Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2022-02-01
Buyer: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII)
Country: IE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 71240000 | 71317210 | 71320000 | 71322000: Civil engineering design services | 71356400
Estimated value: 200000000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2022-03-16
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: TII intends to establish a single-party framework agreement under which services required by TII shall be drawn down under separate Call-Off Contracts. It is intended to use the NEC 4 Professional Services Contract for the call-off contracts. The proposed duration of the framework duration is 13 years which aligns with the delivery and operational commencement phases that the Client Partner will be supporting. The services to be provided include the following: 1. Delivery planning and integration 2. Development of technical documentation in support of procurement (Design and Engineering works), plus  the development of a Software System to facilitate the development and evaluation of tender competitions 3. Programme management & controls 4. Digital information management 5. Stakeholder management 6. Health, safety, environment & quality 7. Communications management 8. Project assurance 9. Document control
TII intends to establish a single-party framework agreement under which services required by TII shall be drawn down under separate Call-Off Contracts. The services to be provided include the following:
(1)	Delivery planning & integration: Development of the systems integration strategy and management of its implementation. The strategy will cover: (a) integration of the project elements into an effective and efficient operational metro system; and (b) integration of the work of various contractors and suppliers to ensure efficient delivery.
(2)	Development of technical documentation in support of procurement: Prepare the tender design for robust 401, 402, 403 and 500 design and build contracts suitable for issue to the main tendering parties based upon the development of the preliminary design and the reference design. The CP shall provide technical leadership in, inter alia, the following disciplines: track geometry, geotechnics and earthworks, tunnels and shafts, station design both subsurface and surface, power and systems, roads, utilities, surface water drainage and flood impact assessment, depot design and operation, structures (bridges, culverts and cut and cover works), traffic and transportation modelling, construction methodology, fire safety strategy. In addition, the CP shall consider the geological investigation and geotechnical Design reports prepared by the current Engineering Designer and shall produce the geotechnical baseline report. Based upon the tender design the CP shall prepare all the PQQ and ITT tender documentation for the 401, 402 and 403 contracts including the works requirements and all other related document and manage the tender assessment process for the procurement  of contractors required for all contract packages. The CP shall manage the procurement of the PPP contract 500 and shall prepare all the tender documentation. The CP shall develop procurement software to facilitate the development and evaluation of tender competitions, this can be used on other TII projects outside of MetroLink as and when required. (3) Programme Management & Controls: CP will take a leading role in the development and implementation of programme management and controls across the procurement and construction phases, in line with TII and NTA Policy and Procedures. The CP will help to establish a tiered approach to assurance. CP shall manage progress reporting (schedule, quality, risk) across all work packages and coordinate reporting to TII. (see IMPQQ for a  description of the contract packages such as 401)”.
(4)	Digital Information Management: Manage the organisation, data and digitalisation of information, including Building Information Modelling (BIM). Providing the resources to manage the Common Data Environment (CDE). Others will provide the CDE.
(6)	HSE&Q: Act as PSDP for the project taking over the role from Jacobs Idom. Coordinate the input from PSDP co- ordinators for other design packages including playing facilities, Advance Works Engineering Designer and HV substations and supply cable routes. Supporting the  development of policies and processes and strategic planning.
(7)	Communications Management: Strategic and day-to-day project communications, including, communications strategy, planning, team establishment, media management, web and social media management.
(8)	Project Assurance: Project assurance, compliance project governance and controls. The role excludes technical assurances, such as design and safety that will be undertaken by others.
Further to issue of the previous Periodic Indicative Notice for the preliminary market consultation for MetroLink Client Support Services on the 19 March 2020 and responses received on 07 April 2020. TII evaluated the feedback received and amended its procurement approach for these services. A further update was provided to the market via PIN on 21 April 2021.
There is both a legal basis in Recital 72 of the Utilities Directive and a factual basis having regard to the subject matter of the Client Partner role to award a single supplier framework agreement with a duration of 13 years
TII will not be liable for any participant’s costs arising in connection with participating in the competition, irrespective of the outcome of the
(vi)	not furnish a candidate or tenderer with additional information or to do any combination of the foregoing or anything else deemed
appropriate. In no instance will TII be required to give any reason for any alteration or termination of the process.
-	If any past or future contracts or other documents are summarised or described in this document, or in other information given to Candidates, the summary or description must not be taken as comprehensive, or as a substitute for reading the contract or other document itself when it becomes available.
-	Interested parties are advised that TII is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2014 (together with other legislation governing access to information) . If a candidate/tenderer considers that any information supplied as part of this procurement procedure should not be disclosed because of its commercial sensitivity, confidentiality or otherwise, they must, when providing this information, clearly identify the specific information they do not wish to be disclosed and clearly specify the reasons for its sensitivity. Please note, it is not sufficient to include a statement of confidentiality encompassing all the information provided in the response.


Award value: 200000000