Strategic Environmental Assessment and Appropriate Assessments

Fáilte Ireland-National Tourism Development Authority

The successful tenderer will be required to undertake appropriately scaled screening for and where required full Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)(under the EU SEA Directive) and Appropriate Assessment (AA) (under the EU Habitats Directive) of various tourism plans over the lifetime of this contract as and when required by Fáilte Ireland. The successful tenderer will be responsible for the implementation and management of all stages of the SEA and AA processes in compliance with the requirements of relevant legislation at European and national level as well as relevant best practice guidance in relation to such assessments.
Fáilte Ireland may require environmental services for work that may be linked to or is outside the remit of services above.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2023-03-13. The procurement was published on 2023-02-09.

Suppliers

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

• Brady Shipman Martin
• Roughan & O'donovan

Who?

• Fáilte Ireland-National Tourism Development Authority

What?

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2023-02-09	Contract notice
2023-08-02	Contract award notice

Contract notice (2023-02-09)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Environmental services
Reference number: AC202302
Short description:

The successful tenderer will be required to undertake appropriately scaled screening for and where required full Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)(under the EU SEA Directive) and Appropriate Assessment (AA) (under the EU Habitats Directive) of various tourism plans over the lifetime of this contract as and when required by Fáilte Ireland. The successful tenderer will be responsible for the implementation and management of all stages of the SEA and AA processes in compliance with the requirements of relevant legislation at European and national level as well as relevant best practice guidance in relation to such assessments. Fáilte Ireland may require environmental services for work that may be linked to or is outside the remit of services above.

Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Environmental services 📦
Additional CPV: Environmental impact assessment other than for construction 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️

Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Body governed by public law
Awarding authority name: Fáilte Ireland-National Tourism Development Authority
Postal address: 88-95 Amiens Street
Postal code: D01 WR86
Postal town: Dublin 1
Contact
Internet address: https://www.failteireiand.ie 🌏
E-mail: procurement@failteireland.ie 📧
Phone: +353 18847852 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=233657&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=233657&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2023-02-09 📅
Submission deadline: 2023-03-13 📅
Publication date: 2023-02-14 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2023/S 032-092873
OJ-S issue: 32
Additional information

1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications. All information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal (www.etenders.gov.ie) only. Registration is free of charge. The contracting authority will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties 2) This is the sole call for competition for this service. 3) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates, participants or tenderers. 4) Establishment of the framework will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities. 5) If for any reason it is not possible to conclude the framework agreement with the designated successful tenderer emerging from this competitive process; or if having concluded the framework agreement the contracting authority considers that the successful tenderer has not met, or cannot meet its obligations; the contracting authority reserves the right to admit the next highest scoring tenderer to the framework on the basis of the same terms at any time during the tender validity period. This shall be without prejudice to the right of the contracting authority to cancel this competitive process and/or initiate a new contract award procedure at its sole discretion. 6) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, the framework agreement or any contract awarded under the framework agreement at any time. 7) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of tender responses with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, tenderers are advised to ensure that they return FULLY COMPLETED tenders in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition at the evaluation stage.

Additional information

1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications. All information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal (www.etenders.gov.ie) only. Registration is free of charge. The contracting authority will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties

2) This is the sole call for competition for this service.

3) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates, participants or tenderers.

4) Establishment of the framework will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities.

5) If for any reason it is not possible to conclude the framework agreement with the designated successful tenderer emerging from this competitive process; or if having concluded the framework agreement the contracting authority considers that the successful tenderer has not met, or cannot meet its obligations; the contracting authority reserves the right to admit the next highest scoring tenderer to the framework on the basis of the same terms at any time during the tender validity period. This shall be without prejudice to the right of the contracting authority to cancel this competitive process and/or initiate a new contract award procedure at its sole discretion.

6) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, the framework agreement or any contract awarded under the framework agreement at any time.

7) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of tender responses with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, tenderers are advised to ensure that they return FULLY COMPLETED tenders in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition at the evaluation stage.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

Fáilte Ireland may require environmental services for work that may be linked to or is outside the remit of services above.

