Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2023-09-29
Buyer: Health Service Executive HSE
Country: IE
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 45000000: Construction work | 45210000: Building construction work | 45215100 | 45215130 | 45215140
Submission deadline: 2023-10-27
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: i) Development of up to three permanent Surgical Services Hubs to be located on Health Service Executive (“HSE”) owned sites in Limerick, Cork and Waterford. ii) The HSE is initiating this tender competition in order to identify an economic operator with capability and experience develop up to three surgical services hubs to HSE specifications using rapid build construction technology. iii) The Contracting Authority requires each of the surgical hubs to be delivered as soon as possible. However, there will be an envisaged upper time limit of 12 months for the works from the award of the contract or the award of each relevant option (which will be dependent on obtainment of appropriate planning permission by the Contracting Authority) subject to applicable Extension of Time (EoT) events which will be detailed in the Invitation to Tender (ITT). iv) The estimated size of each surgical hub will be 4,000 to 4,500 sq.m with additional plant space of circa 1,800 sq.m. v) The Surgical Hubs must be delivered in accordance with the Government's Climate Action Plan, 2023 and Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021.
For further information please refer to the Project Information Memorandum and Pre-Qualification Questionnaire Document available on www.etenders.gov.ie.
There are three separate permanent surgical services hubs and the Contracting Authority reserves the right to instruct the delivery of the subsequent surgical hubs (2nd and 3rd surgical hubs) as options if necessary.
The HSE also reserves the right to instruct the delivery of a fourth permanent surgical services hub in the North-west/Border region of Ireland via the contract.
1. It will be a condition for the award of any contract by the Health Service Executive that the successful tenderer and all sub-contractors (if applicable) produce a valid Tax Clearance Certificate from the Revenue Commissioners in compliance with Circular (43) 2006 (as amended) and that the certificate will be maintained for the duration of the contract and will be on a 12 month basis. In the case of a non-resident tenderer, a statement of suitability from the Revenue Commissioners will be required.. 2. Suppliers must register their interest on the Irish Government procurement opportunities portal www.etenders.gov.ie in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications.. 3. Please note that all information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on www.etenders.gov.ie only. Registration is free of charge. The Health Service Executive will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties.. 4. Hard copy submissions will not be accepted. Faxed or emailed submissions will not be accepted. Late submissions will be rejected unless the Health Service Executive considers that this is due to a technical, clerical or administrative error. . 5. Please see the etenders supplier guide for further information on using etenders. . 6. All queries regarding this tender must be submitted through www.etenders.gov.ie . Queries must be in question format. Responses will be circulated to candidates/tenderers that have registered an interest in this notice on www.etenders.gov.ie The details of the party making the query will not be disclosed when circulating the response. All queries must be submitted by 5 pm (Irish time) as per eTenders to enable the issue of responses to all interested parties.. 7. Please note that where documents are made available in both PDF and Word format, in the event of any discrepancy between the documents, the PDF version will take precedence.. 8. The Contracting Authority reserves the right to award new works or services consisting of the repetition of similar works or services pursuant to Regulation 32(9) to 32(12) of European Union (Award of Public Authority Contracts) Regulations 2016.

Eligibility requirements: Please refer to the document(s) issued with this contract notice.