Statutory Inspection of Equipment in Wind Farms and Turbines and ESB Generating Stations

Electricity Supply Board (ESB)

Statutory Inspection of Equipment in Wind Farms and Turbines and ESB Generating Stations.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-06-08. The procurement was published on 2020-05-06.

Suppliers

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

• ITS Plant Tech Ltd
• WH Scott & Son Engineers

Who?

• Electricity Supply Board (ESB)

What?

• Technical inspection and testing services › Technical inspection services

Where?

• United Kingdom
• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2020-05-06	Contract notice
2021-07-23	Contract award notice

Contract notice (2020-05-06)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Technical inspection services
Reference number: GWM11411
Short description:

Statutory Inspection of Equipment in Wind Farms and Turbines and ESB Generating Stations.

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: Technical inspection services 📦
Additional CPV: Technical inspection services 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: United Kingdom 🏙️
Éire/Ireland 🏙️

Procedure
Procedure type: Negotiated 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: Electricity Supply Board (ESB)
Postal address: 2 Gateway
Postal code: East Wall Road
Postal town: Dublin 3
Contact
Internet address: http://www.esb.ie 🌏
E-mail: aisling.horgan@esb.ie 📧
Phone: +353 879851560 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=166291&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=166291&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2020-05-06 📅
Submission deadline: 2020-06-08 📅
Publication date: 2020-05-08 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2020/S 090-215607
Refers to notice: 2014/S 143-257926
OJ-S issue: 90
Additional information

Please consult the associated documentation, which contains full instructions regarding the submission of tenders and is available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 169020.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Maximum number of lots per tenderer: 2
Information about lots: Lot 1 and Lot 2
Title of the lot: Statutory Inspection of Equipment in Wind Farms and Turbines
Lot number: 1
Short description:

Require a competent company to provide statutory and periodic inspections services in wind turbines and windfarm buildings in Ireland and Britain.

It is proposed that the Contract will include anchor points, internal cranes, fire extinguishers, first aid kits, passenger lifts, PAT testing, fire alarm test, load bearing shelves, miscellaneous lifting tools and equipment or the like.

Duration: 96 months
Description of renewals: 8 years in duration (5 years + 3 years subject to renewal review annually)
Description of options:

Options are purely at the discretion of the contracting entity (eg. Additional years/volumes etc) and can be caveated as subject to:

— satisfactory performance

— budget availability

— ongoing business need

— relevant approvals.

Additional information:

Please consult the associated documentation, which contains full instructions regarding the submission of tenders and is available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 169020.

Title of the lot: Statutory Inspection of Equipment in ESB Generating Stations
Lot number: 2
Short description:

The Contracting Entity intends to procure statutory and periodic inspections of lifting equipment in ESB Generating Stations.

However, the Contract may also include internal cranes, fire extinguishers, first aid kits, passenger lifts, PAT testing, fire alarm test, load bearing shelves, as well as lifting tools and equipment or the like.

Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: UK and Ireland

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:

As stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 169020.

Economic and financial standing:

As stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 169020.

Minimum level(s) of standards:

— Reference to compliance with Article 57 regarding bankruptcy, corruption, etc.

— Rules relating to insurances, financials, taxation, etc.

—— Set out in Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.

Technical and professional ability:

As stated in Procurement Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 169020.

Minimum level(s) of standards: Set out in Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.
Information about a particular profession: Services
Reference to relevant legislative or regulatory provisions:

Written systems of examination shall be in accordance with recognised standards or codes of practice and shall be approved in writing by a competent Chartered Engineer.

SH&W Legislation means for the Republic of Ireland, the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 as subsequently amended, modified or replaced and the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Construction) Regulations 2013 (S.I. No. 291 of 2013) as amended, modified or replaced, and all regulations issued under the 2005 Act or otherwise in connection with health and safety; and Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulation 1998, Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 and the latest applicable equivalent in Northern Ireland or Great Britain.

Specific to Lot 1 Wind Turbine Safety Rules (WTSR): the company shall have adopted and implemented WTSR for their own organisation and have their own AWP/ROP and AT/CT. AT could be restricted AT to apply mechanical isolation only.

