Development of a new Forensic Science Laboratory at Backweston

Office of Public Works

The Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland invite Applications / Expressions of Interest from competent Contractors who wish to be considered for inclusion on a short-list from which tenders may be invited to carry out works to develop a new Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) facility at Backweston, Celbridge, Co. Kildare. Please see the relevant Pre-Qualification documents attached to this Notice (separate Notices will be posted in respect of Mechanical, Electrical and Lift Specialists).
The FSL is to be a mainly two storey building of approximately 9,550 sqm internal floor area, including laboratories, offices and ancillary accommodation, some on a third floor, with a single storey utilities and storage building of 485 sqm. The external finishes of the building will be coloured render, timber framed windows and metal roof cladding.
Vehicular and pedestrian access will be provided off an existing internal private road via the existing Backweston Campus access off Stacumney Lane. A security hut is to be provided at the entrance to the proposed site within the Campus.
Site development works will include on site foul drainage connecting to the existing Campus foul drainage system. The surface water drainage system will connect to the existing attenuation system with an additional attenuation pond of sufficient size to cater for the proposed development and for future development on the Campus site. Site development works will also include landscaped forecourts, earth mounding, planted woodland, staff amenity areas, an internal site security fence and approximately 260 car parking spaces.
Interested Contractors should note that the Contracting Authority may elect, at its discretion, to novate the Specialists to be employed. Some or all of the required Specialists may be novated - a decision will be made prior to issuing Tender documents.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2011-03-21. The procurement was published on 2011-02-16.

Who?

• Office of Public Works

What?

• Construction work for research buildings › Laboratory building construction work

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2011-02-16	Contract notice
2011-03-01	Additional information
2011-03-15	Additional information
2012-05-01	Additional information

Contract notice (2011-02-16)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: building construction work
Quantity or scope:

Construction of a new Forensic Science Laboratory, which will be a mainly two storey building of approximately 9,550 sqm internal floor area, including laboratories, offices and ancillary accommodation, some on a third floor, with a single storey utilities and storage building of 485 sqm. The external finishes of the building will be coloured render, timber framed windows and metal roof cladding.

Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Works
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Building construction work 📦

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: Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Postal address: OPW Head Office, Jonathan Swift Street, Co. Meath
Postal town: Trim
Contact
Internet address: http://www.opw.ie 🌏
E-mail: paul.seery@opw.ie 📧
Phone: +353 469426191 📞
Fax: +353 469481793 📠

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2011-02-16 📅
Submission deadline: 2011-03-21 📅
Publication date: 2011-02-18 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2011/S 34-056074
OJ-S issue: 34
Additional information

Applicants should note that it will be a condition for the award of any contract that the successful Tenderer complies with Health & Safety regulations. All relevant H&S Appendices must be completed and returned with the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire. The Office of Public Works is subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Acts, 1997 and 2003. If candidates consider that any information supplied by them is either commercially sensitive or confidential in nature, this should be highlighted and the reason(s) for its sensitivity specified. In such cases the relevant material will, in response to FOI requests, be examined in the light of the exemptions provided for in the FOI Acts. Applicants should note that it will be a condition for the award of any contract that the successful Tenderer contributes to an approved Operatives Pension and Sick Pay Scheme and can produce a valid C2 Certificate or current Tax Clearance Certificate from the Revenue Commissioners in Ireland, or for a non-resident, a statement from the Revenue Commissioners in Ireland confirming suitability on tax grounds. All costs incurred in preparing Tender submissions must be borne by candidates. The Contracting Authority accepts no liability for these costs, irrespective of the outcome of the competition or if the competition is postponed or cancelled. The Most Economically Advantageous or any Tender will not necessarily be accepted. All times set out in this Contract Notice are in local Irish time. Applicants for the main contract should complete and return Suitability Assessment Questionnaire QW1, together with the relevant Appendices (Appendix A, A1, B1, B2, B3, C1, C3, C4, D, E, F, G, H, I, Supplements 3.4.1 and 3.4.2). Applicants for the SPECIALIST (Mechanical, Electrical & Lift) roles should respond to the separate published Notice(s) and should complete and return the relevant Suitability Assessment Questionnaire QW3 for each role applied for, together with the relevant Specialist Appendices (Appendix A, A1, B1, B2, C1, C3, D, E, F, G, Supplement 3.4.1). If a candidate is applying for more than one Specialist role, separate Suitability Assessment Questionnaires, together with the relevant Appendices, should be completed for each role. One clearly labelled hard copy of the completed Questionnaire and relevant Appendices should be sent to the contact name and address at point I of this Notice and one electronic copy of the completed Questionnaire and relevant Appendices should be forwarded to filetransfer.opw.ie/dropbox/fslprequal@opw.ie. Applicants may be asked to clarify aspects of their Submission or supply additional material after the closing date. Contractors and Specialists should note that the Contracting Authority may elect, at its discretion, to novate the Specialist to be employed. Some or all of the Specialists may be novated - a decision will be made prior to issuing Tender documents. (ET Ref:147092). I.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s): Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Email: filetransfer.opw.ie/dropbox/fslprequal@opw.ie

