IRL-Wicklow: live plants, bulbs, roots, cuttings and slips

Country:

Ireland

City/Locality:

WICKLOW

Notice/Contract Number:

eu:247730-2008

Publication Date:

Sept 26, 2008

Deadline:

Oct 22, 2008

Buyer:

COILLTE TEORANTA

Original Language:

English

Address:

COILLTE TEORANTA
WICKLOW , IRELAND
Ireland

Web Site:

http://www.coillte.ie

03121100 - Live plants, bulbs, roots, cuttings and slips

Notice Type: 22M0
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Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 187/2008
, #
247730-2008
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Competitive dialogue
Type of Bid Required: Global or partial tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

Summary:
CONTRACT NOTICE
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): Coillte Teoranta,
Newtownmountkennedy, Attn: Sarah Toye, IRL-Wicklow. Tel. 012 01 11 11.
E-mail: sarah.toye@coillte.ie. Fax 012 01 11 99.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: http://www.coillte.ie.
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/
Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA01468.
Further information can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact
point(s).
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for
competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at:
As in above-mentioned contact point(s).
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: As in above-mentioned
contact point(s).
I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
Body governed by public law.
Other: Forestry and other related businesses.
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1) DESCRIPTION
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Contract production of rooted sitka spruce cuttings 2009-2011.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Services.
Service category: No 27.
Main place of performance: Coillte nursery - Ballintemple, Co Carlow.
NUTS code: IE.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): Coillte
Nurseries are seeking expressions of interest for all or part of the
contract production of an annual 6 800 000 rooted Sitka spruce cuttings
for the period 2009 to 2011.
Coillte Nurseries is a division of Coillte Teoranta – the Irish Forestry
Board – which sells and distributes some 35 000 000 forest plants in both
Irish and export markets each year.
As part of its annual production, Coillte Nurseries expects to root in
excess of 6 800 000 improved Sitka spruce cuttings each year to meet
demand from existing customers. Coillte Nurseries wishes to open up
competitive dialogue with interested parties who may wish to:
1. be part of a panel who will openly tender for the annual harvest of
cuttings from existing hedge orchards,
2. be part of a panel who will openly tender for the annual rooting of
cuttings as a pre-cursor to field transplanting,
3. provide suitable infrastructure for rooted cutting production as part
of a medium/long-term package of work.
For further information – please contact:
Patrick Long,
General Manager, Coillte Nurseries,
(353) 862 57 91 00
E-mail: pat.long@coillte.ie.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 03121100.
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
Yes.
II.1.8) Division into lots: Yes.
Tenders should be submitted for: one or more lots.
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: Coillte Nurseries expects to root in
excess of 6.8 million improved Sitka spruce cuttings each year to meet
demand from existing customers.
II.2.2) Options: No.
INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS
LOT NO 1
TITLE: Harvest of cuttings from existing hedge orchards
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Harvest of cuttings from existing hedge orchards.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 03121100.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE: 2009-2011.
LOT NO 2
TITLE: Annual rooting of cuttings as a pre-cursor to field transplanting
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Annual rooting of cuttings as a pre-cursor to field
transplanting.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 03121100.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE: 2009-2011.
LOT NO 3
TITLE: Provision of suitable infrastructure for rooted cutting production
as part of a medium/long-term package of work
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Provision of suitable infrastructure for rooted
cutting production as part of a medium/long-term package of work.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 03121100.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE: 2009-2011.
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to
whom the contract is to be awarded: A grouping if successful must contract
as a single entity having joint or several liability.
III.1.4) Other particular conditions to which the performance of the
contract is subject: No.
III.2) CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION
III.2.1) Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements
relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers: Information and
formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Please
complete PQQ attached.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Minimum level(s) of standards
possibly required: Please complete PQQ attached.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Minimum level(s) of standards possibly
required: Please complete PQQ attached.
III.3) CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS
III.3.2) Legal entities should indicate the names and professional
qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service:
Yes.
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
IV.1) TYPE OF PROCEDURE
IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Competitive dialogue.
IV.1.2) Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to
tender or to participate: Envisaged number of operators 5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: At least
five but depending on the quality of the application received.
IV.1.3) Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or
dialogue: Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of
solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated yes.
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) An electronic auction will be used: No.
IV.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
22.10.2008 - 17:00.
IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to
selected candidates: 24.10.2008.
IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be
drawn up: English.
Other: Irish.
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Coillte will not be responsible for any
costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates in this process.
Expressions of interest should be forwarded by post to:
Sarah Toye,
Coillte,
Newtownmountkennedy,
Co Wicklow.
Clearly marked 'EOI for production of rooted Sitka Spruce cuttings
2009-2011'.
(ET Ref:71792).
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 24.9.2008.

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