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

Applicants will be assessed on the quality of their responses to the criteria and rules outlined in the qualification questionnaire and at least the top scoring 3 firms will be invited to tender, subject to that number qualifying.

Number of participants to be contemplated: 2
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender validity period: 2021-06-08 📅

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Aisling Horgan
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/377 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=166291&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Additional information
Estimated timing for further notices: 8 years

Suggested text:

1) It is our intention to use the Irish Government Procurement portal (www.etenders.gov.ie) for this competition. Access to this Portal is free of charge. Interested parties must formally register their expression of interest for this competition on eTenders before they can gain access to the PQQ documentation. All information relating to and including the pre-qualification documents, any clarifications and changes will be issued/published via this portal. The contracting entity will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties

2) This is the sole call for competition for this service.

3) The contracting entity will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers.

4) Contract award will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities.

5) It will be a condition of award that candidates are tax compliant.

6) If for any reason it is not possible to admit to the framework agreement one or more of the tenderers invited following the conclusion of this competitive process, or having awarded a contract under the framework agreement, the contracting entity reserves the right to invite the next highest scoring tenderer to join the framework agreement and/or deliver the contract as appropriate to the circumstances pertaining to the framework.

7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting entity may elect to terminate this procurement process, the framework agreement or any contract awarded under the framework agreement at any time.

8) 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.

9) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting entity is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of questionnaires with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, candidates are advised to ensure that they return fully completed questionnaires in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.

10) At Section II.2.9 we have indicated that 3 to be reviewed on a case-by-case basis will be invited to tender, please note that the contracting entity reserves the right to invite at least 3 be reviewed on a case-by-case basis subject to that number qualifying.

Complementary information
Review body
Name: Chief Registrar
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Information about review deadlines:

The Contracting Entity will not conclude this framework agreement / contract until after the expiry of the standstill period which commences on the day following the date of notification of concerned tenderers. Review procedures are available in the High Court to a person who has or has had an interest in obtaining the framework agreement / contract and alleges that he or she has been harmed or is at risk of being harmed by an infringement of the law in relation to that framework agreement / contract.

Source: OJS 2020/S 090-215607 (2020-05-06)

Contract award notice (2021-07-23)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2021-07-23 📅
Publication date: 2021-07-28 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2021/S 144-384194
Refers to notice: 2020/S 090-215607
OJ-S issue: 144

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

It is proposed that the contract will include anchor points, internal cranes, fire extinguishers, first aid kits, passenger lifts, PAT testing, fire alarm test, load bearing shelves, miscellaneous lifting tools and equipment or the like.

Description of options:

— satisfactory performance,

— budget availability,

— ongoing business need,

Short description:

The contracting entity intends to procure statutory and periodic inspections of lifting equipment in ESB Generating Stations.

However, the contract may also include internal cranes, fire extinguishers, first aid kits, passenger lifts, PAT testing, fire alarm test, load bearing shelves, as well as lifting tools and equipment or the like.

Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: UK and Ireland.

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2021-06-22 📅
Name: ITS Plant Tech Ltd
National registration number: GB863280518
Postal address: 23 Tirravalley Road
Postal town: Enniskillen
Postal code: BT92 3AW
Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
E-mail: colm@itsplanttech.com 📧
Internet address: http://www.itsplanttech.com 🌏
Name: WH Scott & Son Engineers
National registration number: 115999965
Postal address: Tallaght
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Dublin 24
Phone: +44 77158855333 📞
E-mail: marc@whscottlifting.com 📧
Internet address: http://www.whscottlifting.com 🌏

Reference
Additional information

Complementary information
Review body
Information about review deadlines:

The Contracting Entity will not conclude this framework agreement/contract until after the expiry of the standstill period which commences on the day following the date of notification of concerned tenderers. Review procedures are available in the High Court to a person who has or has had an interest in obtaining the framework agreement / contract and alleges that he or she has been harmed or is at risk of being harmed by an infringement of the law in relation to that framework agreement/contract.

Source: OJS 2021/S 144-384194 (2021-07-23)

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