21/041 - A National Multi-Supplier Framework for the Provision of Laboratory Services

Irish Water

Irish Water is seeking to establish a high quality sampling and/or analysis service to achieve efficiencies in all commercial laboratory contractual arrangements, to meet regulatory requirements, and to protect public health.
These services will be sub-divided into Two (2) Lots described below as Lot 1 and Lot 2.
Applicants may apply for one, some or all Lots.
For Lots 1 & 2 the successful tenderers may be allocated as “preferred supplier” for a Local Authority Area on the basis of their tenders and there may be a limit on the number of local Authority Areas for which a single supplier achieves preferred supplier status.
It is anticipated that Irish Water will enter into separate framework agreements for each of the following Lots:
Lot 1 - Potable Water Laboratory Testing Services
Lot 1 (a) - Cryptosporidium & Giardia Testing Services
Lot 2 - Waste Water Laboratory Testing Services

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2022-02-17. The procurement was published on 2022-01-17.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2022-01-17 Contract notice
2023-07-03 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2022-01-17)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Irish Water
National registration number: IE3191327JH
Postal address: Tender Administration, PO Box 900, Webworks, Eglinton Street, Ervia
Postal town: Cork
Postal code: Co.Cork
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contact person: Tender Admin
Phone: +353 214239000 📞
E-mail: tenders@water.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: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=205322&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=205322&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
“21/041 - A National Multi-Supplier Framework for the Provision of Laboratory Services 21/041”
Products/services: Laboratory services 📦
Short description:
“Irish Water is seeking to establish a high quality sampling and/or analysis service to achieve efficiencies in all commercial laboratory contractual...”    Show more
Information about lots
Tenders may be submitted for all lots

1️⃣
Scope of the procurement
Title: Lot 1 - Potable Water Laboratory Testing
Title
Lot Identification Number: 1
Description
Additional products/services: Analysis services 📦
Additional products/services: Environmental monitoring other than for construction 📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
Main site or place of performance: ireland
Description of the procurement:
“Irish Water requires a complete and fully accredited laboratory testing service for potable water for each individual Local Authority area Irish Water...”    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: Renewal is for 12 months. Number of possible renewals is 3.
Additional information:
“Submit through the eTenders system before deadline. The system will automatically lockdown at the exact time specified in PQQ documents. Tenders that are...”    Show more

2️⃣
Scope of the procurement
Title: Lot 1 (a) - Cryptosporidium & Giardia Testing Services
Title
Lot Identification Number: 2
Description
Description of the procurement:
“Irish Water requires a complete and fully accredited laboratory testing service for Cryptosporidium & Giardia in potable water for each individual Local...”    Show more
Additional information:
“Submit through the eTenders system before the deadline. The system will automatically lockdown at the exact time specified in PQQ documents. Tenders that...”    Show more

3️⃣
Scope of the procurement
Title: Lot 2 - Waste Water Laboratory Testing Services
Title
Lot Identification Number: 3
Description
Description of the procurement:
“Irish Water requires a complete and accredited laboratory testing service to meet the compliance (i.e. statutory and regulatory), investigative,...”    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
List and brief description of rules and criteria: N/a
Deposits and guarantees required: N/a
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: N/a
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
Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions: N/a

Procedure
Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with several operators
Description
Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement: 10
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: 2021/S 109-287908
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2022-02-17 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. The submission deadline is strict & no submissions will be possible after the date & time...”    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 🌏
Body responsible for mediation procedures
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
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
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 🌏
Source: OJS 2022/S 015-036499 (2022-01-17)
Contract award notice (2023-07-03)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Uisce Éireann
URL: http://www.water.ie 🌏

Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 22 922 500 💰
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots

Procedure
Information about framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2022/S 015-036499

Award of contract

1️⃣
Contract Number: 1
Title: Lot 1 - Potable Water Laboratory Testing
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2023-06-08 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Eurofins Environment Testing Ireland Limited
Postal town: Waterford
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
The contractor is an SME
Name: Southern Scientific Services Ltd
Postal town: Kerry
Name: Euro Environmental Management Limited t/a Fitz Scientific
Postal town: Louth
Name: TMS Environment Limited
Postal town: Dublin

2️⃣
Contract Number: 2
Title: Lot 1 (a) - Cryptosporidium & Giardia Testing Services
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Saotharlann Chonamara Teoranta T/A Complete Laboratory Solutions
Postal town: Galway

3️⃣
Contract Number: 3
Title: Lot 2 - Waste Water Laboratory Testing Services
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6
Name and address of the contractor
Name: T.E.Laboratories Limited
Postal town: Carlow
Source: OJS 2023/S 129-410350 (2023-07-03)