Expressions of interest are invited from suitably qualified main contractors who wish to be considered for the construction of a new 650 pupil Mercy Secondary School building on a greenfield site located approximately 500 m to the east of the existing school, along Dublin road (R446). Work will also consist of construction of the ESB sub-station, external stores, car park, bus and car set down facilities, hard and grass play areas, soft landscaping, new vehicular and pedestrian site entrances, new boundaries and ancillary site development works. Traffic calming measures/ road upgrading works to Dublin Road (R446).
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-06-19.
The procurement was published on 2020-05-06.
Object Scope of the procurement
Title:
“New School for Mercy Secondary School, Kilbeggan, Co. Westmeath — Main Contractor
63221U”
Products/services: Construction work for school buildings📦
Short description:
“Expressions of interest are invited from suitably qualified main contractors who wish to be considered for the construction of a new 650 pupil Mercy...”
Short description
Expressions of interest are invited from suitably qualified main contractors who wish to be considered for the construction of a new 650 pupil Mercy Secondary School building on a greenfield site located approximately 500 m to the east of the existing school, along Dublin road (R446). Work will also consist of construction of the ESB sub-station, external stores, car park, bus and car set down facilities, hard and grass play areas, soft landscaping, new vehicular and pedestrian site entrances, new boundaries and ancillary site development works. Traffic calming measures/ road upgrading works to Dublin Road (R446).
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Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 13 250 000 💰
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Additional products/services: Secondary school construction work📦
Place of performance: Midland🏙️
Main site or place of performance: Dublin Road (R446), Kilbeggan, Co. Westmeath, IRELAND.
Description of the procurement:
“Expressions of interest are invited from suitably qualified main contractors who wish to be considered for the construction of a new 650 pupil Mercy...”
Description of the procurement
Expressions of interest are invited from suitably qualified main contractors who wish to be considered for the construction of a new 650 pupil Mercy Secondary School building on a greenfield site located approximately 500 m to the east of the existing school, along Dublin road (R446). The development will consist of the construction of a two storeys school building (c. 8 200 m) — including general teaching and administration rooms, PE hall with fitness suites, special education needs unit and ancillary accommodation, ESB substation, external stores, car park, bus and car set down facilities, 2 No basketball courts, hard and grass play areas, soft landscaping, new vehicular and pedestrian site entrance and exit points, new boundaries and general site development works. The proposed development also includes the following works outside the site boundary: new footpaths and cycle lane along R446, new street light posts, connection to exiting services, traffic calming measures, new pedestrian crossing and alteration to existing road markings.
The works are tendered as a single-phase construction.
The following specialist works will be undertaken on site by reserved specialists:
— mechanical building services,
— electrical building services.
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Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 13 250 000 💰
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 18
Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged number of candidates: 8
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: As Suitability Assessment Questionnaire.
Description
Additional information:
“The following specialist works will be undertaken on site by reserved specialists:
— mechanical building services,
— electrical building services.”
Legal, economic, financial and technical information Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions:
“As DoES-QW1 Suitability Assessment Questionnaire and Declaration — restricted procedure — main contractor
A declaration is required to confirm that none of...”
List and brief description of conditions
As DoES-QW1 Suitability Assessment Questionnaire and Declaration — restricted procedure — main contractor
A declaration is required to confirm that none of the circumstances specified Article 57 of Directive 2014/24/EU (and Regulation 57 of SI No 284 of 2016) or Article 80 of Directive 2014/25/EU (and Regulation 85 of SI No 286 of 2016) apply to the applicant.
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Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions:
“As DoES-QW1 Suitability Assessment Questionnaire and declaration — restricted procedure — main contractor.” Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract
Procedure Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2020-06-19
12:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Complementary information Additional information
“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 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 at the discretion of the contracting authority. All additional works requirements are subject to the restrictions as set out in Article 72 of Directive 2014/24/EC (Regulation 72, SI 284 of 2016).
The successful applicant will be appointed works contractor and project supervisor for the construction stage (PSCS) on the project in accordance with the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Construction) Regulations.
The project categorisation for assessment of H&S competence as works contractor and PSCS is: major works.
The areas of work involving particular risks known to contracting authority at this time are:
— existing overhead power lines are traversing the site.
— site is in proximity to an open stream along the southern boundary;
— roadworks will be required external to the site/ working on a live public road;
— poor existing ground conditions require piling of foundations throughout;
— expressions of interest or tender competitions have been or are being conducted separately for the mechanical and electrical reserved specialists.
It is a condition precedent to the award of the contract that the successful tenderer will provide 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.
The Funding Agency, the Department of Education and Skills is subject to the requirements of the Freedom of Information Acts, 1997, 2003 and 2014. 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.
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Name: Department of Education and Skills
Postal address: Portlaoise Road, Co. Offaly
Postal town: Tullamore
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
URL: https://www.education.ie/en/🌏
Source: OJS 2020/S 090-213759 (2020-05-06)