15/159 — Ballyshannon Regional Water Supply Scheme Contract No 1 — Water Treatment Plant and Primary Network Design Build Operate Contract

Ervia

Irish Water is currently advancing the Ballyshannon Regional Water Supply Scheme Design Build Operate Contract comprising the construction of an intake structure at Lough Assaroe, pumping station, new WTP at Knader, storage reservoir(s) including all interconnecting pipework and some trunk/distribution mains.
The works required under the contract are to be delivered on a Contractor Design- Build-Operate basis. The DBO contract is 24 months D-B with a 7 year Operation and Maintenance period, with an optional add on for up to 3 years. The planned works are necessary to ensure compliance with EU Directives, Irish National Standards and Regulations relating to treated water for human consumption.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2016-03-15. The procurement was published on 2016-02-10.

Who?

• Ervia

What?

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2016-02-10	Contract notice
2016-03-18	Additional information
2016-03-29	Additional information

Contract notice (2016-02-10)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Drinking-water treatment plant construction work
Quantity or scope:

The Works comprise the design and construction of infrastructure including the associated testing, commissioning and operation of the same and including the Taking-Over of the Works by the Employer. The Works can be summarised as including the following design and construction elements.Design-Build:— Water Intake from Lough Assaroe;— Intake Pumping Station and rising main(s);— Provision of a new WTP at Knader (throughput tbc between 6 000 and 9 000 m3/d) with wash water and sludge treatment facilities;— Rising main(s) to Coolcholly Reservoir (approx. 1.2 km);— Coolcholly Reservoir (Phase 1 volume approx. 2 000m3, to facilitate a Phase 2 capacity of a further 2 000m3);— Gravity mains to Parkhill WTP site (approx. 2.3 km);— Pumping Station refurbishment at Parkhill;— Rising Main to Kilclane — approx. 6.5 km;— Kilclane Reservoir(s) (total volume 1 000m3);— Further trunk and distribution mains.The services to be provided by the Contractor, over the Design Build period, as part of their obligation to the Works Requirements include but are not limited to the following:— Detailed design of all aspects of the facilities as required by the scheme in accordance with the Works Requirements.— Preparatory works and construction facilities as required, including general clearance, construction of site and access roads and erection of security fencing.— Construction of all required structures including tanks, foundation slabs, buildings etc. and including any necessary piling, rock anchoring or other construction techniques.— Construction of the pipelines in accordance with the particular Works Requirements.— Provision of all ancillary facilities required to ensure a fully functional facility.— Provision of appropriate and sensitive landscaping at the project sites.— Archaeology, Ecology Surveys and Monitoring during construction.Operation Service:— Operation Service of the works, from the intake to the outlet of the works, for an initial period of up to 7 years with the option to extend for a further period of up to 3 years at the sole discretion of the Contracting Entity.— The Operation Service of the works will include the operation and maintenance of the water treatment plants together with associated works and will include the operation of the raw water intake and pumping facilities and the treated water into the supply network. Full details will be provided in the ITT.

Quantity or scope

Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Works
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Drinking-water treatment plant construction work 📦

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

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Utilities entity
Awarding authority name: Ervia
Postal address: PO Box 900, Webworks, Eglinton Street
Postal town: Cork
Contact
Internet address: http://www.ervia.ie 🌏
E-mail: tenders@ervia.ie 📧
Phone: +353 214239083 📞

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2016-02-10 📅
Submission deadline: 2016-03-15 📅
Publication date: 2016-02-13 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2016/S 031-050792
OJ-S issue: 31
Additional information

A pre-qualification questionnaire will be issued to all candidates who respond to this notice. Expressions of interest should be addressed in writing and sent via email for the attention of The Shared Services Procurement Manager to tenders@ervia.ie The Questionnaire will cover the financial, economic and technical capacity of candidates. The questionnaire must be completed and returned to the address in I.1). above not later than 12:00 hrs Tuesday, 15.3.2016. The responses will be used to assist in drawing up a tender list. This process may also include interviews with candidates. The contracting entity will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers relating to this contract award procedure. To receive more information about this tender, including any amendments and/or clarifications and to request any clarifications and/or to respond to this tender, you must register to this tender by email to tenders@ervia.ie

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

The works required under the contract are to be delivered on a Contractor Design- Build-Operate basis. The DBO contract is 24 months D-B with a 7 year Operation and Maintenance period, with an optional add on for up to 3 years. The planned works are necessary to ensure compliance with EU Directives, Irish National Standards and Regulations relating to treated water for human consumption.

