Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Welsh Government
Corporate Procurement Services, Cathays Park
Cardiff
CF10 3NQ
UK
Telephone: +44 3000257095
E-mail: Mark.Davies@gov.wales
NUTS: UKL
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://gov.wales
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0007
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.3) Communication
Access to the procurement documents is restricted. Further information can be obtained at:
https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Northern Gateway - Infrastructure Works - Phase 2 and 3
Reference number: C076/2021/2022
II.1.2) Main CPV code
45233100
II.1.3) Type of contract
Works
II.1.4) Short description
The construction works is currently limited to the Phase 2 and 3 Infrastructure Works comprising of
approximately 1.3 km of single carriageway highway including priority junctions and roundabouts,
footways and cycleway links, associated earthworks, drainage, culverts, street furniture, lighting,
services, accommodation works, service diversions and environmental mitigation works.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
8 000 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
45233100
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL23
Main site or place of performance:
Deeside, Flintshire
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Please refer to the procurement documents for full details and threshold required to allow the Welsh Government to select up to five Suppliers who have scored the best ranking responses to be invited to tender for the Works. It should also be noted that once five Suppliers haves been selected all other Suppliers will rejected and excluded from tendering if their total response score is 1 or more marks below that of the fifth ranking score.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 30
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
The Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) exercise will be conducted through the eTenderwales portal https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk. Once logged in you must click on ‘PQQ’s Open to all Suppliers’ and the eTenderwales portal reference is: Project_47943 and PQQ_33148.
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
29/09/2021
Local time: 14:00
IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
Date:
08/11/2021
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 5 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.3) Additional information
How to find the PQQ: The Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) exercise will be conducted through the eTenderwales portal https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk.
Once logged in you must click on ‘PQQ’s Open to all Suppliers’ and the eTenderwales portal reference is: Project_47943 and PQQ_33148 and Click on the title ‘Northern Gateway – Infrastructure Works - Phase 2 and 3’ to access details of the PQQ.
This will move the PQQ from the ‘Open to all Suppliers’ area to the My Home page area.
The full details of the PQQ are outlined in the qualification and technical envelopes, together with any relevant documents in the ‘Attachments’ area.
NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=112990
The Contractor shall ensure that all contracts with Subcontractors and Suppliers which the Contractor intends to procure following the Award date, and which the Contractor has not, before the date of this Contract, already planned to award to a particular Subcontractor or Supplier, are advertised through the Sell2Wales portal (www.sell2wales.gov.wales) and awarded following a fair, open, transparent and competitive process proportionate to the nature and value of the contract.
Under the terms of this contract the successful supplier(s) will be required to deliver Community Benefits in support of the authority’s economic and social objectives. Accordingly, contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations. The Community Benefits included in this contract are:
The full details of the Community Benefits Clauses are contained in the relevant documents in the ‘Attachments’ area.
(WA Ref:112990)
The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court
Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
Telephone: +44 2079477501
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
25/08/2021