Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2019-01-11
Buyer: Dublin City Council, Housing and Community Services
Country: IE
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 45000000: Construction work | 45211000: Construction work for multi-dwelling buildings | 45211340 | 45211350 | 45211360
Estimated value: 35084000 EUR
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Works contract for a mixed use inner city development in Dominick Street Lower, adjoining neighbouring buildings, public roads and the LUAS. The development will be an exemplar for apartment living and social housing, built and finished to the highest quality and standards of materials and workmanship. It will comprise: 5 No. townhouses, 67 No. apartments over ground floor commercial and community uses, a basement car park, a community garden, public realm and pavement works. A piling solution is proposed for the site perimeter and the foundations of the corner building. The works contractor will be required to retain a licensed archaeologist as part of the contract to undertake the archaeological works in relation to extensive residual Georgian basements. The development has been designed to meet Near Zero Energy Building Standards (NZEB).
For further information please consult the associated documentation, which is available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT 129259.
DCC invites Expressions of Interest for the Works Contract for a mixed use development in Dominick Street Lower on a cleared brownfield inner city site, adjoining neighbouring buildings, public roads and the LUAS, which must remain operational during the Works.
The development will be an exemplar for apartment living and social housing in the city, built and finished to the highest quality and standards of materials and workmanship.
The development comprises the following: 5 No. townhouses and 67 No. apartments on 5 upper floor levels over ground floor community and commercial uses, a landscaped courtyard garden at first floor level, complete with planting, seating areas and play equipment, a basement car park, ancillary accommodation, plant and storage, public realm and pavement works in Dominick Street and Dominick Place.
There are extensive Georgian basements, requiring archaeological resolution /recording, prior to excavation and removal and the Works Contractor will be required to retain a licensed Archaeologist to undertake the Archaeological works as part of the works contract.
The development has been designed to meet Near Zero Energy Building Standards (NZEB), adopting a fabric first approach, air tight construction, demand control ventilation and utilising heat pump technologies for space heating and domestic hot water with additional solar PV as part of the renewable component. The Building Control Amendment Regulations apply. For further information please consult the associated documentation, which is available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 129259.
Please consult the additional documentation, which contains full instructions regarding the submissions of requests to participate and is available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 129259.
1) Dublin City Council is subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (FOI) 2014. If you consider that any of the information supplied by you is either commercially sensitive or confidential in nature, this should be highlighted and the reasons for the sensitivity specified. In such cases, the relevant material, will in response to the FOI request; be examined in the light of the exemptions provided for in the Acts.
2) It will be a condition for the award of any contract by Dublin City Council that the successful Tenderer and all subcontractors (if applicable) produce a valid Tax Clearance Certificate from the Revenue Commissioners in compliance with Circular (43) 2006 (or 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.
3) Suppliers must register their interest on the eTenders website (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications.
4) All queries regarding this tender requirements or process must be submitted through the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal wwww.etenders.gov.ie (RFT ID:129259) as a specific question. Responses will be circulated to those candidates/tenderers, that have registered an interest in this competition on the Irish Government procurement opportunities portal 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 12:00 noon on Friday 16.2.2018, to enable issue of responses to all interested parties.
5) 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.
6) Please note also that 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. Dublin City Council will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties.


Winner: Duggan Brothers (Contractors) Ltd
Award value: 35084000
Number of bids: 4