Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

N/A

Johnstown Castle Estate

Wexford

Y35 PN52

IE

Contact person: Niall Ryan

Telephone: +353 539165543

E-mail: niall.ryan@agriculture.gov.ie

Main address: http://www.agriculture.gov.ie

Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/307

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions

General public services

A Soil Sampling and Analysis Programme

Reference number:  RFT 218904

The soil sampling programme at field scale will provide the basis for the next generation of soil-specific nutrient management advice and underpin targeted fertiliser and organic manure applications (right nutrient type, right application rate, right time & right place) across all farming systems in Ireland. Farmers will also be provided with indicative soil carbon results for their land, an important baseline result on an individual and national level from a soil health and climate change perspective. Indicative E.coli results will provide the basis for developing strategies to manage animal, human and environmental health on the farm.

Soil Health and Nutrient Management are key components of the Programme for Government and the output from this Programme will assist with targeting management practices /measures and advice to support national and EU policy such as the new Soil Strategy and proposed Soil Health Law as well as the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP), Climate Action Plan, Farm-to-Fork, Water Framework & Nitrates Directives, and the Biodiversity Strategy and the new EU R&I, Soil Health, Food Mission and Food Vision 2030.
The soil sampling programme, at field scale, will provide the basis for the next generation of soil-specific nutrient management advice and underpin targeted fertiliser and organic manure applications (right nutrient type, right application rate, right time & right place) across all farming systems in Ireland. Farmers will also be provided with indicative soil carbon results for their land, which is an important baseline result on an individual and national level from a soil health and climate change perspective. Indicative E.coli results will provide the basis for developing strategies to manage animal, human and environmental health on the farm.

Quality criterion  -  Name:  Quality and technical merit of proposed service  /  Weighting:  1240

Quality criterion  -  Name:  Management of the client relationship  /  Weighting:  100

Cost criterion  -  Name:  Proposed cost of providing the service  /  Weighting:  660

Identification of the project: Rural Development Programme 2014-2022 (RDP) under Article 51 of the regulation

The contract/lot is not awarded

TAKE NOTICE that the Department has made the decision to cancel the above competition. The reasons for this decision are as follows:
1. Subsequent to a complaint by one of the tenderers, the Department has reviewed the above RFT, tender submissions and evaluation process.
2. The Department has identified potential issues in respect of the clarity of the specification of cost criteria under the above RFT, and the manner in which the cost criteria was evaluated, that are of particular concern in the context of the principle of transparency.
3. In the circumstances, having carefully considered the matter, the Department is writing to notify you that, pursuant to Paragraph 2.1.2 of Part 2 of the published RFT:
“The Contracting Authority may cancel this Competition at any time prior to a formal written Services Contract being executed by or on behalf of the Contracting Authority”
— the Department has taken the decision to cancel the above competition.

High Court of Ireland

Dublin

IE