Carrigaline Education Campus

Short description

The construction of the new 3-school campus, on an 8.6 ha site, with 3 school buildings Gaelcholáiste 5 680 m, Gaelscoil 3 748 m and Sonas Junior Primary School 2 285 m, with ball courts, carparking, roadworks and associated site development works.

Description of the procurement

The construction of the new 3- school, 8.6 ha, Carrigaline Education Campus, comprising
(i) a 2-storey, split-level Gaelcholáiste (5 680 m) for 500 pupils, including learning, administration and ancillary spaces, a physical education hall and outdoor ball courts;
(ii) a 24 classroom, 2-storey, split level school (3 748 m), to accommodate the Gaelscoil, including learning, administration and ancillary spaces, a general purpose hall and outdoor ball courts;
(iii) a new single-storey school (2 285 m), for the Sonas Special Junior Primary School including learning, administration and ancillary spaces, a general purpose hall and outdoor ball court and play areas; 2 new site entrances, carparking and set-down spaces, roadworks, landscaping, signage, fencing and associated site development works.

The envisaged number of operators to be short-listed to tender is as stated at II.2.9) above. All applicants having an equal suitability assessment score to the lowest qualifying candidate will also be deemed to be qualified. Candidates will be pre-qualified on the basis of the information submitted in response to this notice (all criteria have a minimum standard). The submissions of the apparently successful applicants will be validated prior to completing the short-list. Where a candidate having qualified for the short-list withdraws prior to the completion of the tender process or is subsequently found to have provided inaccurate information sufficient to justify exclusion (at any stage after the short-list is formed), the competition will proceed with the remaining number of candidates. Applicants who failed to be short-listed will not be subsequently added to the list. The contract will be awarded on the basis of most economically advantageous tender. The Works requirements may be extended to include additional works of a similar nature including the provision of an additional school (on the same site or sites) at the discretion of the contracting authority. All additional works requirements are subject to the restrictions as set out in Article 31. 4 (a) or Article 31. 4 (b) of Directive 2004/18/EC. The project categorisation for assessment of H&S competence as works contractor and PSCS is major type 3. The areas of work involving particular risks known to contracting authority at this time are:
1) works which puts persons at work at risk of:
(a) falling from a height;
(b) burial under earthfall; or
(c) engulfment in swampland
(2) work involving the assembly of dismantling of heavy prefabricated components. Expressions of Interest or tender competitions have been or are being conducted separately for: reserved specialists for mechanical and electrical installations. It is a condition precedent to the award of the contract that the successful tenderer will provide:
1) A current tax clearance certificate or in the case of a non-resident Contractor a statement of suitability on tax grounds from the Revenue Commissioners of Ireland.
2) Evidence showing that they are in compliance with the registered employment agreement (Construction Industry Pensions Assurance and Sick Pay) including death in service. The Funding Agency, the Department of Education and Skills and Cork ETB are subject to the requirements of the Freedom of Information Acts, 1997 and 2003. If a candidate considers that any of the information supplied in response to this notice is either commercially sensitive or confidential, this should be highlighted and reasons for its sensitivity given. The relevant material will, in response to a request under the Act, be examined in the light of exemptions provided for in the Act (ET Ref:72802). Stage 2 electronic Issue of tender documents: the tender documents will be issued electronically. One hard copy of the completed tender package will be available for inspection, during office hours, at the offices of KOBW architects, 2 empress place, summer Hill, Cork. This hard copy will be deemed to be the official tender documents. Viewing of these documents will be by prior appointment only. A4 and A3 sized Tender Documents will be issued electronically in Word or PDF format. Any larger drawings (A2 or greater) will be issued in PDF format. The onus rests on the Tenderer to check the completeness of the documents received by electronic means. Where such documents are incomplete or illegible, the tenderer must immediately contact the party issuing the documents. Tenders must be returned to Cork ETB in hard copy as described in the instruction to tenderers.