Contract notice

Information

Published

Date of dispatch of this notice: 07/07/2021

Expire date: 23/08/2021

External Reference: 2021-290114

TED Reference: 2021/S 132-351315

Contract notice

Contract notice

Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)

Name and addresses

Land Development Agency
Ireland
2nd Floor Ashford House
Dublin 2
Tara Street
IE
Contact person: Jeanne Copeland
Telephone: +353 14020114
NUTS code:  IE0 -  IRELAND
Internet address(es):
Main address: https://lda.ie

I.3)

Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at:  
http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=192869&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE
Additional information can be obtained from
the abovementioned address:  
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted
to the abovementioned address
I.4)

Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law
I.5)

Main activity

Housing and community amenities

Section II: Object

II.1)

Scope of the procurement

II.1.1)

Title

Multi Party Framework Agreement for Planning Servcies
II.1.2)

Main CPV code

71410000  -  Urban planning services
II.1.3)

Type of contract

Services
II.1.4)

Short description

The Contracting Authority proposes to engage in a competitive process for the establishment of framework agreements for Planning Services in 3 Lots:
• Lot 1 - Strategic Planning Services including, Master planning, Urban Design & Ancillary Services
• Lot 2 - Development Management Planning
• Lot 3 - Planning Consultancy Services
II.1.5)

Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: 40000000.00  EUR
II.1.6)

Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: yes
Tenders may be submitted for  all lots
Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer:  1
II.2)

Description

II.2.1)

Title

Strategic Planning Services including, Master planning, Urban Design & Ancillary Services
Lot No:  1
II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

71240000  -  Architectural, engineering and planning services
71356400  -  Technical planning services
90712000  -  Environmental planning
90712100  -  Urban environmental development planning
II.2.3)

Place of performance

NUTS code:  IE -  IRELAND
II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

A core purpose of the LDA is to proactively identify where public land could be used to develop much needed housing and to ensure an adequate serviced land supply in the long term. Related to this, a key role of the LDA is to provide services to local authorities in relation to the development of sites for housing and urban development/ regeneration. These include the development of large scale, multi-tenure or mixed-use development/regeneration sites and generally require the preparation of masterplans/spatial frameworks which assess and establish a framework for the planning and development potential of these strategic urban regeneration sites.
To this end LDA intends to establish a multi party framework agreement to provide Strategic Planning advice, Masterplanning and Urban Design services, Research Studies, Policy and Strategy Advice and other related services.
II.2.5)

Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6)

Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: 15000000.00  EUR
II.2.7)

Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: yes
Description of renewals:  
The maximum duration of the framework agreement will be three [3] years subject to satisfactory annual review of performance. This may be extended for one [1] additional year.
For the avoidance of doubt, the Contracting Authority confirms that the period of any contracts awarded under the framework agreement may extend beyond the date of expiry of the agreement.
II.2.9)

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

Envisaged number of candidates: 10
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
As stated in procurement documents available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 194077
II.2.10)

Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: no
II.2.11)

Information about options

Options: no
II.2.13)

Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
II.2)

Description

II.2.1)

Title

Development Management Planning
Lot No:  2
II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

71240000  -  Architectural, engineering and planning services
71356400  -  Technical planning services
90712000  -  Environmental planning
90712100  -  Urban environmental development planning
II.2.3)

Place of performance

NUTS code:  IE -  IRELAND
II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

A key role of the Land Development Agency is to activate and develop state land to deliver much needed housing in the short and medium term and ensure a sustainable pipeline of serviced land supply into the longer term. The LDA is currently exploring several development projects and strategic development areas, with a view to delivering compact urban growth on state lands. The preferred sites are brownfield and accessible, urban locations thereby presenting the optimum opportunity to deliver sustainable residentially led urban regeneration in accordance with National and Regional planning policies. To this end LDA intends to establish a multi party framework agreement to provide Development Management Planning services to provide planning technical advice, including Master-planning design and general planning strategies including feasibility, master-planning, preliminary design, planning application, and detailed design
II.2.5)

Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6)

Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: 20000000.00  EUR
II.2.7)

Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: yes
Description of renewals:  
The maximum duration of the framework agreement will be three [3] years subject to satisfactory annual review of performance. This may be extended for one [1] additional year.
For the avoidance of doubt, the Contracting Authority confirms that the period of any contracts awarded under the framework agreement may extend beyond the date of expiry of the agreement.
II.2.9)

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

Envisaged number of candidates: 10
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
As stated in procurement documents available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 194077
II.2.10)

Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: no
II.2.11)

Information about options

Options: no
II.2.13)

Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
II.2)

Description

II.2.1)

Title

Planning Consultancy Services
Lot No:  3
II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

71240000  -  Architectural, engineering and planning services
71356400  -  Technical planning services
90712000  -  Environmental planning
90712100  -  Urban environmental development planning
II.2.3)

Place of performance

NUTS code:  IE -  IRELAND
II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

LDA intends to establish a multi party framework agreement to provide Planning Consultancy Services relating to a range of general town planning and other related services to include Management of multi-disciplinary consortium/team,Development Plan & Planning Applications Monitoring & Submissions, Research Studies, Policy and Strategy Advice and Reports and other related services.
II.2.5)

Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6)

Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: 5000000.00  EUR
II.2.7)

Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: yes
Description of renewals:  
The maximum duration of the framework agreement will be three [3] years subject to satisfactory annual review of performance. This may be extended for one [1] additional year.
For the avoidance of doubt, the Contracting Authority confirms that the period of any contracts awarded under the framework agreement may extend beyond the date of expiry of the agreement.
II.2.9)

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

Envisaged number of candidates: 8
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
As stated in procurement documents available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 194077
II.2.10)

Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: no
II.2.11)

Information about options

Options: no
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:  As stated in procurement documents available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 194077
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.2)

Conditions related to the contract

III.2.2)

Contract performance conditions

As stated in procurement documents available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie using RFT ID 194077
III.2.3)

Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract

Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Description

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

Restricted procedure
IV.1.3)

Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system

The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Framework agreement with several operators
Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement:  5
IV.1.8)

Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement : yes
IV.2)

Administrative information

IV.2.2)

Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date:  09/08/2021
Local time:  12:00
IV.2.4)

Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

English
IV.2.6)

Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

Duration in months : 12  (from the date stated for receipt of tender)

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)

Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement:  no
VI.3)

Additional information

1)Interested parties must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications. All information relating to attachments, including clarifications and changes, will be published on the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal (www.etenders.gov.ie) only. Registration is free of charge. The contracting authority will not accept responsibility for information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties;
2) Suppliers must register their interest on the eTenders web site (www.etenders.gov.ie) in order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications and to respond electronically to the competition. There is a maximum upload limit of 2GB per document on etenders. Documents larger than this should be divided into smaller files prior to upload or zipped.
3) Should you experience difficulty when uploading documents please contact the eTenders Support Desk for technical assistance. Email etenders@eu-supply.com or Telephone: 353 (0) 21 243 92 77 (09:00am – 17:30pm GMT)
4) All queries regarding this tender requirement or process must be submitted through the Irish Government Procurement Opportunities Portal www.etenders.gov.ie (RFT ID: 194077) as a specific question. Responses will be circulated to those tenderers that have registered an interest in this notice on www.etenders.gov.ie The details of the person making a query will not be disclosed when circulating the response
5) This is the sole call for competition for this contract/framework.
6) The contracting authority will not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates or tenderers.
7) Contract award will be subject to the approval of the competent authorities.
8) It will be a condition of award that the successful tenderer is and remains tax compliant.
9) At its absolute discretion, the contracting authority may elect to terminate this procurement process, the framework agreement or any contract awarded under the framework agreement at any time.
10) Please note in relation to all documents, that where reference is made to a particular standard, make, source, process, trademark, type or patent, that this is not to be regarded as a de facto requirement. In all such cases it should be understood that such indications are to be treated strictly and solely for reference purposes only, to which the words "or equivalent" will always be appended.
11) Without prejudice to the principle of equal treatment, the contracting authority is not obliged to engage in a clarification process in respect of the procurement documents with missing or incomplete information. Therefore, respondents are advised to ensure that they return completed documentation in order to avoid the risk of elimination from the competition.
12) At Section IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system we have indicated that it is envisaged that the maximum number of participants to the framework agreement is 5. Please note the following in this regard:
Lot 1 - Envisaged maximum number of participants is 5 subject to that number qualifying.
Lot 2 - Envisaged maximum number of participants is 5 subject to that number qualifying.
Lot 3 - Envisaged maximum number of participants is 3 subject to that number qualifying.
VI.4)

Procedures for review

VI.4.1)

Review body

High Court
Four Courts
Dublin
7
IE
Telephone: +353 118886000
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie

VI.4.2)

Body responsible for mediation procedures

Consult Legal Advisor
D
IE

VI.4.3)

Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: 
The framework is covered by the application of the Remedies Directive and the relevant standstill period applied at time of notification.
VI.4.4)

Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained

Consult legal advisor
D
IE