Additional information

Applicants should note that it will be a condition for the award of any contract that the successful Tenderer complies with Health & Safety regulations. All relevant H&S Appendices must be completed and returned with the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.

The Office of Public Works is subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Acts, 1997 and 2003. If candidates consider that any information supplied by them is either commercially sensitive or confidential in nature, this should be highlighted and the reason(s) for its sensitivity specified. In such cases the relevant material will, in response to FOI requests, be examined in the light of the exemptions provided for in the FOI Acts.

Applicants should note that it will be a condition for the award of any contract that the successful Tenderer contributes to an approved Operatives Pension and Sick Pay Scheme and can produce a valid C2 Certificate or current Tax Clearance Certificate from the Revenue Commissioners in Ireland, or for a non-resident, a statement from the Revenue Commissioners in Ireland confirming suitability on tax grounds.

All costs incurred in preparing Tender submissions must be borne by candidates. The Contracting Authority accepts no liability for these costs, irrespective of the outcome of the competition or if the competition is postponed or cancelled.

The Most Economically Advantageous or any Tender will not necessarily be accepted.

All times set out in this Contract Notice are in local Irish time.

Applicants for the main contract should complete and return Suitability Assessment Questionnaire QW1, together with the relevant Appendices (Appendix A, A1, B1, B2, B3, C1, C3, C4, D, E, F, G, H, I, Supplements 3.4.1 and 3.4.2). Applicants for the SPECIALIST (Mechanical, Electrical & Lift) roles should respond to the separate published Notice(s) and should complete and return the relevant Suitability Assessment Questionnaire QW3 for each role applied for, together with the relevant Specialist Appendices (Appendix A, A1, B1, B2, C1, C3, D, E, F, G, Supplement 3.4.1).

If a candidate is applying for more than one Specialist role, separate Suitability Assessment Questionnaires, together with the relevant Appendices, should be completed for each role.

One clearly labelled hard copy of the completed Questionnaire and relevant Appendices should be sent to the contact name and address at point I of this Notice and one electronic copy of the completed Questionnaire and relevant Appendices should be forwarded to filetransfer.opw.ie/dropbox/fslprequal@opw.ie.

Applicants may be asked to clarify aspects of their Submission or supply additional material after the closing date.

Contractors and Specialists should note that the Contracting Authority may elect, at its discretion, to novate the Specialist to be employed. Some or all of the Specialists may be novated - a decision will be made prior to issuing Tender documents.

(ET Ref:147092).

I.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s):

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to:

Email: filetransfer.opw.ie/dropbox/fslprequal@opw.ie

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

The FSL is to be a mainly two storey building of approximately 9,550 sqm internal floor area, including laboratories, offices and ancillary accommodation, some on a third floor, with a single storey utilities and storage building of 485 sqm. The external finishes of the building will be coloured render, timber framed windows and metal roof cladding.

Vehicular and pedestrian access will be provided off an existing internal private road via the existing Backweston Campus access off Stacumney Lane. A security hut is to be provided at the entrance to the proposed site within the Campus.

Site development works will include on site foul drainage connecting to the existing Campus foul drainage system. The surface water drainage system will connect to the existing attenuation system with an additional attenuation pond of sufficient size to cater for the proposed development and for future development on the Campus site. Site development works will also include landscaped forecourts, earth mounding, planted woodland, staff amenity areas, an internal site security fence and approximately 260 car parking spaces.

Interested Contractors should note that the Contracting Authority may elect, at its discretion, to novate the Specialists to be employed. Some or all of the required Specialists may be novated - a decision will be made prior to issuing Tender documents.

Duration: 30 months
Reference number: A10/13/427
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Co. Kildare.

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 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.

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

Applicant's Personal Situation Declaration (Appendix A) to be completed.

