Multi-disciplinary design services for protected structures

Grangegorman Development Agency

The Grangegorman Development Authority (GDA) is a statutory agency established in 2006 to redevelop the Grangegorman site in Dublin city centre. The challenge is to plan for and implement a complex, multi-phased development that provides:
— A high quality area with physical linkages to Smithfield, Phibsborough, Prussia Street, and the City Centre,
— New health care facilities for the health service executive (HSE),
— New urban campus for Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT),
— New arts, cultural, recreational and public spaces to serve the community and the city,
— Primary school, public library and children’s play spaces, and,
— Complementary mixed-use development.
The GDA proposes to engage in a competitive process for the establishment of a single party framework agreement for multi-disciplinary design services for protected structures. The multi-disciplinary design team will contain the following disciplines:
— Architectural services (incl. project management and design team lead),
— Civil & structural engineering,
— Quantity surveying and whole lifecycle costs management,
— Environmental mechanical & electrical engineering,
— Fire safety design, and
— Project supervisor for the design process.
Only candidates capable of delivering all of the services listed above (whether in-house or as a grouping/consortium) will be considered. Therefore, Responses relating to one or several of these disciplines only are not acceptable and will be rejected.
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=440012. />The awarding authority has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via a "Tender Submission Postbox" facility. Further details of this facility are available at http://www.etenders.gov.ie/PostBox/Postbox_Explain.aspx?ID=440012. />Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. The postbox closes precisely at the time stated.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2012-06-19. The procurement was published on 2012-05-31.

Who?

• Grangegorman Development Agency

What?

Where?

• Dublin

Procurement history

Date	Document
2012-05-31	Contract notice

Contract notice (2012-05-31)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: architectural and related services
Quantity or scope:

The scope of the single-party framework agreement is for multi-disciplinary design team services for conservation works and temporary adaptive reuse of a number of protected structures at the Grangegorman site.The framework agreement will be established for a period of four (4) years.The framework agreement will be established on foot of a competition for an initial contract which will be awarded immediately after the establishment of the framework. The scope of the initial contract is multi-disciplinary design services in respect of a number of Protected Structures as follows:— School of Art and Design in the Top House Building: stages 1 to 5 of the conditions of engagement for constructions consultants (i.e. Preliminary through to Handover Stage); and,— School of Art and Design in the Female House Building: stages 1 to 5 of the conditions of engagement for constructions consultants (i.e. Preliminary through to Handover Stage).The duration of the initial contract is envisaged to be 2 years.Further information is contained in the Project Information Memorandum available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie.600 0002 000 000

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: Architectural and related services 📦

Procedure
Procedure type: Accelerated restricted procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Body governed by public law
Awarding authority name: Grangegorman Development Agency
Postal address: Grangegorman Lower
Postal town: Dublin 7
Contact
Internet address: http://www.ggda.ie 🌏
E-mail: procurement@ggda.ie 📧
Phone: +353 18676070 📞

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2012-05-31 📅
Submission deadline: 2012-06-19 📅
Publication date: 2012-06-02 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2012/S 104-173963
Refers to notice: 2011/S 134-222939
OJ-S issue: 104
Additional information

1) Interested parties must register their interest on www.etenders.gov.ie in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications. All information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on this web site, registration for which is free of charge. The GDA will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties; 2) This is the sole call for competition for this service; 3) The GDA will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers; 4) Contract award will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities; 5) It will be a condition of award that tenderers and all sub-contractors produce a valid Tax Clearance Certificate from the Irish Revenue Commissioners; 6) If for any reason it is not possible to establish the framework agreement with the designated successful tenderer emerging from this competitive process; or if having established the framework agreement, the contracting authority terminates the agreement, the contracting authority reserves the right to establish the framework with the next highest scoring tenderer at any time during the tender validity period on the basis of the terms advertised and as tendered by that party. This shall be without prejudice to the right of the contracting authority to cancel this competitive process and/or initiate a new contract award procedure at its sole discretion; 7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, the framework agreement or any contract awarded under the framework agreement at any time. (ET Ref:440012).

Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 600 000 💰
2 000 000 💰
Short description:

— A high quality area with physical linkages to Smithfield, Phibsborough, Prussia Street, and the City Centre,

— New health care facilities for the health service executive (HSE),

— New urban campus for Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT),

— New arts, cultural, recreational and public spaces to serve the community and the city,

— Primary school, public library and children’s play spaces, and,

— Complementary mixed-use development.

The GDA proposes to engage in a competitive process for the establishment of a single party framework agreement for multi-disciplinary design services for protected structures. The multi-disciplinary design team will contain the following disciplines:

— Architectural services (incl. project management and design team lead),

— Civil & structural engineering,

— Quantity surveying and whole lifecycle costs management,

— Environmental mechanical & electrical engineering,

— Fire safety design, and

— Project supervisor for the design process.

Only candidates capable of delivering all of the services listed above (whether in-house or as a grouping/consortium) will be considered. Therefore, Responses relating to one or several of these disciplines only are not acceptable and will be rejected.

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=440012.

The awarding authority has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via a "Tender Submission Postbox" facility. Further details of this facility are available at http://www.etenders.gov.ie/PostBox/Postbox_Explain.aspx?ID=440012.

Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. The postbox closes precisely at the time stated.

Quantity or scope:

The framework agreement will be established for a period of four (4) years.

