Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-07-29
Buyer: Department of Education and Skills
Country: IE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 45223200 | 71000000 | 71200000 | 71220000 | 71221000
Estimated value: 50000000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2017-08-30
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Framework panels for full or partial (1) Architectural, (2) Civil Structural Engineering, (3) Building Services (M&E) Engineering, and (4) Quantity Surveying Services (as appropriate), as current version (at time of secondary tender) of Design Team Procedures and DoES Standard Schedule of Stage Services for Construction Consultants available at www.education.ie or as set out in secondary competition tender documents.
The duration of the frameworks will be 3 years from the date of formation to the issue of the last secondary competition tender documents. The date of formation will be the date of the award of the first call off competition.
Framework panels for full or partial (1) Architectural, (2) Civil Structural Engineering, (3) Building Services (M&E) Engineering, and (4) Quantity Surveying Services (as appropriate), as current version (at time of secondary tender) of Design Team Procedures and DoES Standard Schedule of Stage Services for Construction Consultants available at www.education.ie or as set out in secondary competition tender documents.
The framework panels (8 in total) will consist of a maximum number of applicants (as II.2.9) that meet the minimum standard for participation (suitability assessment). Only the highest scoring submissions, up to the maximum number identified, for each framework panel 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 panels.
The project categories are Type 2b and Type 3. Type 2b generally refers to projects less than 2 500 000 EUR with medium complexity or less than 7 500 000 EUR without particular complexity, and Type 3 generally refers to projects less than 7 500 000 EUR with medium complexity or greater than 7 500 000 EUR.
The final decision on the assigned project type rests with the Contracting Authority. Any applicant qualifying for Type 3 will be automatically qualified for Type 2b for that discipline.
The duration of the frameworks will be 3 years from the date of formation to the issue of the last secondary competition tender documents. The date of formation will be the date of the award of the first call off competition.
The criteria are as stated in Suitability Assessment Questionnaire QC1 and number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged is:
As Suitability Assessment Questionnaire DoES-QC1 (Framework Agreement for Construction Consultants 2017) attached to eTenders advertisement.
Applications are invited for setting up of a framework 2017 for two number panels for each of the individual design team disciplines by means of use of restricted procedure.
The pre-qualification stage will comprise of the creation of two panels for each discipline, one panel for projects Type 2b and a second panel for projects Type 3; each panel with separate shortlisted applicants in the individual disciplines (4 No) in each category, as listed below:
The framework panels (8 in total) will consist of a maximum number of applicants (as II.2.9) that meet the minimum standard for participation (suitability assessment). Only the highest scoring submissions, up to the maximum number identified, for each framework panel 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 panels.

Eligibility requirements: As Suitability Assessment Questionnaire DoES-QC1 (Framework Agreement for Construction Consultants 2017) attached to eTenders advertisement.

Award value: 50000000