Louth County Council Single Party Framework for Integrated Design Team Services for the restoration of damaged long term vacant local authority housing units

Louth County Council

The purpose of this particular competition is the establishment of a single-party framework agreement for integrated design team services for the restoration of damaged long term vacant Local Authority housing units for Louth County Council. The framework agreement will be established with a single economic operator comprising the following disciplines: (a) Architect, (b) Quantity Surveyor (c) Building Surveyor‘ and (d) Structural Engineer. The single economic operator is to be Architect led and the Architect is required to act as PSDP, be the Assigned Certifier and the Design Certifier (under Building Control [amendment] Regulations 2014). Furthermore, the lead Architect is to provide engineering design services for mechanical electrical installations for buildings (either in-house or outsourced) in so far as they apply to local authority housing. The lead Architect is to act as the single point of contractual responsibility, with remaining key disciplines providing collateral warranties for the benefit of Louth County Council. Only those Applicants capable of delivering all of the services listed above without exception (whether in-house or as a group/consortium or by relying on the resources of another party or parties) will be considered. Therefore, applications relating to one or several of these disciplines but not all, are not acceptable and will be rejected outright.
The integrated design team appointed following this competition will be responsible for providing all construction-related technical advice and design services for the restoration of damaged long term vacant local authority housing units for Louth County Council.
The maximum estimated value of services over the lifetime of the framework is anticipated to be in the region of EUR 800 000 (ex VAT).
The period of the framework is to be 3 years with an option to extend for a further 1 year. The framework agreement will be established on foot of an initial contract. The initial contract is for integrated design services for the restoration of properties as follows:
— 37, Doolargy Avenue, Dundalk.
— 41, Doolargy Avenue, Dundalk.
— 3, St Brigids Terrace, Dundalk.
— 279, Rathmullen Park Drogheda.
— 368, Beechmount Drive, Dundalk.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2015-11-23. The procurement was published on 2015-10-21.

Who?

• Louth County Council

What?

Where?

• Border

Procurement history

Date	Document
2015-10-21	Contract notice

Contract notice (2015-10-21)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
Quantity or scope: See Section II.1.5 of this notice and the qualification information attached.
Total value of the procurement: 800 000 💰
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: Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection 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: Louth County Council
Postal address: County Hall, Millennium Centre, Co. Louth
Postal town: Dundalk

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2015-10-21 📅
Submission deadline: 2015-11-23 📅
Publication date: 2015-10-24 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2015/S 207-375872
OJ-S issue: 207
Additional information

1. The closing date for receipt of queries concerning this stage of the competition is Monday 16.11.2015 at 12:00 hours (noon Irish-time). All queries should be sent through the e-Tenders messaging facility. 2. The Contracting Authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers in response to this competition. 3. Establishment of the framework agreement will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities. 4. If for any reason it is not possible to conclude the framework agreement with the successful tenderer designate emerging from this competitive process, or if having concluded the framework agreement the Contracting Authority decides to terminate that agreement, the Contracting Authority reserves the right to admit the next highest scoring tenderer to the framework agreement on the basis of the same terms and as tendered by that party, at any time during the tender validity period. 5. At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process or the concluded framework at any time. 6. Applicants should note that there is no restriction on any particular professional discipline participating indifferent consortia. However, in the event of such occurrences arising they must inform the relevant lead parties in writing in advance. 7. The Contracting Authority may, by issuing notice of its intention to do so, novate any agreement entered into with any discipline within the design team to another entity incorporated to execute the project.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

The integrated design team appointed following this competition will be responsible for providing all construction-related technical advice and design services for the restoration of damaged long term vacant local authority housing units for Louth County Council.

The maximum estimated value of services over the lifetime of the framework is anticipated to be in the region of EUR 800 000 (ex VAT).

The period of the framework is to be 3 years with an option to extend for a further 1 year. The framework agreement will be established on foot of an initial contract. The initial contract is for integrated design services for the restoration of properties as follows:

— 37, Doolargy Avenue, Dundalk.

— 41, Doolargy Avenue, Dundalk.

— 3, St Brigids Terrace, Dundalk.

— 279, Rathmullen Park Drogheda.

— 368, Beechmount Drive, Dundalk.

Duration: 048 months
Reference number: 15/0026
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Co Louth.

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

See the Suitability Assessment Questionnaires available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie

Economic and financial standing:

See the Suitability Assessment Questionnaires available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie

Minimum level(s) of standards:

See the Suitability Assessment Questionnaires available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie

Technical and professional ability:

See the Suitability Assessment Questionnaires available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie

Contract execution
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

Prior to the conclusion of the framework agreement, the Contracting Authority reserves the right to seek copies of any agreements between the members of the consortium if the successful tenderer is a consortium or grouping of members.

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 candidate executing the contract;

— with a particular single member of the tenderer as prime contractor, with the other members providing collateral warranties and/or guarantees, or

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

Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession:

The successful framework operator must be included on the statutory Register for Architects as required under the Building Control Act, 2007. Further information on registration can be found on www.pointofsinglecontact.ie/browse-by-sector/construction/architectural%20services/architects.html

Procedure
Duration of the framework agreement in years: 4
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Objective criteria for selection:

Applications received will be assessed on the basis of the rules, criteria and weightings set out in the Suitability Assessment Questionnaire. It is envisaged that the top 5 scoring Candidates (subject to the quality and number of applications received) which also meet the minimum criteria and rules for selection set out in the Suitability Assessment Questionnaire will be invited to tender.

Languages
Language: English 🗣️
Irish 🗣️

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Address of the buyer profile: http://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/CompanyInformation/Index/381 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=93326&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Name: Achilles Procurement Services Ltd
Postal address: 1 Harmsworth, Greenmount Office Park, Harold's Cross, D6WTF84
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 6W
Contact point: Liz McCarthy
Phone: +353 14020114 📞
E-mail: liz.mccarthy@achilles.com 📧
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=93326&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Identifiers
Reference number attributed by the contracting authority: 15/0026
Additional information

2. The Contracting Authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers in response to this competition.

3. Establishment of the framework agreement will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities.

4. If for any reason it is not possible to conclude the framework agreement with the successful tenderer designate emerging from this competitive process, or if having concluded the framework agreement the Contracting Authority decides to terminate that agreement, the Contracting Authority reserves the right to admit the next highest scoring tenderer to the framework agreement on the basis of the same terms and as tendered by that party, at any time during the tender validity period.

5. At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process or the concluded framework at any time.

6. Applicants should note that there is no restriction on any particular professional discipline participating indifferent consortia. However, in the event of such occurrences arising they must inform the relevant lead parties in writing in advance.

7. The Contracting Authority may, by issuing notice of its intention to do so, novate any agreement entered into with any discipline within the design team to another entity incorporated to execute the project.

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Information about review deadlines:

Please refer to the relevant Irish Statutory Instruments (SI 130 of 2010 and SI 420 of 2010) available at www.irishstatutebook.ie

Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: Your Legal Advisor
Source: OJS 2015/S 207-375872 (2015-10-21)

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