The framework agreement will be established on foot of a competition for an initial contract which will be awarded immediately after the establishment of the framework. The scope of the initial contract is multi-disciplinary design services in respect of a number of Protected Structures as follows:

— School of Art and Design in the Top House Building: stages 1 to 5 of the conditions of engagement for constructions consultants (i.e. Preliminary through to Handover Stage); and,

— School of Art and Design in the Female House Building: stages 1 to 5 of the conditions of engagement for constructions consultants (i.e. Preliminary through to Handover Stage).

The duration of the initial contract is envisaged to be 2 years.

Further information is contained in the Project Information Memorandum available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie.

Description of options:

The Grangegorman Development Agency reserves the right, at its absolute discretion, to exercise the option in Article 31(4)(b) of Directive 2004/18/EC within three years of the conclusion of the original contract.

Duration: 48 months
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Grangegorman, Dublin 7.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:

Please see Project Information Memorandum and pre-qualification questionnaires available to download from the Irish Government Public Procurement Opportunities Portal (www.etenders.gov.ie).

Economic and financial standing:

Please see Project Information Memorandum and pre-qualification questionnaires available to download from the Irish Government Public Procurement Opportunities Portal (www.etenders.gov.ie).

Minimum level(s) of standards:

Please see Project Information Memorandum and pre-qualification questionnaires available to download from the Irish Government Public Procurement Opportunities Portal (www.etenders.gov.ie).

Technical and professional ability:

Please see Project Information Memorandum and pre-qualification questionnaires available to download from the Irish Government Public Procurement Opportunities Portal (www.etenders.gov.ie).

Contract execution
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: To be agreed at the time of establishing the framework agreement.
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

If the Candidate is a consortium or grouping of members, the Candidate must specify the commercial and legal relationship amongst its members and any agreements giving effect to same. The GDA reserves the right to request copies of any such agreements.

The GDA reserves the right, at its absolute discretion, to require the lead firm to contract:

— On the basis of joint and several liability with each member of the Candidate executing the contract,

— With a particular single member of the Candidate as the prime contractor, with the other members providing collateral warranties and/or guarantees; or,

— As an incorporated or unincorporated special purpose vehicle, with collateral warranties and/or guarantees from the members of the Candidate.

Other particular conditions:

Social contract performance conditions:

The Grangegorman Development Agency wishes to deliver “community benefit” outcomes from its procurement activity with a view to ensuring that wider social issues are taken into account when spending public money. The intention is to achieve the very best value for money in the widest sense.

The GDA has accordingly adopted the Grangegorman Employment Charter (Charter) which contains contract performance conditions related to social considerations. The works contractor will be required to implement the Charter as a condition of its contract. The obligations under the Charter apply only in respect of the performance of the Works and the works contract. The Charter forms part of the Works Requirements for the works’ contractor.

The Charter requires the design team to monitor the works’ contractor’s implementation of the Charter and to report on this to the GDA. This is so that the GDA can ensure that the works’ contractor properly implements the Charter.

The Design Team will be required to comply with these obligations as a part of its obligations under its Contract with the GDA.

Names and professional qualifications of the staff ✅

Procedure
Duration of the framework agreement in years: 4
Justification of the accelerated procedure:

Compliance with the usual time-limits would be rendered impracticable for reasons of urgency arising from the timetable for the transfer of staff to the new DIT Campus.

Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Objective criteria for selection:

It is envisaged that, subject to the quality and number of responses received, the top 5 scoring Candidates, that also meet the minimum criteria and rules for selection, will be invited to tender.

Date of dispatch of invitations: 2012-06-21 📅
Languages
Language: English 🗣️
Irish 🗣️

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Nora Rahill
Internet address: www.ggda.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA13521 🌏
Name: Available to download from Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal
Phone: +353 16177944 📞
URL for further information: www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏
URL for documents: www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏
Name: Via e-Tenders Electronic Postbox Facility ONLY
URL for participation: http://www.millstream.eu/guides/en-gb/P_S_TenderPostbox.pdf 🌏

Reference
Dates
Publication date: 2011-07-15 📅
Identifiers
Notice number in the OJ S: 2011/S 134-222939
Additional information

2) This is the sole call for competition for this service;

3) The GDA will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers;

4) Contract award will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities;

5) It will be a condition of award that tenderers and all sub-contractors produce a valid Tax Clearance Certificate from the Irish Revenue Commissioners;

6) If for any reason it is not possible to establish the framework agreement with the designated successful tenderer emerging from this competitive process; or if having established the framework agreement, the contracting authority terminates the agreement, the contracting authority reserves the right to establish the framework with the next highest scoring tenderer at any time during the tender validity period on the basis of the terms advertised and as tendered by that party. This shall be without prejudice to the right of the contracting authority to cancel this competitive process and/or initiate a new contract award procedure at its sole discretion;

7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, the framework agreement or any contract awarded under the framework agreement at any time.

(ET Ref:440012).

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal address: Four Courts, Ground Floor (East Wing), Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
Internet address: www.courts.ie 🌏
Fax: +353 18886125 📠
Information about review deadlines:

Please see the relevant Irish Statutory Instruments (SI 130 of 2010 and SI 420 of 2010) available at www.irishstatutebook.ie.

Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: The Courts Service
Postal address: 15 / 24 Phoenix Street, North Smithfield
Fax: +353 18735242 📠
Source: OJS 2012/S 104-173963 (2012-05-31)

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