Framework Agreement for Technical Consultancy Services for Transport Projects funded by the National Transport Authority

National Transport Authority

The National Transport Authority is acting as a central purchasing body in respect of a multi party framework agreement for the provision of multidisciplinary services for transport related projects. The list of Public Bodies that will be entitled (but not obliged) to drawdown services from the framework agreement in accordance with the rules of the framework agreement are set out in Section VI.3) of the Contract Notice.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2015-09-18. The procurement was published on 2015-08-05.

Suppliers

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

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2015-08-05 Contract notice
2016-04-27 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2015-08-05)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Civil engineering consultancy services
Quantity or scope:
The scope of services envisaged under the proposed framework agreement includes the provision of Engineering Consultancy Services for transport and transport related projects including (but not limited to) the development, design, implementation and/or project management of:— Bus Rapid Transit schemes,— Quality Bus Corridors/ bus schemes,— Bus priority measures,— Cycleway/cycle improvement schemes,— Bike share schemes,— Pedestrian improvement schemes,— Street and/or road improvement schemes,— Junction improvement schemes,— Accessibility improvement schemes,— Traffic management schemes,— ITS and related projects, and— Other ancillary projects and studies associated with public transport provision and overall traffic management.It is currently anticipated that for any individual call off contract under the framework the services required may include any one or more of the services set out below although they may not be limited to such services:1. Preparation/development of concept designs, feasibility studies, scheme option development, preliminary designs for schemes, detailed designs for schemes;2. Undertaking surveys and investigations as necessary to develop required schemes;3. Advising on health and safety requirements and undertaking Project Supervisor Design Process (PSDP) role and Project Supervisor Construction Stage (PSCS) (if required);4. Undertaking Road Safety Audits and Road User Audits;5. Traffic planning, modelling and simulation;6. Cost estimation and scheme appraisal including the preparation of business cases;7. Preparing Compulsory Purchase Orders/ Environmental Impact Statements/ Environmental Impact Reports and Part VII planning documentation;8. Undertaking public and stakeholder consultation;9. Preparation and review of tender documents for construction contracts and management of contractor procurement processes;10. Contractual claims advice and claims management services including for conciliation and arbitration processes;11. Carrying out role of ‘Employer‘s Representative‘ during construction;12. Supervision of construction works and contract administration during construction; and13. Other services related to transport projects or transport related studies.In addition, the scope includes for provision of technical advice and preparation of technical reports on transport and traffic related matters.
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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: Civil 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: National or federal Agency/Office
Awarding authority name: National Transport Authority
Postal address: Dun Sceine, Iveagh Court, Harcourt Lane
Postal code: 2
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.nationaltransport.ie 🌏
E-mail: mark.bradwell@nationaltransport.ie 📧
Phone: +353 18798300 📞
Fax: +353 18798333 📠

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2015-08-05 📅
Submission deadline: 2015-09-18 📅
Publication date: 2015-08-08 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2015/S 152-280872
OJ-S issue: 152
Additional information
The Contracting Authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers relating to this Contract Award procedure irrespective of the outcome of the competition or if the competition is postponed or cancelled. All costs incurred by interested parties in participating in this competition must be borne by them. Any Contract Award will be subject to a number of preconditions including production of a current tax clearance certificate or C2 Certificate from the Revenue Commissioners in Ireland. The Contracting Authority may terminate this competition (or any part thereof) change the basis of and the procedures for the bidding process at any time or procure the project by alternative means, if it appears that the project can thereby be more advantageously procured. The most economically advantageous or any tender will not automatically be accepted. Refer to Information Memorandum for further information. The Purchasing Authority is acting on behalf of the following organisations: 1. National Transport Authority, 2. Dublin City Council, 3. Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown County Council, 4. Fingal County Council, 5. Kildare County Council, 6. Meath County Council, 7. South Dublin County Council, 8. Wicklow County Council, 9. Cork County Council, 10. Cork City Council, 11. Limerick City and County Council, 12. Waterford City and County Council, 13. Galway City Council.
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Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 3 000 000 💰
5 000 000 💰
Frequency of contracts to be awarded:
The Contracting Authority estimates that 15 to 20 contracts may be awarded under the framework agreement in each year with an average indicative value of each contract estimated to be between 50 000 EUR and 100 000 EUR and that an additional 5 to 10 contracts may be awarded under the framework agreement in each year with an average indicative value of each contract estimated to be between 100 000 EUR and 200 000 EUR. These amounts represent estimates only and actual amounts may vary from these estimates.
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Short description:
The National Transport Authority is acting as a central purchasing body in respect of a multi party framework agreement for the provision of multidisciplinary services for transport related projects. The list of Public Bodies that will be entitled (but not obliged) to drawdown services from the framework agreement in accordance with the rules of the framework agreement are set out in Section VI.3) of the Contract Notice.
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Quantity or scope:
The scope of services envisaged under the proposed framework agreement includes the provision of Engineering Consultancy Services for transport and transport related projects including (but not limited to) the development, design, implementation and/or project management of:
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— Bus Rapid Transit schemes,
— Quality Bus Corridors/ bus schemes,
— Bus priority measures,
— Cycleway/cycle improvement schemes,
— Bike share schemes,
— Pedestrian improvement schemes,
— Street and/or road improvement schemes,
— Junction improvement schemes,
— Accessibility improvement schemes,
— Traffic management schemes,
— ITS and related projects, and
— Other ancillary projects and studies associated with public transport provision and overall traffic management.
It is currently anticipated that for any individual call off contract under the framework the services required may include any one or more of the services set out below although they may not be limited to such services:
1. Preparation/development of concept designs, feasibility studies, scheme option development, preliminary designs for schemes, detailed designs for schemes;
2. Undertaking surveys and investigations as necessary to develop required schemes;
3. Advising on health and safety requirements and undertaking Project Supervisor Design Process (PSDP) role and Project Supervisor Construction Stage (PSCS) (if required);
4. Undertaking Road Safety Audits and Road User Audits;
5. Traffic planning, modelling and simulation;
6. Cost estimation and scheme appraisal including the preparation of business cases;
7. Preparing Compulsory Purchase Orders/ Environmental Impact Statements/ Environmental Impact Reports and Part VII planning documentation;
8. Undertaking public and stakeholder consultation;
9. Preparation and review of tender documents for construction contracts and management of contractor procurement processes;
10. Contractual claims advice and claims management services including for conciliation and arbitration processes;
11. Carrying out role of ‘Employer‘s Representative‘ during construction;
12. Supervision of construction works and contract administration during construction; and
13. Other services related to transport projects or transport related studies.
In addition, the scope includes for provision of technical advice and preparation of technical reports on transport and traffic related matters.
Time frame for subsequent contracts: 12 months
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: As set out in the PQQ documents.
Economic and financial standing: As set out in the PQQ documents.
Minimum level(s) of standards: As set out in the PQQ documents.
Technical and professional ability: As set out in the PQQ documents.
Contract execution
Deposits and guarantees required: As will be set out in the tender documents.
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: As will be set out in the tender documents.
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
Requests to participate may be submitted by single entities or by groups of service providers. A group will not be required to convert into a specific legal form in order to submit a request to participate but may be required to do so once it has been awarded the contract. The Contracting Authority also reserves the right to contract with each member of the group on the basis of joint and several liability as a main contractor with a number of subcontractors or in any other form which the Authority considers appropriate.
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Other particular conditions: As will be set out in the tender documents.
Names and professional qualifications of the staff ✅

