Framework Agreement to Supply Carbon and Energy Infrastructure Upgrades Across the Public Sector in Ireland

Internet address(es):

Main address: www.coch-cps.co.uk

Internet address(es):

Main address: http://www.cso.ie/en/surveysandmethodology/nationalaccounts/classificationdecisions/registerofpublicsectorbodiesinireland/

The EU Procurement Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of The Council applies in the UK and Ireland. As a UK contracting authority is letting this framework, the transposition into Public Contracts Regulations 2015 will apply.

Framework Agreement to Supply Carbon and Energy Infrastructure Upgrades Across the Public Sector in Ireland.

This opportunity seeks to establish a framework agreement for capable suppliers to provide low carbon energy efficient infrastructure services, improvements and upgrades to existing or new publicly funded health facilities in Ireland. These upgrades should offer client public bodies guaranteed reduced running costs, reduced energy consumption and reduced carbon emissions. Proposals should guarantee minimum levels of savings over the period of each contract let under the framework which may be for 15 to 30 years long (after installation), or the life of the plant installed. This framework agreement will be available for use by the entire Irish public sector. Please see the Invitation to Tender Document for further details.

This Framework Agreement for use by the whole Irish public sector including the public sector organisations identified in 2015 Register of Public Sector Bodies. http://bit.ly/2eDaNvc

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (COCH) and its partner the Carbon and Energy Fund Ltd seek to procure and manage a framework of capable contractors to upgrade carbon and energy infrastructure and services to the public sector in Ireland, which member hospitals intend to use under an intergovernmental partnership for Community Health Organisations (CHO) and voluntary hospitals and hospital groups and their estate, This OJEU seeks to establish that framework. See www.carbonandenergyfund.net for information of how the corresponding framework works in the UK. Framework bidders will be invited to offer Contracting Authorities infrastructural upgrades and services that include guaranteed reduced running costs, reduced energy consumption and reduced carbon emissions plus the management those assets and services for the duration of the contract which may be 15 to 30 years (after installation) or the life of the plant. Management of assets refers to the bidder taking all the risks and costs relating to the provision of all services including design, procurement, commissioning, operation, lifecycling and continued guaranteed performance of the installation using the bidders staff, contractors, or in some circumstances those of the Contracting Authority as may be agreed in the contract. Infrastructure improvements or upgrades bid may include combined heat and power, boilers (steam LTHW or MTHW), district heating or cooling, heat recovery, chilling, heat pumps, fuel cells, chillers, air handling, controls, solar PV, lighting, insulation (roof, pipes, building, cladding or related), glazing, water savings, water abstraction, effluent treatment, waste to energy, pyrolysis, clinical waste destruction or conversion, processing or removal, biomass, biofuel, biogas, grid reinforcement, electrical (HV, MV and LV) improvements (demand reduction, re-profiling, generation, aggregation, co-generation, tri-generation, wind generation, standby generation), private wire, virtual power station, load or power management, gas supplies (natural, anaerobic digestion or biogas, on or attached to the national grid or not) technology to change or improve maintenance or lifecycling arrangements, medical or paramedical, records systems, building management, BMS, maintenance management, preventative maintenance, soft facilities management, electric or hybrid vehicles, vehicle charging, vehicle maintenance, medical equipment charging or improvements, transfer of staff, subcontracts or subcontractors and any related technologies or services that are relevant. In many cases the selected supplier may be expected to take over existing energy facilities building/ boiler house or plant rooms relevant to the project, sometimes under license and sometimes under a simple lease, for the operational period of the contract. In some cases the contract may include the construction or modification of existing buildings or structures associated with the delivery of services. Details of the site, energy usage and the existing installation will be set out in the memorandum of information for each project, and bidders will be encouraged to attend the site to fully investigate the existing plant plus cost and plan their bids. Bids may be supported by variant bids going beyond any core proposal included in the project documentation, to cover additional operation and maintenance of existing plant, facilities management services and equipment as makes sense. In this way bidders are encouraged to produce the best bid they can using all the available resources or skills they may possess. It is normal that all bids are in many ways unique and the CEF evaluation methodology will include the way to fairly evaluate different bids and variants. The contracting authority may accept consortia onto the framework if required in order to get the correct skill and experience mix.

