Establishment of a Multi Operator Framework Agreement of four Years' Duration for Multi-Disciplinary Environmental Consultancy Services

Meath County Council

The Council is engaging in a competitive tendering process for Multi-Disciplinary technical services in respect of Environmental Consultancy Services in the county of Meath.
It is the Council's intention to establish a multi-party framework agreement of four years' duration for the appointment of a multi-disciplinary Environmental Consultancy team. The framework agreement will be established on the basis of a competition for an initial contract, the subject matter of which will be a Tier 2 Environmental Assessment for an Unauthorised landfill site in County Meath. All remaining technical support and environmental monitoring requirements will fall under this framework agreement.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2014-04-04. The procurement was published on 2014-03-03.

Who? What?
Procurement history
Date Document
2014-03-03 Contract notice
Contract notice (2014-03-03)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Environmental engineering consultancy services
Quantity or scope:
It is envisaged that the multi-disciplinary team appointed will consist of the following individuals/skills. However, other disciplines may be required for the delivery of a successful service; such disciplines will be appointed as and when the need arises and will be expected to liaise closely with the successful tenderer in respect of this contract.— Employers Representative,— Environmental Engineer/Civil Engineer,— Waste Advisor / Waste Specialist Waste Specialist with Certificate in Waste Management,— Geotechnical Engineer,— Hydrologist / Hydrogeologist,— Noise Specialist,— Air Quality Specialist,— Ecologist,— Landscaping consultant,— Archaeologist,— Planning and Environmental Impact Assessment Specialist,— PSDP SpecialistOnly those Candidates capable of delivering all of the disciplines listed above (whether in-house or as a grouping/consortium) will be considered. A response relating to one or several of these disciplines only is not acceptable and will be rejected.Those admitted to the framework will be entitled to due consideration for all contracts awarded under the framework.However no guarantee can be given that any contract will be awarded to any given firm within a framework.100 000500 000
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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: Environmental engineering 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: Regional or local authority
Awarding authority name: Meath County Council
Postal address: County Hall, Co. Meath
Postal town: Navan
Contact
Internet address: http://www.meath.ie/ 🌏
E-mail: ccorrigan@meathcoco.ie 📧
Phone: +353 469097200 📞

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2014-03-03 📅
Submission deadline: 2014-04-04 📅
Publication date: 2014-03-06 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2014/S 046-077199
OJ-S issue: 46
Additional information
1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications. All information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal (www.etenders.gov.ie)only. Registration is free of charge. The contracting authority will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties. 2) This is the sole call for competition for this service. 3) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers. 4) Establishment of this framework will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities. 5) It will be a condition of for consideration that candidates and all sub-contractors produce a valid Tax Clearance Certificate from the Irish Revenue Commissioners as part of their application for participation in the competition. 6) If for any reason it is not possible to admit to the framework agreements the tenderers invited following the conclusion of this competitive process, the contracting authority reserves the right to invite the next highest scoring tenderers to join the framework agreements as appropriate during the tender validity period. This shall be without prejudice to the right of the contracting authority to cancel this competitive process and/or initiate a new contract award procedure at its sole discretion. 7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, the framework agreement or any contract awarded under the framework agreement at any time. 8) Please note in relation to all documents, that where reference is made to a particular qualification, standard, make, source, process, trademark, type or patent, that this is not to be regarded as a de facto requirement. In all such cases it should be understood that such indications are to be treated strictly and solely for reference purposes only, to which the words "or equivalent" will always be appended. 9) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of questionnaires with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, candidates are advised to ensure that they return FULLY COMPLETED questionnaires in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.
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Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 100 000 💰
500 000 💰
Short description:
The Council is engaging in a competitive tendering process for Multi-Disciplinary technical services in respect of Environmental Consultancy Services in the county of Meath.
It is the Council's intention to establish a multi-party framework agreement of four years' duration for the appointment of a multi-disciplinary Environmental Consultancy team. The framework agreement will be established on the basis of a competition for an initial contract, the subject matter of which will be a Tier 2 Environmental Assessment for an Unauthorised landfill site in County Meath. All remaining technical support and environmental monitoring requirements will fall under this framework agreement.
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Quantity or scope:
It is envisaged that the multi-disciplinary team appointed will consist of the following individuals/skills. However, other disciplines may be required for the delivery of a successful service; such disciplines will be appointed as and when the need arises and will be expected to liaise closely with the successful tenderer in respect of this contract.
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— Employers Representative,
— Environmental Engineer/Civil Engineer,
— Waste Advisor / Waste Specialist Waste Specialist with Certificate in Waste Management,
— Geotechnical Engineer,
— Hydrologist / Hydrogeologist,
— Noise Specialist,
— Air Quality Specialist,
— Ecologist,
— Landscaping consultant,
— Archaeologist,
— Planning and Environmental Impact Assessment Specialist,
— PSDP Specialist
Only those Candidates capable of delivering all of the disciplines listed above (whether in-house or as a grouping/consortium) will be considered. A response relating to one or several of these disciplines only is not acceptable and will be rejected.
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Those admitted to the framework will be entitled to due consideration for all contracts awarded under the framework.
However no guarantee can be given that any contract will be awarded to any given firm within a framework.
Duration: 48 months

