BXD_460 - Tram Wash-plant Supply and Installation

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 and will also serve the
planned new DIT Campus facility at Grangegorman. It will provide interchange with suburban railway services at Broombridge and with city bus services at numerous locations throughout the city centre. RPA is seeking to procure the supply, installation and commissioning of a Tram Wash-Plant(s).

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2013-12-20. The procurement was published on 2013-11-14.

Who?

• Railway Procurement Agency ( RPA )

What?

Where?

• Dublin

Procurement history

Date	Document
2013-11-14	Contract notice

Contract notice (2013-11-14)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Workshop equipment
Quantity or scope:

It is RPA's intention to enter into two agreements with a sole wash-plant provider.Contract 1 - Luas Cross City wash-plant:The first agreement will be for the supply, installation and commissioning of a tram wash-plant to be housed at the proposed Luas Cross City depot at Broombridge (the design and construction of which is currently being procured under ("BXD_400_Infrastructure Works").Contract 2 - Replacement of Existing Wash-plant(s):This contract will be signed at the same time as the signing of Contract 1 and will allow RPA to exercise a drawdown to replace either or both (potentially at differing times) of the existing wash-plants at RPA existing Luas depots based at Sandyford and Red Cow. This may also involve the removal of the existing wash-plant(s). If RPA decide to replace either or both wash-plants they will do so within 10 years of signing the agreement.RPA shall novate Contract 1 to the Luas Cross City BXD_400_Infrastructure Works Contractor. Contract 2 will not be novated.

Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Supplies
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Workshop equipment 📦

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: Procurement, Parkgate Street
Postal code: 8
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
E-mail: mary.hendrick@rpa.ie 📧
Phone: +353 16463854 📞

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2013-11-14 📅
Submission deadline: 2013-12-20 📅
Publication date: 2013-11-16 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2013/S 223-388843
OJ-S issue: 223
Additional information

RPA will not be responsible for any costs, expenses or charges incurred by candidate or tenderers involved in this process. Award of the 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. The duration of the above contracts may be up to 12 years.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

planned new DIT Campus facility at Grangegorman. It will provide interchange with suburban railway services at Broombridge and with city bus services at numerous locations throughout the city centre. RPA is seeking to procure the supply, installation and commissioning of a Tram Wash-Plant(s).

Quantity or scope:

It is RPA's intention to enter into two agreements with a sole wash-plant provider.

Contract 1 - Luas Cross City wash-plant:

The first agreement will be for the supply, installation and commissioning of a tram wash-plant to be housed at the proposed Luas Cross City depot at Broombridge (the design and construction of which is currently being procured under ("BXD_400_Infrastructure Works").

Contract 2 - Replacement of Existing Wash-plant(s):

This contract will be signed at the same time as the signing of Contract 1 and will allow RPA to exercise a drawdown to replace either or both (potentially at differing times) of the existing wash-plants at RPA existing Luas depots based at Sandyford and Red Cow. This may also involve the removal of the existing wash-plant(s). If RPA decide to replace either or both wash-plants they will do so within 10 years of signing the agreement.

RPA shall novate Contract 1 to the Luas Cross City BXD_400_Infrastructure Works Contractor. Contract 2 will not be novated.

Reference number: BXD_460 - Tram Wash-plant Supply and Installation

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

The Information Memorandum and Pre-qualification Questionnaire document is 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 the Contracts.
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: As per the Contracts.
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 Contracts, 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:

Procedure
Languages
Language: English 🗣️
Other languages: Irish

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Procurement
Mary Hendrick

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 🌏
Source: OJS 2013/S 223-388843 (2013-11-14)

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