Reserved Specialist (Mechanical) for extension and reconfiguration works at St Francis College,Rochestown, Cork

Short description

Mechanical Subcontractors (Reserved Specialists to the Main Appointed Contractor) for mechanical installation for multistorey extension including a PE hall c.7,900m2, with demolition, reconfiguration and refurbishment to the existing school buildings, complete with ballcourts, carparking, roadworks, landscaping and all associated siteworks. The project will be phased, requiring the relocation of existing temporary accommodation and the provision of new temporary accommodation for the duration of construction.
Reserved Specialists are being pre-selected and procured separately from the Main Contract and when procured will enter into contract with the Main Contractor.

Description of the procurement

Mechanical Subcontractors (Reserved Specialists to the Main Appointed Contractor) for mechanical installation for multistorey extension including a PE hall c.7,900m2, with demolition, reconfiguration and refurbishment to the existing school buildings, complete with ballcourts, carparking, roadworks, landscaping and all associated siteworks. The project will be phased, requiring the relocation of existing temporary accommodation and the provision of new temporary accommodation for the duration of construction.
Reserved Specialists are being pre-selected and procured separately from the Main Contract and when procured will enter into contract with the Main Contractor.

Additional information

Reserved Specialists are being pre-selected and procured separately from the Main Contract and when procured will enter into contract with the Main Contractor. Reserved Specialists will be required to execute a Collateral Warranty with the Employer.

List and brief description of conditions

List and brief description of conditions: As DoES-QW4 Suitability Assessment Questionnaire and Declaration Reserved Specialists for use with Public Works Contract – CF1
A declaration is required to confirm that none of the circumstances specified Article 57 of Directive2014/24/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.

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 enter into a contract with the successful Main Contractor.
The Project categorisation for assessment of H&S competence as Works Contractor and PSCS is Major Works Type 3.
The Areas of work involving Particular Risks known to Contracting Authority at this time are:
o Work which puts persons at work at risk of— (a) falling from a height, (b) burial under earth falls, or (c)engulfment in swampland, where the risk is particularly aggravated by the nature of the work or processes used or by the environment at the place of work or construction site.
o Work which puts persons at work at risk from chemical or biological substances constituting a particular danger to the safety and health of such persons or involving a statutory requirement for health monitoring.
o Work on wells, underground earthworks and tunnels.
o Work involving the assembly or dismantling of heavy prefabricated components.
Expressions of Interest or tender competitions have been or are being conducted separately for: Reserved specialists for mechanical and electrical installations
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 & 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.