Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2022-11-28
Buyer: Scoil Chiarain (Glasnevin)
Country: IE
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 45000000: Construction work | 45210000: Building construction work | 45214000: Construction work for education buildings | 45214200 | 45214230
Estimated value: 12000000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2022-12-21
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The construction of a new two-storey school for pupils with special educational needs with a gross floor area of approx. 4,226.sq.m. and the phased demolition of the existing single-storey school building (approx. 1,764 sq.m).   Proposed accommodation consists of: 24 Classrooms, a General Purpose Room, a Library/ Resource Room, Communal Teaching Spaces, Specialist teaching spaces, and ancillary accommodation. The existing site entrance off St. Canice’s Road is to be altered with a new one-way access system serving 50 no. on site car parking spaces, 6 No. Bus Parking Spaces and 11 No. bus set down spaces, pedestrian pathways and a new gated vehicular exit and pedestrian entrance also to St. Canice’s Road. Provision of a ball court, play areas, a bin store & heat pump enclosure, roof-mounted solar photovoltaic panels, a bicycle shelter with 24 No. bicycle spaces, foul drainage connection, surface water attenuation, signage, landscaping, boundary treatments, and all associated site works.
As per DoES-QW1 Suitability Assessment Questionnaire and Declaration Restricted Procedure for use with Public Works Contract - CF1 with Reserved Specialists.
A declaration is required to confirm that none of the circumstances specified Article 57 of Directive 2014/24/EU (and Regulation 57 of SI No. 284 of 2016) or Article 80 of Directive 2014/25/EU (and Regulation 85 of SI No.286 of 2016) apply to the applicant.
As per DoES-QW1 Suitability Assessment Questionnaire and Declaration Restricted Procedure for use with Public Works Contract - CF1 with Reserved Specialists.
The envisaged number of operators to be short-listed to tender is as stated at II.2.9 above. All applicants having an equal suitability assessment score to the lowest qualifying Candidate will also be deemed to be qualified.
Candidates will be pre-qualified on the basis of the information submitted in response to this notice (All criteria have a minimum standard). The submissions of the apparently successful applicants will be validated prior to completing the short-list.
Where a candidate having qualified for the short-list withdraws prior to the completion of the Tender Process or is subsequently found to have provided inaccurate information sufficient to justify exclusion (at any stage after the short-list is formed), the competition will proceed with the remaining number of candidates. Applicants who failed to be short-listed will not be subsequently added to the list.
The Works requirements may be extended to include additional works of a similar nature at the discretion of the Contracting Authority. All additional Works requirements are subject to the restrictions as set out in Article 72 of Directive 2014/24/EC (Regulation 72, SI 284 of 2016).
The successful applicant will be appointed Works Contractor and Project Supervisor for the Construction Stage (PSCS) on the project in accordance with the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Construction) Regulations.
The Project categorisation for assessment of H&S competence as Works Contractor and PSCS is Major Works.
The Areas of work involving Particular Risks known to Contracting Authority at this time are: Work on Existing Operational School Site, Demolitions.
It is a condition precedent to the award of the Contract that the successful Tenderer will provide a current tax clearance certificate or in the case of a non-resident Contractor a statement of suitability on tax grounds from the Revenue Commissioners of Ireland.
The Funding Agency, the Department of Education & Skills is subject to the requirements of the Freedom of Information Acts, 1997, 2003 and 2014. If a candidate considers that any of the information supplied in response to this notice is either commercially sensitive or confidential, this should be highlighted and reasons for its sensitivity given. The relevant material will, in response to a request under the Act, be examined in the light of exemptions provided for in the Act.

Eligibility requirements: As per DoES-QW1 Suitability Assessment Questionnaire and Declaration Restricted Procedure for use with Public Works Contract - CF1 with Reserved Specialists. A declaration is required to confirm that none of the circumstances specified Article 57 of Directive 2014/24/EU (and Regulation 57 of SI No. 284 of 2016) or Article 80 of Directive 2014/25/EU (and Regulation 85 of SI No.286 of 2016) apply to the applicant.

Award value: 12000000