DMRB Commission 2014: Updating of the NRA DMRB and NRA MCDRW

National Roads Authority

One of the National Roads Authority's strategic goals is to implement the national road improvement programme, ensuring the efficient planning, design and execution of the works and the effective management of projects having regard to approved standards. The Authority wishes to promote quality and consistency of approach in relation to the design and construction of road and bridge projects to achieve an appropriate balance of economy, safety and durability on road schemes.
The Authority has a need for the services of Consulting Engineers in connection with the update and maintenance of the NRA Design Manual for Roads and Bridges (DMRB) and the NRA Manual for Contract Documents for Road Works (MCDRW), providing a set of comprehensive design standards and specifications.
Further Information on the service requirements are outlined in the APPENDIX to the Information Memorandum.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2013-12-13. The procurement was published on 2013-11-07.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2013-11-07 Contract notice
Contract notice (2013-11-07)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Highways consultancy services
Quantity or scope:
Further Information on the service requirements are outlined in the APPENDIX to the Information Memorandum.
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: Highways consultancy 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: National Roads Authority
Postal address: Saint Martin's House, Waterloo Road
Postal code: 4
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.nra.ie 🌏
E-mail: rmulvihill@nra.ie 📧
Phone: +353 16602511 📞
Fax: +353 16680009 📠

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2013-11-07 📅
Submission deadline: 2013-12-13 📅
Publication date: 2013-11-09 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2013/S 218-379580
OJ-S issue: 218
Additional information
To receive more information about this tender, including any amendments and/or clarifications and to request any clarifications and/or to respond to this tender, you must register your interest to this tender on the following site: https://irl.eu-supply.com/etenders_simple.asp Further information is available on the eTenders website at ww.etenders.gov.ie The Authority reserves the right to terminate the process at any time or to change the basis of, or the procedures for, the competition. The most economically advantageous or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. The Authority accepts no liability for any costs and/or expenses incurred by any candidate in connection with the competition. The acceptance of any tender will be subject to a number of pre-conditions, including evidence of a current valid tax clearance certificate. The Authority reserves the right, in accordance with Regulation 32(5)(f) of the European Communities (Award of Public Authorities' Contracts) Regulations 2006, to award new works and/or services to the successful contractors in this competition. Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders website (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for the documentation and queries in relation to the competition.
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Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
One of the National Roads Authority's strategic goals is to implement the national road improvement programme, ensuring the efficient planning, design and execution of the works and the effective management of projects having regard to approved standards. The Authority wishes to promote quality and consistency of approach in relation to the design and construction of road and bridge projects to achieve an appropriate balance of economy, safety and durability on road schemes.
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The Authority has a need for the services of Consulting Engineers in connection with the update and maintenance of the NRA Design Manual for Roads and Bridges (DMRB) and the NRA Manual for Contract Documents for Road Works (MCDRW), providing a set of comprehensive design standards and specifications.
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Further Information on the service requirements are outlined in the APPENDIX to the Information Memorandum.
Description of options: Option to extend for a period of up to 12 months.
Duration: 36 months
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Dublin.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:
Refer to suitability assessment questionnaire attached to the contract notice on www.etenders.gov.ie
Economic and financial standing:
Refer to suitability assessment questionnaire attached to the contract notice on www.etenders.gov.ie
Minimum level(s) of standards:
Refer to suitability assessment questionnaire attached to the contract notice on www.etenders.gov.ie
Technical and professional ability:
Refer to suitability assessment questionnaire attached to the contract notice on www.etenders.gov.ie
Contract execution
Deposits and guarantees required:
Information will be sent out with tender documents to be issued to those applicants invited to tender.
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
Information will be sent out with tender documents to be issued to those applicants invited to tender.
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
Requests to participate may be submitted by a single applicant or a consortium. Where the applicant is a consortium, each member may be required to contract on the basis of joint and several liability or such other basis as the contracting authority may in its discretion consider appropriate having regard to the nature of the contract, including with one member acting as lead contractor with the other members as sub-contractors to that contractor.
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Other particular conditions:
Information will be sent out with tender documents to be issued to those applicants invited to tender.

Procedure
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Objective criteria for selection:
Refer to suitability assessment questionnaire attached to the contract notice on www.etenders.gov.ie
Languages
Language: English 🗣️

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Procurement Unit
Richella Mulvihill
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.etenders.gov.ie 🌏
Name: National Roads Authority
Postal address: St. Martin's House, Waterloo Road
Contact point: Albert Daly
E-mail: adaly@nra.ie 📧
URL for further information: http://www.nra.ie 🌏
URL for documents: http://www.nra.ie 🌏
URL for participation: http://www.nra.ie 🌏
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧

Reference
Additional information
To receive more information about this tender, including any amendments and/or clarifications and to request any clarifications and/or to respond to this tender, you must register your interest to this tender on the following site: https://irl.eu-supply.com/etenders_simple.asp
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Further information is available on the eTenders website at ww.etenders.gov.ie
The Authority reserves the right to terminate the process at any time or to change the basis of, or the procedures for, the competition.
The most economically advantageous or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.
The Authority accepts no liability for any costs and/or expenses incurred by any candidate in connection with the competition.
The acceptance of any tender will be subject to a number of pre-conditions, including evidence of a current valid tax clearance certificate.
The Authority reserves the right, in accordance with Regulation 32(5)(f) of the European Communities (Award of Public Authorities' Contracts) Regulations 2006, to award new works and/or services to the successful contractors in this competition.
Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders website (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for the documentation and queries in relation to the competition.

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 18886087 📞
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Information about review deadlines:
Interested parties are referred to the European Communities (Public Authorities Contract) (Review Procedures) Regulations 2010.
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Same as: Review body
Source: OJS 2013/S 218-379580 (2013-11-07)
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