Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-02-16
Buyer: Kildare County Council
Country: IE
Region: Mid-East
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 45200000: Building and civil engineering work | 45232000 | 45233140: Roadway works | 45233150 | 45233220
Submission deadline: 2016-03-14
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Kildare County Council proposes to establish and operate a Framework Agreement for Road Resurfacing and Associated Minor Civil Works 2016 — 2019. It is estimated that approximately 5 000 000 EUR values of works of this nature were carried out in 2015 with individual framework project values of up to circa 500 000 EUR.
1) Interested parties must register their interest on 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 this website, registration for which is free of charge. KCC will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties.
3) KCC will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers.
5) If for any reason it is not possible to conclude the framework agreement with the designated successful tenderer emerging from this competitive process; or if having concluded the framework agreement, the contracting authority terminates the agreement; the contracting authority reserves the right to admit at any time during the tender validity period the next highest scoring tenderer to the framework on the basis of the same terms as tendered by that party. This shall be without prejudice to the right of the contracting authority to cancel this competitive process and/or initiate a new contract award procedure at its sole discretion.
6) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, the framework agreement at any time.
Candidates will be assessed under the selection criteria, and rules listed in the questionnaire available to download free from the Irish Government Public Procurement Opportunities Portal www.etenders.gov.ie
In accordance with the assessment criteria as detailed in the attached Suitability Assessment Questionnaire.
1) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers.
2) The establishment of the frameworks will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities and the receipt of necessary funding.
4) The establishment of these frameworks may be subject to the conduct of clarification meetings and the production of a valid tax clearance certificate.
5) It is the policy of the contracting authority, in accordance with EU procurement rules, to publish the value of contracts awarded to successful tenderers in the Official Journal of the EU.
6) KCC undertakes to hold confidential any information provided by applicants following on from the Tender Stage, subject to the Institute‘s obligations under law. The Institute may however share information received with relevant Government Departments, who are subject to the Freedom of Information Act. Applications should state if any of the information supplied by them in response to this notice, is confidential or commercially sensitive or should not be disclosed in response to a request for information under the aforementioned Act. Applicants should state why they consider the information to be confidential or commercially sensitive. If applicants consider that none of the information supplied by them is confidential or commercially sensitive, they should make a statement to that effect.
If for any reason it is not possible to establish these framework agreements with the designated successful tenderers emerging from this competitive process, or if having established the frameworks, the contracting authority considers that any of the successful tenderers has not met, or cannot meet, its obligations, the contracting authority reserves the right to admit the next highest scoring tenderer to the framework on the basis of the terms advertised. This shall be without prejudice to the right of the contracting authority to cancel this competitive process and/or initiate a new contract award procedure at its sole discretion.
The contracting authority is entitled, but not obliged, to seek clarification of any matter relevant to the tenders submitted.

Eligibility requirements: 1) Interested parties must register their interest on 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 this website, registration for which is free of charge. KCC will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties. 2) This is the sole call for competition for this service. 3) KCC will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers. 4) The establishment the framework will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities. 5) If for any reason it is not possible to conclude the framework agreement with the designated successful tenderer emerging from this competitive process; or if having concluded the framework agreement, the contracting authority terminates the agreement; the contracting authority reserves the right to admit at any time during the tender validity period the next highest scoring tenderer to the framework on the basis of the same terms as tendered by that party. This shall be without prejudice to the right of the contracting authority to cancel this competitive process and/or initiate a new contract award procedure at its sole discretion. 6) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, the framework agreement at any time. (RFT Ref: 103013). Candidates will be assessed under the selection criteria, and rules listed in the questionnaire available to download free from the Irish Government Public Procurement Opportunities Portal www.etenders.gov.ie Candidates will be assessed under the selection criteria, and rules listed in the questionnaire available to download free from the Irish Government Public Procurement Opportunities Portal www.etenders.gov.ie
Candidates will be assessed under the selection criteria, and rules listed in the questionnaire available to download free from the Irish Government Public Procurement Opportunities Portal www.etenders.gov.ie