Written answers

Wednesday, 29 November 2006

Department of Agriculture and Food

Animal Identification Scheme

9:00 pm

Photo of Joe CostelloJoe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour)
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Question 109: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the criteria to be used to assess the relative merits of the tenders for the supply of bovine animal identification tags when the initial request for tenders was advertised; if the criteria changed throughout the tendering process; against which of these criteria did each of the failed tenders not achieve a score at least as good as that achieved by the eventual winner of the contract. [40543/06]

Photo of Mary CoughlanMary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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A short list of the tenders that were submitted to my Department for the supply of bovine animal identification tags was compiled following an evaluation of the completeness of the documentation to establish that each tender complied with all the conditions and requirements specified in the Invitation to Tender. The selection criteria did not change during the tendering process. Each tender included on the short-list was evaluated to establish the most economically advantageous tender on the basis of the criteria laid down in the Invitation to Tender which included, inter alia, suitability of the eartags, technical capacity to manufacture and supply eartags, experience and reputation as a manufacturer of eartags and proven ability as a supplier, and cost of tags, replacement tags and the applicator.

The company that was awarded the contract was deemed by the Selection Committee to have a significant advantage over the other companies in relation to tag suitability, technical capacity and experience and reputation. A number of the other companies obtained higher scores in respect of the cost the tags, cost of replacement tags and cost of the applicators than the company awarded the contract.

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