Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-01-16
Buyer: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII)
Country: IE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71311000: Civil engineering consultancy services | 71311210 | 71312000: Structural engineering consultancy services | 73110000 | 73210000
Estimated value: 6000000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2018-03-12
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: TII requires the services of Consulting Engineers to update and maintain the TII Standards and Technical documents for the design of roads and bridges, and its light rail guidelines, providing a set of comprehensive design standards, guidelines, and specifications.
The various work packages will be awarded over 5 lots. It is anticipated that each lot will have a duration of 4 years, with an option to extend for a further 2 years. The Work packages are grouped together in 5 Lots.
Lot 1 provides for the general management of the Commission and the coordination of all the Work packages commissioned under Lots 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
The Services to be provided under Lot 1 require the nomination of a Commission Coordinator to be co-located at the TII offices in Parkgate Street on a full-time basis for the duration of the Commission.
Lot 1 includes assisting TII with the identification and prioritization of new, and revisions to existing, Standards and Technical documents to be made available in the TII Publications systems.
Lot 2 provides for the development of TII Standards and Technical documents relating to the structural and geotechnical assets that form part of the national roads network.
The Services to be provided under Lot 2 require the nomination of a Project Manager whose role is to coordinate the activities of the Work packages and liaise with TII staff and the Commission Coordinator.
Lot 3 provides for the development of TII Standards and Technical documents relating to the geometric design of urban and rural roads, road safety and road drainage in relation to national roads.
The Services to be provided under Lot 3 require the nomination of Project Manager whose role is to coordinate the activities within the Lot 3 Work packages and liaise with TII staff and the Commission Coordinator.
Lot 4 provides for the development of TII Standards and Technical documents relating to the design, maintenance, and management of pavements on national roads.
The Services to be provided under Lot 4 require the nomination of Project Manager whose role is to coordinate the activities within the Lot 4 Workpackages and liaise with TII staff and the Commission Coordinator.
Lot 5 provides for the development of TII Standards and Technical documents relating to traffic control and communication systems on national roads.
The Services to be provided under Lot 5 require the nomination of Project Manager whose role is to coordinate the activities within the Lot 5 Workpackages and liaise with TII staff and the Commission Coordinator.
Requests to participate may be submitted by single entities or by groups. A group will not be required to convert into a specific legal form in order to submit a request to participate but may be required to do so prior to award of the contract.
The Contracting Authority also reserves the right to contract with a nominated lead contractor, with the other group members as sub-contractors, or to contract with each member of the group on the basis of joint and several-liability, or on such other basis as the Authority considers appropriate at its discretion.

Eligibility requirements: Requests to participate may be submitted by single entities or by groups. A group will not be required to convert into a specific legal form in order to submit a request to participate but may be required to do so prior to award of the contract. The Contracting Authority also reserves the right to contract with a nominated lead contractor, with the other group members as sub-contractors, or to contract with each member of the group on the basis of joint and several-liability, or on such other basis as the Authority considers appropriate at its discretion.

Award value: 6000000