Public procurement notice: Qualification System With Call For Competition
Published: 2016-04-28
Buyer: Providence Resources Plc
Country: IE
Region: IRELAND
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 72224000: Project management consultancy services | 76000000 | 76431000
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Supply-Line is a qualification system operated by Achilles and used by Providence Resources Plc. It is used as a source for tenderer selection for contracts valued above the EU thresholds (418 000 EUR for supplies and services and 5 225 000 EUR for works). This qualification system will be used by Provide Resources Plc to source tender lists for a range of supplies, works and services directly linked to oil exploration activities off the coast of Ireland. This notice is being published on a voluntary basis in the Official Journal of the EU.
Providence Resources Plc currently has a requirement for a contractor to provide Drilling Project Management Services offshore Ireland, 2017. Services required to include full well project management services including completion of planning, procurement and operations support. Interested parties will have to be registered on Supply-Line by 10.5.2016 in order to be considered for the initial contract.
Supply-Line is subject to annual renewal of subscription and information. Vendors may join at any time but should note the deadline for the initial contract is registration on Supply-Line be Tuesday, 10.5.2016. In order to ensure appropriate registration suppliers should join Supply-line before Friday, 6
Registration on Supply-Line level 3 constitutes the basis for tender list preparation in the categories listed above. Registration may be achieved in the following way: Joining the system under the appropriate level and using the appropriate codes. Economic operators registering on Supply-Line will be subject to an annual contribution payable in advance; completion of the Supply-Line qualification questionnaire online via www.achilles.com including a formal declaration of the applicants bonafides; suppliers should note that consideration for tender lists may be subject to Providence issuing 2
Achilles will support organisations in registering on Supply-line which involves completing general company financial and technical information and ensuring they are registered against the following Supply-Line code 3.99.99. Other Engineering Services with the relevant free text of Well Management. Once they have achieved the minimum requirements for registration on Supply-Line suppliers will be notified that they are qualified for consideration. As and when Providence have a requirement to award a specific requirement they will search the Supply-line system for appropriate firms and may operate further qualification stages to undertake financial and technical competence checks relevant to the contract in question to identify a tender list of at least 3, should that number qualify.
Providence Resources Plc may apply further qualification requirements including assessment of health and safety, technical and financial tests at subsequent stages of the process.
Providence Resources Plc have an urgent requirement to go to tender and therefore the deadline for registration on Supply-Line is Tuesday, 10.5.2016. In order to ensure appropriate registration suppliers should have applied to Achilles for registration before Friday, 6
Should an auction be used, Providence Resources Plc will notify all tenderers of the scheme and rules of operation.
Further notices will be published in due course covering a range of related works and services required by Providence Resources Plc.
Please note Supply-Line is also used by other contracting entities in the utility field in Ireland: www.achilles.ie for further information.