Cork Sludge Management Project - Sludge Treatment, Handling & Ultimate Re-Use

Cork County Council

Engagment of a consultant/client's representative for the sludge treatment, handling & ultimate re-use element of the Cork Sludge Management Project as outlined in the attached information note.
NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the eTenders Web Site at http://www.etenders.gov.ie/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=201336.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2011-04-04. The procurement was published on 2011-02-25.

Who?

• Cork County Council

What?

Where?

• South-West

Procurement history

Date	Document
2011-02-25	Contract notice

Contract notice (2011-02-25)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: infrastructure works consultancy services
Quantity or scope:

Consultant/client's representative for the sludge treatment, handling & ultimate re-use element of the Cork Sludge Management Project as outlined in the attached Information Note.

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: Infrastructure works consultancy services 📦

Procedure
Procedure type: Restricted 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: Model Business Park, Model Farm Road
Postal town: Cork
Contact
Internet address: http://www.corkcoco.ie 🌏
E-mail: wsip@corkcoco.ie 📧
Phone: +353 214819400 📞
Fax: +353 214819433 📠

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2011-02-25 📅
Submission deadline: 2011-04-04 📅
Publication date: 2011-03-01 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2011/S 41-067154
OJ-S issue: 41
Additional information

Applicants shall submit 4 bound copies of their submission in addition to the original. The suitability assessment questionnaire accompanying this contract notice shall be completed and submitted before the closing time if applicants are to be considered. Cork County Council is subject to the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act, 1997. If an Applicant considers that any of the information supplied with his application is either commercially sensitive or confidential in nature, this should be highlighted and the reasons for its sensitivity specified. In such cases, the relevant material will, in response to a request under the Act, be examined in the light of the exemptions provided for in the Act. The Applicant must bear in full the cost incurred in connection with the preparation of the application. (ET Ref:201336).

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

Engagment of a consultant/client's representative for the sludge treatment, handling & ultimate re-use element of the Cork Sludge Management Project as outlined in the attached information note.

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the eTenders Web Site at http://www.etenders.gov.ie/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=201336.

Duration: 85 months
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: County Cork.

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.

Refer to Suitability Assessment Questionnaire. All applicants will be required to declare compliance with Article 45 & 51 of Directive 2004/18/EC (and Regulation 52 of SI No. 329 of 2006).

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.

Refer to Suitability Assessment Questionnaire. All applicants will be required to declare compliance with Article 47 of directive 2004/18/EC (and Regulation 55 of Si No. 329 of 2006).

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) 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.

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

Refer to Suitability Assessment Questionnaire.

All applicants will be required to demonstrate compliance with Article 48 of Directive 2004/18/EC (and Regulation 56, 59 & 63 of SI 329 of 2006).

Contract execution
Deposits and guarantees required:

Professional indemnity and other insurances in accordance with the suitability assessment questionnaire will be a requirement of the contract.

Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:

Standard conditions of engagement for consultancy services, (technical). Cork County Council operates in accordance with the European Communities (Late Payment in Commercial Transactions) Regulations 2002.

Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

Prior to award of Contract any grouping/consortium of consulting engineers must form a single legal entity with joint and several liability.

Other particular conditions:

For applicants resident in the Republic of Ireland evidence that the applicant is operating a pension/sick pay Scheme and is in possession of a current tax clearance certificate, or a C2 certificate. will be required prior to the award of contract.

In the case of a non-resident applicant and their proposed sub-consultants, a statement from the Revenue Commissioners of the Republic of Ireland in lieu of a current tax clearance certificate as to the suitability of the applicant, on tax grounds, will be required prior to the award of contract. Failure to produce the required documentation within the specified time period may disqualify the applicant.

Names and professional qualifications of the staff ✅

Procedure
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Objective criteria for selection: Refer to attached suitability assessment questionnaire.
Date of dispatch of invitations: 2011-07-22 📅
Award criteria
Criterion: 1. Please refer to the attached suitablility assessment questionnaire. and subsequently as per the brief issued to pre-qualified applicants
Languages
Language: English 🗣️
Other languages: Irish.

Contracting authority
Identity
Awarding authority name: Cork County Council
Contact
Contact point: Water Services Investment Programme Project Office,
Liam Lynch
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA01473 🌏
Name: Cork County Council
Contact point: Water Services Investment Programme - Project Office
URL for further information: http://www.corkcoco.ie 🌏
Contact point: WSIP Project Office
URL for documents: http://www.corkcoco.ie 🌏
Contact point: Ms. Claire Foley, Senior Staff Officer
URL for participation: http://www.corkcoco.ie 🌏

Reference
Additional information

Applicants shall submit 4 bound copies of their submission in addition to the original.

The suitability assessment questionnaire accompanying this contract notice shall be completed and submitted before the closing time if applicants are to be considered.

Cork County Council is subject to the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act, 1997. If an Applicant considers that any of the information supplied with his application is either commercially sensitive or confidential in nature, this should be highlighted and the reasons for its sensitivity specified. In such cases, the relevant material will, in response to a request under the Act, be examined in the light of the exemptions provided for in the Act.

The Applicant must bear in full the cost incurred in connection with the preparation of the application.

(ET Ref:201336).

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Courts
Postal address: Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Same as: Review body
Recurrent procurement
Contract award November/December 2011.
Source: OJS 2011/S 041-067154 (2011-02-25)

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