13/112 - The Provision of Major Civil Engineering Works (incorporating ancillary MEICA Works) to Irish Water

Bord Gais Eireann

IW is requesting tenders to establish a multi-supplier framework agreement for the provision of all required works and services associated with Major Civil Engineering Works (incorporating ancillary MEICA Works) to support the provision of water services capital investment. It is envisaged that these works will be carried out in a planned manner where work packages are identified in advance of each call off.
The works will be sub-divided into two separate Lots detailed below.
— Lot 1: Works Associated with Water Networks and ancillaries.
— Lot 2: Works Associated with Wastewater Networks and ancillaries.
Each Lot is further sub-lotted to individual IW Regions (3No.) which are made up of City and County Council districts as illustrated on the map set out in the prequalification questionnaire. Applicants are required to indicate which region they are applying for if successfully prequalified. Irish Water will limit the number of successful tenderers to be appointed for each Lot in any one region to ten. Irish Water reserves the right to appoint less than ten contractors in any one region.
A pre-qualification questionnaire will be issued to all candidates who respond to this notice. Expressions of interest should be addressed in writing and sent via email for the attention of The Procurement Manager to sycarroll@bge.ie

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2014-01-22. The procurement was published on 2013-12-10.

Who?

• Bord Gais Eireann

What?

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2013-12-10	Contract notice

Contract notice (2013-12-10)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Construction work for water and sewage pipelines
Quantity or scope: Pleaes refer to Section II.1.5.
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 for water and sewage pipelines 📦

Procedure
Procedure type: Negotiated procedure
Type of bid: Submission for one or more lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Utilities entity
Awarding authority name: Bord Gáis Éireann
Postal address: Gasworks Road
Postal town: Cork
Contact
Internet address: http://www.bordgais.ie 🌏
E-mail: cwhite@bge.ie 📧
Phone: +353 214239025 📞

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2013-12-10 📅
Submission deadline: 2014-01-22 📅
Publication date: 2013-12-12 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2013/S 241-420067
OJ-S issue: 241
Additional information

A pre-qualification questionnaire will be issued to all candidates who respond to this notice. Expressions of interest should be addressed in writing and sent via email for the attention of The Procurement Manager to sycarroll@bge.ie The questionnaire will cover the financial, economic and technical capacity of the candidates. The questionnaire must be completed and returned to the address in I.1. above not later than 17.00 hrs Wednesday 22.1.2014. The responses will be used to assist in drawing up a tender list. This process may also include interviews with candidates. The contracting entity will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers relating to this contract award procedure. Please do not register on etenders as you will not receive any documentation.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

The works will be sub-divided into two separate Lots detailed below.

— Lot 1: Works Associated with Water Networks and ancillaries.

— Lot 2: Works Associated with Wastewater Networks and ancillaries.

Each Lot is further sub-lotted to individual IW Regions (3No.) which are made up of City and County Council districts as illustrated on the map set out in the prequalification questionnaire. Applicants are required to indicate which region they are applying for if successfully prequalified. Irish Water will limit the number of successful tenderers to be appointed for each Lot in any one region to ten. Irish Water reserves the right to appoint less than ten contractors in any one region.

Lot number: 1
Title of the lot: Works Associated with Water Networks and ancillaries
Short description:

Major Civil Engineering Works (Incorporating Ancillary MEICA Works) associated with Water Networks and Ancillaries may include, but not be limited to;

i. Construction of new pipelines in various materials including uPVC, PE, Ductile Iron, Steel etc

ii. Construction of cast in-situ reinforced concrete reservoirs and valve chambers

iii. Construction of pre-cast concrete reservoirs and valve chambers

iv. Construction of High Lift Pumping Stations and small booster stations

v. Construction of Control and Administration Buildings

vi. Installation of associated fittings and valves

vii. Connections to existing watermains

viii. Crossing of existing services, Streams, streams and ditches

ix. Installation of suitable bedding, surround and backfill

x. Provision of temporary and permanent road reinstatement works of various surface types and reinstatement of grass verges and agricultural lands

xi.Associated Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation and Automation (MEICA) Works that may include, but not limited to, the supply, installation, wiring and commissioning of;

— Electric Actuators;

— Flowmeters;

— Pressure Monitoring Equipment including pressure sensors, pressure reducing valves, pressure sustaining valves, etc.

— Level Monitoring equipment;

— Pumps and associate surge control equipment;

— Chlorine Dosing Systems;

— Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC);

— SCADA Systems;

— Telemetry Outstations;

— Local and Remote Control System;

— Hand and Automatic Control Systems;

— Control Panels;

— Lifting Gantry Systems.

xii. Construction of pipelines using various trenchless methods (horizontal directional drilling, microtunnelling, pipe ramming, auger boring, thrust boring etc.)

xiii. Design and construction of large scale trenchless technology works such as tunnelling works under railways, rivers, motorways.

xiv. Any ancillary works associated with the above.

Quantity or scope: Please refer to Section II.1.5
Additional information about the lots:

Each Lot is further sub-lotted to individual IW Regions (3No.) which are made up of City and County Council districts as illustrated on the map set out in the prequalification questionnaire. Applicants are required to indicate which region they are applying for if successfully prequalified. IW will limit the number of successful tenderers to be appointed for each Lot in any one region to ten. IW reserves the right to appoint less than ten contractors in any one region.

