Provision of Offshore and/or Nearshore Inspection Surveys

Bord Gais Eireann

Provision of Offshore and/or nearshore inspection surveys of two submarine gas transmission pipelines each approximately 200 km long, Scotland to Ireland from shore to shore, and one spur and one umbilical approximately 10 km long to the Isle of Man. The maximum water depth is approximately 130 metres. The inspection requires vessels equipped for visual inspection, acoustic examination and cathodic protection monitoring and the assessment of the disposition of the pipeline relative to the seabed. There is also a requirement for a capability for conducting intervention tasks involving the removal of seabed debris and/or freespan rectification and maintenance capability for a subsea tee in approximately 30 metres water depth. There is a further requirement for a capability to mobilise an offshore diving spread to conduct subsea intervention tasks using divers. Please foward your Expression of Interest for the attention of the Networks Procurement Manager to cwhite@bge.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=203533.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2011-05-05. The procurement was published on 2011-04-04.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2011-04-04 Contract notice
Contract notice (2011-04-04)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: maritime safety inspection services
Quantity or scope:
Offshore and nearshore inspection surveys, intervention and maintenance as in II.1.5 above of two submarine gas transmission pipelines each approximately 200 km long, Scotland to Ireland from shore to shore, and one spur and one umbilical approximately 10 km long to the Isle of Man.
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Notice metadata
Original language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Maritime safety inspection services ๐Ÿ“ฆ

Procedure
Procedure type: Negotiated procedure
Type of bid: Not specified
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Awarding authority type: Utilities entity
Postal address: P.O. Box 51, Gasworks Road
Postal town: Cork
Contact
Internet address: http://www.bordgais.ie ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: cwhite@bge.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 214534434 ๐Ÿ“ž
Fax: +353 214534202 ๐Ÿ“ 

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2011-04-04 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2011-05-05 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2011-04-06 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2011/S 67-109374
OJ-S issue: 67
Additional information
A pre-qualification questionnaire will be issued to all candidates who respond to this notice. Expressions of interest should be addressed in writing and sent via email for the attention of the Networks Procurement Manager to cwhite@bge.ie. The questionnaire will cover the financial, economic and technical capacity of the candidates. The questionnaire must be completed and returned to the address in I.1. above not later than 17:00 hrs on Thursday 5.5.2011. The responses will be used to assist in drawing up a tender list. This process may also include interviews with candidates. The contracting entity will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers relating to this contract award procedure. (ET Ref:203533).
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Object
Scope of the procurement
Service category: 12
Notice involves: Public_contract
Short description:
Provision of Offshore and/or nearshore inspection surveys of two submarine gas transmission pipelines each approximately 200 km long, Scotland to Ireland from shore to shore, and one spur and one umbilical approximately 10 km long to the Isle of Man. The maximum water depth is approximately 130 metres. The inspection requires vessels equipped for visual inspection, acoustic examination and cathodic protection monitoring and the assessment of the disposition of the pipeline relative to the seabed. There is also a requirement for a capability for conducting intervention tasks involving the removal of seabed debris and/or freespan rectification and maintenance capability for a subsea tee in approximately 30 metres water depth. There is a further requirement for a capability to mobilise an offshore diving spread to conduct subsea intervention tasks using divers. Please foward your Expression of Interest for the attention of the Networks Procurement Manager to cwhite@bge.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=203533.
Duration: 72 months
Reference number: 11/019
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: UK.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity: As per prequalification questionnaire.
Economic and financial standing: As per prequalification questionnaire.
Technical and professional ability: As per prequalification questionnaire.
Contract execution
Deposits and guarantees required: As per tender documents.
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: As per 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 single entities or by groups of service providers. A group will not be required to convert into a specific legal form in order to submit a request to participate, but may if Bord Gรกis ร‰ireann considers it necessary to ensure that the contract is carried out to its satisfaction, be required to do so prior to award of the contract. Bord Gรกis ร‰ireann also reserves the right to contract with each member of the group on the basis of joint and several liability, or with one member of the group as a main contractor with a number of sub-contractors or on any other basis as Bord Gรกis considers appropriate.
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Procedure
Languages
Language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Other languages: Gaeilge.

Contracting authority
Identity
Awarding authority name: Bord Gรกis ร‰ireann
Main activity: Production_transport_distribution_gas_heat
Contact
Contact point: Networks Procurement
The Networks Procurement Manager
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA01428 ๐ŸŒ
Name: Bord Gรกis ร‰ireann
URL for further information: http://www.bordgais.ie ๐ŸŒ
URL for documents: http://www.bordgais.ie ๐ŸŒ
URL for participation: http://www.bordgais.ie ๐ŸŒ

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: High Court Central Office,Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 1
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 18886000 ๐Ÿ“ž
Internet address: www.courts.ie ๐ŸŒ
Fax: +353 18886125 ๐Ÿ“ 
Information about review deadlines:
Interested parties are referred to Statutory Instrument 131 of 2010, European Communities (Award of Contracts by Utility Undertaking) (Review Procedures) Regulations 2010 (and in particular Regulation 7 and 10(2).
Source: OJS 2011/S 067-109374 (2011-04-04)