Competition for the provision of Irish Coast Guard Aviation Service

Department of Transport

The Minister for Transport (“the Contracting Authority”) invites economic operators to request to participate in this public procurement competition (“Competition”) for the provision of Rotary and Fixed Wing services for the Irish Coast Guard (the “Services”) described in Appendix 1 of this pre-qualification questionnaire (“PQQ”). Economic operators may request to participate by submitting a response document (“Response”). The elements of the Services which define the minimum requirements are the provision of three (3) helicopters and a fixed wing aircraft on standby for Irish Coast Guard aviation tasking.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2022-01-26. The procurement was published on 2021-12-17.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2021-12-17 Contract notice
2022-01-24 Additional information
2023-09-07 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2021-12-17)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Department of Transport
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: Leeson Lane
Postal town: Dublin 2
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contact person: Kathleen Morrissey
Phone: +353 16707444 📞
E-mail: kathleenmorrissey@transport.gov.ie 📧
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
URL: http://www.gov.ie/transport 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/309 🌏
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=204264&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=204264&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Competition for the provision of Irish Coast Guard Aviation Service
Products/services: Air transport services 📦
Short description:
“The Minister for Transport (“the Contracting Authority”) invites economic operators to request to participate in this public procurement competition...”    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 800 000 000 💰

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Additional products/services: Aerial and related services 📦
Additional products/services: Air-rescue services 📦
Additional products/services: Air-sea rescue services 📦
Additional products/services: Aircraft-operation services 📦
Additional products/services: Pilot services 📦
Additional products/services: Aircraft operating services 📦
Additional products/services: Support services for land, water and air transport 📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
Description of the procurement:
“The Minister for Transport (“the Contracting Authority”) invites economic operators to request to participate in this public procurement competition...”    Show more
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 800 000 000 💰
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 120
Information about options
Options
Description of options:
“The Contracting Authority reserves the right to extend the Term for all or any number of the bases on the same terms and conditions for a period or periods...”    Show more

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions: Please refer to the PQQ document.
Economic and financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria: Please refer to the PQQ document.
Conditions for participation
Please refer to the PQQ document.
Technical and professional ability
List and brief description of selection criteria: Please refer to the PQQ document.
Conditions for participation
Conditions for participation (technical and professional ability): Please refer to the PQQ document.

Procedure
Type of procedure
Competitive procedure with negotiation
Information about reduction of the number of solutions or tenders during negotiation or dialogue
Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2020/S 088-210331
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2022-01-26 12:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court of Ireland
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Source: OJS 2021/S 248-656958 (2021-12-17)
Additional information (2022-01-24)

Complementary information
Original notice reference
Notice number in the OJ S: 2021/S 248-656958

Changes
Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: IV 2.2
Old value
Date: 2022-01-26 📅
Time: 12:00
New value
Date: 2022-02-11 📅
Time: 12:00
Source: OJS 2022/S 020-049675 (2022-01-24)
Contract award notice (2023-09-07)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Contact person: Jacqueline Byrne
Phone: +353 16043428 📞
E-mail: jacqueline.byrne@transport.gov.ie 📧

Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 943 700 000 💰
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Technical Solution
Quality criterion (weighting): 400
Quality criterion (name): Quality of Service
Quality criterion (weighting): 300
Cost criterion (name): Price
Cost criterion (weighting): 300

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2021/S 248-656958

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title: Competition for the provision of Irish Coast Guard Aviation Service
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2023-08-11 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Bristow Ireland Limited
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 943 700 000 💰
Source: OJS 2023/S 175-549813 (2023-09-07)