Marine Advisor Services to Support the Procurement of a Multi-Role Vessel

Department of Defence

The White Paper on Defence 2015 provides for the replacement of the current Naval Service flagship Lร‰ Eithne, which is approaching its end of lifespan, with a Multi-Role Vessel.
The procurement of the MRV is in strategic alignment with Government Policy. The MRV is included in the Government National Development Plan as a major capital project and is listed in the Defence Equipment Development Plan. The intention is that the procurement will be conducted in accordance with contemporary and emerging best practice in government procurement.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2021-05-11. The procurement was published on 2021-04-01.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2021-04-01 Contract notice
2021-04-28 Additional information
2022-03-28 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2021-04-01)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Department of Defence
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: Station Road, Co. Kildare
Postal town: Newbridge
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Contact person: Contracts Branch
Phone: +353 45492364 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: contracts@defence.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: www.defence.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/292 ๐ŸŒ
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=185941&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=185941&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
โ€œMarine Advisor Services to Support the Procurement of a Multi-Role Vessel CON053/2020โ€
Products/services: Procurement consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Short description:
โ€œThe White Paper on Defence 2015 provides for the replacement of the current Naval Service flagship Lร‰ Eithne, which is approaching its end of lifespan, with...โ€    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 250 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

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Additional products/services: Financial consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Advisory and consultative engineering services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Military defence services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Project-management services other than for construction work ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Project-supervision services other than for construction work ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Project-design services other than for construction work ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Main site or place of performance: Ireland.
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThe White Paper on Defence 2015 provides for the replacement of the current Naval Service flagship Lร‰ Eithne, which is approaching its end of lifespan, with...โ€    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 250 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 12
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal โœ…
Description
Description of renewals:
โ€œThe contracting authority reserves the right to extend the term for a period or periods of up to twelve months with a maximum of two such extension or...โ€    Show more

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions:
โ€œAs per Part 3 of attached RFT, Section 3.2 Selection and Section 3.3 Award Criteria.โ€
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
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2021-05-11 12:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 6
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2021-05-11 12:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): Newbridge, Co. Kildare, IRELAND.

Complementary information
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
Review body
Name: Central Office of the High Court
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Source: OJS 2021/S 066-171530 (2021-04-01)
Additional information (2021-04-28)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Postal address: Station Road
Postal town: Co. Kildare
Postal code: Newbridge

Complementary information
Original notice reference
Notice number in the OJ S: 2021/S 066-171530

Changes
Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: IV.2.2)
Place of text to be modified: Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Old value
Date: 2021-05-11 ๐Ÿ“…
Time: 12:00
New value
Date: 2021-05-24 ๐Ÿ“…
Time: 12:00
Other additional information

โ€œThe contracting authority has replaced the original RFT published on 6 April 2021 with an updated RFT โ€” dated 28 April 2021 and provided additional response...โ€    Show more
Source: OJS 2021/S 085-220724 (2021-04-28)
Contract award notice (2022-03-28)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Postal town: Co Kildare

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
โ€œMarine Advisor Services to support the procurement of a Multi-Role Vessel CON053/2020โ€
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 289 632 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description
Main site or place of performance: Ireland
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Resources to be allocated
Quality criterion (weighting): 20%
Quality criterion (name): Project Plan
Quality criterion (weighting): 30%
Quality criterion (name): Reliability & Continuity of Supply
Quality criterion (weighting): 10%
Price (weighting): 40%

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2021/S 066-171530

Award of contract

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Contract Number: 1
Title: Marine Advisor Services to support the procurement of a Multi-Role Vessel
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2021-08-26 ๐Ÿ“…
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 5
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 3
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 2
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 6
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Houlder Limited
Postal address: Ocean House, 22 Cousin Lane
Postal town: London
Postal code: EC4R3TE
Country: United Kingdom ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง
Region: London ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
The contractor is an SME โœ…
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 250 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 289 632 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

Complementary information
Review body
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay,
Source: OJS 2022/S 065-171706 (2022-03-28)