Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2021-10-26
Buyer: Department of Education and Skills
Country: IE
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 71000000 | 71200000 | 71220000 | 71221000 | 71223000

Technical requirements: The Department of Education is preparing to seek applicants for both a Consultants and a PSDP Framework to support the delivery of the School Building Programme as part of the National Development Plan 2021-2030. Services required will assist the delivery of school building works under multiple delivery streams of Large Scale Projects including the Major Devolved, ADAPT, D&B and Traditional Delivery Schools programmes, the Additional School Accommodation Scheme (“ASA”) and Modular Accommodation. It also includes services to assist in the delivery of refurbishment works and other works to support the Climate Action agenda.
It is anticipated that a formal RFT seeking applications in connection with these Frameworks will issue in Q4 2020.
Applicants will be required to submit a completed DoE-QC1 Suitability Assessment Declaration together with evidence of previously projects satisfactorily completed. Based on the information provided and criteria set down in DoE QC1 applicant submissions will be evaluated and successful applicants will be admitted to the relevant framework as set out below:
Type 2a projects generally refer to projects less than €3m without particular complexity, Type 2b generally refers to projects less than €3m with medium complexity or less than €10m without particular complexity.
Type 3 generally refers to projects less than €10m with medium complexity or greater than €10m up to €25m.
It is proposed that the Framework panels for Type 4 projects will consist of a maximum number of Applicants (as set down in the RFT) that meet the minimum standard for participation (suitability assessment).  Only the highest scoring Applicants, up to the maximum number identified, for each Framework will be selected as participants.  Where more than one Applicant achieves the lowest qualifying score, all Applicants with that score will be included in the panel. Where there are less than the maximum number of Applicants, only those that meet the minimum standard for participation (suitability assessment) will be invited to participate.
Similarly, It is proposed that the Framework panels for Type 3 and Type 2b projects will consist of a maximum number of Applicants (as set out in the RFT) that meet the minimum standard for participation (suitability assessment).  Where more than one Applicant achieves the lowest qualifying score, all Applicants with that score will be included in the panels.
Any Applicant qualifying for Type 4 will be automatically qualified for Type 3 and Type 2b, (i.e. for Type 3 and 2b projects the panels will consist of those who qualified for the Type 4 panels and the highest scoring eligible Applicants for Type 3 and Type 2b projects participants, only up to the maximum for each discipline)
Any Applicant qualifying for Type 3 will be automatically qualified for Type 2b, (i.e. for Type 2b projects the panels will consist of those who qualified for the Type 3 panels and the highest scoring eligible Applicants for Type 2b projects, only up to the maximum for each discipline).