Research and analysis of the marine gear fishing market in Ireland and identification of most suitable Extended Producer Responsibility Model for compliance with the Single Use Plastics Directive

Department of the Environment Climate and Communications

The purpose of this project is to understand the fishing gear market in Ireland in order to inform data reporting to the European Commission and to identify the most suitable EPR model for Ireland which meets the following objectives: • to incentivise producers to design more resource-efficient products with lower environmental impacts (e.g. in terms of the type or amount of material used). • to ensure cost-effective end-of-life collection and environmentally sound treatment of collected waste products, to establish an effective waste fishing gear reporting system and processes, and to create higher rates of reuse and recycling. The project will be split into four parts, as outlined in the tender document.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2023-12-15. The procurement was published on 2023-11-08.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2023-11-08 Contract notice
Contract notice (2023-11-08)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Research and analysis of the marine gear fishing market in Ireland and identification of most suitable Extended Producer Responsibility Model for compliance with the Single Use Plastics Directive
Short description:
The purpose of this project is to understand the fishing gear market in Ireland in order to inform data reporting to the European Commission and to identify the most suitable EPR model for Ireland which meets the following objectives: • to incentivise producers to design more resource-efficient products with lower environmental impacts (e.g. in terms of the type or amount of material used). • to ensure cost-effective end-of-life collection and environmentally sound treatment of collected waste products, to establish an effective waste fishing gear reporting system and processes, and to create higher rates of reuse and recycling. The project will be split into four parts, as outlined in the tender document.
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Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Marine research services 📦
Estimated value excluding VAT: 125 000 EUR 💰
Information about lots
Tenders may be submitted for maximum number of lots: 0
Description
Internal identifier: 0
Additional products/services:
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Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure ✅
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2023-12-15 17:00:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2023-12-18 00:00:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=2581267
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2023-12-18 00:00:00 📅
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=2581267
Electronic invoicing: Required
Electronic ordering will be used ✅
Electronic payment will be used ✅

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Economic and financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria:
Tenderer must have a minimum annual turnover of at least €200,000 for each of the last three (3) financial years, or alternatively, if the date of establishment was more recent, that the annual turnover in each year the tenderer has been established has been equal to or in excedance of €200,000.
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Technical and professional ability
In the last five (5) years, Tenderer must have successfully delivered or are currently successfully delivering two (2) projects or contracts of a similar nature or scale to the services required.
Conditions for participation
Exclusion ground:
Agreements with other economic operators aimed at distorting competition
Bankruptcy
Breaching of obligations in the fields of environmental law
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Breaching of obligations in the fields of labour law
Breaching of obligations in the fields of social law
Child labour and other forms of trafficking in human beings
Conflict of interest due to its participation in the procurement procedure
Corruption
Direct or indirect involvement in the preparation of this procurement procedure
Early termination, damages or other comparable sanctions
Fraud
Guilty of grave professional misconduct
Guilty of misrepresentation, withheld information, unable to provide required documents and obtained confidential information of this procedure
Money laundering or terrorist financing
Participation in a criminal organisation
Payment of social security contributions
Payment of taxes
Terrorist offences or offences linked to terrorist activities
Description of exclusion grounds:
Has, in the performance of all public contracts, complied with applicable obligations in the field of environmental, social and labour law that apply at the place where the works are carried out or the services provided, that have been established by EU law, national law, collective agreements or by international, environmental, social and labour law listed in Schedule 7 of the European Union (Award of Public Authority Contracts) Regulations 2016 (Statutory Instrument 284 of 2016).
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Is not bankrupt or the subject of insolvency or winding-up proceedings, its assets are not being administered by a liquidator or by the court, it is not in an arrangement with creditors, its business activities are not suspended nor is it in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure under national laws and regulations.
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Is not guilty of grave professional misconduct.
Has not entered into agreements with other economic operators aimed at distorting competition
Is not aware of any conflict of interest due to its participation in the Competition
Has not shown significant or persistent deficiencies in the performance of a substantive requirement under a prior public contract, a prior contract with a contracting entity, or a prior concession contract, which led to early termination of that prior contract, damages or other comparable sanctions.
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Is not guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information required for the verification of the absence of grounds for exclusion or the fulfilment of the Selection Criteria for this Competition and did not withhold such information and did not fail or is not able to submit supporting documents in respect of this Competition as required under Regulation 59 of the European Union (Award of Public Authority Contracts) Regulations 2016 (Statutory Instrument 284 of 2016) .
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Has never been the subject of a conviction for…
… participation in a criminal organisation, as defined in Article 2 of Council Framework Decision 2008/841/JHA.
… corruption, as defined in Article 3 of the Convention on the fight against corruption involving officials of the European Communities or officials of Member States of the European Union and Article 2(1) of Council Framework Decision 2003/568/JHA as well as corruption as defined in the national law of the Contracting Authority
… fraud within the meaning of Article 1 of the Convention on the protection of the European Communities’ financial interests.
… terrorist offences or offences linked to terrorist activities, as defined in Articles 1 and 3 of Council Framework Decision 2002/475/JHA respectively, or for inciting or aiding or abetting or attempting to commit an offence, as referred to in Article 4 of that Framework Decision.
… money laundering or terrorist financing, as defined in Article 1 of Directive 2005/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.
… child labour and other forms of trafficking in human beings as defined in Article 2 of Directive 2011/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Is not in breach and has not breached its obligations relating to the payment of taxes or social security contributions
Has not had any prior involvement in the preparation of the Competition.

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Department of the Environment Climate and Communications
National registration number: 4002073W
Postal address: 29-31 Adelaide Road
Postal code: D02 X285
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: susan.fleming@decc.gov.ie 📧
Phone: +353 1 6782000 📞
URL: http://www.decc.gov.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.decc.gov.ie 🌏
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
Main activity
General public services
Information about joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement ✅
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=2581267 🌏
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/eawarding/showTenderList.do?resourceId=2581267 🌏
Electronic submission: Required

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number: The High Court of Ireland
Department: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 1 8886000 📞
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Source: OJS 2023/S 216-679864 (2023-11-08)
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