Estimated total value: 500 000 EUR 💰
Short description:

Fáilte Ireland may require environmental services for work that may be linked to or is outside the remit of services above. Typical type services are listed below however it should be noted that the scope for such work may go beyond what is set out here.

A) Development of Best Practice Guidelines in environmental protection and the Tourism Industry e.g. Guidelines for sustainable Tourism on specific protected Habitats, Guidelines on Sustainable Trail Development & Monitoring.

B) Development of workshop and training material for use by Fáilte Ireland in their role of promoting Environmentally Sustainable Tourism to Local Authorities, Community Groups, Business Sector etc.

Estimated value excluding VAT: 500 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 48 months

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:

As stated in the ITT documentation available for downloading from www.etenders.gov.ie

Contract execution
Contract performance conditions:

As stated in the ITT documentation available for downloading from www.etenders.gov.ie

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Number of participants to be contemplated: 5
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender validity period: 2024-03-13 📅
Tender opening date: 2023-03-13 📅
Tender opening time: 12:00

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Procurement Unit
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1169 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=233657&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Additional information

2) This is the sole call for competition for this service.

3) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates, participants or tenderers.

4) Establishment of the framework will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities.

5) If for any reason it is not possible to conclude the framework agreement with the designated successful tenderer emerging from this competitive process; or if having concluded the framework agreement the contracting authority considers that the successful tenderer has not met, or cannot meet its obligations; the contracting authority reserves the right to admit the next highest scoring tenderer to the framework on the basis of the same terms at any time during the tender validity period. This shall be without prejudice to the right of the contracting authority to cancel this competitive process and/or initiate a new contract award procedure at its sole discretion.

6) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, the framework agreement or any contract awarded under the framework agreement at any time.

7) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of tender responses with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, tenderers are advised to ensure that they return FULLY COMPLETED tenders in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition at the evaluation stage.

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal address: Chief Registrar, The Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
Information about review deadlines:

The contracting authority will not conclude this framework agreement to which a standstill period applies in accordance with Irish Statutory Instrument S.I. No. 284 of 2016, until after the expiry of the standstill period which commences on the day following the date of notification of concerned candidates and tenderers. The duration of the standstill period will be 14 calendar days where notifications are sent electronically or by fax and 16 calendar days where these are sent by any other means. The Statutory Instrument mentioned above provides that review procedures are available in the High Court to a person who has or has had an interest in obtaining the framework agreement and alleges that he or she has been harmed or is at risk of being harmed by an infringement of the law in relation to that framework agreement

Source: OJS 2023/S 032-092873 (2023-02-09)

Contract award notice (2023-08-02)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement: 1 000 000 EUR 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2023-08-02 📅
Publication date: 2023-08-07 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2023/S 150-478919
Refers to notice: 2023/S 032-092873
OJ-S issue: 150

Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Methodology
Quality criterion (weighting): 20
Quality criterion (name): Competency and Expertise
Quality criterion (weighting): 30
Quality criterion (name): Contract Management
Quality criterion (weighting): 10
Cost criterion (name): Ultimate Cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 40

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2023-07-04 📅
Name: Brady Shipman Martin
National registration number: IE 4680490 D
Postal address: Mountpleasant Business Centre, Ranelagh, Dublin D06 X7P8
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Dublin 6
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 012081900 📞
E-mail: prospective@bradyshipmanmartin.com 📧
Internet address: http://www.bradyshipmanmartin.com 🌏
Total value of the procurement: 1 000 000 EUR 💰
Name: Roughan & O'Donovan
National registration number: IE223146R
Postal address: Arena House, Arena Road, Sandyford
Postal town: Dublin D18 V8P6
Postal code: Dublin
Phone: +353 012940800 📞
E-mail: roisin.doyle@rod.ie 📧
Internet address: http://www.rod.ie 🌏
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6
Source: OJS 2023/S 150-478919 (2023-08-02)

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