of the procurement:
“The provision of tools, hardware, and consumables to the Irish Public Sector. Under this framework tools, hardware and consumables will range from goods and...”    Show more
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 3 000 000 💰

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2020-08-21 12:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2020-08-21 12:00 📅

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The Office of Government Procurement
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Source: OJS 2020/S 141-346173 (2020-07-20)
Contract award notice (2021-02-08)
Contracting authority
Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (the ‘Contracting Authority’) is issuing this request for tenders (‘RFT’) as a central purchasing body for...”    Show more
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 4 100 000 💰
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots
Scope of the procurement
Title: Lot 1 — Dublin
Description
Description of the procurement:
“The provision of tools, hardware, and consumables to the Irish Public Sector. Under this framework tools, hardware, and consumables will range from goods...”    Show more
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality of tenderer’s proposed contract management plan
Quality criterion (name):
“Quality of tenderer’s proposed methodology for ensuring continuity of supply and disaster recovery proposals”
Quality criterion (name): Quality of tenderer’s proposals in respect of proposed customer complaints
Quality criterion (name): Quality of tenders proposal for environmental and sustainability efficiencies
Cost criterion (name): Cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 500
Information about options
Description of options:
“The term of the single-supplier framework agreement will be twenty-four (24) months, with the option to extend for a further twelve (12) months, with a...”    Show more
Scope of the procurement
Title: Lot 2 — All remaining Counties

Procedure
Information about framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2020/S 141-346173

Award of contract

1️⃣
Contract Number: 1
Lot Identification Number: 1
Title: Lot 1 — Dublin
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2021-01-25 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 6
Name and address of the contractor
Name: A.R Brownlow Ltd
National registration number: IE9Y46913B
Postal address: South City Link Road
Postal town: Cork
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 214313377 📞
E-mail: dhamill@arbrownlow.ie 📧
Fax: +353 214313693 📠
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
URL: http://www.arbrownlow.ie 🌏
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 2 100 000 💰

2️⃣
Contract Number: 2
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Industrial and Farm Machinery Ltd
National registration number: 26603
Postal address: Mullins Cross, County Louth
Postal town: Dunleer
Phone: +353 429372294 📞
E-mail: liamk@ifm.ie 📧
Fax: +353 429382014 📠
URL: http://www.ifm.ie 🌏
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 2 100 000 💰

3️⃣
Contract Number: 3
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Perenco Ltd
National registration number: IE4530927C
Postal address: Croke Park Industrial Est.,
Postal town: Dublin 1.
Phone: +353 18363377 📞
E-mail: info@perenco.ie 📧
Fax: +353 18363608 📠
URL: http://www.perenco.ie 🌏
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 2 100 000 💰

4️⃣
Contract Number: 4
Lot Identification Number: 2
Title: Lot 2 — All remaining Counties
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 2 000 000 💰

5️⃣
Contract Number: 5
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 2 000 000 💰

6️⃣
Contract Number: 6
Name and address of the contractor
Postal town: Dublin 1
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 2 000 000 💰

Complementary information
Additional information

“Please refer to the tender documents associated with the notice published on www.etenders.gov.ie (RFT #173271).”
Review body
Name: High Court of Ireland
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Please consult your own legal advisors.
Source: OJS 2021/S 030-072313 (2021-02-08)