River Weed Cutting Boat with โ€˜Tโ€™ type cutting head

Office of Public Works (OPW)

A weed cutting boat is required for various vegetation management works relating to OPW Arterial Drainage Maintenance Operations in Ireland. The weed cutting boat will be required to operate on river and estuarial networks, which have strong and challenging currents.
In particular, the weed cutting boat must be of a size and construction that will enable it to operate safely and productively on narrow river channel networks.
Up to 2 (Two) units may be required.
Price must be inclusive of training and delivery to Headford, Co. Galway.
Note: All equipment must be supplied with Manufacturer approval and compliance.
โ€œLake or canal type weed cutting boats are not acceptableโ€

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2023-02-23. The procurement was published on 2023-01-06.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2023-01-06 Contract notice
2023-02-28 Additional information
Contract notice (2023-01-06)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Specialised boats
Short description:
A weed cutting boat is required for various vegetation management works relating to OPW Arterial Drainage Maintenance Operations in Ireland. The weed cutting boat will be required to operate on river and estuarial networks, which have strong and challenging currents. In particular, the weed cutting boat must be of a size and construction that will enable it to operate safely and productively on narrow river channel networks. Up to 2 (Two) units may be required. Price must be inclusive of training and delivery to Headford, Co. Galway. Note: All equipment must be supplied with Manufacturer approval and compliance. โ€œLake or canal type weed cutting boats are not acceptableโ€
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Notice metadata
Original language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Supplies
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Specialised boats ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional CPV: Boats 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: Office of Public Works (OPW)
Postal address: Jonathan Swift Street
Postal code: Co. Meath, C15 NX36
Postal town: Trim
Contact
Internet address: https://www.gov.ie/en/organisation/office-of-public-works/ ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: anthony.devine@opw.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 469422000 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=231725&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=231725&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2023-01-06 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2023-02-23 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2023-01-11 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2023/S 008-018349
OJ-S issue: 8

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
A weed cutting boat is required for various vegetation management works relating to OPW Arterial Drainage Maintenance Operations in Ireland. The weed cutting boat will be required to operate on river and estuarial networks, which have strong and challenging currents.
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In particular, the weed cutting boat must be of a size and construction that will enable it to operate safely and productively on narrow river channel networks.
Up to 2 (Two) units may be required.
Price must be inclusive of training and delivery to Headford, Co. Galway.
Note: All equipment must be supplied with Manufacturer approval and compliance.
โ€œLake or canal type weed cutting boats are not acceptableโ€
Estimated total value: 240 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 240 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration: 12 months

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Tender validity period: 12 months
Tender opening date: 2023-02-23 ๐Ÿ“…
Tender opening time: 12:00

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Anthony Devine
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1126 ๐ŸŒ
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=231725&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: 4 Courts
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 8
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 18886000 ๐Ÿ“ž
Source: OJS 2023/S 008-018349 (2023-01-06)
Additional information (2023-02-28)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Additional information
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Weed-clearance services ๐Ÿ“ฆ

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2023-02-28 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2023-03-09 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2023-03-03 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2023/S 045-132488
Refers to notice: 2023/S 008-018349
OJ-S issue: 45
Additional information
Tender specifications under review, deadline extended by 2 weeks accordingly.
Source: OJS 2023/S 045-132488 (2023-02-28)