Engineering consultants - stage 3 water mains rehab - Kilkenny County Council

Kilkenny County Council

Kilkenny County Council proposes to engage a suitably experienced firm of consulting engineers, to advance the Kilkenny Water conservation and network management project - stage 3 mains rehabilitation works.
This stage of the restricted procedure competition is intended to prequalify an envisaged five firms to be invited to tender for the works.
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=445353.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2012-07-27. The procurement was published on 2012-06-18.

Who?

• Kilkenny County Council

What?

Where?

• South-East

Procurement history

Date	Document
2012-06-18	Contract notice

Contract notice (2012-06-18)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: civil engineering consultancy services
Quantity or scope:

Engineering consultancy services are required for an envisaged five capital works contracts, with an estimated total value of 12.5 million EUR.

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: Kilkenny County Council
Postal address: County Hall, John Street
Postal town: Kilkenny
Contact
Internet address: http://www.kilkennycoco.ie 🌏
E-mail: water.services@kilkennycoco.ie 📧
Phone: +353 567794000 📞
Fax: +353 567794004 📠

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2012-06-18 📅
Submission deadline: 2012-07-27 📅
Publication date: 2012-06-21 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2012/S 117-193953
OJ-S issue: 117
Additional information

See attached documentation. (ET Ref:445353).

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

This stage of the restricted procedure competition is intended to prequalify an envisaged five firms to be invited to tender for the works.

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=445353.

Duration: 60 months
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: County Kilkenny.

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) 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.

(6) 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

(7) 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.

Economic and financial standing:

(1) All candidates will be required to provide evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance.

(2) 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.

See Tender Documents.

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 check may be carried out by the contracting authority or by a competent official body of the State in which the candidate is established, to verify the technical capacity of the candidate; and if relevant, on the candidates study and research facilities and quality control measures;

(4) A statement of the candidate's technical facilities; measures for ensuring quality; and their study and research facilities;

(5) An indication of the proportion of the contract which the services provider intends possibly to subcontract

(6) A statement of the technicians or technical services available to the candidate to carry out the work under the contract; or be involved in the production of goods or the provision of services under the contract; particularly those responsible for quality control, whether or not they are independent of the candidate.

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

(8) 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.

See tender documents.

Contract execution
Deposits and guarantees required: N/a.
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: N/a.
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

Prior to the award of contract any group of consultants must form a legal entity. Where a consortium of partnership or firms is proposed, a single named service provider, who shall be directly responsible for the delivery of the service shall lead the contracting parties. The parties shall be jointly and severally bound for the delivery of the service specified in the brief to be issued to the shortlisted candidates by the Contracting Authority.

Names and professional qualifications of the staff ✅

Procedure
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Objective criteria for selection: As outlined in QC1.
Date of dispatch of invitations: 2012-09-07 📅
Languages
Language: English 🗣️

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Water Services
Director of Services
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA01567 🌏
Name: Kilkenny County Council
Contact point: Eimear Cody, A/S.E.E.
E-mail: eimear.cody@kilkennycoco.ie 📧
URL for further information: http://www.kilkennycoco.ie 🌏
URL for documents: http://www.kilkennycoco.ie 🌏
Contact point: Corporate Affairs
URL for participation: http://www.kilkennycoco.ie 🌏

Reference
Additional information

See attached documentation.

(ET Ref:445353).

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Central Office of the High Court, Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Internet address: www.courts.ie 🌏
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Same as: Review body
Source: OJS 2012/S 117-193953 (2012-06-18)

New procurements in related categories 🆕

Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services (>20 new procurements)

Engineering services (>20)

Consultative engineering and construction services (>20)

Civil engineering consultancy services (13)