Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Department for Infrastructure
Clarence Court Adelaide Street
Belfast
BT2 8GB
UK
Contact person: pb2infrastructure-ni.gov.uk
E-mail: pb2@infrastructure-ni.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Address of the buyer profile: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
I.1) Name and addresses
Department for Infrastructure
Clarence Court Adelaide Street
Belfast
BT2 8GB
UK
E-mail: pb2@infrastructure-ni.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Address of the buyer profile: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
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://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
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
DfI Roads T-1130 - Major Works Consultancy Services Framework
II.1.2) Main CPV code
71311000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Department for Infrastructure is seeking to form a framework agreement comprising up to 6 suitably qualified and experienced companies to provide engineering design consultancy services to assist the Department in taking forward the planning, assessment and delivery of the current Strategic Road Improvement / Major Works Roads Programme; to develop / deliver new schemes identified in the forthcoming Transport Plans; to deliver schemes identified in City and Growth Deals; and to deliver large active travel projects as identified in future plans.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
90 000 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
71311000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
UKN0
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Department for Infrastructure is seeking to form a framework agreement comprising up to 6 suitably qualified and experienced companies to provide engineering design consultancy services to assist the Department in taking forward the planning, assessment and delivery of the current Strategic Road Improvement / Major Works Roads Programme; to develop / deliver new schemes identified in the forthcoming Transport Plans; to deliver schemes identified in City and Growth Deals; and to deliver large active travel projects as identified in future plans.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
90 000 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 24
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
There are options to extend the framework up to a maximum of 48 months at discretion of the Contracting Authority.
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:
Yes
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.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement with several operators.
Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement: 6
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:
2023/S 000-006821
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
24/05/2023
Local time: 15:00
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: 003 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The High Court
Royal Courts of Justice
Belfast
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
20/04/2023