14/003 - Provision of Archaelogical & Ecological Services to Irish Water

Bord Gais Eireann

Irish Water (IW) is requesting tenders to establish a multi-supplier framework agreement for the provision of all required works and services associated with Archaeological and Ecological Services to support the provision of water services capital investment. It is envisaged that these services will be carried out in a planned manner where work packages are identified in advance of each call off.
The services will be sub-divided into separate Lots detailed below.
— Lot 1: Archaeological Services
— Lot 2: Ecological Services
Each Lot is further sub-lotted to individual 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 for each Lot in any one region to ten. IW reserves the right to appoint less than ten Contractors in any one region.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2014-02-26. The procurement was published on 2014-01-22.

Who?

• Bord Gais Eireann

What?

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2014-01-22	Contract notice

Contract notice (2014-01-22)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Excavation work at archaeological sites
Quantity or scope: Please refer to the Pre Qualficiaton Questionnaire.
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: Excavation work at archaeological sites 📦

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

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2014-01-22 📅
Submission deadline: 2014-02-26 📅
Publication date: 2014-01-24 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2014/S 017-026786
OJ-S issue: 17
Additional information

A pre-qualification questionnaire will be issued to all candidates who forward an Expression of interest and sendvia email for the attention of The Shared Services Procurement Manager to rahern@bge.ie The questionnaire must be completed and returned to the address in I.1. above not later than 17:00 hrs Wednesday 26.2.2014. Please do not register an expression of interest in this competiton on Etenders ASYOU will not receive any documentation.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Service category: 27
Short description:

The services will be sub-divided into separate Lots detailed below.

— Lot 1: Archaeological Services

— Lot 2: Ecological Services

Each Lot is further sub-lotted to individual 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 for each Lot in any one region to ten. IW reserves the right to appoint less than ten Contractors in any one region.

Lot number: 1
Title of the lot: Archaeological Services
Short description:

Services associated with Archaeological Services may include, but not be limited to:

— Obtaining the necessary Licences to carry out archaeological investigations and/or excavations;

— Carrying out a desktop review of proposed pipeline routes or treatment plant development sites including;

— Assessment of all areas of archaeological interest within proximity to the works area;

— Recording and describing the identified areas of archaeological interest;

— Recommending further investigation works of areas identified;

— Recommend any mitigation measures during the construction phase of works;

— Monitoring any site investigation works in the proximity of areas of archaeological interest;

— Monitoring any construction works in the proximity of areas of archaeological interest;

— Co-ordinating and supervising any particular archaeological…

… investigation works;

… resolution works.

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

Each lot is further sub-lotted to individual IW Regions (3No.) which are made up of City and County Council regions 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 region.

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 theses 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: Ecological Services
Short description:

Services associated with Ecological Services may include, but not be limited to:

— Assessment of all areas of ecological interest within proximity to the works area;

— Recording and describing the identified areas of ecological interest;

— Recommending appropriate mitigation measures during the construction phase of a project;

— Monitoring any site investigation works in the proximity of areas of ecological interest;

— Monitoring any construction works in the proximity of areas of ecological interest;

— Co-ordinating and supervising any particular investigation or surveying works including sampling.

Additional information about the lots:

Each lot is further sub-lotted to individual 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 region. 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 theses 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.

Description of options:

Irish Water (IW) will limit the number of successful tenderers to be appointed for each Lot in any one region to 10. IW reserves the right to appoint less than 10 service providers in any 1 region. This is a framework for a period of 24 months with an option to extend annually for a further period of up to 2 years.

Reference number: 14/003
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. Irish Water (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 willbe 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: 60
Duration of the framework agreement in months: 24
Languages
Language: English 🗣️
Other languages: Gaelige

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Shared Services Procurement Department

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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Source: OJS 2014/S 017-026786 (2014-01-22)

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