Enabling Works Contractor and as Project Supervisor for the Construction Stage (PSCS) for a contract for Enabling Works for the new children‘s hospital at St James’s Hospital Campus, Dublin 8

National Paediatric Hospital Development Board

The scope of the main works for the new children's hospital in broad terms comprises of:
— The demolition of all buildings on the site of the new children's hospital;
— Construction of a new children's hospital building and associated helipad;
— A two-level underground car park under same, with a further level of shared facilities management hub and energy centre below;
— Public realm improvements to the existing St James's campus spine road; the linear park at the Rialto Luas stop and the public steps between Mount Brown and Cameron Square;
— Improvements to the road junction at the existing campus entrance on St James's Street and a new campus entrance piazza from Brookfield Road / South Circular Road;
— A new vehicular entrance from Mount Brown and a realigned internal campus road;
— A new shared flue stack for the St. James's Hospital campus; and
— A range of infrastructure works.
— The new children's hospital building, including 380 no. inpatient bedrooms and 93 no. day beds located on a 4.85ha site at the western side of the St. James's Campus. Parking for the new children's hospital will be provided by way of surface level and basement level accommodation and there will be 400 no. bicycle parking spaces
— The proposed development also includes all ancillary site clearance, construction, site development and landscaping works; the removal of parking spaces to facilitate the construction of the children's hospital and the Children's Research and Innovation Centre; reinstatement and upgrading up to the fence boundary with St. John's lane; replacement of existing boundaries on South Circular Road and the boundary with the linear park to the south; upgrading works to entrances, footpath and roadways at South Circular Road/Brookfield Road, Mount Brown and James Street.
— Construction of a family accommodation unit and proposed Children's Research and Innovation Centre (at the discretion of the Contracting Authority);
It is expected that the new children's hospital at St James's Hospital Campus comprises buildings of gross area 124 000 square metres together with a basement /car park of gross area 33 000 square metres.
The Contracting Authority intends to hold an open day(s) for interested Applicants. Details will be provided to Applicants who have registered interest in this competition.
The building works will be procured by a bespoke Contract for Building Works. A public procurement competition for the Works Contractor is being run concurrently to this competition for Enabling Works Contractor.
Approximate Size and General Description of the Enabling Works:
The enabling works will be procured utilising a bespoke Enabling Works Contract, which will be provided at tender stage as part of the tender document suite issued to shortlisted Applicants.
It is intended that the Enabling Works Contractor may be (1) directly engaged by the Contracting Authority or (2) directly engaged by the Contracting Authority and novated to the Works Contractor and selected on the basis of suitability assessment. Further details on this are contained in the Suitability Assessment Questionnaire.

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2015-10-12. The procurement was published on 2015-08-27.

The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:

• • BAM Civil Ltd

• • National Paediatric Hospital Development Board

• • Site preparation and clearance work › Primary works for services
• • Excavating work › Excavation work at archaeological sites
• • Excavating and earthmoving work › Cut and fill
• • Construction work for buildings relating to health and social services, for crematoriums and public conveniences › Construction work for buildings relating to health
• • Structures construction work › Service area construction work
• • Cleaning and sanitation services in urban or rural areas, and related services › Asbestos removal services

• • Éire/Ireland