Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2021-02-22
Buyer: Horse Racing Ireland (HRI)
Country: IE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 71311000: Civil engineering consultancy services | 71317210 | 71320000 | 71322000: Civil engineering design services | 71324000: Quantity surveying services
Estimated value: 1500000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2021-03-23
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Tipperary Race Company Plc is seeking to establish a single party framework agreement for Engineer-Led Integrated Design Team Services to progress a project to deliver an All Weather Track at Tipperary Racecourse.
The successful integrated design team or single point design team (SPDT) will be composed of a multi-disciplined competent and suitably experienced Engineer (Civil) – Led Design Team to provide relevant consultancy services in respect of the Project. These services shall include civil/structural/geotechnical engineering, planning, ecology, archaeology, mechanical/electrical engineering, lighting specialist, quantity surveying (cost consultant), all weather track surface specialist, energy-efficiency renewable specialist, Project Supervisor Design Phase (PSDP) and all other services required for the satisfactory delivery of the project.
Tipperary Race Company Plc is seeking to establish a single party framework agreement for engineer-led integrated design team services to progress a project to deliver an all weather track at Tipperary Racecourse.
The successful integrated design team or single point design team (SPDT) will be composed of a multi-disciplined competent and suitably experienced Engineer (Civil) – Led Design Team to provide relevant consultancy services in respect of the Project. These services shall include civil/structural/geotechnical engineering, planning, ecology, archaeology, mechanical/electrical engineering, lighting specialist, quantity surveying (cost consultant), all weather track surface specialist, energy-efficiency renewable Specialist, Project Supervisor Design Phase (PSDP) and all other services required for the satisfactory delivery of the project.
All other design team members (sub-consultants) required by the lead consultant for delivery of the services will be engaged directly by the Lead Consultant, and will enter into collateral warranty agreements with Tipperary Race Company PLC.
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3) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates;
5) It will be a condition of establishment that candidates and all sub-contractors are fully tax compliant as part of their application for participation in the competition;
6) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process or the contract any time;
7) 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;
8) 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, candidates are advised to ensure that they return fully completed submissions in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.
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.

Eligibility requirements: All other design team members (sub-consultants) required by the lead consultant for delivery of the services will be engaged directly by the Lead Consultant, and will enter into collateral warranty agreements with Tipperary Race Company PLC.

Award value: 1500000