ETENDERS

Contract notice - utilities

Information

Published

Date of dispatch of this notice: 02/05/2017

Expire date: 08/06/2017

External Reference: 2017-131665

TED Reference: 2017/S 086-168433

Contract notice - utilities

Contract notice – utilities

Services

Directive 2014/25/EU

Section I: Contracting entity

I.1)

Name and addresses

Irish Water
IE3191327JH
The Shared Services Procurement Manager, Ervia , P
Cork
Co.Cork
IE
Contact person: Tender Admin
Telephone: +353 214239083
E-mail: tenders@ervia.ie
NUTS code:  IE -  IRELAND
Internet address(es):
Main address: https://www.ervia.ie
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/129496

I.3)

Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at:  
http://www.etenders.gov.ie
Additional information can be obtained from
the abovementioned address:  
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted
to the abovementioned address
I.6)

Main activity

Water

Section II: Object

II.1)

Scope of the procurement

II.1.1)

Title

Provision and Maintenance of National Telemetry (Master Station) System
Reference number:  17/042
II.1.2)

Main CPV code

32441300  -  Telematics system
II.1.3)

Type of contract

Services
II.1.4)

Short description

Irish Water requires the turnkey provision of an Enterprise National Telemetry (Master Station) System.This tender is for:(1)A Supply Contract covering the design,build, implementation,testing(including testing with third party telemetry field devices),data&display migration,configuration,migration&provision of an initial number of telemetry field devices and optionally a data historian&(2)A Support and Maintenance Contract for the system for a duration of 5yrs with a possible extension or extensions for any period or periods up to a further 5yrs.Core requirement is the supply of a Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) Telemetry(Master Station)System that has a proven track record in other water utilities.The system will be a modern telemetry system designed to be a real-time, high resilience, high availability,high security system,capable of supporting approximately 10,000 sites, providing for the collection&dissemination of data for use throughout Irish Water’s business,for whole of ROI.
II.1.6)

Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: no
II.2)

Description

II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

32441000  -  Telemetry equipment
32441200  -  Telemetry and control equipment
42961200  -  Scada or equivalent system
II.2.3)

Place of performance

NUTS code:  IE -  IRELAND
II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

Irish Water requires the turnkey provision of an Enterprise National Telemetry (Master Station) System. This tender is for: (1) A Supply Contract covering the design, build, implementation, testing (including testing with third party telemetry field devices), data and display migration, configuration, migration and provision of an initial number of telemetry field devices and optionally a data historian and (2) A Support and Maintenance Contract for the system for a duration of five years with a possible extension or extensions for any period or periods up to a further five years.
Tenderer’s offers will be evaluated on the basis of both contracts and both contracts will be awarded to a single supplier.
The core requirement is the supply of a Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) Telemetry (Master Station) System that has a proven track record in other water utilities. The system will be a modern telemetry system designed to be a real-time, high resilience, high availability, high security system, capable of supporting approximately 10,000 sites, providing for the collection and dissemination of data for use throughout Irish Water’s business, covering the whole of the Republic of Ireland.
The scope of the Supply Contract will include the design, build, testing, database and displays configuration, commissioning of the system and the migration of an initial number of approximately 1500 sites which are currently monitored by legacy telemetry or SCADA systems. It will also include the configuration and support for the migration of another approximately 2,000 sites onto the system.
The Supplier will be required to provide the new Telemetry System as a complete Master Station system including the hardware, software and communications equipment.The system must be a true telemetry system designed for water industry use, rather than a SCADA system.The basic use of the telemetry system will be to monitor the remote sites, provide a means of remote intervention, and alarm mana
II.2.5)

Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7)

Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months: 60
This contract is subject to renewal: no
II.2.9)

Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited

Envisaged number of candidates: 5
II.2.10)

Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: no
II.2.11)

Information about options

Options: yes
Description of options:
Five years with a possible extension of up to five years.
II.2.13)

Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)

Conditions for participation

III.1.1)

Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

List and brief description of conditions:  Refer to tender documents.
III.1.2)

Economic and financial standing

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3)

Technical and professional ability

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.8)

Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded

Requests to participate may be submitted by single entities or by groups of service providers. A group will not be required to convert into a specific legal form in order to submit a request to participate, but may if the Contracting Entity considers it necessary to ensure that the contract is carried out to its satisfaction, be required to do so prior to award of the contract. The Contracting Entity also reserves the right to contract with each member of the group on the basis of joint and several liability, or with one member of the group as a main contractor with a number of sub-contractors or on any other basis as the Contracting Entity considers appropriate.
III.2)

Conditions related to the contract

III.2.2)

Contract performance conditions

Refer to tender documents.

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Description

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
IV.1.8)

Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: no
IV.2)

Administrative information

IV.2.2)

Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date:  08/06/2017
Local time:  12:00
IV.2.3)

Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

Date: 07/09/2017
IV.2.4)

Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

English, Irish
IV.2.6)

Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

Duration in months : 6  (from the date stated for receipt of tender)

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)

Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement:  no
VI.2)

Information about electronic workflows

Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.3)

Additional information

Documents are available to all candidates who register their interest through etenders.
All queries for clarification must be submitted via email to Tenders@ervia.ie.
The questionnaire must be completed and returned to the address detailed in
the attached document not later than 12.00hrs (local time) Thursday 8th June 2017.
VI.4)

Procedures for review

VI.4.1)

Review body

The High Court
High Court Central Office, Four Courts, Inns Quay,
Dublin
IE
Telephone: +35 318886000
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie

VI.4.3)

Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: 
Please refer to Statutory Instrument 131 of 2010, European Communities (Award of Contracts by Utility Undertaking) (Review Procedures) Regulations 2010 (and in particular Regulation 7 and 10(2)).
VI.5)

Date of dispatch of this notice

02/05/2017