Planning

28/2025 - Gondola Contractor on Mourne Mountains Gateway Project

  • Newry, Mourne and Down District Council (NMD)

F01: Prior information notice (reducing time limits for receipt of tenders)

Notice identifier: 2024/S 000-029295

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-049a79

Published 12 September 2024, 5:00pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council (NMD)

O' Hagan House, Monaghan Row

Newry

BT35 8DJ

Email

seamus.mcgeoghegan@nmandd.org

Telephone

+44 3301374842

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKN - Northern Ireland

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.newrymournedown.org/contact-us

Buyer's address

https://www.newrymournedown.org/contact-us

one.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at

https://suppliers.multiquote.com

Additional information can be obtained from another address:

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council (NMD)

O' Hagan House, Monaghan Row

Newry

BT35 8DJ

Email

seamus.mcgeoghegan@nmandd.org

Telephone

+44 3301374842

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKN - Northern Ireland

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.newrymournedown.org/contact-us

Buyer's address

https://www.newrymournedown.org/contact-us

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via

https://suppliers.multiquote.com

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the above-mentioned address

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

one.5) Main activity

General public services


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

28/2025 - Gondola Contractor on Mourne Mountains Gateway Project

Reference number

CA14656 - Req

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 45234000 - Construction work for railways and cable transport systems

two.1.3) Type of contract

Works

two.1.4) Short description

***This is not a tender exercise by Newry, Mourne and Down District Council***

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council wishes to engage with the market to establish the level of interest in participating in the procurement process and to gain feedback from the market on proposed procurement and contracting strategies.

Any information gathered through this market engagement exercise will inform business planning and any possible subsequent procurement process and will NOT be appraised in any future tender evaluation exercise.

two.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £10,000,000

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKN0 - Northern Ireland
  • UKN - Northern Ireland
Main site or place of performance

Northern Ireland

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

***This is not a tender exercise by Newry, Mourne and Down District Council***

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council wishes to engage with the market to establish the level of interest in participating in the procurement process and to gain feedback from the market on proposed procurement and contracting strategies.

Any information gathered through this market engagement exercise will inform business planning and any possible subsequent procurement process and will NOT be appraised in any future tender evaluation exercise.

Please note that participation or non-participation in this preliminary market engagement exercise shall not prevent any supplier from participation in any potential procurement process, nor is it intended that any information supplied shall place any supplier at an advantage or disadvantage in any forthcoming procurement process. For the avoidance of doubt, this is the scoping phase of the project and is not part of a formal procurement process.

Suppliers particip

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

two.2.6) Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: £10,000,000

two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months

47

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice

10 February 2025


Section three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information

three.1) Conditions for participation

three.1.2) Economic and financial standing

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

three.1.3) Technical and professional ability

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

High Court, Commercial Division

Chichester St

Belfast

BT1 3JF

Email

adminoffice@courtsni.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 2890235111

Country

United Kingdom

six.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures

High Court, Commercial Division

Chichester St

Belfast

BT1 3JF

Email

adminoffice@courtsni.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 2890235111

Country

United Kingdom

six.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained

High Court, Commercial Division

Chichester St

Belfast

BT1 3JF

Email

adminoffice@courtsni.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 2890235111

Country

United Kingdom