ETENDERS

Contract notice

Information

Published

Date of dispatch of this notice: 23/12/2015

Expire date: 05/02/2016

External Reference: 2015-431685

TED Reference: 2015/S 250-457227

Contract notice

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Contract notice

Classic Sector

Directive 2004/18/EC

Supplies

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)

Name, addresses and contact point(s)

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
N/A
Agriculture House
Kildare Street  Dublin 2
IE
For the attention of: Harry O'Crowley
Telephone: +353 01-6072463
E-mail: harry.ocrowley@agriculture.gov.ie
Internet address(es):
Address of the buyer profile: http://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/CompanyInformation/Index/307
Electronic access to information: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=95430&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE
Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=95430&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE
Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from:The above mentioned contact point(s)
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned contact point(s)
I.2)

Type of the contracting authority

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions
I.3)

Main activity

  • General public services
I.4)

Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities

The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:

Market Soundings Notice - THIS IS NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION

II.1.2)

Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

Supplies
    A combination of these
    Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance:

    Dublin 2

    NUTS code
    IRELAND
    II.1.3)

    Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)

    The notice involves a public contract
    II.1.5)

    Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

    The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine intends to issue a request for

    tenders in 2016 for the provision of Bovine Identification Tags to Irish Farmers.

    The Department wishes to conduct market soundings with Tag manufacturing

    companies who would be interested in such a tender process and in particular

    with regard to a tissue tag. The purpose is to explore the possibility of sourcing a

    tissue tag that is capable of providing a dual purpose sample i.e. for both Bovine

    Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) testing (antibody and virus detection) and DNA analysis for

    Genomic assessments.

    II.1.6)

    Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

    Main vocabulary
    03341000   Bovine ear tags
    Supplementary vocabulary
    03340000   Animal ear tags
    35121600   Tags
    II.1.7)

    Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

    The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):  no
    II.1.8)

    Lots

    This contract is divided into lots:  no
    II.1.9)

    Information about variants

    Variants will be accepted:  no
    II.2)

    Quantity or scope of the contract

    II.2.1)

    Total quantity or scope:

    The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine intends to issue a request for tenders in 2016 for the provision of Bovine Identification Tags to Irish Farmers. The Department wishes to conduct market soundings with Tag manufacturing companies who would be interested in such a tender process and in particular with regard to a tissue tag. The purpose is to explore the possibility of sourcing a tissue tag that is capable of providing a dual purpose sample i.e. for both Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) testing (antibody and virus detection) and DNA analysis for Genomic assessments.

    II.2.2)

    Information about options

    Options: no
    II.2.3)

    Information about renewals

    This contract is subject to renewal: no

    Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

    III.1)

    Conditions relating to the contract

    III.1.4)

    Other particular conditions

    The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: no
    III.3)

    Conditions specific to services contracts

    III.3.1)

    Information about a particular profession

    Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: no
    III.3.2)

    Staff responsible for the execution of the service

    Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: no

    Section IV: Procedure

    IV.1)

    Type of procedure

    IV.1.1)

    Type of procedure

    Open
    IV.2)

    Award criteria

    IV.2.1)

    Award criteria

    The most economically advantageous tender in terms of , the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document
    IV.2.2)

    Information about electronic auction

    An electronic auction will be used: no
    IV.3)

    Administrative information

    IV.3.2)

    Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

    no
    IV.3.3)

    Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document

    Payable documents: no
    IV.3.4)

    Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

    05.02.2016 - 12:00
    IV.3.6)

    Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up

    [Language_EN]
    IV.3.8)

    Conditions for opening tenders

    Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: no

    Section VI: Complementary information

    VI.1)

    Information about recurrence

    This is a recurrent procurement: no
    VI.2)

    Information about European Union funds

    The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no