Dublin District Heating System: Business Delivery Model and Engineering Review

Short description

The purpose of this brief is to secure the services of a suitably qualified and multi-disciplinary Economic Operator to identify appropriate business/commercial delivery models together with a recommendation on the preferred model including the role of Dublin City Council, if any, in the ownership, delivery, operation and maintenance for each of the business aspects:

— Heat generation / source;

— Heat distribution network;

— Heat supply to customers.

The EO shall complete a high level review of engineering options for the delivery of district heating, and shall be required to develop the engineering options to a strategic / feasibility level of detail and shall be required to identify project risks and make recommendations of how they shall be addressed in future designs.

Additional information

1. Dublin City Council (DCC) is subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (FOl) 2014. 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 FOl request; be examined in the light of the exemptions provided for in the Acts.

2. It will be a condition of any Services Contract pursuant to this Competition that the successful Tenderer(s) shall, for the term of such contract(s), comply with all EU and domestic tax laws. Tenderers are referred to www.revenue.ie for further information. Prior to the award of any Services Contract arising out of this Competition the successful Tenderer shall be required to supply its Tax Clearance Access Number and Tax Reference Number to facilitate online verification of their tax status by the Contracting Authority. By supplying these numbers the successful Tenderer acknowledges and agrees that the Contracting Authority has the permission of the successful Tenderer to verily its tax cleared position online. In the case of a non-resident Tenderer, a statement of suitability from the Revenue Commissioners will be required.

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

4. 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.

5. 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. DCC will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties.

6. The contract is primarily for use by the ‘Technical Services Division’ of the Environment and Transportation Department of DCC, but may also be extended for use by other divisions of DCC as requirements arise.

7. Emailed / faxed / late tenders will not be accepted.

8. All queries regarding this tender must be emailed to etenders.traffic@dublincity.ie for the attention of Victor Coe. Queries must be in question format and must be submitted by email. Responses will be circulated to those candidates that have registered an interest in this notice on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal www.etenders.gov.ie The details of the person making a query will not be disclosed when circulating the response. All queries must be submitted before 17.7.2017 @ 12:00 noon to enable issue of responses to all interested parties.

9. 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.

10. For each criterion marked as Response: Declaration Required, applicants must initially provide the Appendices referenced under each criterion no later than the date set for return of the forms, and, where appropriate, confirm in the box provided that it is included with the completed Questionnaire. Failure to do so could invalidate the submission. Applicants may also satisfy this requirement by submitting an ESPD completed in accordance with EU Regulation 201617. By completing Part IV (a) of the ESPD titled: Global Indication for all Selection Criteria, applicants will be taken to declare that they meet the standards set for all criteria where the response is Declaration Required. Supporting documentation should be provided promptly upon request from the Contracting Authority.

Short description

The purpose of this brief is to secure the services of a suitably qualified and multi-disciplinary Economic Operator to identify appropriate business/commercial delivery models together with a recommendation on the preferred model including the role of Dublin City Council, if any, in the ownership, delivery, operation and maintenance for each of the business aspects;

— heat generation / source.

— heat distribution network.

— heat supply to customers.

The EO shall complete a high level review of engineering options for the delivery of district heating, and shall be required to develop the engineering options to a strategic / feasibility level of detail and shall be required to identify project risks and make recommendations of how they shall be addressed in future designs.

Additional information

1. Dublin City Council (DCC) is subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (FOl) 2014. 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 FOl request; be examined in the light of the exemptions provided for in the Acts.

2. lt will be a condition of any Services Contract pursuant to this Competition that the successful Tenderer(s) shall, for the term of such contract(s), comply with all EU and domestic tax laws. Tenderers are referred to www.revenue.ie for further information. Prior to the award of any Services Contract arising out of this Competition the successful Terderer shall be required to supply its Tax Clearance Access Number and Tax Reference Number to facilitate online verification of their tax status by the Contracting Authority. By supplying these numbers the successful Tenderer acknowledges and agrees that the Contracting Authority has the permission of the successful Tenderer to verily its tax cleared position online. In the case of a non-resident Tenderer, a statement of suitability from the Revenue Commissioners will be required.

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

4. 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.

5. 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. DCC will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties.

6. The contract is primarily for use by the “Technical Services Division” of the Environment and Transportation Department of DCC, but may also be extended for use by other divisions of DCC as requirements arise.

7.Emailed / faxed / late tenders will not be accepted.

8. All queries regarding this tender must be emailed to etenders.traffic@dublincity.ie for the attention of Victor Coe. Queries must be in question format and must be submitted by email. Responses will be circulated to those candidates that have registered an interest in this notice on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal www.etenders.gov.ie

The details of the person making a query will not be disclosed when circulating the response. All queries must be submitted before 17.7.2017 @ 12:00 noon to enable issue of responses to all interested parties.

9. 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.

10. For each criterion marked as Response: Declaration Required, applicants must initially provide the Appendices referenced under each criterion no later than the date set for return of the forms, and, where appropriate, confirm in the box provided that it is included with the completed Questionnaire. Failure to do so could invalidate the submission. Applicants may also satisfy this requirement by submitting an ESPD completed in accordance with EU Regulation 201617. By completing Part IV (a) of the ESPD titled: Global Indication for all Selection Criteria, applicants will be taken to declare that they meet the standards set for all criteria where the response is Declaration Required. Supporting documentation should be provided promptly upon request from the Contracting Authority.