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:
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).
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Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
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 📦
Additional CPV: Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️

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

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
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 🌏
E-mail: sonja.maurus@agriculture.gov.ie 📧
Phone: +353 539163436 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=197899&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=197899&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

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

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
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;
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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).
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Estimated total value: 140 000 EUR 💰
Short description:
The successful tenderer/consortium will be required to compile:
a. An appropriately scaled Strategic Environmental Assessment of the draft Forest Strategy and the draft Forestry Programme 2023-2027 which fully complies with the principles and 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. No. 435 of 2004), as amended;
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b. A screening for Appropriate Assessment (AA) of the draft Forest Strategy and draft Forestry Programme 2023-2027 which complies with the Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC) and the European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 477 of 2011);
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c. 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 Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC) and the European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 477 of 2011); Tenderers should note that there is no guarantee that the Assessment referred to at (c) will be required. On receipt of the Screening Report referred to at (b), the Contracting Authority will make a decision on whether the successful tenderer will be requested to proceed with the assessment referred to at (c).
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The successful tenderer/consortium will be required to compile all above reports under this contract. In this regard it is essential that the personnel proposed by the tenderer to carry out this work are appropriately qualified and experienced in this area.
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The 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.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 140 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 12 months
Description of renewals: Two possible 3-month renewals

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Time of receipt of tenders: 17:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender validity period: 3 months
Tender opening date: 2021-10-22 📅
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 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=197899&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court of Ireland
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
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 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Contracting authority
Contact
E-mail: linda.morris@agriculture.gov.ie 📧

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-12-07 📅
Publication date: 2022-12-12 📅
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 project’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 📅
Name: Arup
Postal address: 50 Ringsend Road
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Dublin 4
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Total value of the procurement: 130 850 EUR 💰
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2

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