Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2024-06-28
Buyer: Orsted Onshore Ireland Holdings Limited
Country: IE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated with prior call for competition
CPV classification: 71311000: Civil engineering consultancy services | 71311100 | 71314300: Energy-efficiency consultancy services | 71317210 | 71318000: Lighting engineering services
Estimated value: 100500000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2024-07-08

Technical requirements: The Contracting Entity is seeking to award Framework Agreements for each of the five (5) Lots set out below, under which the Contracting Entity may make call-offs for the provision of certain onshore energy consultancy services (as set out below). The Framework Agreements will be entered into by Orsted Onshore Ireland Midco Limited; however, Applicants are advised that call-offs for consultancy services may be made by any Contracting Entity as elaborated on below. Applicants may submit an Application for one or more Lots.   

Lot A: Provision of project management services for onshore wind, solar and battery energy storage system projects in the Republic of Ireland  

Lot B: Provision of planning consultancy services for onshore wind projects in the Republic of Ireland 

Lot C: Provision of ecology consultancy services for onshore wind projects in the Republic of Ireland  

Lot D: Provision of planning and ecology consultancy services for solar projects in the Republic of Ireland  

Lot E: Provision of planning and ecology consultancy services for battery energy storage system projects in the Republic of Ireland
This Lot A is for project management assistance/ owner’s engineer services required for (1) pre-construction phase and (2) construction phase of commercial scale onshore renewable energy projects (i.e. wind, solar and battery energy storage system projects) in the Republic of Ireland 

The pre-construction services may include scope such as (without limitation):  

(a) acting as the Project Supervisor Design Process (PSDP);  

(b) undertaking project constructability reviews;  

(c) undertaking planning compliance reviews.  

(d) intrusive ground investigation specification development;  

(e) providing contract templates for major contracts and developing same for issuing to the market for tender; and   

(f) managing major contract tenders to contract award.   

The construction phase services may include scope such as (without limitation):  

(g) acting as the Project Supervisor Design Process (PSDP);  

(h) acting as the engineer for the major contracts of the project;  

(i) providing specialist technical support throughout the construction phase; and 

(j) providing project management, engineering, QHSE, resident engineer and other resources, some of which would be based on the project site.
The framework agreement can be renewed with one (1) year up to two (2) times.
This Lot B is for services relating to environmental impact assessment reports (EIAR) for wind farms and related grid routes and turbine delivery routes in the Republic of Ireland. The services required can include preparation, project management and submission of a fully compliant EIAR, planning application and supporting documents to the relevant consenting authority. The services can further include coordinating the development design and planning application, along with managing external consultants who contribute to various chapters within the EIAR. A variety of surveys are included in the scope of an EIAR tender such as noise, shadow flicker, landscape and visual, archaeology, hydrology etc. Grid services can also be required, with substation design and grid route assessments to be completed
This Lot C is for ecology and ornithology surveys for early-stage greenfield assessments along with Natura Impact Statement (NIS), Biodiversity, Aquatic Ecology and Ornithology chapter write-ups for environmental impact assessment reports (EIAR) for onshore wind projects in the Republic of Ireland. Surveys may include breeding and wintering bird surveys, habitat surveys, mammal surveys, bat surveys and aquatic surveys. These surveys are used to inform ecological impact assessments (EcIA), to form part of EIARs to be submitted to the planning authority as part of planning applications. Surveys will determine baseline conditions at the proposed site, prior to any development taking place. The surveys take place over a period of 24 months.

Eligibility requirements: other