National Reference Laboratory services for Genetically Modified Food and Feed

Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM, the Contracting Authority) and the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) are the competent authorities for the implementation of legislation governing Official Controls of Genetically Modified Feed and Food (GMFF), respectively. Ireland has a legal obligation to appoint National Reference Laboratories (NRLs) under European Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/625. Regulation (EU) 2017/625 on official controls, ensures the verification of compliance with food and feed law, plant and animal health and animal welfare laws. The appointed National Reference Laboratory (NRL) for GMFF has the duty of informing and advising the Contracting Authority, by providing scientific and technical assistance, and by assisting in food/feedborne incidents and outbreak situations by performing confirmatory analyses. The NRL has also responsibility to assist and advise feed and food laboratories and the Contracting Authority to ensure a harmonised, effective, proportionate, and risk-based approach to feed and food regulation and enforcement.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2024-10-25. The procurement was published on 2024-09-20.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2024-09-20 Contract notice
Contract notice (2024-09-20)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: National Reference Laboratory services for Genetically Modified Food and Feed
Short description:
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM, the Contracting Authority) and the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) are the competent authorities for the implementation of legislation governing Official Controls of Genetically Modified Feed and Food (GMFF), respectively. Ireland has a legal obligation to appoint National Reference Laboratories (NRLs) under European Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/625. Regulation (EU) 2017/625 on official controls, ensures the verification of compliance with food and feed law, plant and animal health and animal welfare laws. The appointed National Reference Laboratory (NRL) for GMFF has the duty of informing and advising the Contracting Authority, by providing scientific and technical assistance, and by assisting in food/feedborne incidents and outbreak situations by performing confirmatory analyses. The NRL has also responsibility to assist and advise feed and food laboratories and the Contracting Authority to ensure a harmonised, effective, proportionate, and risk-based approach to feed and food regulation and enforcement.
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Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Laboratory services 📦
Estimated value excluding VAT: 200 000 EUR 💰
Other restrictions on the place of performance: Anywhere in the given country
Information about lots
Tenders may be submitted for maximum number of lots: 0
Description
Internal identifier: 0
Additional products/services: Research laboratory services 📦
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Duration: 60 months
Duration
Start date: 2024-12-01 📅
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: 2024-10-25 15:00:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2024-10-25 15:30:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=4356488
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2024-10-25 15:30:00 📅
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=4356488
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
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: procurement@agriculture.gov.ie 📧
Phone: +35316072000 📞
URL: https://www.agriculture.gov.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.agriculture.gov.ie 🌏
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=4356488 🌏
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=4356488 🌏
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 2024/S 186-573925 (2024-09-20)
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