Evaluation and scoring of ACRES General Commonage (outside of the ACRES Co-operation Project areas) as part of Ireland’s CAP Strategic Plan

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

The Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (‘ACRES’) is administered by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), as part of Ireland’s CAP Strategic Plan (CSP).
There are two approaches within ACRES namely:
• ACRES General, available nationally (outside of the high priority geographical area as defined for the ACRES Co-operation approach),
and
• ACRES Co-operation, available to farmers in defined high priority geographical areas (ACRES Co-operation ‘CP’ areas).
Commonage is a mandatory action in ACRES which means that all commonage lands declared by the ACRES applicant in their BPS/BISS in the specified year, whether owned, leased or rented had to must be included in ACRES.
The purpose of this Request for Tender is to procure the services of a team of qualified personnel for the qualitative evaluation and results-based scoring of commonage parcels in ACRES that fall outside of the defined ACRES Co-operation geographical areas under ACRES.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2023-06-01. The procurement was published on 2023-04-25.

Suppliers

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

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2023-04-25 Contract notice
2023-08-03 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2023-04-25)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services
Reference number: RFT 239522
Short description:
“The Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (‘ACRES’) is administered by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), as part of Ireland’s CAP...”    Show more
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: Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services 📦
Additional CPV: Agricultural 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: Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Awarding authority name: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Postal address: Johnstown Castle Estate
Postal code: Y35 PN52
Postal town: Wexford
Contact
Internet address: http://www.agriculture.gov.ie 🌏
E-mail: dympna.furlong@agriculture.gov.ie 📧
Phone: +353 539170390 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=240873&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=240873&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2023-04-25 📅
Submission deadline: 2023-06-01 📅
Publication date: 2023-04-28 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2023/S 084-252438
OJ-S issue: 84

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“The Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (‘ACRES’) is administered by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), as part of Ireland’s CAP...”    Show more

“There are two approaches within ACRES namely:”
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“• ACRES General, available nationally (outside of the high priority geographical area as defined for the ACRES Co-operation approach),”

“and”

“• ACRES Co-operation, available to farmers in defined high priority geographical areas (ACRES Co-operation ‘CP’ areas).”

“Commonage is a mandatory action in ACRES which means that all commonage lands declared by the ACRES applicant in their BPS/BISS in the specified year,...”    Show more

“The purpose of this Request for Tender is to procure the services of a team of qualified personnel for the qualitative evaluation and results-based scoring...”    Show more
Estimated total value: 1 600 000 EUR 💰
Title of the lot: Lot 1 - Donegal
Lot number: 1
Short description:
“Commonage is a mandatory action in ACRES which means that all commonage lands declared by the ACRES applicant in their BPS/BISS in the specified year,...”    Show more

“The purpose of this Request for Tender is to procure the services of a team of qualified personnel for the qualitative evaluation and results-based scoring...”    Show more
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“The commonage area for evaluation and assessment has been divided into four separate areas or ‘regions’ for tender, based on geographical location. Each...”    Show more
Duration: 72 months
Description of renewals:
“Two possible renewals of up to 12 months each.”
Name of EU-financed project or programme: CAP Strategic Plan Technical Assistance budget which is co-funded by the European Fund for Agriculture and Rural Development.
Title of the lot: Lot 2 - Midwest, East South East, North Connacht/Ulster
Lot number: 2
Title of the lot: Lot 3 - West Connacht
Lot number: 3
Title of the lot: Lot 4 - Cork/Kerry
Lot number: 4
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance:
“Donegal”

“Midwest, East South East, North Connacht/Ulster”
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“Cork/Kerry”

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: 4 months
Tender opening date: 2023-06-01 📅
Tender opening time: 12:00

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Dympna Furlong
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/307 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=240873&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court of Ireland
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Source: OJS 2023/S 084-252438 (2023-04-25)
Contract award notice (2023-08-03)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement: 2 217 000 EUR 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2023-08-03 📅
Publication date: 2023-08-08 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2023/S 151-482113
Refers to notice: 2023/S 084-252438
OJ-S issue: 151

Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Understanding of the requirements
Quality criterion (weighting): 100
Quality criterion (name): Proposed approach to delivering the objectives of the project
Quality criterion (weighting): 200
Quality criterion (name): Key personnel and resources
Quality criterion (weighting): 250
Quality criterion (name): Contract and risk management
Environmental Impact
Cost criterion (name): Cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 250

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2023-07-26 📅
Name: Inishowen Development Par
National registration number: Ireland
Postal address: Pound Street Carndonagh
Postal town: Inishowen
Postal code: Donegal
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 749373083 📞
E-mail: info@inishowen.ie 📧
Total value of the procurement: 704 000 EUR 💰
Name: The Hen Harrier Project Ltd
National registration number: IE3435818KH
Postal address: Unit No. 2, Oran Point, Main St
Postal town: Oranmore
Postal code: Galway
Phone: +353 91792865 📞
E-mail: fergal.monaghan@henharrierproject.ie 📧
Internet address: http://www.henharrierproject.ie 🌏
Total value of the procurement: 1 186 000 EUR 💰
Name: South Kerry Development Partnership CLG
National registration number: 191645
Postal address: West Main Street
Postal town: Kerry
Postal code: Cahersiveen
Phone: +353 0669472724 📞
E-mail: nspillane@skdp.net 📧
Internet address: http://www.southkerry.ie 🌏
Total value of the procurement: 327 000 EUR 💰
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
5
Source: OJS 2023/S 151-482113 (2023-08-03)