Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-12-19
Buyer: Irish Water
Country: IE
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 45220000 | 45231300 | 45232400 | 45232421 | 45232423
Submission deadline: 2020-01-29
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Shared Waters Enhancement and Loughs Legacy (SWELL) project is supported by the European Union’s Interreg VA Programme, managed by the Special EU Programmes Body. The SWELL project’s aim is to improve the water quality, within the shared waters of Carlingford Lough and Lough Foyle. Through strategic catchment investigations and modelling, the SWELL project is planned to deliver optimised, sustainable capital upgrades to wastewater assets.
The works associated with this particular contract PQQ involve the design, build and operation of new and existing wastewater above ground and below ground assets including:
The Shared Waters Enhancement and Loughs Legacy (SWELL) project is supported by the European Union’s Interreg VA Programme, managed by the Special EU Programmes Body. The SWELL project’s aim is to improve the water quality, within the shared waters of Carlingford Lough and Lough Foyle. Through strategic catchment investigations and modelling, the SWELL project is planned to deliver optimised, sustainable capital upgrades to wastewater assets.
The works associated with this particular contract PQQ involve the design, build and operation of new and existing wastewater above ground and below ground assets including;
— design and build new wastewater treatment plant for 3 000 PE adjacent to the existing plant, whilst maintaining existing treatment plant operations,
— a short length of rising main from Sally Gardens PS to a header manhole in Lifford town centre and a short length of gravity sewer,
— design and build major upgrade of existing 850 PE wastewater treatment plant, whilst maintaining existing treatment plant operations,
— design and build conversion of existing wastewater treatment plant (primary treatment only) to a pumping station and storm tank,
— design and build new gravity sewers for surface water separation in the town (extent dependent on network sewer survey outcome).
You must submit through the etenders system before the deadline. The submission deadline is strict and no submissions will be possible after the date and time specified in the PQQ documents. Please note that all tenders are electronic, as such no paper copies will be accepted or read. Please submit via the etenders system not later than 12.00 hrs local time 29.1.2020.
Requests to participate may be submitted by single entities or by groups of service providers. A group will not be required to convert into a specific legal form in order to submit a request to participate, but may if the contracting entity considers it necessary to ensure that the contract is carried out to its satisfaction, be required to do so prior to award of the contract. The contracting entity also reserves the right to contract with each member of the group on the basis of joint and several liability, or with one member of the group as a main contractor with a number of sub-contractors or on any other basis as the contracting entity considers appropriate.
You must submit through the etenders system before the deadline. The submission deadline is strict and no submissions will be possible after the date and time specified in the PQQ documents. Please note that all tenders are electronic, as such no paper copies will be accepted or read. Please submit via the eTenders system not later than 12.00 hrs local time 29.1.2020.
Please refer to Statutory Instrument 131 of 2010, European Communities (Award of Contracts by Utility Undertaking) (Review Procedures) Regulations 2010 (and in particular Regulation 7 and 10(2)).

Eligibility requirements: Refer to tender documents.