Supply for the desgin & project management services for factory building extension

SmartPly Europe Ltd

This notice is placed on foot of Article 37 of Directive 2004/18/EC, which invites voluntary publication where the Public Sector Directive does not apply.
SmartPly Europe is situated at Belview Port, near Waterford city and has produced Oriented Strand Board (OSB) since 1996 for a range of structural applications including flooring, wall sheathing, roofing, hoarding, furniture and packaging. OSB is a strong, durable wood panel which is increasingly used throughout Europe in the Offsite construction sector. It is manufactured by compressing precisely engineered strands of wood with gluing resins at high temperature to create a strong and versatile panel. It is an innovative, environmentally sustainable timber based solution for structural and non structural building applications. A significant volume of the factory output is exported, comprising over 40 different products. SmartPly are a leading supplier of premium OSB products in Europe.
SmartPly have plans to modernize the SmartPly OSB facility with an investment in new equipment for biomass heat energy, wood strand drying, screening, pressing and panel finishing. The new plant equipment will be housed in a proposed building extension of floor area of approximately 8 900 mยฒ.
Smartply invites expressions of interest for the supply of design and project management services for the building following two project components:
1. Building extension of floor area of approximately 8 900 mยฒ and raising the roof level of a section of the existing building of floor area 1 700 mยฒ.
2. Foundations, plinths and pits for main items of plant equipment.
The following timelines are envisaged for the project, depending upon Board Approval of the Project:
Q3 2011 Order placement for design & project management contract.
Q1 2012 โ€“ Q3 2012 Construction of building extension & equipment foundations.
Q4 2012 โ€“ Q1 2013 Equipment installation works & building finishingโ€™s.
SmartPly is not subject to the public procurement rules, the specific provisions of Directive 2004/18/EC will not apply to this procurement.
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Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2011-05-20. The procurement was published on 2011-05-10.

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Procurement history
Date Document
2011-05-10 Contract notice