Provision of 131 no. Rapid Delivery Housing Units in Dublin City Council‘s Administrative Area

Additional information

Additional Information to Tenderers

1. The estimated contract value for the Works sought in this public procurement competition exceeds the present EU thresholds. Therefore this public procurement competition is subject to the EU public procurement directive (European Parliament and Council Directive 2004/18/EC on the co-ordination of procedures for the award of public works, public supply and public services contracts). In light of the urgent and substantial need for accommodation as explained in Section 1, which renders the standard public procurement timelines impracticable, the ‘Accelerated Restricted Procedure’ is the procedure being used for the carrying out of this competition.

The rules applicable to this public procurement competition are as set out in the Suitability Assessment Questionnaires, as may be refined by the tender documentation to be provided to shortlisted bidders in each project Lot.

2. Dublin City Council is subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (FOI) 1997, 2003. If you consider that any of the information supplied by you is either commercially sensitive or confidential in nature, this should be highlighted and the reasons for the sensitivity specified. In such cases, the relevant material, will in response to the FOI request; be examined in the light of the exemptions provided for in the Acts.

3. It will be a condition for the award of any contract by Dublin City Council that the successful Tenderer and all sub-contractors (if applicable) produce a valid Tax Clearance Certificate from the Revenue Commissioners in compliance with Circular (43) 2006 (or as amended) and that the certificate will be maintained for the duration of the contract and will be on a 12 month basis. In the case of a non-resident Tenderer, a statement of suitability from the Revenue Commissioners will be required.

4. Suppliers must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications.

5. 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.

6. Please note also that 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. Dublin City Council will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties.

7. Emailed/faxed/late responses / tenders will not be accepted. Tenders / responses must be submitted via the eTenders Tenderbox facility.

8. Suppliers should note the following when making their submission:

— To enable submission of multiple documents concurrently, download and install the ‘Upload Manager ActiveX’ facility to your eTenders user profile.

— When using the ‘Upload Manager’ facility do not use the ‘Schedule’ option.

— Instead, use only the ‘Upload’ option, which will enable monitoring of the upload.

— Suppliers who do not use the Upload Manager can upload individual files, however please ensure to allow sufficient time for upload.

— There is a maximum upload limit of 2GB per document. Documents larger than this should be divided into smaller files prior to upload.

— Should you experience difficulty when uploading documents please contact the eTenders Support Desk for technical assistance. Email etenders@eu-supply.com or Telephone: 353 (0) 21 243 92 77 (9:00 — 17:30 GMT).

9. Tenders / responses may be submitted in English or in the Irish language.

10. Please note that OJEU contracts are covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA).

11. Appeals procedure: The body to whom appeals should be addressed is — The High Court, Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7.

12. All queries regarding this public procurement competition must be emailed to rapiddeliveryhousing@dublincity.ie for the attention of Cian Harte. Queries must be in question format and must be submitted by email. Responses will be circulated to those candidates/tenderers that have registered an interest in this notice on the Irish Government procurement opportunities portal www.etenders.gov.ie The details of the party making the query will not be disclosed when circulating the response. All queries must be submitted by 12:00 on 9.3.2016 to enable issue of responses to all interested parties.

13. Please note that where documents are made available in both PDF and Word format, in the event that there is any discrepancy between the documents, the PDF version will take precedence.