The Codling Wind Park (CWP) is located off Codling Bank, 13 km from the east coast of Ireland between Greystones and Wicklow, in water depths between 7 and 30 meters LAT. The development is planned to incorporate an offshore substation(s), transmission infrastructure and individual wind turbine foundations and structures, and enables grid connection cables to the Irish coastline.
The purpose of the scope is to perform an offshore geotechnical survey across the main site and along the export cable routes at Codling Offshore Windfarm that will include geotechnical boreholes with samplings and in-situ testings, seabed CPTs, seismic seabed CPTs, grab sampling and vibrocores.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-10-16.
The procurement was published on 2020-09-11.
Contract notice (2020-09-11) Contracting authority Name and addresses
Name: Codling Wind Park Ltd
National registration number: 358470
Postal address: c/o Cooney Carey Consulting Ltd, The Courtyard, Carmanhall Road, Sandyford
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: D18 YD27
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contact person: Yannick URI
Phone: +33 140902634📞
E-mail: yannick.uri@edf-re.fr📧
Region: Dublin🏙️
URL: https://codlingwindpark.ie/🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://pha.edf.com/🌏 Communication
Access to the procurement documents is restricted
Documents URL: https://pha.edf.com🌏
Object Scope of the procurement
Title:
“Offshore Geotechnical Survey across the Main Site and along the Export Cable Routes”
Products/services: Geotechnical engineering services📦
Short description:
“The Codling Wind Park (CWP) is located off Codling Bank, 13 km from the east coast of Ireland between Greystones and Wicklow, in water depths between 7 and...”
Short description
The Codling Wind Park (CWP) is located off Codling Bank, 13 km from the east coast of Ireland between Greystones and Wicklow, in water depths between 7 and 30 meters LAT. The development is planned to incorporate an offshore substation(s), transmission infrastructure and individual wind turbine foundations and structures, and enables grid connection cables to the Irish coastline.
The purpose of the scope is to perform an offshore geotechnical survey across the main site and along the export cable routes at Codling Offshore Windfarm that will include geotechnical boreholes with samplings and in-situ testings, seabed CPTs, seismic seabed CPTs, grab sampling and vibrocores.
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Tenders may be submitted for all lots
Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer: 2
Scope of the procurement
The contracting authority reserves the right to award contracts combining the following lots or groups of lots:
“The contracting entity reserves the right to award contracts for Lots 1 and 2, with Lot 3 being cancelled.
The contracting entity reserves the right to...”
The contracting authority reserves the right to award contracts combining the following lots or groups of lots
The contracting entity reserves the right to award contracts for Lots 1 and 2, with Lot 3 being cancelled.
The contracting entity reserves the right to award a contract for Lot 3, with Lots 1 and 2 being cancelled.
1️⃣ Scope of the procurement
Title: Offshore Geotechnical Survey across the Main Site
Title
Lot Identification Number: 1
Description
Additional products/services: Geotechnical engineering services📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland🏙️
Main site or place of performance: East coast of Ireland between Greystones and Wicklow.
Description of the procurement:
“Lot 1: Offshore geotechnical boreholes across the main site
Geotechnical boreholes with samplings, CPT testing, HPD and downhole geophysical...”
Description of the procurement
Lot 1: Offshore geotechnical boreholes across the main site
Geotechnical boreholes with samplings, CPT testing, HPD and downhole geophysical logging
Approximate boreholes number: 15
Target depth between 40 to 80 m below seabed.
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Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 12
Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged minimum number: 3
Maximum number: 6
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
“Please refer to the selection questionnaire documents available onto the EDF Global Procurement Portal (searching RFx_090567).” Information about variants
Variants will be accepted ✅
2️⃣ Scope of the procurement
Title:
“Offshore Geotechnical Investigation by Seabed Means on Main Site and Along Export Cable Routes” Title
Lot Identification Number: 2
Description
Description of the procurement:
“Lot 2: Offshore geotechnical investigation by seabed means survey on main site and along cable export cable routes
Offshore geotechnical investigation by...”
Description of the procurement
Lot 2: Offshore geotechnical investigation by seabed means survey on main site and along cable export cable routes
Offshore geotechnical investigation by seabed means will include approximately: 20 seabed CPT (from 3 up to 35 m target penetration), 6 Seabed SCPT (seismic CPT), 15 vibrocores and grab sampling
— Option 1: additional seabed CPTs
— Option 2: Seismic imaging survey for boulder detection.
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Options ✅
Description of options:
“— Option 1: additional seabed CPTs
10 additional seabed CPTs could be requested.
— Option 2: Seismic imaging survey for boulder detection
Detection by...”
Description of options
— Option 1: additional seabed CPTs
10 additional seabed CPTs could be requested.
— Option 2: Seismic imaging survey for boulder detection
Detection by geophysical mean of potential sub-soil boulder in foundation interest area. Trial with contractor proposed solution on approximately 6 locations with borehole (BH done in firm scope).
As a variant, alternate geophysical solution can be proposed.
3️⃣ Scope of the procurement
Title:
“Offshore Geotechnical Survey across the Main Site AND along the Export Cable Routes (Lot 1 and 2)” Title
Lot Identification Number: 3
Description
Description of the procurement:
“— Lot 1: Offshore geotechnical boreholes across the main site
Geotechnical boreholes with samplings, CPT testing, HPD and downhole geophysical...”
