BXD_101 Luas Broombridge Utility Works

Railway Procurement Agency (RPA)

Luas Broombridge will represent the next addition to Dublin’s Luas light railway system. Running from the Luas Green Line terminus at St. Stephen’s Green through the city centre Phibsborough and Cabra to Broombridge the new line will link the Luas Red and Green Lines and will also serve the planned new DIT Campus facility at Grangegorman. The proposed line is 5,6 km in length and will have 13 stops. It will provide interchange with suburban railway services at Broombridge and with city bus services at numerous locations throughout the city centre. The utilities works contract entails the diversion of the majority of underground utility apparatus away from the alignment of the proposed new Luas line. This contract will form one of a number of enabling works contracts designed to facilitate the implementation of the main track and civils infrastructure for the proposed new Luas Broombridge. The works will require to be undertaken in a dense city centre environment with significant road traffic and pedestrian volumes and associated constraints. These Works will be carried out under a client-design target-cost contract.
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=505132.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2012-11-28. The procurement was published on 2012-10-18.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2012-10-18 Contract notice
Contract notice (2012-10-18)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: construction work
Quantity or scope:
The utilities works contract entails the diversion of the majority of underground utility apparatus away from the proposed alignment. This work will involve the establishment of temporary traffic management arrangements, liaison with utility providers to validate the presence of existing apparatus, the excavation for and laying of new ductwork and pipe-work for gas, watermain, sewer, electricity and communications infrastructure including all associated fittings and service pipes; the construction of new chambers and manholes, amendments to existing chambers and manholes, the protection of existing infrastructure which will remain in situ, and temporary and permanent reinstatement upon completion of the diversionary works programme.The scope of works may also extend to the re-lining of deep, both large and small diameter, existing underground sewers which will remain in situ.
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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: Construction work 📦

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
Awarding authority name: Railway Procurement Agency (RPA)
Postal address: Parkgate Business Centre, Parkgate Street
Postal town: Dublin 8
Contact
Internet address: http://www.rpa.ie 🌏
E-mail: tony.redmond@rpa.ie 📧
Phone: +353 16463508 📞

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2012-10-18 📅
Submission deadline: 2012-11-28 📅
Publication date: 2012-10-23 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2012/S 204-336119
OJ-S issue: 204
Additional information
RPA will not be responsible for any costs, expenses or charges incurred by candidate or tenderers involved in this process. Award of contracts will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities. 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 contract to procure works for the new entity. Candidates are advised that RPA is subject to the Freedom of Information Acts 1997 and 2003 (as amended). If a candidate considers that any information supplied as part of this procurement procedure should not be disclosed because of its commercial sensitivity, confidentiality or otherwise, it must, when providing this information, clearly identify the specific information it does 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. Any contract award will be subject to the production of a current tax clearance certificate from the Revenue Commissioners in Ireland. Where a candidate is a consortium, each member may be required to contract on the basis of joint and several liability. A Target Cost form of contract shall govern the relationship between RPA and the successful Tenderer. (ET Ref:505132).
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Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Luas Broombridge will represent the next addition to Dublin’s Luas light railway system. Running from the Luas Green Line terminus at St. Stephen’s Green through the city centre Phibsborough and Cabra to Broombridge the new line will link the Luas Red and Green Lines and will also serve the planned new DIT Campus facility at Grangegorman. The proposed line is 5,6 km in length and will have 13 stops. It will provide interchange with suburban railway services at Broombridge and with city bus services at numerous locations throughout the city centre. The utilities works contract entails the diversion of the majority of underground utility apparatus away from the alignment of the proposed new Luas line. This contract will form one of a number of enabling works contracts designed to facilitate the implementation of the main track and civils infrastructure for the proposed new Luas Broombridge. The works will require to be undertaken in a dense city centre environment with significant road traffic and pedestrian volumes and associated constraints. These Works will be carried out under a client-design target-cost contract.
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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=505132.
Quantity or scope:
The utilities works contract entails the diversion of the majority of underground utility apparatus away from the proposed alignment. This work will involve the establishment of temporary traffic management arrangements, liaison with utility providers to validate the presence of existing apparatus, the excavation for and laying of new ductwork and pipe-work for gas, watermain, sewer, electricity and communications infrastructure including all associated fittings and service pipes; the construction of new chambers and manholes, amendments to existing chambers and manholes, the protection of existing infrastructure which will remain in situ, and temporary and permanent reinstatement upon completion of the diversionary works programme.
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The scope of works may also extend to the re-lining of deep, both large and small diameter, existing underground sewers which will remain in situ.
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 specified in the PQQ and the Information Memorandum.
Economic and financial standing: As specified in the PQQ and the Information Memorandum.
Technical and professional ability: As specified in the PQQ and the Information Memorandum.
Contract execution
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
If a tender is submitted by a group (more than one) of suppliers, then those suppliers, if awarded the Contract, may 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 to the Contract. RPA reserves the right to disqualify any group or consortium which makes changes to the composition of the group after pre-qualification without the consent of RPA.
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Procedure
Languages
Language: English 🗣️

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Procurement Department
Tony Redmond
Internet address: www.rpa.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA02154 🌏
Name: Railway Procurement Agency (RPA)
Contact point: Procurement Deptartment
URL for further information: www.rpa.ie 🌏
Contact point: Procurement Dept
URL for documents: www.rpa.ie 🌏
Contact point: Procurement Deptartement
URL for participation: www.rpa.ie 🌏

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Chief Registrar Four Courts Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Source: OJS 2012/S 204-336119 (2012-10-18)
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