CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

1.2

Address from which documentation may be obtained

As in 1.1

1.3

Completed documents must be returned to:

As in 1.1

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Flour Mill Reservoir - Upgrade & Improvement Works

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

Civil Engineering Works. Improvements/up-grading of the Flour Mill Reservoir, Greenfield Road, Holywell, Flintshire. (A Category A Reservoir under the Reservoirs Act 1975).

Flintshire County Council's Flood & Coastal Risk Management Team invite suitable contractors to undertake a pre-qualification questionnaire to be considered for a shortlist of contractors invited to tender for (civil engineering) improvement and upgrading works to the Flour Mill Reservoir, located in Greenfield Valley Park, Greenfield, Road, Holywell, Flintshire.

Due to the risk of flooding and poor condition of the embankments the reservoir requires immediate improvements, a summary of these works are listed below:

Main Embankment: raising of the embankment crest and filling of an existing ditch/trench.

Right Bank: existing stone wall to be partially demolished, widening of the nearby road to allow more flow to pass down the road in an extreme event, gabion wall works.

Left Bank: Raising of the existing stone wall, new walls, new rail fencing, soldier piles and lagging.

The works are expected to commence in March 2016.

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Dual stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

N/a

4.3

Time Limits

4.5

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

4.6

Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

Instructions to Express Interest and Access Documentation

1. Log in to the Proactis Plaza E-Sourcing Portal at https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com

2. PLEASE NOTE - If you are already registered on the Proactis portal please Login using your existing details and start at Step 14 of these instructions if not go to STEP 3

3. Click the “Sign Up” button at the bottom of the window

4. Enter your correct Organisation Name, address and Primary Contact Details. You will need to create the Organisation ID and User Name. Please note that if you have a Generic email address for your organisation e.g. tenders@xxx.co.uk then please use this as the primary contact email address as this will allow you to still receive messages compared to where you have a specific person identified in this role and they move on at a point in the future.

5. Please make a note of the Organisation ID and User Name, then click “Register”

6. You will then receive an email from the system asking you to “Click here to activate your account”. This takes you to Enter Organisation Details.

7. Please enter the information requested, click the “>” on the screen and follow the instructions ensuring that you enter all applicable details.

8. In the Classification screen please ensure that you select the Product Classification Codes (CPV Codes) that appear in the tender notice as this will give you access to the tender process. Please ensure that the selected codes are relevant to your business to ensure that you get notification of opportunities that are of interest to your organisation.

9. In the Buyers screen please select Denbighshire County Council (although you may register with other buying organisations at the same time if you wish)

10. In the Primary Contact Details screen please ensure that all information is complete. (Please see note 4 above)

11. Accept the Terms and Conditions and then click the “>”. This takes you in to the Welcome window.

12. In the Finish screen please enter a new password and note all your Login details for future reference.

13. Now click “Complete Registration” and you will enter the Supplier Network page.

14. On the centre of the screen click “Opportunities”. This will take you to the list of current opportunities available to you.

15. Click the “>” that relates to this notice, this will take you into the PQQ or Tender Request and click “Register Interest”. Note there may be several opportunities that appear on this screen, please ensure that you select the correct one for your organisation.

16. In the “Your Opportunities” screen please note the closing time and date for completion of the relevant project. Please review the “Items” tab (Tender stage only) and the Documents tab (PQQ and Tender stages) as there will be information relating to the project held here. The Documents are accessed by clicking the down arrow underneath the General tab. Please ensure that you download all documents to your PC as you will be required to complete and upload some of the documents as part of your submission. There are also instructions on how to complete your submission in the Guidance for Bidders document held in this section

17. You can now either create your response” to, or “Decline” this opportunity.

18. Once you have started to complete your response to the opportunity and wish to save and return later click “Save”. The next time you Login to access the opportunity please go to the “Opportunities” tab and identify the relevant request that you previously saved.

19. When you have completed your response please click “Validate” to ensure that you have answered all the questions. If there are no errors identified click “Save” to ensure that your submission is saved, then click “Submit”. You will then get a “Pop Up” with your unique submission reference number. This is also confirmed by email to you.

20. If you are adding attachments at any point in the process please ensure that you click the “Add to Library” button as if you are invited to any subsequent opportunities in the future to tender any documents that you have added will automatically be added to your submission and all you will be required to do is check that they are the current version. This is a secure system and your documents will not be accessed by any other party.

21. Please note that any queries must be sent via the secure dialogue section of the e-tender portal. We will not respond to any queries received by any other method.

22. If you require any further assistance please contact the Project Manager as identified in the project details.

(WA Ref:38472)

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Additional Documentation

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Publication date of this notice