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. The proposed line is 5.6 km in length and will have 13 stops. It will provide interchange with suburban railway services at Broombridge and with city bus services at numerous locations throughout the city centre. The proposed Luas Stops will include shelters, seating, balustrades, handrails, signage, bins, notice boards, Emergency Help Point's, Passenger Information Display's and Advertisement drums. The contract for the design, manufacture and supply of the Luas Cross City stop furniture is for a duration of 5 years with an option for a further 5 years. This Contract may include for the provision of stop furniture for future Luas lines and for the upgrade of the existing Luas lines.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2013-04-19.
The procurement was published on 2013-03-19.
Contract notice (2013-03-19) Object Scope of the procurement
Title: Platforms lighting
Quantity or scope: As per Tender Documents which will be issued to shortlisted Candidates.
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: Platforms lighting📦
Procedure
Procedure type: Negotiated procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender
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 Railway Procurement Agency merges with, or is subsumed into, other public bodies, it reserves the right to use the contract to procure works for the new entity.
Candidates are advised that RPA is subject to the Freedom of Information Acts 1997 and 2003.
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.
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 Railway Procurement Agency merges with, or is subsumed into, other public bodies, it reserves the right to use the contract to procure works for the new entity.
Candidates are advised that RPA is subject to the Freedom of Information Acts 1997 and 2003.
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:
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. The proposed line is 5.6 km in length and will have 13 stops. It will provide interchange with suburban railway services at Broombridge and with city bus services at numerous locations throughout the city centre. The proposed Luas Stops will include shelters, seating, balustrades, handrails, signage, bins, notice boards, Emergency Help Point's, Passenger Information Display's and Advertisement drums. The contract for the design, manufacture and supply of the Luas Cross City stop furniture is for a duration of 5 years with an option for a further 5 years. This Contract may include for the provision of stop furniture for future Luas lines and for the upgrade of the existing Luas lines.
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. The proposed line is 5.6 km in length and will have 13 stops. It will provide interchange with suburban railway services at Broombridge and with city bus services at numerous locations throughout the city centre. The proposed Luas Stops will include shelters, seating, balustrades, handrails, signage, bins, notice boards, Emergency Help Point's, Passenger Information Display's and Advertisement drums. The contract for the design, manufacture and supply of the Luas Cross City stop furniture is for a duration of 5 years with an option for a further 5 years. This Contract may include for the provision of stop furniture for future Luas lines and for the upgrade of the existing Luas lines.
Description of options:
The contract may be extended by 5 years on the fifth anniversary of the original contract.
Provisional timetable for use of options: 60 months
Number of possible renewals: 1
Duration: 60 months
Reference number: LCC_410 Stop Furniture Supply - The design, manufacture and supply of the Luas Cross City stop furniture.
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:
The Information Memorandumand Pre-qualification Questionnaire document is available from the address at Section I.1. This will be used to determine the economic/financial and technical capacity of the applicants. Candidates will be scored as described in the Information Memorandum and the Pre-qualification Questionnaire.
The Information Memorandumand Pre-qualification Questionnaire document is available from the address at Section I.1. This will be used to determine the economic/financial and technical capacity of the applicants. Candidates will be scored as described in the Information Memorandum and the Pre-qualification Questionnaire.
Economic and financial standing:
The Information Memorandum and Pre-qualification Questionnaire document is available from the address at Section I.1. This will be used to determine the economic/financial and technical capacity of the applicants. Candidates will be scored as described in the Information Memorandum and the Pre-qualification Questionnaire.
The Information Memorandum and Pre-qualification Questionnaire document is available from the address at Section I.1. This will be used to determine the economic/financial and technical capacity of the applicants. Candidates will be scored as described in the Information Memorandum and the Pre-qualification Questionnaire.
Technical and professional ability:
The Information Memorandumand Pre-qualification Questionnaire document is available from the address at Section I.1. This will be used to determine the economic/financial and technical capacity of the applicants. Candidates will be scored as described in the Information Memorandum and the Pre-qualification Questionnaire.
The Information Memorandumand Pre-qualification Questionnaire document is available from the address at Section I.1. This will be used to determine the economic/financial and technical capacity of the applicants. Candidates will be scored as described in the Information Memorandum and the Pre-qualification Questionnaire.
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 tocontract as a single entity. It may become necessary for the group to state a single addressee responsible forthe receipt and processing of the participating orders and resolving any problems to the Contract. RPA reservesthe right to disqualify any group or consortium which makes changes to the composition of the group after pre-qualification without the consent of RPA.
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 tocontract as a single entity. It may become necessary for the group to state a single addressee responsible forthe receipt and processing of the participating orders and resolving any problems to the Contract. RPA reservesthe 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 Contract.
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: Four Courts, Dublin 7
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie📧
Phone: +353 18886511📞
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie🌏
Fax: +353 18725669 📠
Information about review deadlines:
An application for the review of the decision to award or, the award of a public contract, shall be made at the earliest possible opportunity and in any event within 3 months from the date when grounds for the application first arose unless the Court consider there is a good reason for extending such a period.
An application for the review of the decision to award or, the award of a public contract, shall be made at the earliest possible opportunity and in any event within 3 months from the date when grounds for the application first arose unless the Court consider there is a good reason for extending such a period.
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: Legal Advisor
Recurrent procurement
5 years.
Source: OJS 2013/S 058-096227 (2013-03-19)