Carlow County Council - sludge service contract

Carlow County Council

This contract requires the provision of a service to provide, operate and maintain a sludge treatment, storage, transport and disposal regime for the dewatered sludge produced from 3 Wastewater Treatment Plants in County Carlow.
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Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2011-06-22. The procurement was published on 2011-05-06.

Who?

• Carlow County Council

What?

• Non-hazardous refuse and waste treatment and disposal services › Sludge treatment services

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2011-05-06	Contract notice
2011-05-10	Additional information
2011-06-01	Additional information

Contract notice (2011-05-06)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: sludge treatment services
Quantity or scope:

The total quantity of sludge is estimated at 17 855 tonnes over 3 years broken down as follows:Year 1:5 664 tonnes;Year 2:5 947 tonnes;Year 3:6 244 tonnes.Mortarstown WWTW produces approx. 80 % of the sludge with 10 % produced at Tullow WWTW and 10 % produced at Bagenalstown WWTW.The dry solids contents of the sludges vary between 10 % and 20 %. The average for the plants are as follows:Bagenalstown 18 % dry solids.Mortarstown 17.6 % dry solids.Tullow 14 % dry solids.The contract may be extended for an additional 2 years with a total estimated sludge of 13 440 tonnes for year 4 and 5.300,000400,000

Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Sludge treatment services 📦

Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Regional or local authority
Postal address: Athy Road, Co Carlow
Postal town: Carlow
Contact
Internet address: http://www.carlow.ie 🌏
Phone: +353 599170300 📞
Fax: +353 599141503 📠

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2011-05-06 📅
Submission deadline: 2011-06-22 📅
Publication date: 2011-05-11 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2011/S 90-147137
OJ-S issue: 90
Additional information
(ET Ref:231753).

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

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Variants will be accepted ✅
Quantity or scope:

The total quantity of sludge is estimated at 17 855 tonnes over 3 years broken down as follows:

Year 1:5 664 tonnes;

Year 2:5 947 tonnes;

Year 3:6 244 tonnes.

Mortarstown WWTW produces approx. 80 % of the sludge with 10 % produced at Tullow WWTW and 10 % produced at Bagenalstown WWTW.

The dry solids contents of the sludges vary between 10 % and 20 %. The average for the plants are as follows:

Bagenalstown 18 % dry solids.

Mortarstown 17.6 % dry solids.

Tullow 14 % dry solids.

The contract may be extended for an additional 2 years with a total estimated sludge of 13 440 tonnes for year 4 and 5.

Estimated value excluding VAT: 300,000 💰
400,000 💰
Duration: 36 months
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Carlow Town, Tullow Town, Bagenalstown, Co. Carlow.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:

(1) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they are not bankrupt or the subject of an administration order, are not being wound-up, have not granted a trust deed, are not the subject of a petition presented for sequestration of their estate, have not had a receiver, manager or administrator appointed and are not otherwise apparently insolvent;

(2) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that the candidate, their directors, or any other person who has powers of representation, decision or control of the candidate has not been convicted of conspiracy, corruption, bribery, or money laundering. Failure to provide such a declaration will result in the candidate being declared ineligible and they will not be selected to participate in this procurement process;

(3) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have not been convicted of a criminal offence relating to the conduct of their business or profession;

(4) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have not committed an act of grave misconduct in the course of their business or profession;

(5) All candidates must comply with the requirements of the state in which they are established, regarding registration on the professional or trade register;

(6) Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in providing any information required, may be declared ineligible and not selected to continue with this procurement process.

(7) All candidates will have to demonstrate that they are licensed, or a member of the relevant organisation, in the state where they are established, when the law of that state prohibits the provision of the services, described in this notice, by a person who is not so licensed or who is not a member of the relevant organisation.

(8) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions under the law or of the relevant state in which the candidate is established

(9) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes under the law or of the relevant state in which the economic operator is established.

