Supply and Delivery of Carbon & Nitrogen Biogeochemical monitoring Equipment to Teagasc

Education Procurement Service (EPS)

Teagasc โ€“ the Agriculture and Food Development Authority โ€“ is the national body providing integrated research, advisory and training services to the agriculture and food industry and rural communities. It is a semi-state organisation established under legislation enacted by the Irish government.
This document constitutes an invitation to tender for the 5 Lots detailed in subsequent sections of this tender document. While the tender specification has been prepared in 5 individual lots, tenderers are invited to provide submissions for some or all of these Lots.
Lot 1 Active Ambient Air Ammonia Monitoring System 10
Lot 2 System for Measurement of Dry and Wet Deposition 10
Lot 3 CO2 Eddy Covariance (EC) Systems 6
Lot 4 High precision fast response gas analyser for the estimation of eco-system level ammonia fluxes from Eddy Covariance (EC) 1
Lot 5 Automated Soil Gas Flux Chamber with Field Gas Analyzer 3

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2022-03-31. The procurement was published on 2022-02-25.

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

Where?

Procurement history
Date Document
2022-02-25 Contract notice
2022-08-31 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2022-02-25)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Education Procurement Service (EPS)
National registration number: IE 6609370 G
Postal address: University of Limerick
Postal town: Castletroy
Postal code: Co.Limerick
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Contact person: Ann Murray
Phone: +353 61234662 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: ann.s.murray@ul.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: http://www.educationprocurementservice.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/87073 ๐ŸŒ
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=208426&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=208426&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
โ€œSupply and Delivery of Carbon & Nitrogen Biogeochemical monitoring Equipment to Teagasc LA1968Cโ€
Products/services: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Short description:
โ€œTeagasc โ€“ the Agriculture and Food Development Authority โ€“ is the national body providing integrated research, advisory and training services to the...โ€    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 5 857 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Information about lots
Tenders may be submitted for all lots

1๏ธโƒฃ
Scope of the procurement
Title: Active Ambient Air Ammonia Monitoring System
Title
Lot Identification Number: 1
Description
Additional products/services: Contamination-monitoring devices ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Pollution-monitoring devices ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Analysers ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Monitoring and control services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Environmental monitoring other than for construction ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Pollution tracking and monitoring and rehabilitation ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Air pollution monitoring or measurement services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Carbon dioxide monitoring services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Pollutants tracking and monitoring and rehabilitation services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Description of the procurement: Supply and Delivery of Ten (10) Active Ambient Air Ammonia Monitoring Systems.
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: 12
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal โœ…
Description
Description of renewals:
โ€œThe Contracting Authority reserves the right to extend the Term of warranty and/or service contracts for a period or periods of up to one (1) year with a...โ€    Show more
Information about options
Options โœ…
Description of options: See RFT Documents for details

2๏ธโƒฃ
Scope of the procurement
Title: System for Measurement of Dry and Wet Deposition
Title
Lot Identification Number: 2
Description
Description of the procurement:
โ€œLot 2 โ€“ Supply and Delivery of Ten (10) Systems for Measurement of Dry and Wet Depositionโ€
Information about options
Description of options: See RFT Document for details.

3๏ธโƒฃ
Scope of the procurement
Title: CO2 Eddy Covariance (EC) Systems
Title
Lot Identification Number: 3
Description
Description of the procurement:
โ€œLot 3 - Request for Tenders For the Supply of six (6) CO2 Eddy Covariance (EC) Systems for Teagasc, Johnstown Castle, Wexfordโ€
Information about options
Description of options: See RFT document for details.

4๏ธโƒฃ
Scope of the procurement
Title:
โ€œHigh precision fast response gas analyser for the estimation of eco-system level ammonia fluxes fromโ€
Title
Lot Identification Number: 4
Description
Description of the procurement:
โ€œLot 4- High precision fast response gas analyser for the estimation of eco-system level ammonia fluxes from Eddy Covariance (EC)โ€
Information about options
Description of options: See RFT Document for details

5๏ธโƒฃ
Scope of the procurement
Title: Automated Soil Gas Flux Chamber with Field Gas Analyzer
Title
Lot Identification Number: 5
Description
Description of the procurement:
โ€œLOT 5 โ€“ Supply and Delivery of Three (3) Automated Soil Gas Flux Chamber Systemsโ€

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions: Please see RFT document for further details.
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 related to the contract
Contract performance conditions: Please see RFT document for further details.

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2022-03-31 14:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2022-03-31 14:00 ๐Ÿ“…

Complementary information
Review body
Name: Office of the High Court
Postal address: Four Courts Ground Floor, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 18886000 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Source: OJS 2022/S 043-110979 (2022-02-25)
Contract award notice (2022-08-31)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Currency code: EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT) (lowest offer): 1.00
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT) (highest offer): 2.00
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots โœ…
Description
Place of performance: United Kingdom ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality Criterion
Quality criterion (weighting): 75%
Price (weighting): 25%

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2022/S 043-110979

Award of contract

1๏ธโƒฃ
Contract Number: 1
Title: Active Ambient Air Ammonia Monitoring System
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2022-08-10 ๐Ÿ“…
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
Name and address of the contractor
Name: UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH)
National registration number: RC000740 (Non-departmental pub
Postal address: Maclean Building, Crowmarsh Gifford
Postal town: Wallingford
Postal code: Oxfordshire
Country: United Kingdom ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง
Phone: +44 1491838800 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: cehtendersupport@ceh.ac.uk ๐Ÿ“ง
Fax: +44 1491692595 ๐Ÿ“ 
Region: United Kingdom ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 500 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Currency code: EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Lowest offer: 1.00
Highest offer: 2.00

2๏ธโƒฃ
Contract Number: 2
Title: System for Measurement of Dry and Wet Deposition
Information on non-award
No tenders or requests to participate were received or all were rejected

3๏ธโƒฃ
Contract Number: 3
Title: CO2 Eddy Covariance (EC) Systems
Name and address of the contractor
Name: LI-COR Biosciences UK Ltd.
National registration number: GB776138208
Postal address: St John's Innovation Centre
Postal town: Cambridge
Postal code: Cowley Road
Phone: +44 1223422104 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: glen.mcmurdo@licor.com ๐Ÿ“ง
Fax: +44 1223422105 ๐Ÿ“ 
URL: http://https://www.licor.com/bio/ ๐ŸŒ
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 1 500 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Currency code: EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ

4๏ธโƒฃ
Contract Number: 4
Title:
โ€œHigh precision fast response gas analyser for the estimation of eco-system level ammonia fluxes fromโ€
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Aerodyne Research, Inc.
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: 45 Manning Road
Postal town: Billerica
Postal code: Middlesex
Phone: +1 9789320207 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: cmartin@aerodyne.com ๐Ÿ“ง
Fax: +1 9786634918 ๐Ÿ“ 
URL: http://www.aerodyne.com ๐ŸŒ
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 1 000 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Currency code: EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ

5๏ธโƒฃ
Contract Number: 5
Title: Automated Soil Gas Flux Chamber with Field Gas Analyzer
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 2 000 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Currency code: EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Source: OJS 2022/S 170-481604 (2022-08-31)