Aquatech Programme and the associated supply of business acumen

Bord Iascaigh Mhara - Irish Sea Fisheries Board BIM

BIM’s mission is to grow a thriving Irish seafood industry to deliver on the Government’s Food Vision 2030 targets for seafood and create sustainable jobs. A key deliverable of the government’s Food Vision 2030 plan is to attract global investment in aquaculture technology and to promote Ireland as a knowledge base for aquaculture technology and research to attract investment in our knowledge base. Developing and expanding our Aquatech sector delivers solutions for Irish seafood enterprises across a range of critical production processes as well as delivering opportunities for Irish based technology developers to access the rapidly expanding global aquaculture industry. BIM is keen to develop collaborations and connections between academia, industry and government partners to build on this potential, delivering sustainable jobs to coastal communities. The Contracting Authority wishes to contract a suitably qualified and experienced service provider to project manage and deliver an Irish based Aquatech Programme and provision of associated business acumen. The programme will be aimed at existing and new Aquatech start-ups/scale ups. The provision of bespoke business acumen to facilitate the development and expansion of client companies is key to the proposed programme. The programme will incorporate facilitation workshops, business collaborations, trade visits, accelerator type programmes and other identified mechanisms to drive the development of a vibrant Aquatech sector in Ireland with a global outlook.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2023-10-03. The procurement was published on 2023-08-31.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2023-08-31 Contract notice
Contract notice (2023-08-31)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Project-management services other than for construction work
Reference number: BIM/2023/019
Short description:
BIM’s mission is to grow a thriving Irish seafood industry to deliver on the Government’s Food Vision 2030 targets for seafood and create sustainable jobs. A key deliverable of the government’s Food Vision 2030 plan is to attract global investment in aquaculture technology and to promote Ireland as a knowledge base for aquaculture technology and research to attract investment in our knowledge base. Developing and expanding our Aquatech sector delivers solutions for Irish seafood enterprises across a range of critical production processes as well as delivering opportunities for Irish based technology developers to access the rapidly expanding global aquaculture industry. BIM is keen to develop collaborations and connections between academia, industry and government partners to build on this potential, delivering sustainable jobs to coastal communities. The Contracting Authority wishes to contract a suitably qualified and experienced service provider to project manage and deliver an Irish based Aquatech Programme and provision of associated business acumen. The programme will be aimed at existing and new Aquatech start-ups/scale ups. The provision of bespoke business acumen to facilitate the development and expansion of client companies is key to the proposed programme. The programme will incorporate facilitation workshops, business collaborations, trade visits, accelerator type programmes and other identified mechanisms to drive the development of a vibrant Aquatech sector in Ireland with a global outlook.
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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: Project-management services other than for construction work 📦
Additional CPV: Project management consultancy services 📦
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: Other
Awarding authority name: Bord Iascaigh Mhara - Irish Sea Fisheries Board BIM
Postal address: Crofton Road Dun Laoghaire Co. Dublin A96 E5A0
Postal code: A96 E5A0
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: https://www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏
E-mail: tenders@bim.ie 📧
URL for documents: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/ 🌏
URL for participation: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/ 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2023-08-31 📅
Submission deadline: 2023-10-03 📅
Publication date: 2023-09-05 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2023/S 170-534244
OJ-S issue: 170

Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value: 1 240 000 EUR 💰
Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 240 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 24 months
Description of renewals:
The Contracting Authority reserves the right to extend the Term for a period or periods of up to twelve (12) months with a maximum of two (2) such extension or extensions on the same terms and conditions, subject to the Contracting Authority’s obligations at law
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Name of EU-financed project or programme: European Maritime Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender validity period: 3 months
Tender opening date: 2023-10-03 📅
Tender opening time: 12:30
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Methodology and Approach
Quality criterion (weighting): 2000
Quality criterion (name): Proposed Key Personnel
Quality criterion (weighting): 3000
Quality criterion (name): Contract Management Proposal
Quality criterion (weighting): 1000
Quality criterion (name): Corporate Social Responsibility
Quality criterion (weighting): 500
Quality criterion (name): Environmental & Sustainability
Price (weighting): 3000

Contracting authority
Identity
Other type of contracting authority: Fisheries
Contact
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/ 🌏

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Source: OJS 2023/S 170-534244 (2023-08-31)
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