Establishment of a Multiple Operator Framework with University College Dublin for Campus Civil Engineering and Utility Works Contractors

University College Dublin (UCD)

It is envisaged that contracts will consist of the infrastructural works which consist of civil engineering works and utility works of which will include, the installation of drainage and utility services, electrical underground ducting, HDPE welded gasmain, HDPE welded Watermain and associated reinstatement works. All contracts will take place in a live Campus.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2015-03-04. The procurement was published on 2015-02-02.

Suppliers

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

• Clonmel Enterprises Ltd (Successful Candidate for Initial Contract and Admittance onto Framework)
• Coffey Construction (I) Ltd
• Conwell Contracts ROI Ltd
• Dancor Construction Ltd
• GMC Utilities Group Ltd
• Kilwex Ltd
• McAvoy Contracts Ltd
• PAMA Construction Ltd

Who?

• University College Dublin (UCD)

What?

• Construction work › Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2015-02-02	Contract notice
2015-06-03	Contract award notice

Contract notice (2015-02-02)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work
Quantity or scope:

It is anticipated that the highest scoring 12 suitably qualified applicants at suitability assessment stage will be shortlisted and invited to tender for appointment to the framework agreement (‘the Framework Agreement’) described in this and the attached documents.Provided there are a sufficient number of suitable tenderers available, the multiple operator Framework Agreement will be established with the 8 highest scoring tenderers based on the initial works contract. (Details of initial works contract are provided in the Briefing Document).250 000500 000

Total value of the procurement: 6 000 000 💰
Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Works
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work 📦

Procedure
Procedure type: Accelerated restricted procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Other
Awarding authority name: University College Dublin (UCD)
Postal address: Procurement and Contracts Office, Roebuck Offices, Belfield
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.ucd.ie 🌏
E-mail: procurement@ucd.ie 📧
Phone: +353 17164990 📞

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2015-02-02 📅
Submission deadline: 2015-03-04 📅
Publication date: 2015-02-05 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2015/S 025-041070
OJ-S issue: 25
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) Contract award will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities. 5) It will be a condition of award that tenderers 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 conclude the contract with the successful tenderer, the contracting authority reserves the right to conclude the contract with the next highest scoring tenderer as appropriate. 7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, at any time. 8) Please note in relation to all documents, that where reference is made to a particular 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 tenders with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, tenderers are advised to ensure that they return Fully completed tenders in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.

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) Contract award will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities.

5) It will be a condition of award that tenderers 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 conclude the contract with the successful tenderer, the contracting authority reserves the right to conclude the contract with the next highest scoring tenderer as appropriate.

7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, at any time.

8) Please note in relation to all documents, that where reference is made to a particular 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 tenders with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, tenderers are advised to ensure that they return Fully completed tenders in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Frequency of contracts to be awarded:

It is envisaged that contracts will be awarded as the need arises however UCD anticipate at a minimum 3 number contracts per year. Individual contracts value will be up to a maximum of 500 000 EUR.

Short description:

Quantity or scope:

Provided there are a sufficient number of suitable tenderers available, the multiple operator Framework Agreement will be established with the 8 highest scoring tenderers based on the initial works contract. (Details of initial works contract are provided in the Briefing Document).

Estimated value excluding VAT: 250 000 💰
500 000 💰
Number of possible renewals: 4
Duration: 002 months
Reference number: UCDOPP613
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Belfield.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:

Please refer to the Suitability Assessment Questionnaire and associated documents available to download free of charge from www.etenders.gov.ie

Economic and financial standing:

Please refer to the Suitability Assessment Questionnaire and associated documents available to download free of charge from www.etenders.gov.ie

Technical and professional ability:

Please refer to the Suitability Assessment Questionnaire and associated documents available to download free of charge from www.etenders.gov.ie

Contract execution
Deposits and guarantees required: N/a.
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: To be agreed with the successful tenderer.
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

If the tender is a consortium or grouping of members, the tenderer must specify the commercial and legal relationship (if any) amongst its members and any agreements giving effect to same. The contracting authority reserves the right to request copies of such agreements. The contracting authority reserves the right, at its absolute discretion, to require a lead firm to contract:

— on the basis of joint and several liability with each member of the tenderer executing the contract; or

— as an incorporated or unincorporated special purpose vehicle, with collateral warranties and/or guarantees from the members of the tenderer.