Quantity or scope:

Design-Build:

— Water Intake from Lough Assaroe;

— Intake Pumping Station and rising main(s);

— Provision of a new WTP at Knader (throughput tbc between 6 000 and 9 000 m

— Rising main(s) to Coolcholly Reservoir (approx. 1.2 km);

— Coolcholly Reservoir (Phase 1 volume approx. 2 000m

— Gravity mains to Parkhill WTP site (approx. 2.3 km);

— Pumping Station refurbishment at Parkhill;

— Rising Main to Kilclane — approx. 6.5 km;

— Kilclane Reservoir(s) (total volume 1 000m

— Further trunk and distribution mains.

The services to be provided by the Contractor, over the Design Build period, as part of their obligation to the Works Requirements include but are not limited to the following:

— Detailed design of all aspects of the facilities as required by the scheme in accordance with the Works Requirements.

— Preparatory works and construction facilities as required, including general clearance, construction of site and access roads and erection of security fencing.

— Construction of all required structures including tanks, foundation slabs, buildings etc. and including any necessary piling, rock anchoring or other construction techniques.

— Construction of the pipelines in accordance with the particular Works Requirements.

— Provision of all ancillary facilities required to ensure a fully functional facility.

— Provision of appropriate and sensitive landscaping at the project sites.

— Archaeology, Ecology Surveys and Monitoring during construction.

Operation Service:

— Operation Service of the works, from the intake to the outlet of the works, for an initial period of up to 7 years with the option to extend for a further period of up to 3 years at the sole discretion of the Contracting Entity.

— The Operation Service of the works will include the operation and maintenance of the water treatment plants together with associated works and will include the operation of the raw water intake and pumping facilities and the treated water into the supply network. Full details will be provided in the ITT.

Description of options: An option to extend the operating period for 36 months.
Provisional timetable for use of options: 36 months
Duration: 108 months
Reference number: 15/159
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:

If any of the conditions set out in Regulation 53(1) of The European Communities (Award of Public Authorities Contract) Regulations apply to the applicant, the applicant will be excluded from the competition.

Economic and financial standing:

A full description of candidates' required economics and financial capacity will be set out in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.

Technical and professional ability:

A full description of candidates' required technical capacity will be set out in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.

Contract execution
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 if Ervia considers it necessary to ensure that the contract is carried out to its satisfaction, be required to do so prior to award of the contract. Ervia also reserves the right to contract with each member of the group on the basis of joint and several liability, or with 1 member of the group as a main contractor with a number of sub-contractors or on any other basis as Ervia considers appropriate.

Procedure
Languages
Language: English 🗣️
Other languages: Gaeilge.

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Tender Admin
Address of the buyer profile: http://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/CompanyInformation/Index/376 🌏
Postal address: P.O. Box 900, Webworks, Eglinton Street
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=96398&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: High Court Central Office, Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 1
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +00 35318886000 📞
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Information about review deadlines:

Interested parties are referred to Statutory Instrument 131 of 2010, European Communities (Award of Contracts by Utility Undertaking) (Review Procedures) Regulations 2010 (and in particular Regulation 7 and 10(2).

Source: OJS 2016/S 031-050792 (2016-02-10)

Additional information (2016-03-18)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Additional information

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2016-03-18 📅
Submission deadline: 2016-03-30 📅
Publication date: 2016-03-23 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2016/S 058-098560
Refers to notice: 2016/S 031-050792
OJ-S issue: 58
Source: OJS 2016/S 058-098560 (2016-03-18)

Additional information (2016-03-29)
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2016-03-29 📅
Submission deadline: 2016-04-13 📅
Publication date: 2016-04-01 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2016/S 064-111571
OJ-S issue: 64
Source: OJS 2016/S 064-111571 (2016-03-29)

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