Multi Party Framework Agreement for Consultant Engineering Design Services for Flood Alleviation Projects in County Dublin, with an initial contract Sandymount Coastal Flood Alleviation Scheme

Dublin City Council

Based on the relevant legislation, policies and other relevant studies, Dublin City Council (DCC) is seeking to establish a Multi Party Framework Agreement (FA) for Consultant Engineering Design Services for Flood Alleviation Projects in County Dublin, with an initial contract for the Sandymount Coastal Flood Alleviation Scheme (CFAS). Assessment of the initial contract will lead to admission and ranking of 8 economic operators for the duration of the 4-year FA and the award of Sandymount CFAS contract to the winning service provider. Subsequent projects will be awarded by mini competitions open to those ranked in the FA based on quality and price. Priority for dealing with flood risks will be given to flood alleviation incorporating river and coastal restoration, Green and Blue Infrastructure, environmental protection and enhancement, and nature based solutions.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2023-12-18. The procurement was published on 2023-11-02.

Suppliers

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

• Ayesa
• Jacobs Engineering Ireland Ltd
• Nicholas O’Dwyer
• Ove ARUP & Partners Ireland Ltd. t/a Arup.
• Roughan & O’Donovan

Who?

• Dublin City Council

What?

Where?

• Eastern and Midland › Dublin

Procurement history

Date	Document
2023-11-02	Contract notice
2023-12-08	Contract notice
2026-05-07	Contract award notice

Contract notice (2023-11-02)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Multi Party Framework Agreement for Consultant Engineering Design Services for Flood Alleviation Projects in County Dublin, with an initial contract Sandymount Coastal Flood Alleviation Scheme
Short description:
“Based on the relevant legislation, policies and other relevant studies, Dublin City Council (DCC) is seeking to establish a Multi Party Framework Agreement...”
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Civil engineering consultancy services 📦
Estimated value excluding VAT: 65 000 000 EUR 💰
Information about lots
Tenders may be submitted for maximum number of lots: 0
Description
Internal identifier: 0
Estimated value excluding VAT: 65 000 000 EUR 💰
Description of the procurement:
“Based on the relevant legislation, policies and other relevant studies, Dublin City Council (DCC) is seeking to establish a Multi Party Framework Agreement...”
Additional information:
“* 1. Suppliers must register their interest on the Irish Government procurement opportunities portal www.etenders.gov.ie in order to be included on the...”

Additional information

* 1. Suppliers must register their interest on the Irish Government procurement
opportunities portal www.etenders.gov.ie in order to be included on the mailing
list for clarifications.
2. Please note that all information relating to attachments, including clarifications
& changes, will be published on www.etenders.gov.ie only. Registration is free of
charge. DCC will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed)
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via third parties.
3. Submission information:
 Submissions must be sent via the eTenders website (CfT ID: 2507946), online
tender facility ONLY.
 Tenders submitted by any other means (including but not limited to by email,
fax, post or hand delivery) will NOT be accepted
 Please note that the eTenders electronic tender facility closes at the stated
date and time precisely. It is the responsibility of Applicants / Tenderers to
use the tender facility correctly, which includes taking responsibility for the
safe and timely delivery of the tender.
 Please ensure that you allow adequate time for uploading your
documentation.
 Should you experience difficulty when uploading documents or have any
queries regarding the tender submission, please contact eTenders directly
via phone +353 818001459
Email irish-eproc-helpdesk@eurodyn.com or select ‘Contact Us’ on the home
page.
 The Contracting Authority will not be responsible if an economic operator
fails to upload their documentation or if the uploaded file(s) is/are corrupted
and cannot be read by Dublin City Council.
 In order to facilitate assessment, Applicants / Tenderers are kindly requested
to submit a single attachment inclusive of the completed questionnaire(s)/
tender(s) and all related appendices.
 In order to download all documents associated with a particular Call for
Tender, Economic Operators must express an interest in the Call for Tender
by associating a user from your organisation with the CfT.
4. Economic Operators should note the following when making their submission:
 In order to submit a document to the electronic tender facility you must first
accept the agreement for a Call for Tender and confirm the validity of your
user details.
 This will launch the online Tender Preparation Tool where you can create
your tender online and prepare your tender response for submission.
 There is a maximum upload limit of 100MB per tender submission.
 After submitting a response, the response may be modified and re-submitted
as many times as may be necessary until the CfT deadline has expired.
 The ‘Submit’ button will be disabled automatically upon the expiration of the
response deadline.
5. All queries must be submitted through the messaging facility on
www.etenders.gov.ie. Resource ID: 2507946 and must be in question format.
Responses will be circulated to those that have registered an interest in this
notice on www.etenders.gov.ie. The details of the party making the query will not
be disclosed when circulating the response. All queries must be submitted by 12
noon 4th December 2023 to enable issue of responses to all interested parties.
6. Refer to document 'Additional Information’ available to download from
www.etenders.gov.ie using Resource ID 2507946 for further information.

Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Civil engineering consultancy services 📦
Additional products/services: Infrastructure works consultancy services 📦
Environmental engineering consultancy services 📦
Engineering design services for the construction of civil engineering works 📦
River regulation and flood control works 📦
Flood-prevention works 📦
The use of accessibility criteria for persons with disabilities in the technical specifications: Accessibility criteria for persons with disabilities are not included because the procurement is not intended for use by natural persons
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Place of performance: Dublin 🏙️
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001
Scope of the procurement
Additional products/services: Infrastructure works consultancy services 📦
Environmental engineering consultancy services 📦
Engineering design services for the construction of civil engineering works 📦
River regulation and flood control works 📦
Flood-prevention works 📦

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure ✅
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2023-12-18 12:00:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2024-01-25 00:00:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=2507946
Conditions for opening of tenders (Information about authorised persons and opening procedure):
“The date and time of opening tenders may change at Dublin City Council’s discretion.”
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 12
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with several operators ✅
Maximum number of participants: 8
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2024-01-25 00:00:00 📅
Place:
“https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=2507946”
Additional information:
“The date and time of opening tenders may change at Dublin City Council’s discretion.”
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Electronic invoicing: Required
Electronic payment will be used ✅
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2023-12-04 📅

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of rules and criteria:
“As stated in procurement documents available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using Resources ID 2507946”
Exclusion ground: nati-ground
Description of exclusion grounds:
“As stated in procurement documents available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using Resources ID 2507946”

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Dublin City Council
National registration number: IE4773215U
Postal address: Civic Offices, Wood Quay
Postal code: D08 RF3F
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: procurementunit@dublincity.ie 📧
Phone: 01 2224493 📞
URL: https://www.dublincity.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.dublincity.ie 🌏
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
Main activity
General public services
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=2507946 🌏
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/eawarding/showTenderList.do?resourceId=2507946 🌏
Electronic submission: Required

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number: The High Court of Ireland
Department: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 1 8886000 📞
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
Source: OJS 2023/S 212-670766 (2023-11-02)

Contract notice (2023-12-08)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 65 000 000 EUR 💰
Description
65 000 000 EUR 💰

Changes
New value
Text:
“Deadline for Receipt of changes extended until 21st of December 2023 @18:00. Information about public opening changed to 22nd of December 2023.”
Other additional information

“Extension to closing date for submissions. The closing date for submissions is now 21st of December 2023 @ 18:00”
Information about modifications
Version of the previous notice to be changed: 04ecf536-db63-4e4b-b716-0f0e69178f82-01
Source: OJS 2023/S 238-749569 (2023-12-08)

Contract award notice (2026-05-07)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 65 000 000 EUR 💰
Maximum value of the framework agreements in this notice: 65 000 000 EUR 💰
Description
Estimated value excluding VAT: 65 000 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 4 (YEAR)
The time frame below is expressed in number of years.
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality @70%
Quality criterion (weighting): 70
Cost criterion (name): Cost @30%
Cost criterion (weighting): 30

Procedure
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with a single operator ✅
Award criteria
Weight type: Weight (percentage, exact)

Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded ✅
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001
Contract Number: 412272
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2024-11-04 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Maximum value of the framework agreement: 65 000 000 EUR 💰
Tender identifier: 000036179
Identifier of lot or group of lots: LOT-0001
Information about tenders
Name of the tendering party: Jacobs Engineering Ltd
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Jacobs Engineering Ireland Ltd
National registration number: 111945
Postal address: Termini Building, 2nd Floor 3 Arkle Road, Sandyford
Postal code: D18 C9C5
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: jacobsdubline-tenders@jacobs.com 📧
Phone: +353863930021 📞
URL: www.jacobs.com 🌏
Size of the economic operator: Micro, small, or medium

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority

Complementary information
Review body
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number: The High Court of Ireland
Department: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 1 8886000 📞
Source: OJS 2026/S 089-317073 (2026-05-07)

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