Jack Lynch Tunnel Passive Fire Protection

Cork City Council

The Works consist of the design and installation of passive fire protection in the Jack Lynch Tunnel, Cork. The tunnel is a reinforced concrete immersed tube type tunnel with two bores for traffic and a central passage for services and emergency pedistrain access. The tunnel is 610 metres in length and is made up of 5 sections, each around 122 metres long, 23.8 metres wide and 8.38 metres high. The Works will involve the night time installation of passive fire protection in both traffic bores. The tunnel will return to full public operations during the day. During the installation of the passive fire protection, existing services including, but not limited to; jet fans, luminaries, lane variable message signs, CCTV cameras, leaky feeder cables, linear heat detector cables, gas monitors, and numerous cables and junction boxes may require to be temporarily removed and then re-mounted. Other elements within the tunnel to be considered during the installation includes but not limited to; emergency panels, emergency doors, immersion joints, dilation joints, vents, plus any other element or fixture that may impact on the passive fire protection installation.
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Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2011-11-01. The procurement was published on 2011-08-25.

Who?

• Cork City Council

What?

Where?

• Southern and Eastern

Procurement history

Date	Document
2011-08-25	Contract notice

Contract notice (2011-08-25)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: road tunnel construction work
Quantity or scope: Installation of passive fire protection and associated works.
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: Road tunnel construction work 📦

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: City Hall, Anglesea Street, Co Cork
Postal town: Cork
Contact
Internet address: http://www.corkcity.ie 🌏
E-mail: jltupgrade@corkcity.ie 📧
Phone: +353 214924225 📞
Fax: +353 214924024 📠

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2011-08-25 📅
Submission deadline: 2011-11-01 📅
Publication date: 2011-08-30 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2011/S 165-272488
Refers to notice: 2011/S 106-173443
OJ-S issue: 165
Additional information

(a) Candidates shall state if any of (and the reasons why) information supplied by them in response to this notice is confidential or commercially sensitive or should not be disclosed in respect of a request for information under the Freedom of Information Acts 1997-2003; (b) Any contract award is subject to production of a 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; (c) All costs incurred by candidates/tenderers in preparing submissions/tenders must be borne by them. The contracting authority accepts no liability for these costs, irrespective of the outcome of the competition, or if the competition is postponed or cancelled; (d) The contracting authority may terminate this competition (or any part thereof), change the basis of and the procedures for the bidding process, at any time, or procure the project by alternative means if it appears that the project can thereby be more advantageously procured. The most economically advantageous or any tender will not automatically be accepted; (e) Suitability Questionnaires are attached to this notice; (f) Tender documents are available from the address and contact points indicated in I.1 of this notice. (ET Ref:295832).

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

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=295832.

Duration: 5 months
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Jack Lynch Tunnel.

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 statements of accounts or extracts from those accounts relating to their business.

See tender Documents.

Minimum level(s) of standards: See tender Documents.
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.

See Tender Documents.

Minimum level(s) of standards: See Tender Documents.
Contract execution
Deposits and guarantees required: See Tender Documents.
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: See tender Documents.
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

Requests to participate may be submitted by a single candidate or a group. Where the candidate is a group each member may be required to contract on the basis of joint and several liability.

Other particular conditions: See Tender Documents.

Procedure
Tender validity period: 6 months
Languages
Language: English 🗣️

Contracting authority
Identity
Awarding authority name: Cork City Council
Contact
Contact point: Roads & Transportation Directorate
Tony O'Sullivan
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA02064 🌏
Name: Cork City Council
URL for further information: http://www.corkcity.ie 🌏
Contact point: Tony o'Sullivan
URL for documents: http://www.corkcity.ie 🌏
Postal address: City Hall,Co Cork
Contact point: Corporate Affairs Directorate
City Manager
Phone: +353 214966222 📞
E-mail: manager@corkcity.ie 📧
Fax: +353 214314238 📠
URL for participation: http://www.corkcity.ie 🌏

Reference
Dates
Publication date: 2011-06-03 📅
Identifiers
Notice number in the OJ S: 2011/S 106-173443
Additional information

(b) Any contract award is subject to production of a 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;

(c) All costs incurred by candidates/tenderers in preparing submissions/tenders must be borne by them. The contracting authority accepts no liability for these costs, irrespective of the outcome of the competition, or if the competition is postponed or cancelled;

(d) The contracting authority may terminate this competition (or any part thereof), change the basis of and the procedures for the bidding process, at any time, or procure the project by alternative means if it appears that the project can thereby be more advantageously procured. The most economically advantageous or any tender will not automatically be accepted;

(e) Suitability Questionnaires are attached to this notice;

(f) Tender documents are available from the address and contact points indicated in I.1 of this notice.

(ET Ref:295832).

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The high Court
Postal address: High Court Central Office, Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
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 oppertunity and in any event within three months from the date when grounds for the application first arose unless the court considers that there is a good reason for extending such period.

Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Same as: Review body
Source: OJS 2011/S 165-272488 (2011-08-25)

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