Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Transport Scotland South West
Buchanan House, 58 Port Dundas Road
Glasgow
G4 0DX
UK
Contact person: Ian McFeteridge
Telephone: +44 1412727271
E-mail: Ian.McFetridge@transport.gov.scot
Fax: +44 1412727400
NUTS: UKM83
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.transport.gov.scot/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA13184
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
National or federal agency/office
I.5) Main activity
Other: Transport
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
A898 Erskine Bridge External Painting
Reference number: TS/TRBO/WKS/2018/01
II.1.2) Main CPV code
45442120
II.1.3) Type of contract
Works
II.1.4) Short description
Transport Scotland wishes to appoint a suitably experienced main contractor to undertake 4 phases of maintenance painting on the external substrates of Erskine Bridge. A single contract will be let with a single contractor responsible for the delivery of all 4 phases of work.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
17 890 900.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
45442121
45442180
45442190
45221111
45221115
45221000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM83
Main site or place of performance:
Erskine Bridge, Renfrewshire, (Easting 246209, Northing 672431).
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Transport Scotland is an agency of the Scottish Government and contracts in the name of and on behalf of the Scottish Ministers. Transport Scotland has identified the requirement to appoint a main contractor to undertake the external painting of the Erskine Bridge. These works are due to commence in spring 2019, for a period of approximately 4 years. The phasing is described below. The main contractor will be procured through a competitive tender procedure, in accordance with the restricted procedure as stated in the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. Due to project complexity, the project will be performed by a single contractor and as such shall not be divided into lots. To be considered for this contract economic operators are required to complete the European Single Procurement Document ESPD in accordance with this Contract Notice. Economic operators shall be evaluated in accordance with the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015, on the basis of information they have provided within the ESPD.
It is the intention that the project will operate a mandatory Project Bank Account (PBA), a project specific account ring fenced with effective Trust status, for payment of the contractor and his supply chain. The account shall be opened by the Scottish Ministers with The Royal Bank of Scotland under the banking services framework defined at
http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Government/Procurement/directory/pscontractcentgovt/BankingServices
It is intended that the PBA shall satisfy the minimum requirements for an effectively constituted Trust under Scots law. The use of a PBA by a contractor shall be a contractual requirement. Any sub-contractors for which it is agreed shall not be paid through the PBA shall be entitled to payment according to the prompt payment provisions provided within the contract.
Project details
There are 4 phases of work. The contract will include a phased completion mechanism. There will be scope for evaluation of the contractor’s performance during each phase of the works.
The scope of the works for all phases comprises provision of temporary access systems; removal of the existing paint system; survey and inspection the condition of the existing steelwork; steelwork repairs and strengthening; installation of a new multi-coat paint system in accordance with the specification for highway works.
The works will also include the refurbishment of the east and west footway panels and removal of redundant gas mains on the east and west cantilever sections.
Phase 1 (spring 2019 — autumn 2019) — West Side Cantilever: Works will include the removal of the west side redundant SGN Gas pipe; removal, refurbishment and reinstatement of the footway panels.
Phase 2 (spring 2020 – autumn 2020) – East Side Cantilever: Identical to Phase 1 but applied to the East side including the East side gas main removal and footway panel refurbishment.
Phase 3 (spring 2021 – autumn 2021) Lower Sloping Web and Bottom Flange. This phase will include steelwork repairs to the backing flats on the web and bottom flange areas.
Phase 4 (spring 2022 – Autumn 2022) – The Bridge Towers: Specialist temporary access systems and traffic management will be required to paint the towers. The contract will only permit continual peak time traffic management when painting the lowest 6 metres of the bridge towers in the central reserve. Special temporary access systems, which can be erected and maintained using off peak traffic management, will be required for all areas above 6 metres high.
The works will be let using a fixed price with milestone payments and lane occupation charges contract. The contract will be strongly incentivised to encourage contractors to minimise the amount of disruptive traffic management. TM will not be permitted during the day Monday to Friday. The only exception is in Phase 4 where continual peak time traffic management will be permitted to allow painting of the lowest 6 metres of the bridge towers.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 40 %
Cost criterion: Price
/ Weighting: 60 %
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
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
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.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2018/S 132-299713
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: TS/TRBO/WKS/2018/01
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
16/04/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Spencer
One Humber Quays, Wellington Street West
Hull
HU1 2BN
UK
Telephone: +44 1482766340
Fax: +44 1469532233
NUTS: UKE
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 17 890 900.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Transport Scotland will conduct the proposed procurement process for the contract on behalf of the Scottish Ministers. In the event of the conclusion of the contract, the contract will be entered into between the Scottish Ministers and the successful tenderer. The contract terms and conditions will be based on ICE Conditions of Contract 5th Edition, with bespoke amendments. Each selected economic operator shall be invited to submit a tender on the same contract terms.
Each economic operator shall submit four paper copies (one marked "Original" and 3 marked copy 1, 2, or 3 as relevant) together with two USB data sticks containing the completed ESPD, in a sealed package to arrive by no later than 12:00 noon BST/GMT on 31.7.2018 to the following addressee and address:
Procurement support manager, Transport Scotland, Buchanan House, 58 Port Dundas Road, Glasgow, G4 0HF, UK.
The Scottish Ministers shall not evaluate any submission received past the specified deadline, unless the delay is caused by a situation out with the control of the economic operator, the determination of which shall be at the sole discretion of the Scottish Ministers. Compliance with achieving the specified deadline is the sole responsibility of the economic operator.
Economic operators which alter their composition after making a submission will be the subject of re-evaluation.
Any request by economic operators for clarification of any part of the documentation, which relate to the ESPD submission, shall be made through the Public Contracts Scotland portal. The deadline to submit clarifications is 12:00 GMT on 24.7.2018.
Neither Transport Scotland nor the Scottish Ministers shall be responsible in any way to economic operators as a result of any delay or failure in answering any request for clarification or any decision not to answer a request for clarification (either in full or in part). Absence of a response from Transport Scotland or the Scottish Ministers shall not entitle economic operators to qualify their submission.
The Scottish Ministers reserve the right not to conclude any contract as a result of the procurement process initiated by this notice and to make whatever changes the Scottish Minsters deem appropriate to the content, process, timing and structure of the procurement process.
Transport Scotland and the Scottish Ministers shall have no liability for any costs howsoever incurred by those participating in the competition.
Economic operators should be aware that all information submitted to the Scottish Ministers may need to be disclosed and/or published by the Scottish Ministers in compliance with the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
(SC Ref:582107)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Transport Scotland South West
Buchanan House, 58 Port Dundas Road
Glasgow
G4 0DX
UK
Telephone: +44 1412727100
Fax: +44 1412727272
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.transport.gov.scot/
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
An economic operator that suffers, or risks suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
26/04/2019