Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Powys County Council
County Hall
Llandrindod Wells
LD1 5LG
UK
Telephone: +44 01597826000
E-mail: commercialservices@powys.gov.uk
NUTS: UKL24
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.powys.gov.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0354
I.1) Name and addresses
Caerphilly County Borough Council
Penallta House, Tredomen Park, Ystrad Mynach
Hengoed
CF82 7PG
UK
Telephone: +44 1443863161
E-mail: procurement@caerphilly.gov.uk
Fax: +44 1443863167
NUTS: UKL16
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.caerphilly.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0272
I.1) Name and addresses
Cardiff Council
County Hall, Atlantic Wharf
Cardiff
CF10 4UW
UK
Telephone: +44 2920873732
E-mail: procurement@cardiff.gov.uk
NUTS: UKL22
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.cardiff.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0422
I.1) Name and addresses
Denbighshire County Council
Wynnstay Road
Ruthin
LL15 1YN
UK
Telephone: +44 1824712612
E-mail: procurement@denbighshire.gov.uk
NUTS: UKL13
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.denbighshire.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0280
I.1) Name and addresses
Flintshire County Council
County Hall, Mold
Flintshire
CH7 6NA
UK
Telephone: +44 1352701814
E-mail: procurement@denbighshire.gov.uk
NUTS: UKL23
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.flintshire.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0419
I.1) Name and addresses
Pembrokeshire County Council
County Hall, Haverfordwest
Pembrokeshire
SA61 1TP
UK
Telephone: +44 1437775905
E-mail: nigel.morgan@pembrokeshire.gov.uk
Fax: +44 1437776510
NUTS: UKL14
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.pembrokeshire.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0255
I.1) Name and addresses
City & County of Swansea
Civic Centre
Swansea
SA1 3SN
UK
Telephone: +44 1792637242
E-mail: Procurement@Swansea.gov.uk
NUTS: UKL18
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.swansea.gov.uk/dobusiness
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0254
I.1) Name and addresses
Vale of Glamorgan Council
Civic Offices, Holton Road
BARRY
CF63 4RU
UK
Telephone: +44 1446700111
E-mail: procurement@valeofglamorgan.gov.uk
NUTS: UKL22
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.valeofglamorgan.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0275
I.1) Name and addresses
Wrexham County Borough Council
Commissioning Procurement and Contract Management Unit, Lampbit Street
Wrexham
LL11 1AR
UK
Telephone: +44 1978292798
E-mail: procurement@wrexham.gov.uk
NUTS: UKL23
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.wrexham.gov.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0264
I.1) Name and addresses
Isle of Anglesey County Council
Isle of Anglesey County Council, Council Offices, Llangefni
Anglesey.
LL77 7TW
UK
Telephone: +44 1248750057
E-mail: procurement@anglesey.gov.uk
NUTS: UKL11
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.anglesey.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0369
I.1) Name and addresses
Cartrefi Conwy Cyfyngedig
Morfa Gele - Cae Eithin, North Wales Business Park
Abergele
LL22 8LJ
UK
Telephone: +44 3001240040
E-mail: procurement@cartreficonwy.org
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.cartreficonwy.org
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA1206
I.1) Name and addresses
Coastal Housing Group
3rd Floor, 220 High Street
Swansea
SA1 1NW
UK
Telephone: +44 1792479200
E-mail: garethd@coastalha.co.uk
NUTS: UKL
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.coastalha.co.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA29980
I.1) Name and addresses
United Welsh Housing Association
Y Borth, Beddau Way
Caerphilly
CF83 2AX
UK
Telephone: +44 2920858157
E-mail: nia.roblin@unitedwelsh.com
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.unitedwelsh.com/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA22244
I.1) Name and addresses
Carmarthenshire County Council
County Hall
Carmarthen
SA31 1JP
UK
Telephone: +44 1267234567
E-mail: CRCorporateProcurement@carmarthenshire.gov.uk
NUTS: UKL14
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.carmarthenshire.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0281
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/home.html
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/home.html
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Tender for the Appointment of a Consultant to Design an Innovative Net Zero Carbon Housing Solution
Reference number: pqq_33164
II.1.2) Main CPV code
71220000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Powys County Council on behalf of the 14 partners of the Delivering Net Zero Project, are seeking a suitably experienced and qualified supplier, or a group of suppliers acting together as a consortium, to design, test and warrant a net zero carbon housing solution.
The design should be based upon timber, employ modern methods of construction (MMC), and achieve net zero carbon in terms of construction, and in terms of operation from 2030.
