This Qualification System is designed to allow for the assembly of a multi-supplier Specialised Construction Services Qualification System for competent entities with capabilities in one or more of the 7 lots. For each of the 7 lots in scope, each Qualified Applicant is required to have the competence to carry out the relevant services within or in the vicinity of a live gas environment, including within hazardous or potentially hazardous areas (atex zones 0 to 3).
The Specialised Construction Services Qualification Panel will be used to supervise works on the gas transmission (Tx) and distribution (Dx) networks owned and/or operated by Gas Networks Ireland and its subsidiary GNI (UK) Ltd in Ireland, Northern Ireland and in Scotland as the case may be.
The panel is divided into 7 lots as follows:
Provision of Specialised Construction Services
Lot 1 — Site Supervision General Pipeline Engineering (Tx).
Lot 2 — Mechanical Supervision (incl Welding Inspection and Non-Destructive Testing (NDT)) (Tx).
Lot 3 — Painting Coating Inspection (New Build and Maintenance) (Tx).
Lot 4 — Site Supervision Civils – Excavation, Backfill and Reinstatement (Tx and Dx).
Lot 5 — Site Supervision (Dx).
Lot 6 — Site Safety Inspector (Tx and Dx).
Lot 7 — Senior Mechanical Quality Co-ordinator (incl Welding, Materials and Non-Destructive Testing (NDT))(Tx)
See Appendix A for scope of service requirements for each lot.
Applicants may apply for qualification in one or more lots.
Applicants should note that from time to time over the term of the Qualification System, the Contracting Entity, at its sole discretion but without altering the overall nature of the Qualification System, may require to modify the scope of the contract to reflect changes in the supervision requirements required for the operation and maintenance of GNI and GNI UK’s gas network and resulting from technology-driven innovation developments, and as a result of regulatory, safety and best practice requirements in the gas industry. The conditions under which such option may be exercised by the Contracting Entity will be outlined in the relevant call off competition document.
The Contracting Entity reserves the right to add additional lots to the Qualification System.