Contract notice – utilities
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Interconnector Services (NI) Limited
Mutual Energy Ltd, 85 Ormeau Road
Belfast
BT7 1SH
UK
Contact person: Ciara Brennan
Telephone: +44 2890437580
E-mail: mutualtenders@mutual-energy.com
NUTS: UKN06
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.mutual-energy.com/
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
http://www.mutual-energy.com/procurement
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the following address:
Mutual Energy Limited
85 Ormeau Road
Belfast
BT7 1SH
UK
Telephone: +44 2890437580
E-mail: mutualtenders@mutual-energy.com
NUTS: UKN06
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.mutual-energy.com/
I.6) Main activity
Other: ISL is a wholy owned subsiduary of Mutual Energy and exists in order to contract shared services amongst the operating businesses.
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Marine Survey Services of Mutual Energy Assets
II.1.2) Main CPV code
71354500
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Interconnector Services (NI) Ltd ("ISL") wish to procure a contract for the delivery of submarine survey works, for the assets of its affiliated companies, namely the Moyle Interconnector Limited (MIL) electricity cable system (4 cables) and Premier Transmission Limited (PTL)'s gas assets. The gas assets consist of the following: Scotland to Northern Ireland Pipeline (SNIP), Belfast Lough Crossing and Larne Lough Crossing. The surveys will include acoustic, visual and cathodic protection surveys and the subsequent delivery of associated reports, charts and data as appropriate.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
1 500 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
76600000
31321500
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
UKM
Main site or place of performance:
North Channel
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Please see Project Information Memorandum (PIM). Services and project are described in Annex C.
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:
1 500 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 12
This contract is subject to renewal: No
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.1.2) 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.1.4) Objective rules and criteria for participation
Please refer to PIM and PQQ documents.
III.1.6) Deposits and guarantees required:
ISL may require appropriate security arrangements (e.g. parent company guarantee, performance bonds etc.) in relation to the performance of the contractor's obligations. Please refer to the PIM and PQQ documents for details.
III.1.8) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
ISL reserves the right to require groupings of contractors to take a particular legal form upon contract award or to require that one party has primary liability or to require each party to be jointly and severally liable. Please refer to the procurement documents for details.
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Negotiated with call for competition
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2017/S 189-387714
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
06/03/2018
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
Date:
20/03/2018
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
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.3) Additional information
ISL currently envisages the contract commencing shortly after the conclusion of this procurement process with the surveys being carried out during 2018. However, ISL intends to explore through the procurement process, whether it would receive more economically advantageous tenders if ISL instead permitted the surveys to be completed during Q1 and / or Q2 2019. In any case ISL expects that the contract will be completed in no more than 12 months after work first commences.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court of Northern Ireland
Belfast
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
02/02/2018