Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2021-11-23
Buyer: Galway Mayo Institute of Technology
Country: IE
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 45210000: Building construction work | 45212000: Construction work for leisure buildings | 45212200 | 45212220 | 45212221
Estimated value: 8000000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2021-12-20
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Contracting Authority proposes to engage in a competitive process with negotiation for the appointment of a suitable contractor for the construction of Multi-functional Sports Building for Galway Mayo Institute of Technology, Dublin Road, Galway (Galway Campus).The development will consist of a 2-storey multi-functional sports building or large sports hall that can cater for many indoor sports.  Gross floor area of 2500-2700 m2, car parking, ESB Substation, signage, landscaping and all associated site development works and services. The building will likely cater for many indoor sports including basketball, indoor soccer, volleyball, table tennis, badminton, and similar in a sports hall circa 1000 sqm with supporting ancillary spaces, changing facilities, stores, toilets etc, the building occasionally may also accommodate student gatherings and once off events.
The Contracting Authority wishes to engage in a competitive process with negotiation for the appointment of a suitable contractor for the construction of Multi-functional Sports Building for Galway Mayo Institute of Technology, Dublin Road, Galway (Galway Campus).
The development will consist of a 2-storey multi-functional sports building or large sports hall that can cater for many indoor sports.
Gross floor area of 2500-2700m2, car parking, ESB Substation, signage, landscaping and all associated site development works and services.
The proposed development also includes new and improved pedestrian and bus stop facilities on Dublin Road, to include bus set down, bus shelters and pedestrian crossing.
The building will likely cater for many indoor sports including basketball, indoor soccer, volleyball, table tennis, badminton, and similar in a sports hall circa 1000 sqm with supporting ancillary spaces, changing facilities, stores, toilets etc., the building occasionally may also accommodate student gatherings and once off events.
The procedure being utilised in this competition is the ‘Competitive Procedure with Negotiation’.  This procedure has been chosen as the optimum procedure to enable the assessment of (i) design or innovative solutions;(ii) specific circumstances related to the nature, the complexity or the legal and financial makeup or because of risks attaching to them; (by analogy with the rules contained in Directive 2014/24/EU – Article 26).  The procedure involves the following stages;
(1)	a Pre-Qualification Questionnaire used to assess the financial and technical competence for parties suitable for Request for Tender stage;
(3)	Negotiation stage as may be necessary and appropriate. However, the Contracting Authority reserves the possibility to award the contract on the basis of initial tenders without negotiation.   Should the Contracting Authority enter into formal negotiations, shortlisted tenderers will be invited to submit a Best and Final Offer.
(5)	Applicants should note that in the first instance the Contracting Authority requires the Suitability Assessment Questionnaire to be submitted. After consideration by the Contracting Authority and only if invited to continue in the process will a full RFT response be required. This RFT will be provided to those being invited to the second stage of the process.  Note:  It is envisaged that the top 9 scoring Applicants (subject to the quality & number of Suitability Assessment Questionnaires - SAQs received) who meet the minimum criteria and rules for selection will be invited to tender. Applicants who are selected for inclusion on the tender list will be issued a formal Invitation to Tender Document and will be asked to respond with a tender submission. Submissions received will be assessed on the basis of the rules, criteria and weightings set out in the Invitation to Tender Document in order to make an award decision.
The Connacht-Ulster Alliance (CUA) of GMIT, LYIT and IT Sligo formally submitted its application to become a TU in May 2021. The Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris, TD, formally approved the CUA for designation as a TU in October 2021.  The CUA look forward to operating as a multi-campus university in early 2022.

Eligibility requirements: PLEASE REFER TO SAQ

Award value: 8000000