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

Provision of Quantity Surveying Services for YG Cwm Gwyddon and Trinity Fields School

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

Caerphilly County Borough Council has the requirement for the provision of quantity Surveying Services for YG Gwyddon Replacement School, Cwmcarn and Trinity Fields School Extension, Ystrad Mynach.

The Projects and Services Required:

QS Consultants services as listed in the RICS Schedule of Services. To include but not be limited to:

• Cost estimating and cost planning

• Pre tender estimate

• Cost input to value engineering

• Preparation of Contract Documents

• Assistance with tender evaluation

• Agreeing contractor payments and final account

In relation to the schools

Full details can be found in the ITT

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=111165.

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

The tenders for the two projects will be separately evaluated. Basis of award - the tenderer achieving the highest total score (price score + quality score)for a given project will be deemed to have submitted the most economically advantageous tender. A given tenderer may therefore be awarded one of the projects, both projects or none of the projects.

The evaluation shall follow a two stage process as set out below

Stage One - This will be evaluated on a pass / fail basis. Failure to complete will result in the submission being rejected.

Bidders must pass all pass / fail questions in the Selection Stage to proceed to the Award stage of the evaluation process. Any candidate that receives a fail based on the scoring methodology, for any pass / fail question will be eliminated from the process at the point where the fail occurs

Stage Two - All Organisations that successfully pass all elements of the selection stage will progress on to the Award Stage. This stage will be evaluated using the Most Economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT) criterion, structured as follows

50% Quality / 50% Price

Full details can be found in the ITT

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

CCBC/PS2093/21/JH

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

PLEASE NOTE REGISTERING AN INTEREST IN THE SELL2WALES NOTICE IS NOT

REGISTERING AN INTEREST IN THIS TENDER YOU MUST FOLLOW THE

INSTRUCTIONS BELOW IN ORDER TO SUBMIT A TENDER

As part of the process, the tender will be undertaken utilising Caerphilly CBC's Proactis Portal e-tendering system.

Therefore, companies are invited to follow the directions below to register on the system:

1. Log in to the Proactis Portal E-tendering system at https://www.proactisplaza.com

2. Click the "Sign Up" button.

3. Enter your details such as Organisation Name, Details and Primary Contact Details.

4. Please make a note of the Organisation ID and Login Name, then click Register.

5. You may then receive an email from the system asking you to Click here to activate your account. This takes you to Enter Organisation Details. Or you may be redirected straight to your account home page, depending on your browser.

6. Please enter the information requested, click Next and follow the instructions ensuring that you enter all applicable details.

7. In the Enter Product Classification screen please ensure that you select the Product Classification Codes (CPV Codes)that appear in the tender notice.

8. Accept the Terms and Conditions and then click Next. This takes you in to the Welcome window.

9. In the Welcome window please enter your Organisation name, Organisation ID and User Name (User ID). You now need to create your unique password. Please ensure that you make a note of this along with the other information already recorded.

10. Now click Done and you will enter the Supplier Home page.

11. From the Home Page, go to the “Opportunities” area, where you can search for this Opportunity. Click on the "Show Me Arrow" of the relevant opportunity and then click to register your interest on the relevant button.

12. Click the Opportunities Icon on the left of the page so that the page is refreshed, then, click on the "Show Me Arrow" of the relevant contract again and this will take you into the create a response section of the portal.

13. Note the closing date for completion of the relevant project. Please review the tabs at the top of the page as there will be information relating to the project held here.

14. You can now either continue to fill out this area and create a response or if the project is not of interest to you Decline this opportunity by clicking the "Decline" button at the top of the page.

Tenderers shall express an interest in tendering for this arrangement by registering their interest on the Proactis Portal System as stated above and then completing the online e-tender submission. If you have any issues with your account please use the 'Raise a Ticket' function on the Proactis Portal. Instructions on how to utilise this function can be found in the attachments

(WA Ref:111165)

The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia bidding.

5.2

Additional Documentation

5.3

Publication date of this notice