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:
As per the qualification questionnaire, available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie
Economic and financial standing:
As per the qualification questionnaire, available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie
Minimum level(s) of standards:
As per the qualification questionnaire, available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie
Technical and professional ability:
As per the qualification questionnaire, available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie
Contract execution
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: To be agreed with the successful framework members.
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
Legal form to be taken by the grouping of suppliers, contractors or service providers to whom the contract is to be awarded
A grouping, if successful, may be required to contract as a single entity having joint and several liability but subject to the agreement of the contracting parties. If it is proposed to sub-contract the delivery of any portion of any contracts under the framework, it may be a condition of award of contract that both the service provider and any proposed sub-contractor enter simultaneously into a collateral warranty with the contracting authority for the relevant portion of that contract.
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Procedure
Maximum number of operators of the framework agreement: 5
Duration of the framework agreement in years: 4
Envisaged number of candidates: 8
Objective criteria for selection:
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates.
As per the qualification questionnaire available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie
Languages
Language: English 🗣️
Other languages: Ga

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Caroline Corrigan

Reference
Additional information
1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications. All information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal (www.etenders.gov.ie)only. Registration is free of charge. The contracting authority will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties.
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2) This is the sole call for competition for this service.
3) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers.
4) Establishment of this framework will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities.
5) It will be a condition of for consideration that candidates and all sub-contractors produce a valid Tax Clearance Certificate from the Irish Revenue Commissioners as part of their application for participation in the competition.
6) If for any reason it is not possible to admit to the framework agreements the tenderers invited following the conclusion of this competitive process, the contracting authority reserves the right to invite the next highest scoring tenderers to join the framework agreements as appropriate during the tender validity period.
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This shall be without prejudice to the right of the contracting authority to cancel this competitive process and/or initiate a new contract award procedure at its sole discretion.
7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, the framework agreement or any contract awarded under the framework agreement at any time.
8) Please note in relation to all documents, that where reference is made to a particular qualification, standard, make, source, process, trademark, type or patent, that this is not to be regarded as a de facto requirement. In all such cases it should be understood that such indications are to be treated strictly and solely for reference purposes only, to which the words "or equivalent" will always be appended.
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9) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of questionnaires with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, candidates are advised to ensure that they return FULLY COMPLETED questionnaires in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.
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Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal address: Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Information about review deadlines:
Statutory Instrument No. 130 of 2010 (the Irish Remedies Regulations) provides that review procedures are available in the High Court to a person who has or has had an interest in obtaining the framework agreement (including the reviewable public contract) and alleges that he or she has been harmed or is at risk of being harmed by an infringement of the law in relation to that framework agreement and reviewable public contract.
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Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: Please contact a legal advisor
Source: OJS 2014/S 046-077199 (2014-03-03)
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