Archival services for Land Commission records

Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine wishes to procure archival services to undertake a 12-month pilot cataloguing and re-housing project, in order to devise a comprehensive project plan for cataloguing all of the records of the former Irish Land Commission. The plan will also enable the Minister to estimate the resources required to deliver the full cataloguing and preservation project, as well as the costs and timeframe for delivery. The successful tenderer will be contracted to perform professional duties in connection with the sorting, cataloguing, numbering, rehousing of the Land Commission records, and will liaise with National Archivesโ€™ staff in preparation for future transfer. This 12 month contract will comprise a team lead by a Senior Archivist and two Archivists all working full-time (5 days a week) on-site in the Records Branch, Clonminam, Co. Laois. The pilot project will form the basis of a complete listing of the records of the Land Commission, through the creation of practical workflows and procedures for all records series. Working under the guidance and oversight of the National Archives, the outputs will comprise: โ€ข cataloguing and rehousing of a specific representative sample of records (identified in conjunction with the National Archives) โ€ข defining time frames and creating a comprehensive project plan for the entire Land Commission collection โ€ข creating efficient workflow documents and procedures for cataloguing, numbering and rehousing (in accordance with National Archives requirements) โ€ข identifying distinct series of records within the main collection suitable for immediate transfer to the National Archives

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2025-01-28. The procurement was published on 2024-12-06.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2024-12-06 Contract notice
2025-01-08 Contract notice
Contract notice (2024-12-06)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Archival services for Land Commission records
Short description:
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine wishes to procure archival services to undertake a 12-month pilot cataloguing and re-housing project, in order to devise a comprehensive project plan for cataloguing all of the records of the former Irish Land Commission. The plan will also enable the Minister to estimate the resources required to deliver the full cataloguing and preservation project, as well as the costs and timeframe for delivery. The successful tenderer will be contracted to perform professional duties in connection with the sorting, cataloguing, numbering, rehousing of the Land Commission records, and will liaise with National Archivesโ€™ staff in preparation for future transfer. This 12 month contract will comprise a team lead by a Senior Archivist and two Archivists all working full-time (5 days a week) on-site in the Records Branch, Clonminam, Co. Laois. The pilot project will form the basis of a complete listing of the records of the Land Commission, through the creation of practical workflows and procedures for all records series. Working under the guidance and oversight of the National Archives, the outputs will comprise: โ€ข cataloguing and rehousing of a specific representative sample of records (identified in conjunction with the National Archives) โ€ข defining time frames and creating a comprehensive project plan for the entire Land Commission collection โ€ข creating efficient workflow documents and procedures for cataloguing, numbering and rehousing (in accordance with National Archives requirements) โ€ข identifying distinct series of records within the main collection suitable for immediate transfer to the National Archives
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Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Archiving services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 150 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Information about lots
Tenders may be submitted for maximum number of lots: 0
Description
Internal identifier: 0
Additional products/services: Town: Portlaoise
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Place of performance: Midland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Duration: 15 months
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure โœ…
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2025-01-28 17:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2025-01-28 17:30:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=4802481
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2025-01-28 17:30:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=4802481
Electronic invoicing: Allowed

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Exclusion ground: Purely national exclusion grounds

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine
National registration number: IE4773186Q
Postal address: Agriculture House Kildare Street
Postal code: D02 WK12
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: procurement@agriculture.gov.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +35316072000 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL: https://www.agriculture.gov.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.agriculture.gov.ie ๐ŸŒ
Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Main activity
General public services
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=4802481 ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=4802481 ๐ŸŒ
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
Region: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000 ๐Ÿ“ž
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Source: OJS 2024/S 240-755187 (2024-12-06)
Contract notice (2025-01-08)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Archival services for former Irish Land Commission records
Estimated value excluding VAT: 150 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ

Procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2025-02-04 17:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2025-02-04 17:30:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 120 days
Tendering terms
Opening date: 2025-02-04 17:30:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2025-01-24 17:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…

Complementary information
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
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
Region: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000 ๐Ÿ“ž

Changes
Other additional information
In regards to the RFT Archival services for Land Commission records, due to adverse weather conditions in Laois, the proposed site visit to Records Branch originally scheduled for Tuesday 7th January is postponed and is now rescheduled for Wednesday 15th January. A mail will issue from DAFM Records Branch to reconfirm site visit times. The closing date of the tender will now be 04/02/2025 17.00 to allow for the change in site visit.
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Main reason for change: Information updated
Information about modifications
Version of the previous notice to be changed: 0b453862-6355-4493-b060-86ae8c7e0b0f-01
Source: OJS 2025/S 007-016509 (2025-01-08)