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Published 15 Sept 2022, 11:42 BST

Official UK procurement notice

DAERA - 4440332 - Appointment of Economic Operator /team (EOT) for Ardglass Harbour

Official notice

Authority: DAERA - Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

ServicesRestricted procedure
Published estimate£2,800,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 11 Nov 2022

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Appointment An Economic Operator Team To Develop The Clients’s Brief Regarding The Deepening Of Navigational Channels And Quayside Berths At Ardglass Harbour. EOT Shall Design The Project Up To RIBA Stage 3 Before Appointing And Managing An IST To Develop Stage 4 Design And Construct The Works.

CPV: Civil engineering consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Published value£2,800,000
Second stage: up to 5 candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    List and brief description of Conditions: In order for a Contractor/Consultant to be eligible to participate in this competition, they must hold licenses, accreditations or certificates for specific categories and sectors as set out in the PQQ Documents

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Restricted procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
15 Sept 2022, 11:42 BST
Last source update
15 Sept 2022, 11:42 BST
Authority reference
4440332
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-025904
Classification (CPV)
Civil engineering consultancy services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN0)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0368b3 Find a Tender
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: . . This procurement is governed by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and provides for economic operators who have suffered, or who risk suffering, loss, or damage, as a consequence of an alleged breach of the duty owed in . accordance with Regulation 91 to start proceedings in the High Court. A standstill period will commence at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide information on the award decision. . . The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into. Any proceedings relating to any perceived non-compliance with the relevant law must be started within 30 days, beginning with the date when the economic operator first knew, or ought to have known that grounds for starting the proceedings had arisen. (A court may extend the time limit to 3 months, where the court considers that there is a good reason for doing so).

Publisher note: The Authority expressly reserves the right (a) not to award any Contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice; (b) To make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition; and in no circumstances will the Authority be liable for any costs incurred by candidates participating in this competition. Contracts awarded as a result of this procurement process shall be considered as a contract made in Northern Ireland and subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Northern Ireland Courts. The Contracting Authority reserves the right not to award any contracts as a result of this competition. The process may be terminated or suspended at any time without cost or liability to the Contracting Authority. While it intends to do so, the Contracting Authority does not bind itself or others to enter into any contract arising out of the procedures envisaged by this notice. No contractual rights expressed or implied arise out of the notice or procedures envisaged by it. The Contracting Authority reserves the right to vary its requirements and the procedures relating to the conduct of the award process. The Contracting Authority shall disqualify any Economic Operator which is ineligible under Regulation 57 of the Public Contracts Regulations (PCR) (subject to any overriding public interest requirement) and reserves the right to disqualify any organisation which: (a) Provides information or confirmations which later prove to be untrue or incorrect; (b) Does not supply the information within the timescale required by this notice or by the Invitation to Tender Documentation or as otherwise required during . the process. Instructions on how to submit a tender; - Suppliers must be registered on the Contracting Authorities eprocurement portal, eTendersNI available on the following link: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps/home.do . All suppliers should follow the instructions on how to submit a tender within the Introduction and Brief Explanation document held within the documents area for this procurement on the eTendersNI portal.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: eTendersNI · Who buys & how to bid on eTendersNI
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free Northern Ireland registration

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps/home/do ↗

Submission deadline
11 Nov 2022, 15:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

15 Sept 2022 → 11 Mar 2023 · 3 dates
  1. Notice published
    15 Sept 2022, 11:42 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    11 Nov 2022, 15:00 GMT
  3. Bids must remain valid until
    11 Mar 2023, 23:59 GMT

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

DAERA Department of Agriculture Environment and Rural Affairs

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawHarbour and Fisheries Klondyke Building Cromic Avenue Gasworks Business Park Lower Ormeau Road, BELFAST, UK, BT7 2JAContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Department of Finance, Central Procurement Directorate Procurement Operations BranchReview body BelfastContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria