MetroLink Property Owners Protection Scheme

Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII)

Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) wishes to procure condition surveys of private residential properties and other selected properties along the route of MetroLink, under the Scheme referred to as the property owners' protection scheme (POPS). POPS is a voluntary scheme that allows a residential property owner to register their property with TII. The contract will involve the establishment of a panel of 3 independent building surveying companies. From this panel the property owner may choose which company they wish to carry out a survey of their property.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2019-11-26. The procurement was published on 2019-10-17.

Suppliers

The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:

Who?

• Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII)

What?

• Building services › Building surveying services
• Engineering design services › Quantity surveying services

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2019-10-17	Contract notice
2023-02-02	Contract award notice

Contract notice (2019-10-17)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Building surveying services
Reference number: TII215
Short description:

Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Building surveying services 📦
Additional CPV: Quantity surveying services 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️

Procedure
Procedure type: Restricted 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: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII)
Postal address: Parkgate Business Centre, Parkgate Street
Postal code: D08 DK10
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.tii.ie 🌏
E-mail: paula.lillis@tii.ie 📧
Phone: +353 16463475 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=154987&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=154987&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2019-10-17 📅
Submission deadline: 2019-11-26 📅
Publication date: 2019-10-22 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2019/S 204-497947
OJ-S issue: 204
Additional information

Tenderers will need to register on the etenders Government website to download the tender documents.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value: 1 500 000 EUR 💰
Short description:

The MetroLink project is the development of a north-south urban railway service that will run between Swords and Charlemont, linking Dublin Airport, Irish Rail, DART, Dublin Bus and Luas Services, creating fully integrated public transport along the 19 km route. A large portion of the route will be underground including where it passes under the city centre area and Dublin Airport. The underground section will terminate at Charlemont. There will be a total of 15 new stations, 3 000 additional park and ride spaces and a journey time of approximately 25 minutes from Swords to the city centre. The MetroLink will cater for 20 000 passengers per direction per hour and carry up to 50 000 000 passengers per annum. It is intended that the MetroLink project will commence construction in 2021 and be open to passenger services in 2027. For more information visit ww.metrolink.ie.

The purpose of these condition surveys is to ascertain the condition of properties before, during (if deemed necessary) and after the completion of the MetroLink works to determine whether there has been any deterioration of any of the properties' condition surveyed and whether the deterioration may be attributable to the MetroLink Works. TII will establish a panel comprising 3 independent surveying companies who will carry out the condition surveys. From this panel the property owner may choose which company they wish to carry out a survey of their property.

Building surveying services.

The services for this contract include but are not limited to the following:

(a) undertaking pre-works, interim-works and post-works condition surveys of private residential properties and other selected properties when instructed by the POPS manager;

(b) Provision of a survey manager to manage the delivery of the services to TII;

(c) Liaising and arranging with all property owners to gain access to undertake each condition survey — including but not limited to the preparation of applications, attending meetings, securing approvals and permits from owners and any and all private and/or statutory bodies to gain access to undertake the condition surveys;

(d) produce a scope of repairs (where repairs are required);

(e) produce estimate of cost of required repairs (where repairs are required) in accordance with the Agreed Rules of Measurement 4 (ARM4) verified by a chartered quantity surveyor or equivalent.

Quantity surveying

The services for this contract include but are not limited to the above and the following:

(a) produce a scope of repairs (where repairs are required);

(b) produce estimate of cost of required repairs (where repairs are required) in accordance with the Agreed Rules of Measurement 4 (ARM4) verified by a chartered quantity surveyor or equivalent.

Structural engineer

(a) to liaise with the building surveyor and quantity surveyor (where repairs are required);

(b) review and provide input into the scope of repairs where deemed necessary by the applicant.

Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 500 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 96 months
Additional information:

Tenderers will need to register on the etenders

Government website to download the tender documents.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of rules and criteria:

Applicants will complete the eESPD. Applicants will be scored as described in the information memorandum and ESPD documents.

Contract execution
Contract performance conditions: This will be set out in detail in the invitation to tender.