The Council expects that a collaborative approach will be required to deliver a solution that fully meets the requirements, and will need to involve architects, engineers, timber frame manufacturers, and contractors.
Collaboration will also be required with the Delivering Net Zero Project and it's partners.
The tenderer (and if necessary its partners) will need to demonstrate experience in the following:
- Net zero / low carbon design
- MMC
- Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) processes
- Managing a multi partner project
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
248 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
71220000
71242000
71320000
71200000
71210000
71221000
45315100
45351000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL
Main site or place of performance:
Project is across Wales on behalf of 14 partner local authorities and registered social landlords
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Powys County Council on behalf of the 14 partners of the Delivering Net Zero Project, are seeking a suitably experienced and qualified supplier, or a group of suppliers acting together as a consortium, to design, test and warrant a net zero carbon housing solution.
The design should be based upon timber, employ modern methods of construction (MMC), and achieve net zero carbon in terms of construction, and in terms of operation from 2030.
The Council expects that a collaborative approach will be required to deliver a solution that fully meets the requirements, and will need to involve architects, engineers, timber frame manufacturers, and contractors.
Collaboration will also be required with the Delivering Net Zero Project and it's partners.
The tenderer (and if necessary its partners) will need to demonstrate experience in the following:
- Net zero / low carbon design
- MMC
- Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) processes
- Managing a multi partner project
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Delivery Team and Management
/ Weighting: 8
Quality criterion: Project Programme
/ Weighting: 8
Quality criterion: Proposal for Delivery
/ Weighting: 24
Quality criterion: Net Zero Carbon in Construction and Operation
/ Weighting: 16
Quality criterion: Adaptability for Planning
/ Weighting: 8
Quality criterion: Delivery at Scale and Pace
/ Weighting: 16
Price
/ Weighting:
20
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 18
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
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
As per procurement documents.
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
List and brief description of conditions:
As per procurement documents.
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria:
Bidders must meet the minimum requirements as follows:
Bidders must have the following levels of insurance:
- Public Liability - 10,000,000 GBP
- Employer Liability - 5,000,000 GBP
- Professional Indemnity - 10,000,000 GBP (per claim)
Bidders must pass a financial check which will be carried out in accordance with the document Appendix 4 – Financial Assessments Information (found under the Attachments Area of the Portal).
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
List and brief description of selection criteria:
Bidders must meet the minimum requirements as follows:
Bidders must have demonstrable experience of designing to zero carbon standards.
Bidders must have demonstrable experience of Modern Methods of Construction.
Bidders must have demonstrable experience of undertaking Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) processes.
Bidders must have demonstrable experience of designing to Welsh Government’s Welsh Development Quality Requirements (WDQR) and/or its predecessor Development Quality Requirements (DQR), Lifetime Homes and Secured by Design (SbD) Gold.
Bidders must have demonstrable experience of coordinating and managing multi-partner projects.
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
III.2.2) Contract performance conditions
As per the procurement documents.
III.2.3) Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Innovation partnership
IV.1.4) Information about reduction of the number of solutions or tenders during negotiation or dialogue
Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated
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:
15/11/2021
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
Date:
14/01/2022
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: 6 (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
Instructions for Suppliers – Registration on etenderwales
Powys County Council will be conducting this procurement exercise through the Value Wales e-Tendering portal. This
can be found at www.etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk, all information may be downloaded and returned through this
channel.
Internet address(es): http://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk
Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender
1. Register your company on the eTenderwales portal (this is only required once)
- Browse to the eSourcing Portal: www.etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk
- Click the “Click here to register” link
- Accept the terms and conditions and click “continue”
- Enter your correct business and user details
- Note the username you chose and click “Save” when complete
- You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure)
2. Express an Interest in the tender
- Login to the portal with the username/password
- Click the “Open Access PQQs” link.
- Click on the relevant PQQ to access the content.
- Click the “Express Interest” button in the “Actions” box on the left-hand side of the page.
- This will move the PQQ into your “My PQQs” page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only)
- Click on the PQQ code, you can now access any attachments by clicking the “Settings and Buyer Attachments” in the
“Actions” box
3. Responding to the tender
- You can now choose to “Reply” or “Reject” (please give a reason if rejecting)
- You can now use the ‘Messages’ function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification
- Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ
- There may be a mixture of online & offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available)
If you require any further assistance use the online help, or the BravoSolution help desk is available Mon – Fri (8am –
6pm) on:
- eMail: help@bravosolution.co.uk
- Phone: 0800 368 4850 / Fax: 020 7080 0480
Tenders or Requests to Participate must be sent to:
Official name: www.etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk
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=114874
(WA Ref:114874)
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
15/10/2021