Whitegate/ Aghada Sewerage scheme – preliminary report

Cork County Council

Cork County Council requires the services of a competent consultant, with experience of civil engineering works in the field of wastewater treatment. The firm should be able to demonstrate experience in wastewater treatment plant & network design, contract document preparation, health and safety, procurement and project management. The appointment initially shall be for the preliminary report stage only.
Cork County Council propose to provide the appropriate wastewater treatment to serve the medium term development of the area. It is intended that this will be carried out by providing a new Sewer Network and a new Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) to serve the area. Due to the nature of the potential receiving waters in the area, i.e. Shellfish Designated Area at Rostellan and a Special Protection Area (SPA) at Aghada, the consultant will have to carry out an Environmental Appropriate Assessment to include a Sub Threshold EIS (Environmental Impact Statement).
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=305953.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2011-11-04. The procurement was published on 2011-09-23.

Suppliers

The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:

• Rps

Who?

• Cork County Council

What?

• Consultative engineering and construction services › Civil engineering consultancy services

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2011-09-23	Contract notice
2012-08-15	Contract award notice

Contract notice (2011-09-23)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: civil engineering consultancy services
Quantity or scope:

The appointment is for the preparation of a Preliminary Report for the provision of the appropriate wastewater treatment to serve the medium term development of the Whitegate/ Aghada area. It is intended that this will be carried out by providing a new Sewer Network and a new Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) to serve the area. Due to the nature of the potential receiving waters in the area, i.e. Shellfish Designated Area at Rostellan and a Special Protection Area (SPA) at Aghada, the consultant will have to carry out an Environmental Appropriate Assessment to include a Sub Threshold EIS (Environmental Impact Statement) to be included with the Preliminary Report.

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: Restricted 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
Awarding authority name: Cork County Council
Postal address: Model Business Park, Model Farm ad Road
Postal town: Cork
Contact
Internet address: http://www.corkcoco.ie 🌏
E-mail: shane.kennedy@corkcoco.ie 📧
Phone: +353 214819400 📞
Fax: +353 214819433 📠

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2011-09-23 📅
Submission deadline: 2011-11-04 📅
Publication date: 2011-09-27 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2011/S 185-303075
OJ-S issue: 185
Additional information

Applicants shall submit 4 bound copies of their submission in addition to the original. The suitability assessment questionnaire accompanying this contract notice shall be completed and submitted before the closing time if applicants are to be considered. Cork County Council is subject to the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act 1997. If a tenderer considers that any of the information supplied with his tender is either commercially sensitive or confidential in nature, this should be highlighted and the reasons for its sensivity specified. In such cases the relevant material will, in response to a request under the Act be examined in light of the exemptions provided for in the Act. (ET Ref:172932). (ET Ref:305953).

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

Cork County Council propose to provide the appropriate wastewater treatment to serve the medium term development of the area. It is intended that this will be carried out by providing a new Sewer Network and a new Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) to serve the area. Due to the nature of the potential receiving waters in the area, i.e. Shellfish Designated Area at Rostellan and a Special Protection Area (SPA) at Aghada, the consultant will have to carry out an Environmental Appropriate Assessment to include a Sub Threshold EIS (Environmental Impact Statement).

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=305953.

Duration: 12 months
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Whitegate & Aghada, Co Cork.

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.

Refer to suitability assessment questionnaire.

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 a statement, covering the 3 previous financial years including the overall turnover of the candidate and the turnover in respect of the activities which are of a similar type to the subject matter of this notice.

(4) All candidates will be required to provide statements of accounts or extracts from those accounts relating to their business.

Refer to suitability assessment questionnaire.

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) A statement of the tools, plant or technical equipment available to the service provider or contractor for carrying out the contract

(4) 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.

Refer to suitability assessment questionnaire.

Contract execution
Deposits and guarantees required:

Insurances in accordance with the suitability asssessment questionnaire will be requirement of the contract.

Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: Standard conditions of engagement for construction consultants.
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

Prior to award of contract any group of consulting engineers must form a single entity with joint and several liability.

Other particular conditions:

It is a condition of award of any contract that the service provider is able to produce promptly a current tax clearance certificate. In the case of a non-resident service provider, he/she should be in a position to produce a statement in lieu of a current tax clearance certificate, from the revenue commissioners, that he/she has satisfied them as to their suitability on tax grounds to be awarded the contract.

Names and professional qualifications of the staff ✅

Procedure
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Date of dispatch of invitations: 2011-12-05 📅
Languages
Language: English 🗣️

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: WSIP Project Office
Shane Kennedy
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA01473 🌏
Name: Cork County Council
Postal address: Model Business Park, Model Farm Road
Phone: +353 214819425 📞
URL for further information: http://www.corkcoco.ie 🌏
URL for documents: http://www.corkcoco.ie 🌏
Contact point: Claire Foley
E-mail: claire.foley@corkcoco.ie 📧
URL for participation: http://www.corkcoco.ie 🌏
E-mail: supremeandhighcourtoperations@courts.ie 📧

Reference
Additional information

Applicants shall submit 4 bound copies of their submission in addition to the original.

The suitability assessment questionnaire accompanying this contract notice shall be completed and submitted before the closing time if applicants are to be considered.

Cork County Council is subject to the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act 1997. If a tenderer considers that any of the information supplied with his tender is either commercially sensitive or confidential in nature, this should be highlighted and the reasons for its sensivity specified. In such cases the relevant material will, in response to a request under the Act be examined in light of the exemptions provided for in the Act.

(ET Ref:172932).

(ET Ref:305953).

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal address: The Courts Service 15 - 24 Phoenix Street North Smithfield
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: supremeandhighcourtoperations@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Fax: +353 18886088 📠
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Same as: Review body
Source: OJS 2011/S 185-303075 (2011-09-23)

Contract award notice (2012-08-15)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement: 105 509,04 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2012-08-15 📅
Publication date: 2012-08-17 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2012/S 157-262017
Refers to notice: 2011/S 185-303075
OJ-S issue: 157
Additional information
(ET Ref:485392).

Procedure
Award criteria
Criterion: 1. Quality (700)
2. Price (300)

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2012-08-13 📅
Name: Rps
Postal address: Innishmore, Ballincollig
Postal town: Cork
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Internet address: www.rpsgroup.com 🌏
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5

Complementary information
Review body
Postal code: 7
Source: OJS 2012/S 157-262017 (2012-08-15)

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