Archaeology Services for Capital Works Projects in Dublin Port (including the Alexandra Basin Redevelopment Project)

Tender description

The Contracting Authority, the Dublin Port Company is engaging in a competitive tendering process for the establishment of a multi-operator framework agreement for the provision of archaeological services for the undertaking of archaeological assessment, monitoring and overseeing of all capital works projects (including the Alexandra Basin Redevelopment Project) in Dublin Port undertaken on behalf of the Dublin Port Company over a seven year period. The framework agreement will be established with five (5) operators, subject to the receipt of a sufficient number of valid tenders. Only those Applicants capable of delivering all of the disciplines as outlined in the Project Brief (whether in-house or as a grouping/consortium) will be considered. Therefore, applications relating to one or several of these disciplines and/or skills only are not acceptable and will be rejected. Applicants will be required to nominate a Lead Party who will have a single point of contractual responsibility, with the remaining disciplines providing collateral warranties for the benefit of the Contracting Authority. The maximum cumulative expenditure on call-off contracts under the framework agreement over its lifetime is envisaged to be in the region of €500,000 - €1,500,000. INITIAL CONTRACT The framework agreement will be established on foot of a competition for an initial contract for archaeological services relating to Phase 1 of the Alexandra Basin Redevelopment Project at Dublin Port, which would include the elements of services outlined in the Project Brief issued as part of this notice.