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0025
Minimum number of candidates: 5
Maximum number of candidates: 6
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:

TII intends to shortlist a minimum of 5 to a maximum of 6 candidates provided there are sufficient suitable candidates.

Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Date of dispatch of invitations: 2019-12-16 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender validity period: 9 months

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: 9510201H
Contact
Contact point: Paula Lillis
Internet address: www.tii.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/120261 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=154987&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Additional information

Transport infrastructure Ireland is the contracting authority for this contract. TII is not liable for any participant's costs arising in connection with participating in the competition, irrespective of the outcome of the competition, or if the competition is cancelled or postponed. TII reserve the right at any time and without notice to:

(i) terminate the competition (or part thereof);

(ii) change the competition's basis or procedures;

(iii) procure the contract by other means;

(iv) negotiate with one or more parties at any time;

(v) reject any, or all, of the applications/tenders;

(vi) not furnish a candidate or tenderer with additional information or to do any combination of the foregoing or anything else deemed appropriate. In no instance will TII be required to give any reason for any alteration of termination of the process.

— if any past or future contracts or other documents are summarised or described in this document, or in other information given to candidates, the summary or description must not be taken as comprehensive, or as a substitute for reading the contract or other document itself when it becomes available,

— award of contract will be subject to the approval of TII,

— award of contract may be subject to successful interview,

— interested parties are advised that TII are subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2014 (together with other legislation governing access to information). If a candidate/tenderer considers that any information supplied as part of this procurement procedure should not be disclosed because of its commercial sensitivity, confidentiality or otherwise, they must, when providing this information, clearly identify the specific information they do not wish to be disclosed and clearly specify the reasons for its sensitivity. Please note, it is not sufficient to include a statement of confidentiality encompassing all the information provided in the response. The 96 months is an estimate based on information to hand and may increase to 120 months. The 1 500 000 EUR estimate is based on assumptions, notional hours and information to hand. TII does not commit to any amount, retainer and all projects are subject to approval.

Complementary information
Review body
Name: Central Office of the High Court
Postal address: Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886511 📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Fax: +353 18886125 📠
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Source: OJS 2019/S 204-497947 (2019-10-17)

Contract award notice (2023-02-02)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) wishes to procure condition surveys of private residential properties and other selected properties along the route of MetroLink, under the Scheme referred to as the Property Owners' Protection Scheme (POPS). POPS is a voluntary scheme that allows a residential property owner to register their property with TII. The contract involves the establishment of a panel of three independent building surveying companies. From this panel the property owner may choose which company they wish to carry out a survey of their property.

Total value of the procurement: 7 364 375 EUR 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Contracting authority
Contact
E-mail: mary.hendrick@tii.ie 📧
Phone: +353 16463600 📞

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2023-02-02 📅
Publication date: 2023-02-07 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2023/S 027-077235
Refers to notice: 2019/S 204-497947
OJ-S issue: 27
Additional information

Note in terms of the proposed value of the contract, It is anticipated the value of this contract could range between €4.9m and €7.4m as the property surveyor is selected by each individual property owner.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

The MetroLink project is the development of a north-south urban railway service that will run between Swords and Charlemont, linking Dublin Airport, Irish Rail, DART, Dublin Bus and Luas Services, creating fully integrated public transport along the 19km route. A large portion of the route will be underground including where it passes under the city centre area and Dublin Airport. The underground section will terminate at Charlemont. There will be a total of 15 new stations, 3000 additional park and ride spaces and a journey time of approximately 25 minutes from Swords to the city centre. The MetroLink will cater for 20,000 passengers per direction per hour and carry up to 50 million passengers per annum.It is intended that the MetroLink project will commence construction in 2021 and be open to passenger services in 2027. For more information visit ww.metrolink.ie.

The purpose of these condition surveys is to ascertain the condition of Properties before, during (if deemed necessary) and after the completion of the MetroLink works to determine whether there has been any deterioration of any of the Properties' condition surveyed and whether the deterioration may be attributable to the MetroLink Works. TII has established a panel comprising three independent surveying companies who will carry out the condition surveys. From this panel, the property owner may choose which company they wish to carry out a survey of their property.

Building Surveying Services.

The Services for this Contract include but are not limited to the following:-

(a) Undertaking Pre-works, Interim-works and Post-works Condition Surveys of private residential Properties and other selected Properties when instructed by the POPS Manager;

(b) Provision of a Survey Manager to manage the delivery of the Services to TII;

(c) Liaising and arranging with all Property Owners to gain access to undertake each condition survey - including but not limited to the preparation of applications, attending meetings, securing approvals and permits from Owners and any and all private and / or statutory bodies to gain access to undertake the condition surveys;

(d) Produce a Scope of Repairs (Where repairs are required);

(e) Produce Estimate of Cost of required repairs (Where repairs are required) in accordance with the Agreed Rules of Measurement 4 (ARM4) verified by a chartered quantity surveyor or equivalent.

Quantity Surveying

The Services for this Contract include but are not limited to the above and the following:-

(a) Produce a Scope of Repairs (Where repairs are required);

(b) Produce Estimate of Cost of required repairs (Where repairs are required) in accordance with the Agreed Rules of Measurement 4 (ARM4) verified by a chartered quantity surveyor or equivalent.

Structural Engineer

(a) To liaise with the Building Surveyor and Quantity Surveyor (Where repairs are required);

(b) Review and provide input into the Scope of Repairs where deemed necessary by the Applicant.

Additional information:

Note in terms of the proposed value of the contract, It is anticipated the value of this contract

could range between €4.9m and €7.4m as the property surveyor is selected by each

individual property owner.

Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Dublin

Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality
Quality criterion (weighting): 600
Price (weighting): 400

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2023-01-16 📅
Name: Lambert Smith Hampton
National registration number: 210230
Postal address: 86-88 Leeson Street Lower
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 868340755 📞
E-mail: dfitzsimons@lsh.ie 📧
Total value of the procurement: 7 364 375 EUR 💰
Name: Ors
National registration number: 6328434P
Postal address: Marlinstown Office Park, Mullingar
Postal town: Westmeath
Phone: +353 449342518 📞
E-mail: d.thomas@ors.ie 📧
Internet address: http://www.ors.ie 🌏
Total value of the procurement: 4950712.50 EUR 💰
Name: Thornton's Chartered Surveyors
National registration number: 488426
Postal address: 13G Blanchardstown Business Park,
Phone: +353 018850400 📞
E-mail: darren.brennan@tcsl.ie 📧
Internet address: http://www.thorntonssurveyors.ie 🌏
Total value of the procurement: 7 034 024 EUR 💰
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3

Contracting authority
Contact
Contact point: Mary Hendrick

Reference
Additional information

Transport Infrastructure Ireland is the contracting authority for this Contract. TII is not liable for any participant's costs arising in connection with participating in the competition, irrespective of the outcome of the competition, or if the competition is cancelled or postponed. TII reserve the right at any time and without notice to:

(vI) not furnish a candidate or tenderer with additional information or to do any combination of the foregoing or anything else deemed appropriate. In no instance will TII be required to give any reason for any alteration of termination of the process.

-If any past or future contracts or other documents are summarised or described in this document, or in other information given to Candidates, the summary or description must not be taken as comprehensive, or as a substitute for reading the contract or other document itself when it becomes available.

-Award of contract will be subject to the approval of TII

-Award of contract may be subject to successful interview.

-Interested parties are advised that TII are subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2014 (together with other legislation governing access to information). If a candidate/tenderer considers that any information supplied as part of this procurement procedure should not be disclosed because of its commercial sensitivity, confidentiality or otherwise, they must, when providing this information, clearly identify the specific information they do not wish to be disclosed and clearly specify the reasons for its sensitivity. Please note, it is not sufficient to include a statement of confidentiality encompassing all the information provided in the response. The 96 months is an estimate based on information to hand and may increase to 120 months. The estimate is based on assumptions, notional hours and information to hand. TII does not commit to any amount, retainer and all projects are subject to approval.

Complementary information
Review body
Postal town: Dublin
Source: OJS 2023/S 027-077235 (2023-02-02)

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