Description of the procurement
— Lot 1: Offshore geotechnical boreholes across the main site
Geotechnical boreholes with samplings, CPT testing, HPD and downhole geophysical logging
Approximate boreholes number: 15
Target depth between 40 to 80 m below seabed
and
— Lot 2: Offshore geotechnical investigation by seabed means survey on main site and along cable export cable routes
Offshore geotechnical investigation by seabed means will include approximately: 20 seabed CPT (from 3 up to 35 m target penetration), 6 Seabed SCPT (seismic CPT), 15 vibrocores and grab sampling
Option 1: additional seabed CPTs
Option 2: Seismic imaging survey for boulder detection.
Legal, economic, financial and technical information Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions:
“Mandatory and discretionary grounds for exclusion apply. See Selection Questonnaire (SQ) documents for further details available onto EDF Global Procurement...”
List and brief description of conditions
Mandatory and discretionary grounds for exclusion apply. See Selection Questonnaire (SQ) documents for further details available onto EDF Global Procurement Portal (searching RFx_090567).
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List and brief description of selection criteria:
“The criteria for assessing economic and financial standing are stated in the Selection Documents (SQ) documents available onto EDF Global Procurement Portal...”
List and brief description of selection criteria
The criteria for assessing economic and financial standing are stated in the Selection Documents (SQ) documents available onto EDF Global Procurement Portal (searching RFx_090567).
“Minimum requirements in relation to turnover, financial rating, availability of parent company guarantees/performance bonds and insurance are also specified...”
Minimum requirements in relation to turnover, financial rating, availability of parent company guarantees/performance bonds and insurance are also specified in SQ documents.
Show more Technical and professional ability
List and brief description of selection criteria:
“The criteria for assessing technical and professional ability are stated in the Selection Documents (SQ) documents.
The required documents shall be in...”
List and brief description of selection criteria
The criteria for assessing technical and professional ability are stated in the Selection Documents (SQ) documents.
The required documents shall be in English have to be provided by each candidate individually, or of applicable, by each member of the consortium or the declared sub-contractors.
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Conditions for participation (technical and professional ability):
“Minimum requirements in relation to experience, technical requirements, health and safety, quality and environmental management are specified therein.”
List and brief description of rules and criteria:
“The proposal must be submitted in the general information, instructions and qualification and technical envelops through the EDF Global Procurement Portal...”
List and brief description of rules and criteria
The proposal must be submitted in the general information, instructions and qualification and technical envelops through the EDF Global Procurement Portal from Ivalua of which link is indicated in Section I.3).
In order to participate to this ‘RFI’ on Ivalua portal, you have to sin in as ‘supplier’ creating your account:
— go to: https://pha.edf.com
— click on: “New Supplier” and follow instructions,
— indicate to the contact person of this contract notice your registration on the portal,
— when entering the portal, select RFx_090567 OFF — CWP — Offshore Geotechnical survey across the main site and along the export cable routes.
From there, you are ready to participate, answering the questions.
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Deposits and guarantees required:
“Will be stated in tender documents however, the Contracting Entity reserves the right to demand:
— a parent company guarantee
Where the candidate (and any...”
Deposits and guarantees required
Will be stated in tender documents however, the Contracting Entity reserves the right to demand:
— a parent company guarantee
Where the candidate (and any Group member, where candidate is a group) and any third party whose resources will be relied upon, has a parent company, the availability of parent company guarantee (PCG).:
— a performance guarantee provided by a bank or an insurance company.
A performance bond to cover 10 % of the contract value during the term of the contract reducing to 5 % during the defects liability period set out in the contract.
— an advance payment bond guarantee up to 20 % of contract value.
Explanations also available in SQ documents onto EDF Global Procurement Portal.
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Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
“A group of economic operators is not required to convert into a specific legal form in order to make a SQ Response, but it may be required to do so prior to...”
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded
A group of economic operators is not required to convert into a specific legal form in order to make a SQ Response, but it may be required to do so prior to entering into a contract with the contracting entity to the extent that this is necessary for the satisfactory performance of the contract. The contracting entity reserves the right, amongst other solutions, to require that the contract be entered into with each member of the group on the basis of joint and several liability or to contract with one member of the group as prime contractor to whom the other members will be sub-contractors.
Procedure Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Information about reduction of the number of solutions or tenders during negotiation or dialogue
Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2020-10-16
12:00 📅
Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates: 2020-11-12 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 12
Complementary information Review body
Name: Tribunal Central Office of the High Court
Postal address: Four Courts Ground Floor (East Wing) Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000/6863/6504📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie📧
Fax: +353 18886125 📠 Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
“Interested parties are referred to Statutory Instrument 131 of 2010, European Communities (Award of Contracts by Utility Undertaking) (Review Procedures)...”
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
Interested parties are referred to Statutory Instrument 131 of 2010, European Communities (Award of Contracts by Utility Undertaking) (Review Procedures) Regulations 2010, and in particular Regulation 7 and 10(2).
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
According to Utility Remedies Regulation 2010 of the Irish State, any economic operator can take legal action through:
— Precontractual proceedings: until the contract signature,
— Contractual proceedings: until 1 month after the contract award notice is published or 6 months after the conclusion of the relevant contract.
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Name: Tribunal Central Office of the High Court
Postal address: Four Courts Ground Floor (East Wing) Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000/6863/6504📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie📧
Fax: +353 18886125 📠
Source: OJS 2020/S 180-435617 (2020-09-11)