Ship Recycling Consultancy Services to support the recycling of decommissioned Naval Services vessels

Tender description

The Minister for Defence (the “Contracting Authority”) invites tenders (“Tenders”) to this request for tenders (“RFT”) from economic operators (“Tenderers”) for the provision of the services as described in Appendix 1 to this RFT (the “Services”). In summary, the Services comprise: the provision of Ship Recycling Consultancy Services to support the recycling of decommissioned Naval Service Vessels by safe and environmentally sound recycling methods via an EU approved ship-recycling facility in accordance with the EU’s Ship Recycling Regulation. While the EU’s Ship Recycling Regulation does not apply to warships, it is the intention of the Department to follow the Regulations in the re-cycling process. This public procurement competition (the “Competition”) will be conducted in accordance with the open procedure under the European Union (Award of Public Authority Contracts) Regulations 2016 (Statutory Instrument 284 of 2016) (the “Regulations”). Any contract that may result from this Competition (the “Services Contract”) will be issued for a term of 12 months] (“the Term”). The Contracting Authority estimates that the expenditure on the Services to be covered by the proposed [Services Contract]   may amount to some [€130,000] (excl. VAT) over the Term and any possible extensions. Tenderers must understand that this figure is an estimate only based on current and future expected usage