Provision of tower site design & consultancy services to Coillte Telecoms

Coillte

Coillte Telecoms is a group within the Coillte Enterprise Division which is responsible for leveraging and developing the Coillte asset base within the Irish telecommunications marketplace.
Coillte Telecoms manages a growing portfolio of assets which includes:
— 118 Coillte-owned telecommunications structures,
— 3rd party telecommunications infrastructure on over 200 Coillte locations,
— Equipment belonging to approximately 50 different communications operators,
— Some of the key high-site telecommunications installations in Ireland.
Coillte is now seeking expressions of interest to appoint consultant(s) to provide telecoms site design services & consulting relating to the planning, design, acceptance, survey and operation of telecommunications tower sites.
A full range of tower site design services will be required, including:
— Structural & foundation analysis,
— Tower site design, including electrical, earthing & lightning protection, structural, civils and H&S design,
— Tower site acceptance, sign-off and certification services,
— Production of tower site general arrangement drawings, full planning drawings, detailed design drawings, as-built drawings.
A full range of tower site survey services will be required, including:
— Existing tower site survey,
— Existing tower full climb down & operational certification,
— Geotechnical survey,
— Existing foundation survey,
— Site H&S assessments.
A full range of tower site planning services will be required, including:
— Full planning applications, including all necessary supporting documentation, planning authority interaction and appeals,
— Planning retention applications, including all necessary supporting documentation, planning authority interaction and appeals,
— Planning compliance assessments.
Certain consultancy services may be required, including provision of support on:
— Coillte Telecoms drawing standards,
— Coillte Telecoms site design standards,
— Coillte Telecoms site acceptance standards,
— Coillte Telecoms health & safety policies.
Coillte requires a service provider that is capable of providing an end to end solution incorporating all of the services outlined above. It is our intention to set up a panel with one or more service providers for this purpose. Only candidates with suitable experience of all of the elements required should apply to this competition. More detailed information on these requirements will be provided at tender stage.
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=368012.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2012-02-08. The procurement was published on 2012-01-20.

Who?

• Coillte

What?

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2012-01-20	Contract notice

Contract notice (2012-01-20)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: telecommunications services
Quantity or scope: Please see description of contract section.
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: Telecommunications 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: Body governed by public law
Awarding authority name: Coillte
Postal address: Woodford Business Park, Santry
Postal code: 17
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.coillte.ie 🌏
E-mail: sarah.toye@coillte.ie 📧
Phone: +353 12011111 📞
Fax: +353 12011199 📠

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2012-01-20 📅
Submission deadline: 2012-02-08 📅
Publication date: 2012-01-25 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2012/S 16-025651
OJ-S issue: 16
Additional information

Coillte will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred in this process. Please complete the PQQ attached to this notice and return by the deadline date stated. The provision of telecommunication services and public network services have a derogation from the Directive (2044/18/EC) under Article 13, therefore this notice has been published on the OJEU on a non mandatory basis. (ET Ref: 368012).

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

Coillte Telecoms is a group within the Coillte Enterprise Division which is responsible for leveraging and developing the Coillte asset base within the Irish telecommunications marketplace.

Coillte Telecoms manages a growing portfolio of assets which includes:

— 118 Coillte-owned telecommunications structures,

— 3rd party telecommunications infrastructure on over 200 Coillte locations,

— Equipment belonging to approximately 50 different communications operators,

— Some of the key high-site telecommunications installations in Ireland.

Coillte is now seeking expressions of interest to appoint consultant(s) to provide telecoms site design services & consulting relating to the planning, design, acceptance, survey and operation of telecommunications tower sites.

A full range of tower site design services will be required, including:

— Structural & foundation analysis,

— Tower site design, including electrical, earthing & lightning protection, structural, civils and H&S design,

— Tower site acceptance, sign-off and certification services,

— Production of tower site general arrangement drawings, full planning drawings, detailed design drawings, as-built drawings.

A full range of tower site survey services will be required, including:

— Existing tower site survey,

— Existing tower full climb down & operational certification,

— Geotechnical survey,

— Existing foundation survey,

— Site H&S assessments.

A full range of tower site planning services will be required, including:

— Full planning applications, including all necessary supporting documentation, planning authority interaction and appeals,

— Planning retention applications, including all necessary supporting documentation, planning authority interaction and appeals,

— Planning compliance assessments.

Certain consultancy services may be required, including provision of support on:

— Coillte Telecoms drawing standards,

— Coillte Telecoms site design standards,

— Coillte Telecoms site acceptance standards,

— Coillte Telecoms health & safety policies.

Coillte requires a service provider that is capable of providing an end to end solution incorporating all of the services outlined above. It is our intention to set up a panel with one or more service providers for this purpose. Only candidates with suitable experience of all of the elements required should apply to this competition. More detailed information on these requirements will be provided at tender stage.

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=368012.

Variants will be accepted ✅
Duration: 36 months
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Ireland.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity: Please complete pre qualification questionnaire attached.
Minimum level(s) of standards: Please complete pre qualification questionnaire attached.
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:

A grouping if successful must contract as a single entity having joint or several liability.

Procedure
Maximum number of operators of the framework agreement: 2
Duration of the framework agreement in years: 3
Minimum number of candidates: 5
Objective criteria for selection: At least 5 but depending on the quality of applications received.
Date of dispatch of invitations: 2012-02-13 📅
Languages
Language: English 🗣️
Other languages: Irish.

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Procurement
Sarah Toye
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA01468 🌏

Reference
Additional information

Coillte will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred in this process.

Please complete the PQQ attached to this notice and return by the deadline date stated.

The provision of telecommunication services and public network services have a derogation from the Directive (2044/18/EC) under Article 13, therefore this notice has been published on the OJEU on a non mandatory basis.

(ET Ref: 368012).

Source: OJS 2012/S 016-025651 (2012-01-20)

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