Office of the Planning Regulator โ€” Framework for the Provision of Planning Review and Assessment Services

Office of the Planning Regulator

The Office of the Planning Regulator invites tenders to this request for tenders (โ€˜RFTโ€™) for appointment to a multi-supplier framework agreement or the provision of planning review and assessment services.
In summary, the services comprise:
โ€” Assessors of Statutory Plans โ€” Lot 1;
โ€” Reviewers of Systems and Procedures used by Planning Authorities โ€” Lot 2.
Detailed information on the procedure to be used for this procurement is provided in the accompanying RFT document (including instructions to tenderers and a detailed specification of the Office of the Planning Regulators requirements).

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-06-24. The procurement was published on 2020-05-25.

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

Where?

Procurement history
Date Document
2020-05-25 Contract notice
2020-06-23 Additional information
2020-10-14 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2020-05-25)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Office of the Planning Regulator
National registration number: IE 3643076CH
Postal address: Block C, 77 Sir John Rogersonโ€™s Quay, Grand Canal Dock
Postal town: Dublin 2
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Contact person: Valerie Halpin
Phone: +353 15530270 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: valerie.halpin@opr.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Region: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: https://www.opr.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/180714 ๐ŸŒ
Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=167383&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=167383&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
โ€œOffice of the Planning Regulator โ€” Framework for the Provision of Planning Review and Assessment Servicesโ€
Products/services: Evaluation consultancy services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Short description:
โ€œThe Office of the Planning Regulator invites tenders to this request for tenders (โ€˜RFTโ€™) for appointment to a multi-supplier framework agreement or the...โ€    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 200 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Information about lots
Tenders may be submitted for all lots

1๏ธโƒฃ
Scope of the procurement
Title: Assessors of Statutory Plans
Title
Lot Identification Number: 1
Description
Additional products/services: Urban planning and landscape architectural services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Monitoring and control services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Environmental planning ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Place of performance: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Main site or place of performance: Dublin 2.
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThe OPR has a full-time team of staff to discharge the statutory roles above and others that, subject to fluctuations in workload and seasonal factors, may...โ€    Show more
Award criteria
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 120 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 24
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal โœ…
Description
Description of renewals:
โ€œThe Contracting Authority reserves the right, at its discretion, to extend the Term for a period or periods of up to twelve (12) months with a maximum of...โ€    Show more
Additional information: Full details are available in the accompanying RFT document.

2๏ธโƒฃ
Scope of the procurement
Title: Reviewers of Systems and Procedures used by Planning Authorities
Title
Lot Identification Number: 2
Description
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThe OPR has a full-time team of staff to discharge the statutory roles above and others that, subject to fluctuations in workload and seasonal factors, may...โ€    Show more
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 80 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description
Description of renewals:
โ€œThe contracting authority reserves the right, at its discretion, to extend the term for a period or periods of up to twelve (12) months with a maximum of...โ€    Show more

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
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
Open procedure
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with several operators
Description
Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement: 15
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2020-06-24 17:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 48
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2020-06-24 17:00 ๐Ÿ“…

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court of Ireland
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Source: OJS 2020/S 102-246392 (2020-05-25)
Additional information (2020-06-23)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
โ€œThe Office of the Planning Regulator invites tenders to this request for tenders (โ€˜RFTโ€™) for appointment to a multi-supplier framework agreement or the...โ€    Show more

Complementary information
Original notice reference
Notice number in the OJ S: 2020/S 102-246392

Changes
Other additional information

โ€œA short extension of the deadline for submissions has been granted. The deadline for submissions is now 17.00 on 26 June 2020.โ€
Source: OJS 2020/S 121-297184 (2020-06-23)
Contract award notice (2020-10-14)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
โ€œThe Office of the Planning Regulator invites tenders to this request for tenders (โ€˜RFTโ€™) for appointment to a multi-supplier framework agreement or the...โ€    Show more
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 400 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots โœ…
Description
Main site or place of performance: Dublin 2
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThe OPR has a full-time team of staff to discharge the statutory roles above and others that, subject to fluctuations in workload and seasonal factors, may...โ€    Show more
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Experience
Quality criterion (weighting): 50
Quality criterion (name): Contract management
Quality criterion (weighting): 20
Price (weighting): 30

Procedure
Information about framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2020/S 102-246392

Award of contract

1๏ธโƒฃ
Contract Number: 1
Lot Identification Number: 1
Title: Assessors of Statutory Plans
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2020-10-09 ๐Ÿ“…
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 17
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Avison Young
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Region: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
The contractor is an SME โœ…
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 240 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 240 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

2๏ธโƒฃ
Contract Number: 11
Lot Identification Number: 2
Title: Reviewers of Systems and Procedures used by Planning Authorities
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 14
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Community Engagement Partners
Postal town: Thurles
Region: Mid-West ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 160 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 160 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

3๏ธโƒฃ
Contract Number: 2
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Brady Shipman Martin
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 240 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 240 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

4๏ธโƒฃ
Contract Number: 3
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Brendan McGrath and Associates
Postal town: Corrofin
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 240 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 240 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

5๏ธโƒฃ
Contract Number: 4
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Des Johnson Planning and Environmental Consultancy
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 240 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 240 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

6๏ธโƒฃ
Contract Number: 5
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Doyle Kent Ltd
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 240 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 240 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

7๏ธโƒฃ
Contract Number: 6
Name and address of the contractor
Name: HRA Planning Chartered Town Planning Consultants DAC
Postal town: Limerick
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 240 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 240 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

8๏ธโƒฃ
Contract Number: 7
Name and address of the contractor
Name: MacCabe Durney Barnes Ltd
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 240 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 240 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

9๏ธโƒฃ
Contract Number: 8
Name and address of the contractor
Name: MKO t/a McCarthy Kevile O'Sullivan Ltd
Postal town: Galway
Region: West ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 240 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 240 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

1๏ธโƒฃ0๏ธโƒฃ
Contract Number: 9
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Padraic Thornton Planning and Environmental Consultancy
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 240 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 240 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

1๏ธโƒฃ1๏ธโƒฃ
Contract Number: 10
Name and address of the contractor
Name: SLR Environmental Consulting Ireland Ltd
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 240 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 240 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

1๏ธโƒฃ2๏ธโƒฃ
Contract Number: 12
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 160 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 160 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

1๏ธโƒฃ3๏ธโƒฃ
Contract Number: 13
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Denis Conlan
Postal town: Celbridge
Region: Mid-East ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 160 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 160 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

1๏ธโƒฃ4๏ธโƒฃ
Contract Number: 14
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Donal Enright
Postal town: Bray
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 160 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 160 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

1๏ธโƒฃ5๏ธโƒฃ
Contract Number: 15
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Edward Sheehy
Postal town: Ballyguile
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 160 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 160 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

1๏ธโƒฃ6๏ธโƒฃ
Contract Number: 16
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 160 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 160 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

1๏ธโƒฃ7๏ธโƒฃ
Contract Number: 17
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Mary Cunneen
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 160 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 160 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

1๏ธโƒฃ8๏ธโƒฃ
Contract Number: 18
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 160 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 160 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Source: OJS 2020/S 203-494251 (2020-10-14)