"DIT Campus at Grangegorman – East and Central Quads PPP Programme" technical advisory services

National Development Finance Agency on behalf of the Grangegorman Development Agency

The Grangegorman Development Agency (“GDA”) is a statutory agency established to develop a purpose-built campus for the Dublin Institute of Technology (“DIT”) and a variety of amenities on the grounds of St. Brendan’s Hospital in Grangegorman (the “Development”). Two elements of the development, the East and Central Quads Programme (the “project”) are proposed to be delivered using public private partnership. The National Development Finance Agency (“NDFA”) has been mandated by the GDA to procure multi-disciplinary technical services for the project, which are expected to include architectural and engineering (civil, structural and building services) to assist the NDFA and GDA to develop the project brief, the output specifications, costing, tender documents, monitoring construction stages, etc., all as more particularly described in the attached pre-qualification questionnaire (“PQQ”) available to download free of charge from www.etenders.gov.ie.
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=280332.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2011-09-23. The procurement was published on 2011-08-19.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2011-08-19 Contract notice
Contract notice (2011-08-19)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: architectural design services
Quantity or scope:
As described in the contract description (Section II.1.5 above) and further elaborated in the attached PQQ. The contract will be based on a fixed lump sum paid in stages upon the completion of milestones. It is anticipated that the fee will be in excess of 500 000 EUR.
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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: Architectural design 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: Body governed by public law
Postal address: Treasury Building, Grand Canal Street
Postal town: Dublin 2
Contact
Internet address: http://www.ndfa.ie 🌏
E-mail: gda_ta@ndfa.ie 📧

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2011-08-19 📅
Submission deadline: 2011-09-23 📅
Publication date: 2011-08-23 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2011/S 160-264468
Refers to notice: 2011/S 156-259917
OJ-S issue: 160
Additional information
1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications. All information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal (www.etenders.gov.ie) only. Registration is free of charge. The contracting authority will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties 2) This is the sole call for competition for these services. 3) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers. 4) Contract award will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities. 5) If for any reason it is not possible to award the contract to the designated successful tenderer emerging from this competitive process, or if having awarded the contract and during the tender validity period, the contracting authority considers that the successful tenderer has not met its obligations, the contracting authority reserves the right to award the contract to the next highest scoring tenderer on the basis of the terms advertised. This shall be without prejudice to the right of the contracting authority to cancel this competitive process and/or initiate a new contract award procedure at its sole discretion. 6) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of questionnaires with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, applicants are advised to ensure that they return fully completed questionnaires in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition. The Purchasing Authority is acting on behalf of the following organisations: The NDFA on behalf of the Grangegorman Development Agency (“GDA”) is inviting expressions of interest for the provision of multi-disciplinary technical advisory consultancy services to the NDFA and GDA. Some of the services will be carried out under the direction of the GDA. (ET Ref:280332).
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Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
The Grangegorman Development Agency (“GDA”) is a statutory agency established to develop a purpose-built campus for the Dublin Institute of Technology (“DIT”) and a variety of amenities on the grounds of St. Brendan’s Hospital in Grangegorman (the “Development”). Two elements of the development, the East and Central Quads Programme (the “project”) are proposed to be delivered using public private partnership. The National Development Finance Agency (“NDFA”) has been mandated by the GDA to procure multi-disciplinary technical services for the project, which are expected to include architectural and engineering (civil, structural and building services) to assist the NDFA and GDA to develop the project brief, the output specifications, costing, tender documents, monitoring construction stages, etc., all as more particularly described in the attached pre-qualification questionnaire (“PQQ”) available to download free of charge from www.etenders.gov.ie.
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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=280332.
Description of options:
The contracting authority reserves the right to exercise the option referred to in Article 31(4)(b) of the Public Sector Directive to award to the successful Consultant new services consisting in the repetition of similar services to those entrusted to the consultant, provided such services are in conformity with a basic project for which the original contract was awarded. This option may only be used by the contracting authority during the three years following the conclusion of the original contract.
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Duration: 54 months
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Dublin, Ireland.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:
In order to be considered, candidates must complete and submit the PQQ available to download from the Irish Government procurement opportunities portal www.etenders.gov.ie.
Economic and financial standing:
In order to be considered, candidates must complete and submit the information sought in the PQQ available to download from the Irish Government procurement opportunities portal www.etenders.gov.ie.
Minimum level(s) of standards: See PQQ.
Technical and professional ability:
In order to be considered, candidates must complete and submit the information sought in the PQQ available to download from the Irish Government procurement opportunities portal www.etenders.gov.ie.
Contract execution
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
A candidate in the form of a consortium must nominate a main/lead consultant with whom the NDFA will contract if the consortium is successful. A consortium must comply with further conditions outlined in the PQQ.
Names and professional qualifications of the staff

Procedure
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Objective criteria for selection:
Applicants will be assessed under the selection criteria, rules and weightings (pass/fail and weighted) set out in the PQQ. It is envisaged that the top 5 scoring applicants (subject to the quality and number of applications received) which also meet the minimum criteria and rules for selection will be invited to tender.
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Date of dispatch of invitations: 2011-11-07 📅
Languages
Language: English 🗣️

Contracting authority
Identity
Awarding authority name: National Development Finance Agency on behalf of the Grangegorman Development Agency
The procurement is done on behalf of other contracting authorities
Contact
Contact point: The Senior Project Manager
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA9921 🌏
URL for documents: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA9921 🌏
Name: National Development Finance Agency
Contact point: Head of Control

Reference
Dates
Publication date: 2011-08-17 📅
Identifiers
Notice number in the OJ S: 2011/S 156-259917
Additional information
1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications. All information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal (www.etenders.gov.ie) only. Registration is free of charge. The contracting authority will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties
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2) This is the sole call for competition for these services.
3) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers.
4) Contract award will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities.
5) If for any reason it is not possible to award the contract to the designated successful tenderer emerging from this competitive process, or if having awarded the contract and during the tender validity period, the contracting authority considers that the successful tenderer has not met its obligations, the contracting authority reserves the right to award the contract to the next highest scoring tenderer on the basis of the terms advertised. This shall be without prejudice to the right of the contracting authority to cancel this competitive process and/or initiate a new contract award procedure at its sole discretion.
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6) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of questionnaires with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, applicants are advised to ensure that they return fully completed questionnaires in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.
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The Purchasing Authority is acting on behalf of the following organisations:
The NDFA on behalf of the Grangegorman Development Agency (“GDA”) is inviting expressions of interest for the provision of multi-disciplinary technical advisory consultancy services to the NDFA and GDA. Some of the services will be carried out under the direction of the GDA.
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(ET Ref:280332).

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Information about review deadlines:
The contracting authority will not award this reviewable public contract to which a standstill period applies in accordance with Irish statutory instrument SI 130 of 2010, until after the expiry of the standstill period which commences on the day following the date of notification of concerned candidates and tenderers. The duration of the standstill period will be 14 calendar days where notifications are sent electronically or by fax and 16 calendar days where these are sent by any other means. The Statutory Instrument mentioned above provides that review procedures are available in the High Court to a person who has or has had an interest in obtaining the reviewable public contract and alleges that he or she has been harmed or is at risk of being harmed by an infringement of the law in relation to that reviewable public contract.
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Source: OJS 2011/S 160-264468 (2011-08-19)