Economic and financial standing:

(1) All candidates will be required to provide a reference from their bank;

(2) All candidates will be required to provide evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance;

(3) All candidates will be required to provide a statement, covering the 3 previous financial years including the overall turnover of the candidate and the turnover in respect of the activities which are of a similar type to the subject matter of this notice;

(4) All candidates will be required to provide statements of accounts or extracts from those accounts relating to their business.

Technical and professional ability:

(1) A statement of the candidate's average annual number of staff and managerial staff over the previous 3 years.

(2) Details of the educational and professional qualifications of their managerial staff; and those of the person(s) who would be responsible for providing the services or carrying out the work or works under the contract;

(3) All candidates will be required to provide certification from an independent body attesting conformity to environmental management standards in accordance with the Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS); or the European standard BS EN ISO 14001;

(4) All candidates will be required to provide certification drawn up by an independent body attesting the compliance of the economic operator with quality assurance standards based on the relevant European standards;

(5) Certificates drawn up by official quality control institutes or agencies of recognised competence attesting the conformity of products clearly identified by references to specifications or standards;

(6) Samples, descriptions and/or photographs, the authenticity of which must be certified if the contracting authority so requests;

(7) A statement of the principal goods sold or services provided by the supplier or the services provider in the past 3 years, detailing the dates on which the goods were sold or the services provided; the consideration received; the identity of the person to whom the goods were sold or the services were provided;

(8) A check may be carried out by the contracting authority or by a competent official body of the state in which the candidate is established, to verify the technical capacity of the candidate; and if relevant, on the candidates study and research facilities and quality control measures;

(9) A statement of the candidate's technical facilities; measures for ensuring quality; and their study and research facilities;

(10) An indication of the proportion of the contract which the services provider intends possibly to subcontract;

(11) A statement of the technicians or technical services available to the candidate to carry out the work under the contract; or be involved in the production of goods or the provision of services under the contract; particularly those responsible for quality control, whether or not they are independent of the candidate;

(12) A statement of the tools, plant or technical equipment available to the service provider or contractor for carrying out the contract;

(13) A list of works carried out over the past 5 years, detailing the value of the consideration received; when and where the work or works were carried out; and whether they were carried out according to the rules of the trade or profession and properly completed.

Contract execution
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: Payments are made monthly on tonnes of sludge treated in the previous month.

Procedure
Tender validity period: 6 months
Award criteria
Criterion: 1. Price (70 %)
2. Technical merit (30 %)
3. Technical merit broken down as follows:
4. Management arrangements (30)
5. Disposal methodology (25)
6. Lands availability (15)
7. Storage facilities (15)
8. Transport facilities (15)
9. Proposed sub-contractors (5)
Languages
Language: English 🗣️

Contracting authority
Identity
Awarding authority name: Carlow County Council
Contact
Contact point: Water Services
Mr. Ger O'Brien, Senior Executive Engineer
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA01439 🌏
Name: Nicholas O'Dwyer
Postal address: Nutgrove Office Park, Nutgrove Avenue
Postal town: Dublin 14
Contact point: Ms. Fiona Lane
Phone: +353 12969000 📞
E-mail: nodwyer@nodwyer.com 📧
Name: Carlow County Council
Postal address: Athy Road,Co Carlow
Contact point: Corporate Services
Senior Executive Officer
URL for participation: http://www.carlow.ie 🌏
Source: OJS 2011/S 090-147137 (2011-05-06)

Additional information (2011-05-10)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Additional information

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2011-05-10 📅
Publication date: 2011-05-12 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2011/S 91-147463
Refers to notice: 2011/S 90-147137
OJ-S issue: 91
Source: OJS 2011/S 091-147463 (2011-05-10)

Additional information (2011-06-01)
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2011-06-01 📅
Submission deadline: 2011-06-24 📅
Publication date: 2011-06-04 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2011/S 107-174406
OJ-S issue: 107
Source: OJS 2011/S 107-174406 (2011-06-01)

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