Specialist All-Weather Race Track Surface Design & Installation at Tipperary Racecourse

Horse Racing Ireland (HRI)

The design, supply, installation, testing & commissioning of a new all-weather horse racing surface at Tipperary Racecourse.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2023-06-14. The procurement was published on 2023-05-11.

Who?

• Horse Racing Ireland (HRI)

What?

• Building demolition and wrecking work and earthmoving work › Siteworks
• Construction, foundation and surface works for highways, roads › Various surface works
• Flatwork for miscellaneous sports installations › Flatwork for sports fields › Flatwork for racecourse
• Landscaping work › Landscaping work for sports grounds and recreational areas › Landscaping work for riding areas

Where?

• Éire/Ireland

Procurement history

Date	Document
2023-05-11	Contract notice

Contract notice (2023-05-11)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Flatwork for racecourse
Reference number: Tip/awt/spsurface
Short description:

The design, supply, installation, testing & commissioning of a new all-weather horse racing surface at Tipperary Racecourse.

Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Works
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Flatwork for racecourse 📦
Additional CPV: Landscaping work for sports grounds and recreational areas 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️

Procedure
Procedure type: Restricted procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Body governed by public law
Awarding authority name: Horse Racing Ireland (HRI)
Postal address: Ballymany
Postal code: The Curragh
Postal town: Co Kildare
Contact
Internet address: http://www.hri.ie 🌏
E-mail: dparker@hri.ie 📧
Phone: +353 45455455 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=242338&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=242338&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2023-05-11 📅
Submission deadline: 2023-06-14 📅
Publication date: 2023-05-16 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2023/S 094-289001
OJ-S issue: 94
Additional information

1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders website (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications. All information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal (www.etenders.gov.ie) only. Registration is free of charge. The contracting authority 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 authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by tenderers; 4) Establishment of the framework will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities; 5) It will be a condition of establishment that candidates and all subcontractors are fully tax compliant as part of their application for participation in the competition; 6) If for any reason it is not possible for the successful tenderer to deliver the contract following the conclusion of this competitive process, the contracting authority reserves the right to invite the next highest scoring tenderer to join the contract as appropriate. This shall be without prejudice to the right of the contracting authority to cancel this competitive process and/or initiate a new contract award procedure at its sole discretion; 7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process or the contract 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 authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of tender submissions with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, tenderers are advised to ensure that they return fully completed submissions in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.

Additional information

1) Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders website (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications. All information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal (www.etenders.gov.ie) only. Registration is free of charge. The contracting authority 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 authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by tenderers;

4) Establishment of the framework will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities;

5) It will be a condition of establishment that candidates and all subcontractors are fully tax compliant as part of their application for participation in the competition;

6) If for any reason it is not possible for the successful tenderer to deliver the contract following the conclusion of this competitive process, the contracting authority reserves the right to invite the next highest scoring tenderer to join the contract as appropriate. This shall be without prejudice to the right of the contracting authority to cancel this competitive process and/or initiate a new contract award procedure at its sole discretion;

7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process or the contract 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 authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of tender submissions with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, tenderers are advised to ensure that they return fully completed submissions in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.

Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value: 4 000 000 EUR 💰
Estimated value excluding VAT: 4 000 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 18 months
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Tipperary Racecourse, Ballykisteen, Limerick Junction, Co.Tipperary.

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Maximum number of candidates: 4
Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Irish 🗣️

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Diarmuid Parker
Internet address: www.hri.ie 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/330 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=242338&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Additional information

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

3) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by tenderers;

4) Establishment of the framework will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities;

5) It will be a condition of establishment that candidates and all subcontractors are fully tax compliant as part of their application for participation in the competition;

6) If for any reason it is not possible for the successful tenderer to deliver the contract following the conclusion of this competitive process, the contracting authority reserves the right to invite the next highest scoring tenderer to join the contract as appropriate. This shall be without prejudice to the right of the contracting authority to cancel this competitive process and/or initiate a new contract award procedure at its sole discretion;

7) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process or the contract 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 authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of tender submissions with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, tenderers are advised to ensure that they return fully completed submissions in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Four Court, Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
E-mail: highcoutcentrealoffice@courts.ie 📧
Internet address: www.courts.ie 🌏
Information about review deadlines:

Statutory Instrument No 130 of 2010 (the Irish Remedies Regulations) provides that review procedures are available in the High Court to a person who has or has had an interest in obtaining the contract (including the reviewable public 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 the reviewable public contract.

Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: Please consult your legal advisor
Postal town: Ireland
Source: OJS 2023/S 094-289001 (2023-05-11)

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