14/001 - A Multi-Supplier Framework for the Provision of Investigative Works to Irish Water

Bord Gais Eireann

Irish Water is requesting tenders to establish a multi- supplier framework agreement for the provision of all required works and services associated with Investigative Works to support the provision of water services capital investment. It is envisaged that these Investigative Works
will be carried out in a planned manner where work packages are identified in advance of each call off.
The works will be divided into five Lots as detailed below.
— Lot 1: Intrusive Site Investigation Works
— Lot 2: Non-Intrusive Site Investigation Works
— Lot 3: Marine Investigation Works
— Lot 4: Minor Groundwater Exploration and Borehole Establishment Works
— Lot 5: Major Groundwater Exploration and Borehole Establishment Works
Each Lot is further sub-lotted to individual Irish Water 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 (1) region to ten. Irish Water reserves the right to appoint less than ten (10) Contractors in any one (1) region.
This is a framework agreement for a period of two (2) years with an option to extend annually for a further period of up to two (2) years.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2014-02-12. The procurement was published on 2014-01-10.

Who?

• Bord Gais Eireann

What?

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2014-01-10	Contract notice

Contract notice (2014-01-10)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Ground investigation work
Quantity or scope: Please 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: Ground investigation work 📦

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.bge.ie 🌏
E-mail: sycarroll@bge.ie 📧
Phone: +353 214239025 📞

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2014-01-10 📅
Submission deadline: 2014-02-12 📅
Publication date: 2014-01-14 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2014/S 009-012051
OJ-S issue: 9
Additional information

A pre-qualification questionnaire will be issued to all candidates who forward an Expression of interest and send via email for the attention of The Shared Services Procurement Manager to sycarroll@bge.ie The questionnaire must be completed and returned to the address in I.1. above not later than 17.00hrs Wednesday 12.2.2014. PLEASE DO NOT REGISTER AN EXPRESSION OF INTEREST IN THIS COMPETITON ON ETENDERS AS YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE ANY DOCUMENTATION.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

will be carried out in a planned manner where work packages are identified in advance of each call off.

The works will be divided into five Lots as detailed below.

— Lot 1: Intrusive Site Investigation Works

— Lot 2: Non-Intrusive Site Investigation Works

— Lot 3: Marine Investigation Works

— Lot 4: Minor Groundwater Exploration and Borehole Establishment Works

— Lot 5: Major Groundwater Exploration and Borehole Establishment Works

Each Lot is further sub-lotted to individual Irish Water 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 (1) region to ten. Irish Water reserves the right to appoint less than ten (10) Contractors in any one (1) region.

This is a framework agreement for a period of two (2) years with an option to extend annually for a further period of up to two (2) years.

Lot number: 1
Title of the lot: Intrusive Site Investigation Works
Short description:

The Intrusive Site Investigative Works Lot may include but not be limited to the following:

Geotechnical investigation works consisting of cable percussion boreholes, rotary core holes, dynamic probing, window sampling, trial pits, slit trenches, on-site sampling and testing works, laboratory works, factual and interpretative works.

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

Each lot is further sub-lotted to individual Irish Water (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.

Transitional Panels - Irish Water will take responsibility for the water and wastewater infrastructure on 1.1.2014. However, it is anticipated that the framework agreement for these Lots may not be established until May 2014. For the transitional period between 1.1.2014 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 each Lot of this tender competition. IW intends to conduct mini-competitions among Applicants on sub-lot panels for any works required during the transitional phase.

Lot number: 2
Title of the lot: Non-Intrusive Site Investigation Works
Short description:

The Non-Intrusive Site Investigative Works Lot may include but not be limited to the following:

Geological investigation works consisting of 2d-resistivity, seismic refraction, multichannel analysis of survey waves (MASW), electromagnetic survey, factual and interpretative reporting.

Lot number: 3
Title of the lot: Marine Investigation Works
Short description:

The Marine Investigation Works Lot may include but not be limited to the following works within the marine environment:

Cable percussion boreholes, rotary core holes, on-site sampling and testing works, laboratory works, factual and interpretative works.

Quantity or scope: Please refer to Section II.1.5 of the Pre Qualification Questionnaire.
Lot number: 4
Title of the lot: Minor Groundwater Exploration and Borehole Establishment Works
Short description:

The Minor Groundwater Exploration and Borehole Establishment Works are classified as follows;

— Borehole with casing up to an internal diameter of 200mm.

The Minor Groundwater Exploration and Borehole Establishment Works Lot may include but not be limited to the following works:

i. Site preparation works including construction of a drilling pad at borehole location to provide a standing area for all onsite drilling equipment

ii. Drilling of boreholes for public water supply with cased internal diameter up to 200mm.

iii. Installation of mild steel or uPVC casing with a suitable internal diameter to competent rockhead to ensure the security of the well and the protection of groundwater from surface pollution.

iv. Installation of appropriately sized well casing and screen from ground surface to the target depth.

v. Installation of gravel pack and grout by tremie pipe within the annulus from the base of the casing and screen to ground surface.

vi. Drilling of borehole at a suitable diameter from the base of the cased section to the target depth.

vii. Development of well source by airlift surging or other approved methods.

viii. Testing of production quantity from well

ix. Water quality testing

x. Completion of each installation with secure flanged cover and grout seal and making good the site.

xi. All ancillary works associated with previous exploration drilling programme which may include, but not be limited to;

— grouted backfilling of unwanted exploration borehole locations.

— wellhead completion of exploration boreholes for use as future groundwater

monitoring locations.

— All remaining exploration boreholes to have their casing cut back to below

existing ground level and have a lockable cover fitted

— Construction of a concrete chamber around the exploration boreholes

Lot number: 5
Title of the lot: Major Groundwater Exploration and Borehole Establishment Works
Short description:

The Major Groundwater Exploration and Borehole Establishment Works are classified as follows;

— Borehole with a casing internal diameter greater than 200mm.

The Major Groundwater Exploration and Borehole Establishment Works Lot may include but not be limited to the following works:

ii. Drilling of boreholes for public water supply to be completed at cased internal diameter greater than 200mm.

xi. All ancillary works associated with previous exploration drilling programme

which may include, but not be limited to;

— wellhead completion of exploration boreholes for use as future groundwater monitoring locations.

— All remaining exploration boreholes to have their casing cut back to below existing ground level and have a lockable cover fitted

Variants will be accepted ✅
Description of options:

Tenderers to be appointed for each Lot in any one (1) region to ten. Irish Water reserves the right to appoint less than ten (10) Contractors in any one (1) region.

This is a framework agreement for a period of two (2) years with an option to extend annually for a further period of up to two (2) years.

Minimum number of possible renewals: 1
Maximum number of possible renewals: 2
Reference number: 14/001
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 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
Maximum number of operators of the framework agreement: 30
Duration of the framework agreement in months: 24
Languages
Language: English 🗣️
Other languages: Gaelige

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Shared Services Procurement
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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