The sampling and analysis of groundwater throughout Ireland for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Environmental Protection Agency

The EPA is establishing a contract for the procurement of The Sampling And Analysis Of Groundwater Throughout Ireland for 2022. This contract will be for groundwater quality sampling and analysis of selected parameters, in relation to the EPA's national groundwater quality Water Framework Directive monitoring programme. This monitoring programme has been established to satisfy Ireland's obligations in respect of the monitoring requirements of the WFD for groundwater.
The contract awarded will cover groundwater sampling and field parameter analysis for all samples and microbiological analysis (for approximately one in four samples) at 270 no. sites in the EPAโ€™s national groundwater quality monitoring programme for three sample rounds in 2022.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2022-03-10. The procurement was published on 2022-02-08.

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

What?

Where?

Procurement history
Date Document
2022-02-08 Contract notice
2022-05-20 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2022-02-08)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Environmental Protection Agency
National registration number: N/a
Postal address: Johnstown Castle Estate
Postal town: Wexford
Postal code: Wexford
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Contact person: Philip Maher
Phone: +353 0539160600 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: p.maher@epa.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: South-East ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: http://www.epa.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/334 ๐ŸŒ
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=207062&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=207062&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
โ€œThe sampling and analysis of groundwater throughout Ireland for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)โ€
Products/services: Environmental monitoring other than for construction ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Short description:
โ€œThe EPA is establishing a contract for the procurement of The Sampling And Analysis Of Groundwater Throughout Ireland for 2022. This contract will be for...โ€    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 1 270 500 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

1๏ธโƒฃ
Additional products/services: Pollution tracking and monitoring and rehabilitation ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Surface water pollution monitoring or control services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Groundwater pollution monitoring or control services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Toxic substances monitoring services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThe EPA is establishing a contract for the procurement of The Sampling And Analysis Of Groundwater Throughout Ireland for 2022. This contract will be for...โ€    Show more
Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 1 270 500 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
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: up to 4 subsequent periods of 12 month duration
Information about options
Options โœ…
Description of options:
โ€œThere may be additional work arising from the groundwater monitoring programme, such as desk based reviews of monitoring points, for example, hydrogeology...โ€    Show more

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions:
โ€œAs detailed in the tender documentation available to download from www.etenders.gov.ieโ€
Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2022-03-10 17:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2022-03-10 17:00 ๐Ÿ“…

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal address: Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 18886000 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
URL: http://www.courts.ie ๐ŸŒ
Body responsible for mediation procedures
Name: High Court
Postal address: Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 18886000 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
URL: http://www.courts.ie ๐ŸŒ
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: Consult legal advisor
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Source: OJS 2022/S 030-076249 (2022-02-08)
Contract award notice (2022-05-20)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 1 270 500 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description
Place of performance: South-East ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality
Quality criterion (weighting): 75%
Cost criterion (name): Total cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 25%

Procedure
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2022/S 030-076249

Award of contract

1๏ธโƒฃ
Contract Number: 1
Title:
โ€œThe sampling and analysis of groundwater throughout Ireland for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)โ€
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2022-04-21 ๐Ÿ“…
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 3
Name and address of the contractor
Name: CDM Smith Ireland Ltd
National registration number: 6358589Q
Postal address: 15 Wentworth, Eblana Villas
Postal town: Dublin 2
Postal code: Dublin 2
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 12321044 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: ocarrollr@cdmsmith.com ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: http://https://www.cdmsmith.com/en-EU ๐ŸŒ
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 1 270 500 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 1 270 500 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Source: OJS 2022/S 101-280708 (2022-05-20)