An Area Monitoring System Service

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine invites tenders for the provision of an Area Monitoring System.
Within the context of the Common Agricultural Policy, Article 70 of Regulation 2021/2116 requires the establishment of an Area Monitoring System (AMS) by 1st January 2023. Article 65 of 2021/2116 defines an area monitoring system as a procedure of regular and systematic observation, tracking and assessment of agricultural activities and practices on agricultural areas by Copernicus Sentinels satellite data or other data of at least equivalent value.
The AMS will use Copernicus Sentinel Satellite data or other data of at least equivalent value to assess the monitorable eligibility conditions of the relevant area-based schemes.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2022-04-25. The procurement was published on 2022-03-16.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2022-03-16 Contract notice
2022-06-08 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2022-03-16)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Data analysis services
Reference number: RFT 209874
Short description:
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine invites tenders for the provision of an Area Monitoring System. Within the context of the Common...  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: Data analysis services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional CPV: Geographic information systems (GIS or equivalent) 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: Government Buildings, Old Abbeyleix Road
Postal code: R32 RPA6
Postal town: Portlaoise
Contact
Internet address: http://www.agriculture.gov.ie ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: eoin.dooley@agriculture.gov.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 578674400 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=209593&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=209593&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-03-16 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2022-04-25 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2022-03-21 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 056-147113
OJ-S issue: 56

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine invites tenders for the provision of an Area Monitoring System.
Within the context of the Common Agricultural Policy, Article 70 of Regulation 2021/2116 requires the establishment of an Area Monitoring System (AMS) by...  Show more
Show more (1)
The AMS will use Copernicus Sentinel Satellite data or other data of at least equivalent value to assess the monitorable eligibility conditions of the...  Show more
Estimated total value: 4 500 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Short description:
To allow the reliable observation, tracking and assessment of agricultural activities and practices, the area monitoring system shall, ensure the detection of:
โ€ข The presence of ineligible areas, in particular permanent structures;
Show more (4) โ€ข The presence of ineligible land use;
โ€ข The change in the category of the agricultural area whether it is arable land, permanent crop or permanent grassland.
These observations will be made at the level of agricultural parcel or units of land containing non-agricultural areas and agricultural land considered...  Show more
The scope of the AMS system is to exploit the time series of Sentinel data to continuously monitor all the Feature of Interest (FOI) associated with...  Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: 4 500 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration: 24 months
Description of renewals: Two possible renewals of up to 12 months

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: 4 months
Tender opening date: 2022-04-25 ๐Ÿ“…
Tender opening time: 17:00

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Eoin Dooley
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=209593&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Additional information
Estimated timing for further notices: In 2 to 4 years

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court of Ireland
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Source: OJS 2022/S 056-147113 (2022-03-16)
Contract award notice (2022-06-08)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2022-06-08 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2022-06-13 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2022/S 112-316399
Refers to notice: 2022/S 056-147113
OJ-S issue: 112

Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality of proposed team including quality of the management structure and team membersโ€™ resources applied as well as management of the client relationship
Quality criterion (weighting): 1000
Quality criterion (name): Demonstration of an Understanding of the Clients Requirements
Quality criterion (weighting): 300
Quality criterion (name): Quality and Technical Merit of the methodological approach proposed
Quality criterion (weighting): 1600
Quality criterion (name): High level Questions
Vendor Differentiators
Quality criterion (weighting): 100
Quality criterion (name): Value-Added Features Offered
Quality criterion (weighting): 200
Cost criterion (name): Price (based on Per Diem Rates)
Cost criterion (weighting): 1800
Source: OJS 2022/S 112-316399 (2022-06-08)