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

Contract notice (2022-01-17)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Laboratory services
Reference number: 21/041
Short description: 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: Laboratory services 📦
Additional CPV: Analysis services 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️

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

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Utilities entity
Awarding authority name: Irish Water
Postal address: Tender Administration, PO Box 900, Webworks, Eglinton Street, Ervia
Postal code: Co.Cork
Postal town: Cork
Contact
Internet address: http://www.ervia.ie 🌏
E-mail: tenders@water.ie 📧
Phone: +353 214239000 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=205322&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=205322&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-01-17 📅
Submission deadline: 2022-02-17 📅
Publication date: 2022-01-21 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 015-036499
Refers to notice: 2021/S 109-287908
OJ-S issue: 15
Additional information

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

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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...  Show more

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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

Title of the lot: Lot 1 - Potable Water Laboratory Testing
Lot number: 1
Short description:

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• Regulatory (i.e. Group A (Check) and Group B (Audit));
• Investigative;
• Operational;
• Emergency.

For each of the categories above, Irish Water may require a combination of Sampling and Testing services (i.e. taking the sample, transport to the...  Show more

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For each of the categories above, Irish Water may require a combination of Sampling and Testing services (i.e. taking the sample, transport to the supplier’s laboratory, analysis and reporting), a Collection and Testing service (i.e. collection of sample(s) from a designated collection point(s), transport to the supplier’s laboratory, analysis and reporting) and Testing Only (receipt of samples delivered to the suppliers laboratory analysis and reporting).

With regards to the Investigative, Operational, and Emergency categories, Irish Water may also require sampling and/or testing of raw water (i.e. ground...  Show more

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With regards to the Investigative, Operational, and Emergency categories, Irish Water may also require sampling and/or testing of raw water (i.e. ground water or surface water), and In-Process Water (i.e. samples taken from locations within the treatment process).

Additional Services may be procured through the course of the framework to facilitate various investigative activities including but not limited to the...  Show more

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Additional Services may be procured through the course of the framework to facilitate various investigative activities including but not limited to the following areas of work:-

• Process Optimisation
• Process Proving / Commissioning

Duration: 24 months
Description of renewals: Renewal is for 12 months. Number of possible renewals is 3.
Additional information: Title of the lot: Lot 1 (a) - Cryptosporidium & Giardia Testing Services
Lot number: 2
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For each of the categories above, Irish Water may require a combination of sampling and testing services

• Sample & Test (taking the sample, transport to the supplier’s laboratory, analysis and reporting),

• Collect & Test (collection of sample(s) from a designated collection point(s), transport to the supplier’s laboratory, analysis and reporting).

• Testing Services (receipt of samples delivered to the suppliers laboratory analysis and reporting)

Additional information: Title of the lot: Lot 2 - Waste Water Laboratory Testing Services
Lot number: 3
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• Compliance (i.e. Regulatory and Statutory);

The applicant should also have the capability to undertake analysis of samples from saline waters.

• Flow and Load Surveys
• Sludge Testing

Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: ireland

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity: Refer to tender documents.
List and brief description of rules and criteria: N/A
Contract execution
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: Contract performance conditions: N/A

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0025
Number of participants to be contemplated: 10
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Irish 🗣️
Tender validity period: 6 months

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: IE3191327JH
Contact
Contact point: Tender Admin
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/129496 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=205322&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Additional information

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are electronic, as such NO paper copies will be accepted or read. Please submit via the etenders system not later

than 12:00 hrs local time Thursday 17th February 2022.

Complementary information
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 📧
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Information about review deadlines: 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 📧
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
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 📧
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Source: OJS 2022/S 015-036499 (2022-01-17)