BXD_400_ Infrastructure Works - The design and construction of a light railway extension approximately 5.6 km in length

Railway Procurement Agency (RPA)

Luas Cross City 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. The proposed line is approximately 5.6 km in length. RPA is seeking to procure a Contractor for the design and construction of the infrastructure of this Luas extension. This work will be carried out under the Public Works Contract for the Provision of Civil Engineering Works Designed by the Contractor (design and build contract) as further described in the Information Memorandum.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2013-11-08. The procurement was published on 2013-09-26.

Who?

• Railway Procurement Agency (RPA)

What?

Where?

• Dublin

Procurement history

Date	Document
2013-09-26	Contract notice

Contract notice (2013-09-26)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Railway construction works
Quantity or scope:

The contract scope includes but is not limited to the following:Design and construction of:— Trackwork of approximately 13 800 metres in length including the following track types: -ballast, slab, shared, segregated, plinth,— Depot including administration building and maintenance shed; stabling for trams; sand plant and wash plant,— Substations civils,— 13 stops,— Overhead Contact System,— Associated drainage,— Cutting walls stabilisation,— Bridge rehabilitation works,— Surfacing.The scope also includes Interface Management between third parties.

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: Railway construction works 📦

Procedure
Procedure type: Negotiated procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
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 Street, Parkgate Business Centre
Postal code: 8
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.rpa.ie 🌏
E-mail: procurement@rpa.ie 📧
Phone: +353 16463508 📞

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2013-09-26 📅
Submission deadline: 2013-11-08 📅
Publication date: 2013-09-28 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2013/S 189-326969
OJ-S issue: 189
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 RPA merges with, or is subsumed into, another public body, any reference to the RPA in the OJEU Contract Notice and any tender documentation shall be read as a reference to such public body or any new public body arising from such institutional reform. 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, they must, when providing this information, clearly identify the specific information they do 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 or, for a non-resident, a statement from the Revenue Commissioners in Ireland confirming suitability on tax grounds. Where a candidate is a consortium, each member may be required to contract on the basis of joint and several liability.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

Quantity or scope:

The contract scope includes but is not limited to the following:

Design and construction of:

— Trackwork of approximately 13 800 metres in length including the following track types: -ballast, slab, shared, segregated, plinth,

— Depot including administration building and maintenance shed; stabling for trams; sand plant and wash plant,

— Substations civils,

— 13 stops,

— Overhead Contact System,

— Associated drainage,

— Cutting walls stabilisation,

— Bridge rehabilitation works,

— Surfacing.

The scope also includes Interface Management between third parties.

Description of options:

RPA may request, as will be further described in the tender documents, proposals from Tenderers for alternative payment arrangements where the majority of payments to the Contractor under the Infrastructure Works Contract will be made towards the end of the Works.

Duration: 36 months
Reference number: BXD_400 Infrastructure Works

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

The Information Memorandum (PDF) and Pre-qualification Questionnaire (MS Word) documents are attached to this notice for download. Registration on www.etenders.gov.ie will be required for access to the documents. Candidates will be scored as described in the Information Memorandum and the Pre-qualification Questionnaire.

Economic and financial standing:

Technical and professional ability:

Contract execution
Deposits and guarantees required: As per Contract.
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: As per Contract.
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.

Other particular conditions: As per the Invitation to Negotiate.

Procedure
Languages
Language: English 🗣️
Irish 🗣️

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Tony Redmond, Procurement Manager

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Chief Registrar, High Court, Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: supremeandhighcourtoperations@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 18886087 📞
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Fax: +353 18886088 📠
Source: OJS 2013/S 189-326969 (2013-09-26)

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