Procedure
Maximum number of operators of the framework agreement: 8
Duration of the framework agreement in years: 4
Justification of the accelerated procedure:

UCD urgently require infrastructural works to its campus therefore an accelerated procedure has been selected.

Languages
Language: English 🗣️
Irish 🗣️

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: IE6517386K
Other type of contracting authority: Other
Contact
Contact point: Procurement Officer
Address of the buyer profile: http://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/CompanyInformation/Index/1222 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=84404&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=84404&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Identifiers
Reference number attributed by the contracting authority: UCDOPP613
Additional information

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) Contract award will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities.

5) It will be a condition of award that tenderers 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 conclude the contract with the successful tenderer, the contracting authority reserves the right to conclude the contract with the next highest scoring tenderer as appropriate.

7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, at any time.

8) Please note in relation to all documents, that where reference is made to a particular 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 tenders with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, tenderers are advised to ensure that they return Fully completed tenders in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal address: Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Name: Please seek legal advice
Information about review deadlines:

Please refer to the relevant Irish Statutory Instrument (SI130 of 2010) available at www.irishstatutebook.ie

Source: OJS 2015/S 025-041070 (2015-02-02)

Contract award notice (2015-06-03)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement: 219 496 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Contracting authority
Identity
Postal address: Roebuck Offices Belfield, Procurement and Contracts office

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2015-06-03 📅
Publication date: 2015-06-06 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2015/S 108-195291
Refers to notice: 2015/S 25-041070
OJ-S issue: 108

Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 219 496 💰
422 000 💰
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: UCD Belfield.

Procedure
Award criteria
Criterion: 1. Lowest comparative cost of tender assessed (65)
2. Criterion A: approach and methodology (20)
3. Criterion B: programme (15)

Award of contract

1️⃣
Date of contract conclusion: 2015-05-18 📅
Name: Clonmel Enterprises Ltd (Successful Candidate for Initial Contract and Admittance onto Framework)
Postal address: Unit R, M& Business Park, Newhal, Co. Kildare
Postal town: Naas
Postal code: Irl
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: info@clonmelent.com 📧
Internet address: www.clonmelent.com 🌏

2️⃣
Name: Coffey Construction (I) Ltd
Postal address: Co. Galway
Postal town: Athenry
E-mail: info@coffeygroup.com 📧
Internet address: http://www.coffeygroup.com/Default.aspx 🌏

3️⃣
Name: Conwell Contracts ROI Ltd
Postal address: Lismalore, Co. Fermanagh
Postal town: Brookeborough
Postal code: BT94 4EU
E-mail: info@conwellcontracts.co.uk 📧
Internet address: www.conwellcontracts.co.uk 🌏

4️⃣
Date of contract conclusion: 2015-02-02 📅
Name: Dancor Construction Ltd
Postal address: Mosstown, Co. Louth
Postal town: Dunleer
E-mail: emcdaniel@dancor.ie 📧
Internet address: www.dancor.ie 🌏

5️⃣
Name: Kilwex Ltd
Postal address: Pacelli House, Pacelli Road, Co. Kildare
E-mail: civileng@kilwex.ie 📧
Internet address: http://www.kilwex.ie/ 🌏

6️⃣
Name: GMC Utilities Group Ltd
Postal address: GMC House, Millenium Business Park, Ballycoolin
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 11
E-mail: info@gmcirl.com 📧
Internet address: http://www.gmcirl.com/ 🌏

7️⃣
Name: McAvoy Contracts Ltd
Postal address: 13a Fernhill Road, Annaclone, Co. Down
Postal town: Banbridge
Postal code: BT32 5AF
Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
E-mail: mcavoycontracts@btconnect.com 📧

8️⃣
Name: PAMA Construction Ltd
Postal address: Barriestown, Co. Wexford
Postal town: Wellingtonbridge
E-mail: pamaconstruction27@yahoo.ie 📧
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 10

Contracting authority
Contact
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_a.asp?PID=84405&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Complementary information
Review body
Postal address: Inns Quay,
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Name: please seek legal advice
Source: OJS 2015/S 108-195291 (2015-06-03)

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