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 drawn up by an independent body attesting the compliance of the economic operator with quality assurance standards based on the relevant European standards.

(4) 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.

(5) 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.

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

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

(8) 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.

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

(10) 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.

See detailed Pre-Qualification Questionnaire attached.

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

Candidates must form a legal entity prior to entering into any contract, which may be awarded.

Other particular conditions:

Further details will be contained in the 'Instructions to Tenderers' and related documentation to be issued to short-listed candidates.

Procedure
Minimum number of candidates: 5
Maximum number of candidates: 10
Date of dispatch of invitations: 2011-05-09 📅
Languages
Language: English 🗣️

Contracting authority
Identity
Awarding authority name: Office of Public Works
Contact
Contact point: Special Projects Unit
Paul Seery
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA01615 🌏
Name: Office of Public Works
Contact point: Paul Seery / Philip Byrne

Reference
Identifiers
Reference number attributed by the contracting authority: A10/13/427
Additional information

The Office of Public Works is subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Acts, 1997 and 2003. If candidates consider that any information supplied by them is either commercially sensitive or confidential in nature, this should be highlighted and the reason(s) for its sensitivity specified. In such cases the relevant material will, in response to FOI requests, be examined in the light of the exemptions provided for in the FOI Acts.

Applicants should note that it will be a condition for the award of any contract that the successful Tenderer contributes to an approved Operatives Pension and Sick Pay Scheme and can produce a valid C2 Certificate or current Tax Clearance Certificate from the Revenue Commissioners in Ireland, or for a non-resident, a statement from the Revenue Commissioners in Ireland confirming suitability on tax grounds.

All costs incurred in preparing Tender submissions must be borne by candidates. The Contracting Authority accepts no liability for these costs, irrespective of the outcome of the competition or if the competition is postponed or cancelled.

The Most Economically Advantageous or any Tender will not necessarily be accepted.

All times set out in this Contract Notice are in local Irish time.

Applicants for the main contract should complete and return Suitability Assessment Questionnaire QW1, together with the relevant Appendices (Appendix A, A1, B1, B2, B3, C1, C3, C4, D, E, F, G, H, I, Supplements 3.4.1 and 3.4.2). Applicants for the SPECIALIST (Mechanical, Electrical & Lift) roles should respond to the separate published Notice(s) and should complete and return the relevant Suitability Assessment Questionnaire QW3 for each role applied for, together with the relevant Specialist Appendices (Appendix A, A1, B1, B2, C1, C3, D, E, F, G, Supplement 3.4.1).

If a candidate is applying for more than one Specialist role, separate Suitability Assessment Questionnaires, together with the relevant Appendices, should be completed for each role.

One clearly labelled hard copy of the completed Questionnaire and relevant Appendices should be sent to the contact name and address at point I of this Notice and one electronic copy of the completed Questionnaire and relevant Appendices should be forwarded to filetransfer.opw.ie/dropbox/fslprequal@opw.ie.

Applicants may be asked to clarify aspects of their Submission or supply additional material after the closing date.

Contractors and Specialists should note that the Contracting Authority may elect, at its discretion, to novate the Specialist to be employed. Some or all of the Specialists may be novated - a decision will be made prior to issuing Tender documents.

(ET Ref:147092).

I.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s):

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to:

Email: filetransfer.opw.ie/dropbox/fslprequal@opw.ie

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court of Ireland
Postal address: High Court Central Office Four Courts Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
Internet address: www.courts.ie 🌏
Fax: +353 18886125 📠
Information about review deadlines:

An application for review of the award or the decision to award a public contract shall be made at the earliest opportunity and in any event within three months from the date when grounds for the application first arose unless the Court considers there is good reason for extending such period.

Source: OJS 2011/S 034-056074 (2011-02-16)

Additional information (2011-03-01)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Additional information

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2011-03-01 📅
Publication date: 2011-03-03 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2011/S 43-069289
Refers to notice: 2011/S 34-056074
OJ-S issue: 43
Source: OJS 2011/S 043-069289 (2011-03-01)

Additional information (2011-03-15)
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2011-03-15 📅
Publication date: 2011-03-18 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2011/S 54-087433
OJ-S issue: 54
Source: OJS 2011/S 054-087433 (2011-03-15)

Additional information (2012-05-01)
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2012-05-01 📅
Publication date: 2012-05-03 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2012/S 85-139172
OJ-S issue: 85
Source: OJS 2012/S 085-139172 (2012-05-01)

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