Valuer required to value Fibre Optic Metropolitan Area Network for Valuation Tribunal Appeal

Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources

1.1 Between 2002 and 2009, the State constructed 88 Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs) in towns and cities around the country. These optical fibre networks were built in order to make telecommunications services available to licensed telecommunications operators on an ‘open access’ basis. The MANs are owned by the Minister for Communications, Energy & Natural Resources (the beneficial owner) and the Local Authority in which each MAN is located (the legal owner). The MANs are managed, maintained and operated on behalf of the State by a Management Services Entity, a company called enet. A ruling in 2007 by the Valuation Tribunal (Appeal No VA07/2/005) determined that the State and not enet was in permanent occupation of the MANs and that the MANs are not rateable under the 2001 Valuation Act.
1.2 The Valuation Office issued valuation notices to the Department of Communications, Energy & Natural Resources (DCENR) in 2013, in respect of MANs in Waterford City and Dungarvan. The valuations were appealed by DCENR in February 2014, on a number of grounds. The appeals were rejected by the Valuation Office in August 2014. In September 2014, DCENR submitted an appeal to the Valuation Tribunal in respect of the MANs in Waterford City and Dungarvan.
1.3 The appeal is expected to be heard by the Valuation Tribunal in the coming months. In order to prepare for the hearing, DCENR requires the services of a suitably qualified chartered surveyor, who specialises in infrastructure valuation, in order to carry out an independent assessment of the valuation of the MANs in Waterford and to provide expert advice to DCENR.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2015-08-28. The procurement was published on 2015-07-17.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2015-07-17 Contract notice
Contract notice (2015-07-17)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Quantity surveying services
Quantity or scope:
To carry out independent assessment of the Valuation of the MANs in Waterford and to provide expert advice to DCENR.20 000
Total value of the procurement: 20 000 💰
Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Quantity surveying services 📦

Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for one lot only
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Awarding authority name: Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Postal address: 29-31 Adelaide Road
Postal code: 2
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.dcenr.gov.ie 🌏
E-mail: liam.hendricken@dcenr.gov.ie 📧
Phone: +353 16783186 📞

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2015-07-17 📅
Submission deadline: 2015-08-28 📅
Publication date: 2015-07-22 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2015/S 139-256817
OJ-S issue: 139

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
1.1 Between 2002 and 2009, the State constructed 88 Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs) in towns and cities around the country. These optical fibre networks were built in order to make telecommunications services available to licensed telecommunications operators on an ‘open access’ basis. The MANs are owned by the Minister for Communications, Energy & Natural Resources (the beneficial owner) and the Local Authority in which each MAN is located (the legal owner). The MANs are managed, maintained and operated on behalf of the State by a Management Services Entity, a company called enet. A ruling in 2007 by the Valuation Tribunal (Appeal No VA07/2/005) determined that the State and not enet was in permanent occupation of the MANs and that the MANs are not rateable under the 2001 Valuation Act.
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1.2 The Valuation Office issued valuation notices to the Department of Communications, Energy & Natural Resources (DCENR) in 2013, in respect of MANs in Waterford City and Dungarvan. The valuations were appealed by DCENR in February 2014, on a number of grounds. The appeals were rejected by the Valuation Office in August 2014. In September 2014, DCENR submitted an appeal to the Valuation Tribunal in respect of the MANs in Waterford City and Dungarvan.
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1.3 The appeal is expected to be heard by the Valuation Tribunal in the coming months. In order to prepare for the hearing, DCENR requires the services of a suitably qualified chartered surveyor, who specialises in infrastructure valuation, in order to carry out an independent assessment of the valuation of the MANs in Waterford and to provide expert advice to DCENR.
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Lot number: 1
Title of the lot: Valuer required to value Fibre Optic Metropolitan Area Network for Valuation Tribunal Appeal
Short description:
The Department has submitted an appeal to the Valuation Tribunal and a valuer is required to prepare a case and represent the Department at this hearing.
Quantity or scope:
To carry out independent assessment of the Valuation of the MANs in Waterford and to provide expert advice to DCENR.
Number of possible renewals: 2
Time frame for subsequent contracts: 6 months
Reference number: MANS Valuation
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Dublin.

Procedure
Tender validity period: 003 months
Languages
Language: English 🗣️
Irish 🗣️

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Liam Hendricken
Address of the buyer profile: http://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/CompanyInformation/Index/326 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=91271&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=91271&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Start date: 2015-09-04 📅
End date: 2015-09-25 📅
Identifiers
Reference number attributed by the contracting authority: MANS Valuation
Source: OJS 2015/S 139-256817 (2015-07-17)
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