19/157 — Irish Water National Laboratory Project: Procurement, Installation, IQ, OQ and FAT of Analytical Equipment for a New Laboratory

Irish Water

The contracting entity is developing a national laboratory in Limerick. This facility will process approximately 250 000 samples per year from across Ireland and produce 1.8 million accredited tests per year.
Typical sample matrices will be potable and raw water, wastewater including sewage and trade effluent, influent as well as sewage sludge.
The contracting entity is tendering to invite suitable Applicant’s for the provision of a wide range of chemical and microbiological laboratory equipment, associated services, warranty and equipment maintenance required for this new Laboratory.
Please refer to the PQQ Document.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2021-03-05. The procurement was published on 2021-02-02.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2021-02-02 Contract notice
2023-09-25 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2021-02-02)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Irish Water
National registration number: IE3191327JH
Postal address: Tender Administration, PO Box 900, Webworks, Eglinton Street, Ervia, Co. Cork
Postal town: Cork
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contact person: Tender Admin
Phone: +353 214239065 📞
E-mail: tenders@ervia.ie 📧
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
URL: http://www.ervia.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/129496 🌏
Communication
Documents URL: www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏
Participation URL: www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
“19/157 — Irish Water National Laboratory Project: Procurement, Installation, IQ, OQ and FAT of Analytical Equipment for a New Laboratory 19/157”
Products/services: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) 📦
Short description:
“The contracting entity is developing a national laboratory in Limerick. This facility will process approximately 250 000 samples per year from across...”    Show more

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Additional products/services: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) 📦
Additional products/services: Laboratory building construction work 📦
Additional products/services: Construction work for pharmaceutical plant 📦
Additional products/services: Construction project management services 📦
Additional products/services: Project management consultancy services 📦
Additional products/services: Project-supervision services other than for construction work 📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
Main site or place of performance: Limerick.
Description of the procurement:
“The contracting entity is developing a national laboratory in Limerick. This facility will process approximately 250 000 samples per year from across...”    Show more
Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 24
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal
Description
Description of renewals: Option to extend by 12 months.
Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Information about variants
Variants will be accepted
Description
Additional information:
“You must submit through the eTenders system before the deadline. The system will automatically lockdown at the exact time specified in the PQQ documents....”    Show more

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions: Refer to tender documents.
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 for participation
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
“Requests to participate may be submitted by single entities or by groups of service providers. A group will not be required to convert into a specific legal...”    Show more
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
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2021-03-05 12:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Irish 🗣️
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 6

Complementary information
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
Additional information

“You must submit through the eTenders system before the deadline. It is very important that you commence the scanning and uploading of your response in a...”    Show more
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: High Court Central Office, Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +35 318886000 📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
URL: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
“Please refer to Statutory Instrument 131 of 2010, European Communities (Award of Contracts by Utility Undertaking) (Review Procedures) Regulations 2010 (and...”    Show more
Source: OJS 2021/S 025-062423 (2021-02-02)
Contract award notice (2023-09-25)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Uisce Éireann
Postal address: Tender Administration, PO Box 900, Webworks, Eglinton Street, Ervia
Postal code: Co.Cork
E-mail: tenders@water.ie 📧
URL: http://www.water.ie 🌏
Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
“19/157 - Irish Water National Laboratory Project: Procurement, Installation, IQ, OQ and FAT of Analytical Equipment for a new Laboratory 19/157”
Short description:
“The Contracting Entity is developing a national laboratory in Limerick. This facility will process approximately 250,000 samples per year from across...”    Show more
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 6379278.30 💰
Description
Description of the procurement:
“The Contracting Entity is developing a national laboratory in Limerick. This facility will process approximately 250,000 samples per year from across...”    Show more
Additional information: .

Procedure
Information about framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2021/S 025-062423

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title:
“19/157 - Irish Water National Laboratory Project: Procurement, Installation, IQ, OQ and FAT of Analytical Equipment for a new Laboratory”
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2023-08-21 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Laboratory Supplies Ltd T/A Lennox
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 6379278.30 💰

Complementary information
Review body
Postal address: High Court Central Office, Four Courts, Inns Quay,
Source: OJS 2023/S 188-588130 (2023-09-25)