The Food Chemistry division of The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) laboratories analyses food samples for various residues of pesticides, veterinary drugs and contaminants. The current methods of analysis involve manual sample preparation, extraction and clean-up which is time consuming and open to handling errors. The division is aiming to procure an automated system which will handle most of the extraction process for the method for fruit and vegetables โ described below. The automated system should be flexible so that it can be modified to handle the extraction for other methods. DAFM reserves the right to purchase up to an additional three (3) of these systems over the next five (5) years from the date of contract award.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2025-12-15.
The procurement was published on 2025-11-10.
Contract notice (2025-11-10) Object Scope of the procurement
Title: The supply, delivery, installation and commissioning of an automated system for the extraction of food samples using the Dutch mini-Luke extraction
Short description:
โThe Food Chemistry division of The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) laboratories analyses food samples for various residues of...โ
Short description
The Food Chemistry division of The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) laboratories analyses food samples for various residues of pesticides, veterinary drugs and contaminants. The current methods of analysis involve manual sample preparation, extraction and clean-up which is time consuming and open to handling errors. The division is aiming to procure an automated system which will handle most of the extraction process for the method for fruit and vegetables โ described below. The automated system should be flexible so that it can be modified to handle the extraction for other methods. DAFM reserves the right to purchase up to an additional three (3) of these systems over the next five (5) years from the date of contract award.
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Type of contract: Supplies
Products/services: Industrial robots๐ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 000 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Description
Description of the procurement:
โThe Food Chemistry division of The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) laboratories analyses food samples for various residues of...โ
Description of the procurement
The Food Chemistry division of The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) laboratories analyses food samples for various residues of pesticides, veterinary drugs and contaminants. The current methods of analysis involve manual sample preparation, extraction and clean-up which is time consuming and open to handling errors. The division is aiming to procure an automated system which will handle most of the extraction process for the method for fruit and vegetables โ described below. The automated system should be flexible so that it can be modified to handle the extraction for other methods. DAFM reserves the right to purchase up to an additional three (3) of these systems over the next five (5) years from the date of contract award.
Procedure Type of procedure
Open procedure โ Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2025-12-15 17:00:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2025-12-15 17:30:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=6952188
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐ฃ๏ธ
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 120
Complementary information Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie๐ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000๐ 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
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie๐ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000๐ Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Source: OJS 2025/S 218-748532 (2025-11-10)