Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-12-23
Buyer: Department of Education
Country: IE
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 45000000: Construction work | 45210000: Building construction work | 45214200 | 45214210 | 45310000
Estimated value: 20000000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2021-02-02
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Minister for Education and Skills (the Contracting Authority), intends to establish a multi-party framework, of suitably qualified and experienced MEP services contractors to deliver works contracts for the MEP remediation and associated works. Remediation works shall be carried out at existing schools across the Republic of Ireland. Applicants should note that further/fewer projects may be carried out under the framework at the discretion of the contracting authority.
Applicants should note that the contracting authority may award works contracts under this framework in such order or combination as it sees fit. For example, the contracting authority reserves the right not to proceed with any package or packages, to adjust the number of schools that might be included in any package, to award more than two packages or to award a works contract for a single school, each at its discretion. Applicants should also note that packages may not be of equal size or value.
The works shall be carried out during the summer school holidays (when the schools will be vacated) and also possibly during school academic terms (during which the schools will be partially or fully occupied). The works contracts shall include the following services and works: MEP remediation works, project and construction team management, PSCS, procurement of subcontracts and management of materials and sub-contracting supply chain, preliminaries (including security, access provision and control, temporary works design, site temporary construction facilities) and all associated temporary and permanent (e.g. builders work) remediation works required to remediate MEP Systems and installations within existing schools.
The term of the framework is for 2 years, subject to an extension or extensions at the contract authorities sole discretion up to the maximum allowable by law. The duration of any call-off contract may continue after the expiry of the framework agreement.
Applicants should note that the total value of the works that may be procured via the framework agreement cannot be definitively estimated by the contracting authority at this stage, and for this reason the value set out above in sections II.1.5) and II.2.6) is a nominal value only. The contracting authority is not obliged to award any contracts under the framework agreement. The contracting authority reserves the right to award contracts that fall within the scope of the framework agreement notwithstanding that the value exceeds the nominal value set out in this contract notice, and the value entered in II.1 5) and II.2.6) shall not be a limit upon the total potential value of the framework agreement.
(iii) change the scope, basis, the procedures and the timescales set out or referred to within the procurement documents;
(iv) require an applicant to clarify any submissions in writing and/or provide additional information (failure to respond adequately may result in disqualification);
Under no circumstances will the contracting authority or any of its respective advisors be liable for any costs or expenses incurred by Applicants and/or its respective advisors arising directly or indirectly from this procurement or termination thereof, including, without limitation, any changes or adjustments made to the procurement documentation, or the exclusion/disqualification of an applicant.
Any discussions and correspondence will be deemed strictly subject to contract until a formal contract is entered into. The formal contract shall not be binding until it has been signed and dated by the duly authorised representatives of both parties.


Award value: 20000000