INVITATION TO TENDER NOTICE

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

1.2

Address from which documentation may be obtained

1.3

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to:

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Project Manager Framework 2009-2012

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

Framework agreement for the engagement of Project Management Services (including associated advisory services, viz. architectural, quantity surveying, civil/structural engineering, and building services engineering advisory services) for Design & Build Schools Projects and Project management Services for Selected Traditionally Procured Schools Projects.

Project Management Services (including associated advisory services) for a Design & Build programme for the delivery in 2010 of a number of schools in selected locations mainly the Dublin Commuter belt and other major population growth areas. (This will be the first project under the Framework)

NOTE: Further information and additional documentation relating to this notice may be available on the eTenders Web Site at http://www.etenders.gov.ie/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=104873.

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

Range between 500000and 2000000Currency: EUR

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

The Department of Education and Science intends to form a framework panel of Project Managers and associated advisory consultants for a duration of 3 years extendable to 4 years, from which the Department of Education & Science and other School Authorities (funded by the Department) may appoint firms for selected projects in accordance with the terms of the Framework Agreement.

Ten candidates (short listed on the basis of this notice and the associated Suitability Assessment Questionnaire) will be invited to tender for the first project and for inclusion in the framework. The highest scoring candidate will be appointed for the first project (subject to terms and conditions). The six best scoring candidates will be appointed to the framework and will be eligible to tender for future secondary competitions under this framework.

Candidates will be pre-qualified on the basis of the completed Suitability Assessment Questionnaire only. For all criteria a minimum standard applies, and all candidates will be required to meet the minimum standard for all those Criteria. Candidates failing to meet every one of those standards will be excluded from the short-listing process. In addition for some Technical Capacity criteria (as described under each heading) a qualitative assessment (marks) also applies.

The Department of Education & Science is subject to the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act, 1997 and the Freedom of Information (Amendment) Act, 2003. 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 Acts, be examined in the light of exemptions provided for in the Acts.

It is a condition precedent to the award of the Contract that the successful Tenderer will provide:

1. Original Evidence of Certified Turnover, and Professional Indemnity Insurance in accordance with the conditions set out in the Qualification Questionnaire prior to that appointment.

2. 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.

If any of the Project personnel proposed for the Project are incapacitated or otherwise unavailable at the commencement of the Project, the Consultant must propose alternate staff of equal qualifications, experience and expertise for the approval of the Contracting Authority, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.

The Purchasing Authority is acting on behalf of the following organisations:

Department of Education and Science and bodies under its aegis.

(ET Ref:97731)

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Open - Purchaser invites tenders from all interested parties.

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

n/a

4.3

Time Limits

4.4

Dispatch of invitations to tender to selected candidates

4.5

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

4.6

Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

The Department of Education and Science intends to form a framework panel of Project Managers and associated advisory consultants for a duration of 3 years extendable to 4 years, from which the Department of Education & Science and other School Authorities (funded by the Department) may appoint firms for selected projects in accordance with the terms of the Framework Agreement.

Ten candidates (short listed on the basis of this notice and the associated Suitability Assessment Questionnaire) will be invited to tender for the first project and for inclusion in the framework. The highest scoring candidate will be appointed for the first project (subject to terms and conditions). The six best scoring candidates will be appointed to the framework and will be eligible to tender for future secondary competitions under this framework.

Candidates will be pre-qualified on the basis of the completed Suitability Assessment Questionnaire only. For all criteria a minimum standard applies, and all candidates will be required to meet the minimum standard for all those Criteria. Candidates failing to meet every one of those standards will be excluded from the short-listing process. In addition for some Technical Capacity criteria (as described under each heading) a qualitative assessment (marks) also applies.

The Department of Education & Science is subject to the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act, 1997 and the Freedom of Information (Amendment) Act, 2003. 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 Acts, be examined in the light of exemptions provided for in the Acts.

It is a condition precedent to the award of the Contract that the successful Tenderer will provide:

1. Original Evidence of Certified Turnover, and Professional Indemnity Insurance in accordance with the conditions set out in the Qualification Questionnaire prior to that appointment.

2. 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.

If any of the Project personnel proposed for the Project are incapacitated or otherwise unavailable at the commencement of the Project, the Consultant must propose alternate staff of equal qualifications, experience and expertise for the approval of the Contracting Authority, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.

The Purchasing Authority is acting on behalf of the following organisations:

Department of Education and Science and bodies under its aegis.

(ET Ref:97731)

(ET Ref:104873)

5.2

Additional Documentation

5.3

Dispatch date of this Notice