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GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF IRELAND Request for Tender (RFT) for the provision of hydrographic services in connection with the seabed mapping of Ireland’s offshore Issued by : Geological Survey of Ireland, Beggars Bush, Haddington Rd., Dublin 4 Ireland Issued Friday 23rd October 2009 Closing date : Friday 4th December, 2009, 12.00pm (GMT) Contents 1 Introduction 2 Specification of Requirements 3 Additional Requirements 4 Evaluation of Tenders Award Criteria 5 Notice to Companies Tendering Appendix A: Procedures for the award of public supply contracts. Appendix B: Diagram of the survey locations within Ireland. Appendix C: Form of Tender  Request for Tender INTRODUCTION Background The Government of Ireland mandated the Geological Survey of Ireland (GSI), in conjunction with their strategic partner the Marine Institute (MI), to carry out and manage the Irish National Seabed Survey (INSS), between 1999 and 2005. The follow-on strategy to INSS, the Integrated Mapping for the Sustainable Development of Ireland’s Marine Resource (INFOMAR) project, is a joint venture between GSI and the MI. The GSI is a line division, the Department of Communication, Marine and Natural Resources, and the MI an agency of, the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries Food. The benefits of these projects are many and include the provision of information necessary for the sustainable management of marine based activities including: mineral, oil and gas exploration and exploitation, fishing, offshore aquaculture, shipping (e.g. marine safety), coastal zone management, coastal engineering and erosion, renewable energy development and the investigation of dumping at sea. INSS and earlier surveys, mapped all water depths within the Irish Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) greater than 200m. In 2002 work commenced in water depths less than 200m. The INSS utilised a number of vessels for carrying out this work including the Marine Inst