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

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

The Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (โ€˜ACRESโ€™) is administered by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), as part of Irelandโ€™s CAP Strategic Plan (CSP).
There are two approaches within ACRES namely:
โ€ข ACRES General, available nationally (outside of the high priority geographical area as defined for the ACRES Co-operation approach),
and
โ€ข ACRES Co-operation, available to farmers in defined high priority geographical areas (ACRES Co-operation โ€˜CPโ€™ 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 (โ€˜ACRESโ€™) is administered by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), as part of Irelandโ€™s CAP Strategic Plan (CSP). There are two approaches within ACRES namely: โ€ข ACRES General, available nationally (outside of the high priority geographical area as defined for the ACRES Co-operation approach), and โ€ข ACRES Co-operation, available to farmers in defined high priority geographical areas (ACRES Co-operation โ€˜CPโ€™ 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.
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Notice metadata
Original language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
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 ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional CPV: Agricultural services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance
NUTS region: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ

Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
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 ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: dympna.furlong@agriculture.gov.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 539170390 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=240873&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=240873&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2023-04-25 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2023-06-01 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2023-04-28 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2023/S 084-252438
OJ-S issue: 84

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
The Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (โ€˜ACRESโ€™) is administered by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), as part of Irelandโ€™s CAP Strategic Plan (CSP).
There are two approaches within ACRES namely:
โ€ข ACRES General, available nationally (outside of the high priority geographical area as defined for the ACRES Co-operation approach),
and
โ€ข ACRES Co-operation, available to farmers in defined high priority geographical areas (ACRES Co-operation โ€˜CPโ€™ 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.
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Estimated total value: 1 600 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
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, whether owned, leased or rented 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.
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The commonage area for evaluation and assessment has been divided into four separate areas or โ€˜regionsโ€™ for tender, based on geographical location. Each region will operate as a standalone lot. A tender may be submitted by an individual, an individual entity or by a consortium comprising of a number of entities. A tenderer may tender for one or more lots.
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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
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 ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Tender validity period: 4 months
Tender opening date: 2023-06-01 ๐Ÿ“…
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 ๐ŸŒ
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=240873&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court of Ireland
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
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 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2023-08-03 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2023-08-08 ๐Ÿ“…
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 ๐Ÿ“…
Name: Inishowen Development Par
National registration number: Ireland
Postal address: Pound Street Carndonagh
Postal town: Inishowen
Postal code: Donegal
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 749373083 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: info@inishowen.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Total value of the procurement: 704 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
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 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: fergal.monaghan@henharrierproject.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Internet address: http://www.henharrierproject.ie ๐ŸŒ
Total value of the procurement: 1 186 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Name: South Kerry Development Partnership CLG
National registration number: 191645
Postal address: West Main Street
Postal town: Kerry
Postal code: Cahersiveen
Phone: +353 0669472724 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: nspillane@skdp.net ๐Ÿ“ง
Internet address: http://www.southkerry.ie ๐ŸŒ
Total value of the procurement: 327 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
5
Source: OJS 2023/S 151-482113 (2023-08-03)