Transitional Panels - Irish Water will take responsibility for the water and wastewater infrastructure on 1 January 2014. However, it is anticipated that the framework agreement for Lots 1 and 2 (works associated with Water and Wastewater Networks and ancillaries) will not be established until May 2014. For the transitional period between 1 January 2014 and the end of May 2014 or such time as the framework agreement becomes operational, Irish Water intends to operate sub-lot panels comprised of the entities that pre-qualify for each sub-lot under Lots 1 and 2 of this tender competition. IW intends to conduct mini-competitions among applicants on sub-lot panels for any works associated with Water and Wastewater Networks and ancillaries required during the transitional phase.

A pre-qualification questionnaire will be issued to all candidates who respond to this notice. Expressions of interest should be addressed in writing and sent via email for the attention of The Procurement Manager to sycarroll@bge.ie The questionnaire will cover the financial, economic and technical capacity of the candidates. The questionnaire must be completed and returned to the address in I.1. above not later than 17.00hrs Wednesday 22nd January 2014. The responses will be used to assist in drawing up a tender list. This process may also include interviews with candidates. The contracting entity will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers relating to this contract award procedure.

Lot number: 2
Title of the lot: Works Associated with Wastewater Networks and ancillaries
Short description:

Major Civil Engineering Works (Incorporating Ancillary MEICA Works) associated with Wastewater Networks and Ancillaries may include, but not be limited to;

i. Construction of new sewers of various material types (Concrete, PE, uPVC, Ductile Iron, etc) , in field and road by offline and online methods

ii. Construction of new foul rising mains of various material types (PE, Ductile Iron etc), in field and road

iii. Construction of new manholes or chambers in fields and road by offline and online methods

iv. Construction of pipelines using various trenchless methods (horizontal directional drilling, microtunnelling, pipe ramming, auger boring, thrust boring etc.)

v. Construction of new Pumping Station, Stormwater Holding Facility and associated ancillaries

vi. Upgrading of existing Pumping Station, Stormwater Holding Facility and associated ancillaries

vii. Installation of associated fittings and valves

viii. Connections to existing sewers

ix. Crossing of existing services, rivers, streams and ditches

x. Installation of suitable bedding, surround and backfill

xi. Provision of temporary and permanent road reinstatement works of various surface types and reinstatement of grass verges and agricultural lands

xii. Associated Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation and Automation (MEICA) Works that may include, but not limited to, the design, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of;

Electric Actuators

Flowmeters

Pressure Monitoring Equipment including pressure sensors, pressure reducing valves, pressure sustaining valves, etc.

Level Monitoring equipment

Pumps and associated surge control equipment

Macerators/Comminutors/Munchers

Mixers

Hydroejectors

Combined Sewer Overflow Facilities

Odour Control Facilities

Noise Control Facilities

Storm tank cleaning facilities

Chemical Dosing and Storage Facilities

Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)

SCADA Systems

Telemetry Outstations

Local and Remote Control System

Hand and Automatic Control Systems

Control Panels

Lifting Gantry Systems

Additional information about the lots:

Each lot is further sub-lotted to individual IW Regions (3No.) which are made up of City and County Council districts as illustrated on the map set out in the prequalification questionnaire. Applicants are required to indicate which region they are applying for if successfully prequalified. IW will limit the number of successful tenderers to be appointed in any one region to ten. IW reserves the right to appoint less than ten contractors in any one district.

Description of options:

The Framework Agreement will be established for a term of eighteen (18) months with an option to extend annually for a period of up to two (2) years , to a maximum cumulative term of three years and six months, at the sole discretion of Irish Water.

Reference number: 13/112
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:

If any of the conditions set out in Regulation 53(1) of The European Communities (Award of Public Authorities Contracts) Regulations 2006 apply to the applicant, the applicant will be excluded from the competition.

Economic and financial standing:

A full description of candidates' required economic and financial capacity will be set out in the Pre Qualification Questionnaire.

Technical and professional ability:

A full description of candidates' required technical capacity will be set out in the Pre Qualification Questionnaire.

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

A consortium/joint venture will not be required to convert into a specific legal form in order to submit a Pre-Qualification Submission, but may be required to do so prior to award of the Framework Agreement. IW may:

i. contract with the prime contractor only;

ii. contract with each member of the consortium/joint venture on the basis of joint and several liabilities;

iii. contract with one member of the consortium/joint venture as prime contractor to whom the other members will be sub-contractors; or

iv. at its discretion, require the consortium/joint venture to enter into any other contracting arrangement.

Procedure
Number of operators of the framework agreement: 60
Duration of the framework agreement in months: 18
Languages
Language: English 🗣️
Other languages: Gaelige

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Shared Services Procurement Department
The Shared Services Procurement Manager

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: High Court Central Office, Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 1
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Fax: +353 18886125 📠
Information about review deadlines:

Interested parties are referred to Statutory Instrument 131 of 2010, European Communities (Award of Contracts by Utility Undertaking) (Review Procedures) Regulations 2010 (and in particular Regulation 7 and 10(2).

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