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IRL-Dublin: sludge disposal services

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General Information
Country:   Ireland
City/Locality:   DUBLIN
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:277895-2009
Publication Date:   Aug 12, 2011
Deadline:   Nov 13, 2009
Buyer:   DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL
DUBLIN, IRELAND
Ireland

Goods, Works and Services

 

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Notice Type: 2220 - Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 193/2009, #277895-2009
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Restricted procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global or partial tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender


Update: Aug 12, 2011


Notice type: 013EC - Additional information
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 154/2011, #254902-2011
Referenced Document Number: 277895-2009
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Restricted procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global or partial tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

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CONTRACT NOTICE
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): Dublin City Council, Block 1,
floor 6, Civic Offices, Wood Quay, Contact: Environment and Engineering,
Attn: Executive Manager, IRL-Dublin 8. Tel. +353 12222153. E-mail:
engineering@dublincity.ie. Fax +353 12222323.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: http://www.dublincity.ie.
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/
Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA02065.
Further information can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact
point(s).
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for
competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at:
As in above-mentioned contact point(s).
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Dublin City Council,
Block 1 floor 6, Civic offices, Wood Quay, Contact: Environment &
Engineering, Attn: Executive Manager, IRL-Dublin 8. Tel. +353 12222153.
I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
Regional or local authority.
General public services.
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1) DESCRIPTION
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Reuse of treated sludge from Ringsend Wastewater Treatment Plant.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Services.
Service category: No 16.
Main place of performance: Tenderers proposal.
NUTS code: IE.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): Dublin City
Council currently transports and delivers processed and treated sludge
product in dry and wet form from Ringsend Wastewater Treatment Works to a
reception centre provided by a Service Provider. The current contract is
due for renewal. Expressions of Interest are sought from a range of
entities in a position to receive and reuse these products in an
environmentally acceptable way either as land fertilizer or by alternative
means in compliance with all relevant legislation.
Note: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional
information please visit the eTenders Web Site at
http://www.etenders.gov.ie/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=89913.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 90513900.
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
Yes.
II.1.8) Division into lots: Yes.
Tenders should be submitted for: one or more lots.
II.1.9) Variants will be accepted: Yes.
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: Approximately 12 000 tonnes of 92 % dry
sludge product and approximately 15 000 tonnes of 26 % cake product will
be produced in the Ringsend Works and transported off site in bulk trailer
loads on a daily basis. The contractors task will be to receive, store
handle and manage reuse of one or both products according to his
particular outlet.
II.2.2) Options: No.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Starting:
1.5.2010. Completion: 30.4.2013.
INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS
LOT NO 1
TITLE: Reception and reuse of treated dry sludge product
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Depending on the particular outlet, the contractor
may reuse product as fertilizer on land. Dublin City is amenable to
proposals for other potential uses of the product.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 90513900.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE: Approximately 12 000 tonnes of 92 % dry product per
annum will be produced in the Ringsend Works and transported to the
contractor's premises on a daily basis. Dublin City is amenable to
proposals for other potential uses of the product.
4) INDICATION ABOUT DIFFERENT DATE FOR DURATION OF CONTRACT OR
STARTING/COMPLETION: Starting: 1.5.2010. Completion: 30.4.2013.
LOT NO 2
TITLE: Reception and reuse of treated wet cake sludge product
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Storage, transport and spreading on land as
fertilizer in compliance with SI 101 of 2009.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 90513900.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE: Approximately 15 000 tonnes of 26 % dry solids wet
cake product per annum will be produced in the Ringsend Works and
transported to the contractor's premises on a daily basis.
4) INDICATION ABOUT DIFFERENT DATE FOR DURATION OF CONTRACT OR
STARTING/COMPLETION: Starting: 1.5.2010. Completion: 30.4.2013.
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to
whom the contract is to be awarded: The service provider must be a legal
entity. Where a successful tender is submitted by a consortium, each
company or firm in the consortium will be jointly and severally liable to
the contracting authority for the fulfillment of the terms of the
contract.
III.1.4) Other particular conditions to which the performance of the
contract is subject: No.
III.2) CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION
III.2.1) Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements
relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers: Information and
formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Please refer
to Pre Qualification Questionnaire on www.etenders.gov.ie for Conditions
for Participation.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Please refer to Pre
Qualification Questionnaire on www.etenders.gov.ie for Economic and
Financial Capacity requirements.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: Please refer to
PreQualification Questionaire on www.etenders.gov.ie for minimum Economic
and Financial Capacity requirements.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met:
Please refer to Pre Qualification Questionnaire on www.etenders.gov.ie for
Technical Capacity requirements.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
Please refer to Pre Qualification Questionnaire on www.etenders.gov.ie for
minimum Technical Capacity requirements.
III.3) CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS
III.3.2) Legal entities should indicate the names and professional
qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service:
Yes.
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
IV.1) TYPE OF PROCEDURE
IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Restricted.
IV.1.2) Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to
tender or to participate: Envisaged number of operators 5.
IV.2) AWARD CRITERIA
IV.2.1) Award criteria: The most economically advantageous tender in
terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to
tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document.
IV.2.2) An electronic auction will be used: No.
IV.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
13.11.2009 - 12:00.
IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to
selected candidates: 10.12.2009.
IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be
drawn up: English. Irish.
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.1) THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT: Yes.
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: 2012.
VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Dublin City Council is subject to the
provisions of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Acts 1997 and 2003. If an
Applicant considers that any information supplied is commercially
sensitive or confidential in nature, this should be highlighted and the
reasons for its sensitivity specified. In such cases the relevant material
may, subject to the provisions of the Act, be protected from access in
response to a FOI request.
It is a condition of the award of the contract that the Service Provider
is able to produce promptly a current Tax Clearance Certificate. In the
case of a non-resident Service Provider, he should be in a position to
produce a statement (in lieu of a current Tax Clearance Certificate) from
the Revenue Commissioners that he has satisfied them as to his suitability
on tax grounds to be awarded the contract.
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 defacto 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.
Service Providers must register their interest on the etenders web site in
order to be included on the mailing list for clarifications.
Please note also that 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. Dublin City Council will not accept responsibility for
information relayed (or not relayed) via third parties.
Submissions shall be clearly laid out and indexed under the information
required under Section III of this Notice.
3 hard copies of the submission are required together with one copy on
CD-ROM.
Submissions shall be returned to the address in Section 1.1 in sealed
envelopes clearly marked "Reuse of Treated Sludge Product from Ringsend
Wastewater Treatment Works - Expression of Interest" by the deadline noted
in Section IV.3.4.
(ET Ref:89913).
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 5.10.2009.


Dublin City Council, Block 1, floor 6, Civic Offices, Wood Quay,
Environment and Engineering, attn: Executive Manager, IRELAND-8Dublin.
Tel. +353 12222153. E-mail: engineering@dublincity.ie. Fax +353 12222323.
(Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, 7.10.2009,
2009/S 193-277895)Incomplete procedureThe awarding procedure has been
discontinued.
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