Procedure
Maximum number of operators of the framework agreement: 8
Duration of the framework agreement in years: 3
Minimum number of candidates: 10
Maximum number of candidates: 12
Objective criteria for selection: As set out in the PQQ documents.
Languages
Language: English 🗣️

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Awarding authority name: Dublin City Council
Dun Laoghaire/ Rathdown County Council
Fingal County Council
Kildare County Council
Meath County Council
South Dublin County Council
Wicklow County Council
Cork County Council
Cork City Council
Limerick City and County Council
Waterford City and County Council
Galway City Council
Contact
Contact point: Mark Bradwell
Address of the buyer profile: http://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/CompanyInformation/Index/1149 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=91740&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=91740&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Additional information
The Contracting Authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers relating to this Contract Award procedure irrespective of the outcome of the competition or if the competition is postponed or cancelled. All costs incurred by interested parties in participating in this competition must be borne by them. Any Contract Award will be subject to a number of preconditions including production of a current tax clearance certificate or C2 Certificate from the Revenue Commissioners in Ireland. The Contracting Authority may terminate this competition (or any part thereof) change the basis of and the procedures for the bidding process at any time or procure the project by alternative means, if it appears that the project can thereby be more advantageously procured. The most economically advantageous or any tender will not automatically be accepted.
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Refer to Information Memorandum for further information.
The Purchasing Authority is acting on behalf of the following organisations:
1. National Transport Authority,
2. Dublin City Council,
3. Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown County Council,
4. Fingal County Council,
5. Kildare County Council,
6. Meath County Council,
7. South Dublin County Council,
8. Wicklow County Council,
9. Cork County Council,
10. Cork City Council,
11. Limerick City and County Council,
12. Waterford City and County Council,
13. Galway City Council.

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal address: Four Courts, Ground Floor (East Wing), Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Fax: +353 18886125 📠
Information about review deadlines:
As set out in S.I. No 131/2010 — European Communities (Award of Contracts by Utilities Undertakings) (Review Procedures) Regulations 2010 (in particular Regulation 7 thereof).
Source: OJS 2015/S 152-280872 (2015-08-05)
Contract award notice (2016-04-27)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Contracting authority
Contact
Internet address: http://nationaltransport.ie 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2016-04-27 📅
Publication date: 2016-04-30 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2016/S 085-151144
Refers to notice: 2015/S 152-280872
OJ-S issue: 85

Procedure
Award criteria
Criterion: 1. Quality (75)
2. Price (25)

Award of contract

1️⃣
Date of contract conclusion: 2016-02-26 📅
Name: Aecom Roughan O'Donovan
Postal address: 4th Floor, Adelphi Plaza, George's Street Upper, Co. Dublin
Postal town: Dun Laoghaire
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪

2️⃣
Name: Arup Consulting Engineers
Postal address: 50 Ringsend Road
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 4

3️⃣
Name: Atkins Consulting Engineers
Postal address: Atkins House. 150 Airside Business Park, Co. Dublin
Postal town: Swords

4️⃣
Name: Clifton Scannell Emerson Associates Limited
Postal address: Consulting Engineers, Seafort Lodge, Castledawson Avenue, Co. Dublin
Postal town: Blackrock

5️⃣
Name: DBFL Consulting Engineers
Postal address: Ormond House, Upper Ormond Quay
Postal code: 7

6️⃣
Name: Halcrow Barry Limited
Postal address: Classon House, Dundrum Business Park, Dundrum Road
Postal code: 14

7️⃣
Name: Jacobs Engineering Ireland Limited
Postal address: Merrion House, Merrion Road

8️⃣
Name: Mouchel Ireland Limited
Postal address: Mona Villa, Lower Commons Road, Brownsbarn
Postal code: 22
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 12

Contracting authority
Contact
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=91741&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Source: OJS 2016/S 085-151144 (2016-04-27)
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