Candidates will be assessed in accordance with Section 5 of the 2015 Public Contract Regulations (Conduct of the Procedure) and in accordance with the criteria specified in the procurement documents.

Continued from II.2.4: All companies on the framework will be invited to participate in the mini-competition for each project. Normally 3 or 4 bidders will be taken forward into dialogue after scored interviews. Those shortlisted will be invited to enter into dialogue where after the mini competition will split into one of the two routes. Routes refer to the way that contractors will be asked to bid in the mini-competition, 1 of which will take multiple bidders to a fixed price tender, and the other will reduce the bidders down to 1 before seeking an investment grade proposal from that single contractor. The contract used for each project is based on the UK NHS standard contract, adapted for use in Ireland. For this framework there are 2 forms of the contract, the adapted operating lease version and a new IFRIC 16 compliant version. Projects may be multi-site and may be multiagency (several public sector clients). Funding for projects may come by way of grants, funding by the Contracting Authority, funding arranged by the CEF, or funding procured by the bidder or any mix of the above. A Tenderer's Conference will be held in Ireland in the week commencing 27th February to provide bidders with an overview of the framework and procurement process and to give bidders the chance to ask questions. Mini-competitions will be conducted in accordance with the process detailed in the Invitation to Tender document. The framework will be available for use by all public bodies in Ireland including all hospital groups including the Dublin North East group, Dublin midlands group, Dublin East group, South / South West group, West / North West group, Midwest group and Acute Pediatric Services Dublin, All hospitals including Beaumont Hospital, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda, Connolly Hospital, Cavan General Hospital, Rotunda hospital, Louth County Hospital, Monaghan Hospital, St James Hospital, Adelaide and Meath Hospital Dublin including the National Childrens Hospital, Midlands Hospital Tullamore, Naas General Hospital, Midlands Hospital Portlaoise, Coombe Women and Children Hospital, The Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, St Vincent's Hospital Midland Hospital Mullingar St Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny Wexford General Hospital, National Maternity Hospital, Our Lady's Hospital, Navan St Columcille's Hospita, St Michael's Hospital, Dun Laoghaire, Cappagh Orthopaedic Hospital, Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital Cork University Hospital/Cork University Maternity Hospital; Waterford University Hospital Kerry General Hospital, Mercy University Hospital, South Tipperary Hospital South Infirmary Hospital, Bantry General Hospital, Mallow General Hospital Lourdes Orthopaedic Kilcrene, University Hospital Galway and Merlin Park Hospital, Sligo Regional Hospital, Letterkenny Hospital, Mayo General Hospital, Portiuncula Hospital, Roscommon Hospital, Mid Western Hospital Limerick, Ennis General Hospital, Nanagh General Hospital, St Johns Hospital, Mid-Western Maternity hospital, Mid-Western Orthopaedic hospital, Our Lady's Children's Hospital Crumlin, Childrens University Hospital Temple Street, Paediatric service in AMNCH and all Community Healthcare Organisations: Area 1: Donegal, Sligo / Leitrim / West Cavan, Cavan Monaghan. Area 2: Galway, Roscommon, Mayo. Area 3: Clare, Limerick, North Tipperary/ East Limerick Area 4: Kerry, North Cork, North Lee, South Lee, West Cork Area 5: South Tipperary, Carlow Kilkenny, Waterford, Wexford Area 6: Wicklow, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin South East Area 7: Kildare/West Wicklow, Dublin West, Dublin South City, Dublin South West, Area 8: Laois/Offaly, Longford / West Meath, Louth / Meath Area 9: Dublin North, Dublin North Central, Dublin North West.

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for 14 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2006 No 5) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).