AG2750C - Request for Tenders for the Provision of Digital Orthophotography of the Republic of Ireland for the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

The Land Parcel Identification System (LPIS) is the Department’s spatial database. Each year almost €1.7 billion is paid out to farmers based on the land data within LPIS. It contains over 1.3 million polygons/parcels representing the land holdings of over 130,000 farmers and Forest Owners. The system was built on …

CPV: 79961200 Aerial photography services, 79961300 Specialised photography services
Place of execution:
AG2750C - Request for Tenders for the Provision of Digital Orthophotography of the Republic of Ireland for the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Awarding body:
Education Procurement Service (EPS)
Award number:
0

1. Buyer

1.1 Buyer

Official name : Education Procurement Service (EPS)
Legal type of the buyer : Body governed by public law
Activity of the contracting authority : Education

2. Procedure

2.1 Procedure

Title : AG2750C - Request for Tenders for the Provision of Digital Orthophotography of the Republic of Ireland for the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Description : The Land Parcel Identification System (LPIS) is the Department’s spatial database. Each year almost €1.7 billion is paid out to farmers based on the land data within LPIS. It contains over 1.3 million polygons/parcels representing the land holdings of over 130,000 farmers and Forest Owners. The system was built on initial digitising of paper maps completed back in 1995 for the original EU area-aid schemes. These parcels have been updated and modified on a continual basis since then. Digital ortho-imagery is a critical component of the spatial database. It allows the Department to validate the claims of applicants for various Department Schemes on an annual basis. The imagery and any derived products allow the Department to determine the land cover of holdings and hence the eligibility of land for payment. The RFT aims to acquire complete coverage of the Republic of Ireland within a maximum time period of three years. Where an applicant successfully completes the capture of all required imagery in a shorter time frame i.e. 1 or 2 years, the Department reserves the right to request the contracted area to be recaptured in year 2 and possibly year 3 (subject to business requirements) and the capability of the successful Tenderer.
Procedure identifier : b285c0c8-1f5e-41ef-9a5d-e494503f8af4
Previous notice : 30aada81-38f1-4f52-aa67-ff5fe5916614-01
Type of procedure : Open
The procedure is accelerated : no
Justification for the accelerated procedure :
Main features of the procedure :

2.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 79961200 Aerial photography services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79961300 Specialised photography services

2.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Ireland
Anywhere in the given country

2.1.3 Value

Estimated value excluding VAT : 4 500 000 Euro

2.1.4 General information

Legal basis :
Directive 2014/24/EU

5. Lot

5.1 Lot technical ID : LOT-0001

Title : AG2750C - Request for Tenders for the Provision of Digital Orthophotography of the Republic of Ireland for the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Description : The Land Parcel Identification System (LPIS) is the Department’s spatial database. Each year almost €1.7 billion is paid out to farmers based on the land data within LPIS. It contains over 1.3 million polygons/parcels representing the land holdings of over 130,000 farmers and Forest Owners. The system was built on initial digitising of paper maps completed back in 1995 for the original EU area-aid schemes. These parcels have been updated and modified on a continual basis since then. Digital ortho-imagery is a critical component of the spatial database. It allows the Department to validate the claims of applicants for various Department Schemes on an annual basis. The imagery and any derived products allow the Department to determine the land cover of holdings and hence the eligibility of land for payment. The RFT aims to acquire complete coverage of the Republic of Ireland within a maximum time period of three years. Where an applicant successfully completes the capture of all required imagery in a shorter time frame i.e. 1 or 2 years, the Department reserves the right to request the contracted area to be recaptured in year 2 and possibly year 3 (subject to business requirements) and the capability of the successful Tenderer.
Internal identifier : 0

5.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 79961200 Aerial photography services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79961300 Specialised photography services

5.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Ireland
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information :

5.1.3 Estimated duration

Start date : 10/10/2024
Duration end date : 01/02/2028

5.1.5 Value

Estimated value excluding VAT : 4 500 000 Euro

5.1.6 General information

Procurement Project not financed with EU Funds.
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) : yes

5.1.7 Strategic procurement

Aim of strategic procurement : No strategic procurement

5.1.10 Award criteria

Criterion :
Type : Cost
Name :
Description : Cost @ 30%
Weight (percentage, exact) : 30
Criterion :
Type : Quality
Name :
Description : Quality @ 70%
Weight (percentage, exact) : 70
Description of the method to be used if weighting cannot be expressed by criteria :
Justification for not indicating the weighting of the award criteria :

5.1.12 Terms of procurement

Information about review deadlines : Refer to CFT documents

5.1.15 Techniques

Framework agreement :
No framework agreement
Information about the dynamic purchasing system :
No dynamic purchase system

5.1.16 Further information, mediation and review

Review organisation : The High Court of Ireland
Organisation providing offline access to the procurement documents : Education Procurement Service (EPS)
TED eSender : European Dynamics S.A.

6. Results

Value of all contracts awarded in this notice : 2 211 750 Euro

6.1 Result lot ldentifier : LOT-0001

At least one winner was chosen.

6.1.2 Information about winners

Winner :
Official name : Bluesky International Ltd
Tender :
Tender identifier : 000065468
Identifier of lot or group of lots : LOT-0001
Value of the tender : 2 211 750 Euro
Subcontracting : No
Contract information :
Identifier of the contract : 409965
Date on which the winner was chosen : 23/08/2024
Date of the conclusion of the contract : 10/10/2024
The contract is awarded within a framework agreement : no

6.1.4 Statistical information

Received tenders or requests to participate :
Type of received submissions : Tenders submitted electronically
Number of tenders or requests to participate received : 1

8. Organisations

8.1 ORG-0001

Official name : Education Procurement Service (EPS)
Registration number : IE 6609370 G
Postal address : Castletroy Limerick
Town : Limerick
Postcode : V94 DK53
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Dublin ( IE061 )
Country : Ireland
Telephone : 061233715
Roles of this organisation :
Buyer
Organisation providing offline access to the procurement documents

8.1 ORG-0002

Official name : Bluesky International Ltd
Registration number : 4789469
Postal address : The Station, Station Road
Town : Ashby De La Zouch
Postcode : LE65 2AS
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Camden and City of London ( UKI31 )
Country : United Kingdom
Telephone : +447874649681
Internet address : Www.bluesky-world.ie
Roles of this organisation :
Tenderer
Winner of these lots : LOT-0001

8.1 ORG-0003

Official name : The High Court of Ireland
Registration number : The High Court of Ireland
Department : The High Court of Ireland
Postal address : Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Town : Dublin
Postcode : D07 WDX8
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Dublin ( IE061 )
Country : Ireland
Telephone : +353 1 8886000
Roles of this organisation :
Review organisation

8.1 ORG-0004

Official name : European Dynamics S.A.
Registration number : 002024901000
Department : European Dynamics S.A.
Town : Athens
Postcode : 15125
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Βόρειος Τομέας Αθηνών ( EL301 )
Country : Greece
Telephone : +30 2108094500
Roles of this organisation :
TED eSender

11. Notice information

11.1 Notice information

Notice identifier/version : d98cc870-ce35-4a73-ab3b-0e4a8dc7e256 - 01
Form type : Result
Notice type : Contract or concession award notice – standard regime
Notice dispatch date : 15/01/2025 10:53 +00:00
Languages in which this notice is officially available : English

11.2 Publication information

Notice publication number : 00029817-2025
OJ S issue number : 11/2025
Publication date : 16/01/2025