Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2022-02-16
Buyer: Health and Safety Authority
Country: IE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 71313410 | 71317000: Hazard protection consultancy services | 71356000 | 71630000 | 90711100
Estimated value: 750000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2022-03-15
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Contracting Authority proposes to engage in a competitive process for the establishment of a multi-party framework agreement for the provision of a Technical Land Use Planning Advisory and Related Services.  The service requirement will be to generate, for the Authority, Technical Land-use Planning Reports with associated risk contours for developments at and in the vicinity of COMAH establishments. The report for each establishment to include the contours in a GIS file along with all relevant data tables.
The Authority is seeking external technical expertise to provide the Authority with technical generic land-use planning advice for each establishment subject to the regulations.
b.	A report (‘TLUP Report’) for the provision of technical land-use planning advice to a planning authority, explaining and putting in context the planning risk contours for each establishment and the specific TLUP advice that is being provided.
c.	Attend and provide relevant supporting evidence on behalf of the Authority at oral planning hearings etc. on risk contours and associated reports for the relevant establishment prepared
d.	Contracts with Options - each contract related to an establishment as outlined above, will include options for any follow-on related services specific to the site in question.  This ensures continuity of service and availability of appropriate expertise.  Any optional contracts for a specific establishment will be purely at the discretion of the Contracting Authority and subject to satisfactory performance and quality of service.
As stated in procurement documents available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 207731
The reason for the duration beyond the standard 4 year period is to enable the Contracting Authority complete the anticipated volume of assessments for all known sites.
1)	Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications. All information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal (www.etenders.gov.ie) only. Registration is free of charge. The contracting authority will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties;
2)	Suppliers must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications and to respond electronically to the competition. There is a maximum upload limit of 2GB per document on etenders. Documents larger than this should be divided into smaller files prior to upload or zipped.
3)	Should you experience difficulty when uploading documents please contact the eTenders Support Desk for technical assistance. Email etenders@eu-supply.com or Telephone: 353 (0) 21 243 92 77 (09:00am – 17:30pm GMT)
4)	All queries regarding this tender requirement or process must be submitted through the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal www.etenders.gov.ie (RFT ID:207731) as a specific question. Responses will be circulated to those tenderers that have registered an interest in this notice on www.etenders.gov.ie The details of the person making a query will not be disclosed when circulating the response
6)	The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers.
9)	At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, the framework agreement or any contract awarded under the framework agreement at any time.
10)	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.
11)	Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of the procurement documents with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, respondents are advised to ensure that they return completed documentation in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.

Eligibility requirements: As stated in procurement documents available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 207731

Award value: 750000