Strategic Environmental Assessment, Screening for Appropriate Assessment and Appropriate Assessment (if required) of the Irish Forest Strategy and Forestry Programme 2023-2027

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

The successful tenderer(s) will be required to compile:
a. An appropriately scaled Strategic Environmental Assessment of the draft Forest Strategy & draft Forestry Programme 2023-2027 which fully complies with principles & requirements of Directive 2001/42/EC on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment and the European Communities (Environmental Assessment of Certain Plans and Programmes) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 435/2004), as amended;
b. A screening for Appropriate Assessment (AA) of the draft Forest Strategy & draft Forestry Programme 2023-2027 in compliance with Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC) & European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 477/2011);
c. Subject to results of the AA screening process, an AA of the draft Forest Strategy and draft Forestry Programme 2023-2027 in compliance with Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC) & European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regs 2011 (S.I. 477/2011).

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2021-10-22. The procurement was published on 2021-09-17.

Suppliers

The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2021-09-17 Contract notice
2022-12-07 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2021-09-17)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) services other than for construction
Reference number: RFT 198803
Short description:
โ€œThe successful tenderer(s) will be required to compile: a. An appropriately scaled Strategic Environmental Assessment of the draft Forest Strategy & draft...โ€    Show more
Notice metadata
Original language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) services other than for construction ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional CPV: Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance
NUTS region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ

Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Awarding authority type: Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Awarding authority name: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Postal address: Johnstown Castle Estate
Postal code: Y35 PN52
Postal town: County Wexford
Contact
Internet address: http://www.agriculture.gov.ie ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: sonja.maurus@agriculture.gov.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 539163436 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=197899&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=197899&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2021-09-17 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2021-10-22 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2021-09-22 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2021/S 184-479052
OJ-S issue: 184

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
โ€œThe successful tenderer(s) will be required to compile:โ€

โ€œa. An appropriately scaled Strategic Environmental Assessment of the draft Forest Strategy & draft Forestry Programme 2023-2027 which fully complies with...โ€    Show more
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โ€œb. A screening for Appropriate Assessment (AA) of the draft Forest Strategy & draft Forestry Programme 2023-2027 in compliance with Habitats Directive...โ€    Show more

โ€œc. Subject to results of the AA screening process, an AA of the draft Forest Strategy and draft Forestry Programme 2023-2027 in compliance with Habitats...โ€    Show more
Estimated total value: 140 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Short description:
โ€œThe successful tenderer/consortium will be required to compile:โ€

โ€œa. An appropriately scaled Strategic Environmental Assessment of the draft Forest Strategy and the draft Forestry Programme 2023-2027 which fully complies...โ€    Show more
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โ€œb. A screening for Appropriate Assessment (AA) of the draft Forest Strategy and draft Forestry Programme 2023-2027 which complies with the Habitats...โ€    Show more

โ€œc. Subject to the results of the AA screening process, an AA of the draft Forest Strategy and draft Forestry Programme 2023-2027 which complies with the...โ€    Show more

โ€œThe successful tenderer/consortium will be required to compile all above reports under this contract. In this regard it is essential that the personnel...โ€    Show more

โ€œThe AA and SEA may be carried out concurrently and draw upon common data but should be clearly distinguishable in terms of their scope and conclusion.โ€
Estimated value excluding VAT: 140 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration: 12 months
Description of renewals:
โ€œTwo possible 3-month renewalsโ€

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Time of receipt of tenders: 17:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Tender validity period: 3 months
Tender opening date: 2021-10-22 ๐Ÿ“…
Tender opening time: 17:00

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Sonja Maurus
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/307 ๐ŸŒ
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=197899&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court of Ireland
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Source: OJS 2021/S 184-479052 (2021-09-17)
Contract award notice (2022-12-07)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement: 130 850 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Contracting authority
Contact
E-mail: linda.morris@agriculture.gov.ie ๐Ÿ“ง

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-12-07 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2022-12-12 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 239-688361
Refers to notice: 2021/S 184-479052
OJ-S issue: 239

Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Demonstration of understanding of the projectโ€™s requirements
Quality criterion (weighting): 200
Quality criterion (name): Quality of the proposed arrangements for management of the client relationship
Quality criterion (weighting): 100
Quality criterion (name): Quality, technical merit and feasibility of the methodological approach proposed
Quality criterion (weighting): 400
Cost criterion (name): Cost of tender
Cost criterion (weighting): 300

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2021-11-25 ๐Ÿ“…
Name: Arup
Postal address: 50 Ringsend Road
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Dublin 4
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Total value of the procurement: 130 850 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Linda Morris
Source: OJS 2022/S 239-688361 (2022-12-07)