RPA7259 Commercial Services Framework Agreement

Railway Procurement Agency

Railway Procurement Agency (RPA) ("the Employer") is the Government Agency responsible for the provision of Light Rail, Metro and Integrated Ticketing Services in Ireland.
RPA has successfully delivered the Luas Red and Green Lines, completed two line extensions, one is under construction with three more Luas Lines and two Metro Lines being planned.
RPA is seeking to award a Framework Agreement for the provision of commercial consultancy services in support of RPA’s projects. Further details in relation to the scope of the Framework are given below.
Interested candidates shall complete and submit an Electronic Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (ePQQ) online which is available by expressing an interest through this notice.
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=210472. />The awarding authority has indicated that it will accept responses to this notice via an 'Electronic PQQ' facility. Further details of this facility are available at http://www.etenders.gov.ie/PQQ/PQQ_Explain.aspx?ID=210472.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2011-05-17. The procurement was published on 2011-04-15.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2011-04-15 Contract notice
Contract notice (2011-04-15)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: civil engineering consultancy services
Quantity or scope:
RPA intends to award three year Framework Agreements (with the option to extend by up to a further one year) pursuant to this notice for the provision of commercial consultancy services. The scope of the Framework includes but is not limited to the following: Commercial & Project Management including cost planning, Project controls, Commercial management, Claims advice, Life cycle cost analysis, Estimating, Tender document preparation, Programme management, Risk management, Value engineering, The provision of secondees.The Framework will be for the provision of such services as required by RPA in connection with any of RPA's projects.Interested candidates shall complete and submit an Electronic Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (ePQQ) which is available by expressing an interest through this notice. The purpose of this ePQQ is to seek information which will be used by RPA to carry out a comparative assessment of the financial, economic and technical abilities of interested candidates for the purposes of identifying a shortlist of pre-qualified candidates. It is accepted that, in order to meet the qualification criteria for a discipline, companies may wish to collaborate, for example by forming a joint venture or consortium which will then apply as a Candidate for qualification.
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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: Civil engineering consultancy services 📦

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

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Utilities entity
Postal address: Parkgate Street Business Centre, Parkgate Street
Postal town: Dublin 8
Contact
Internet address: http://www.rpa.ie 🌏
E-mail: derek.allen@rpa.ie 📧
Phone: +353 16463680 📞

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2011-04-15 📅
Submission deadline: 2011-05-17 📅
Publication date: 2011-04-19 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2011/S 76-125147
OJ-S issue: 76
Additional information
The procurement of Contract RPA7259 Commercial Services Framework Agreement is being carried out in accordance with Directive 2004/17/EC of the European Union and the European Communities (Award of Contracts by Utility Undertakings) Regulations 2007. RPA shall not be responsible for any costs, expenses or charges incurred by candidates involved in this process. Award of contract may be subject to successful interview. Tenderers are advised that RPA is subject to the Freedom of Information Acts 1997 and 2003 (as amended). If a Tenderer considers that any of the information supplied with its Tender should not be disclosed because of its commercial sensitivity, confidentiality or otherwise, they must, when providing this information, clearly identify the specific information they do not wish to be disclosed and clearly specify the reasons for its sensitivity. Please note, it is not sufficient to include a statement of confidentiality encompassing all the information provided in the response. (ET Ref:210472). If as a result of institutional reform the Railway Procurement Agency merges with, or is subsumed into, other public bodies, it reserves the right to use the framework to procure services for the new entity. (ET Ref:210472).
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Object
Scope of the procurement
Service category: 12
Notice involves: Establishment_framework_agreement
Short description:
Railway Procurement Agency (RPA) ("the Employer") is the Government Agency responsible for the provision of Light Rail, Metro and Integrated Ticketing Services in Ireland.
RPA has successfully delivered the Luas Red and Green Lines, completed two line extensions, one is under construction with three more Luas Lines and two Metro Lines being planned.
RPA is seeking to award a Framework Agreement for the provision of commercial consultancy services in support of RPA’s projects. Further details in relation to the scope of the Framework are given below.
Interested candidates shall complete and submit an Electronic Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (ePQQ) online which is available by expressing an interest through this notice.
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=210472.
The awarding authority has indicated that it will accept responses to this notice via an 'Electronic PQQ' facility. Further details of this facility are available at http://www.etenders.gov.ie/PQQ/PQQ_Explain.aspx?ID=210472.
Quantity or scope:
RPA intends to award three year Framework Agreements (with the option to extend by up to a further one year) pursuant to this notice for the provision of commercial consultancy services. The scope of the Framework includes but is not limited to the following: Commercial & Project Management including cost planning, Project controls, Commercial management, Claims advice, Life cycle cost analysis, Estimating, Tender document preparation, Programme management, Risk management, Value engineering, The provision of secondees.
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The Framework will be for the provision of such services as required by RPA in connection with any of RPA's projects.
Interested candidates shall complete and submit an Electronic Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (ePQQ) which is available by expressing an interest through this notice. The purpose of this ePQQ is to seek information which will be used by RPA to carry out a comparative assessment of the financial, economic and technical abilities of interested candidates for the purposes of identifying a shortlist of pre-qualified candidates. It is accepted that, in order to meet the qualification criteria for a discipline, companies may wish to collaborate, for example by forming a joint venture or consortium which will then apply as a Candidate for qualification.
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Reference number: RPA7259
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Dublin.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity: As per attached EPQQ.
Economic and financial standing: As per attached EPQQ.
Technical and professional ability:
Candidates should be able to demonstrate previous experience of services similar in size, complexity and scope to the services required by the Employer. Candidates are required to demonstrate relevant previous experience in the areas described in the scope section of the notice through the completion of the attached Electronic Prequalification Questionnaire (ePQQ) and as a minimum cover the following key areas: Commercial management including cost planning, Project Management, Estimating, Value Engineering, Risk Management, Schedule risk analysis, GCCC Contracts.
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Experience of light rail projects is not a requirement but would be an advantage.
Candidates wishing to submit an expression of interest shall complete the Electronic Prequalification Questionnaire (ePQQ) attached to this notice.
Contract execution
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
RPA intends awarding one or more framework agreements for above services. If a tender is submitted by a group (more than one) of suppliers, then those suppliers, if awarded the framework agreement, will be required to assume such legal form by incorporation, partnership, or otherwise as will enable them to contract as a single entity. It may become necessary for the group to state a single addressee responsible for the receipt and processing of the participating orders and resolving any problems relating to the framework agreement.
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Other particular conditions: As per attached EPQQ.

Procedure
Number of operators of the framework agreement: 4
Duration of the framework agreement in years: 4
Languages
Language: English 🗣️
Irish 🗣️

Contracting authority
Identity
Awarding authority name: Railway Procurement Agency
Main activity: Urban_railway_tramway_trolleybus_bus_services
Contact
Contact point: Procurement
Derek Allen
Internet address: www.rpa.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA02154 🌏

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Chief Registrar, Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 1
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Source: OJS 2011/S 076-125147 (2011-04-15)
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