Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
University of Keele
Procurement Office, Directorate of Finance, Innovation Centre 2, Keele University Science and Innovation Park, Staffordshire
Keele
ST5 5NH
UK
Contact person: Darren Pearce
Telephone: +44 1782734124
E-mail: d.pearce@keele.ac.uk
NUTS: UKG24
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.keele.ac.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofkeele/aspx/Home
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofkeele/aspx/Home
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofkeele/aspx/Home
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Design and Build of Innovation Centre 7 (IC7)
Reference number: KU/281/DP/AW/2020
II.1.2) Main CPV code
45210000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Works
II.1.4) Short description
Tenders are invited for the design and build of Innovation Centre 7 (IC7). The project will cover both the design and build of Innovation Centre 7 (IC7) under a single-stage design and build contract.
The contract for the design and build of Innovation Centre 7 (IC7) covers a total area of 2 696 m2 of Innovation Centre 7 (IC7). The estimated total value of the contract excluding VAT GBP is 9 875 000.
The design and build of Innovation Centre 7 (IC7) is part funded through a suite of secured funding including Keele University, the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) as part of the England 2014-2020 European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) Growth Programme and UK Government funding through the Getting Building Fund.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
9 875 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
45111200
45211350
45214000
45214400
45310000
45350000
45330000
45232450
71322000
42416100
71313200
45112700
51700000
31712331
71000000
71220000
39100000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKG24
Main site or place of performance:
Keele University Science and Innovation Park.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The development and implementation of digital technologies will be central to society and the economy for the foreseeable future. Beyond the technology lies data that will be collected on almost every aspect of our work and personal lives. This data needs to be handled securely and ethically then analysed in such a way that it provides accurate reflections to provide digital solutions. If done well, this promises to enhance the lives of our communities in a vast array of ways, including our health, wealth and happiness.
Keele has expertise in key aspects of data analytics right across the University and we aim to harness these to develop and support small to medium sized enterprises. We intend to create a community of experts, researchers and businesses, centred physically and virtually around a new purpose-built facility within the Keele Science and Innovation Park.
Innovation Centre 7 (IC7) within the Keele Growth Corridor University Enterprise Zone will provide a physical focus for the intersection and collaboration between existing and future groups and initiatives within the University as well as providing a touch point (and physical home for some) organisations and initiatives that interact with our data and analytics expertise. Together this community will develop and apply data to make a significant difference to society and the economy.
Main reasons for decision not to subdivide contract into lots: given the need for one main contractor to co-ordinate the delivery of the design and build of Innovation Centre 7 (IC7) covering all of the design services and construction works required to deliver the project, the contract has not been subdivided into lots.
Section 2 of the ITT (Employer’s requirements — tender specification and contract) gives detailed information on all of the works and services required to facilitate and deliver the contract for the design and build of Innovation Centre 7 (IC7). The contractor will be required to carry out the works and services detailed in section 2 of the ITT.
Where the University wishes to accept one of the tenders submitted as part of this procurement process, the terms and conditions which will apply to the arrangement between the University and the Contractor is the JCT Design and Build Contract 2016 as amended by the University as detailed in the document folder ‘20.0 Contract Amendments’ (see the procurement documents).
Tenderers must accept the JCT Design and Build Contract 2016 as amended by the University as detailed in the document folder ‘20.0 Contract Amendments’. Failure to meet this requirement will render your tender submission non-compliant.
The design and build of Innovation Centre 7 (IC7) is part funded through a suite of secured funding including Keele University, the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) as part of the England 2014-2020 European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) Growth Programme and UK Government funding through the getting building fund.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Approach and methodology for the delivery of the contract for the design and build of Innovation Centre 7 (IC7)
/ Weighting: 150 marks
Quality criterion: Programme for the delivery of the contract for the design and build of Innovation Centre 7 (IC7)
/ Weighting: 100 marks
Quality criterion: Relevant experience and expertise of key named individuals assigned to performing the contract for the design and build of Innovation Centre 7 (ic7)
/ Weighting: 150 marks
Quality criterion: Quality management — contract for the design and build of Innovation Centre 7 (IC7)
/ Weighting: 100 marks
Quality criterion: Compliance with CDM regulations — contract for the design and build of Innovation Centre 7 (IC7)
/ Weighting: 100 marks
Price
/ Weighting:
400 marks
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
9 875 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
22/01/2021
End:
29/04/2022
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
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
Completed selection questionnaire (SQ) responses will be assessed against the selection criteria (detailed in the selection questionnaire) to arrive at a short-list of tenderers who will be invited to submit tenders at the second stage of the procurement process. It is intended that five tenderers will be invited to submit tenders although the University reserves the right to change this number. In accordance with regulation 65(7) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (‘PCRs 2015’), the University also reserves the right to only invite those tenderers meeting the selection criteria even if this falls below the statutory minimum number of five.
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
III.2.2) Contract performance conditions
The conditions for performance of the contract and technical specifications are as stated in the procurement documents.
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:
16/09/2020
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
Date:
19/10/2020
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.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.3) Additional information
Tenderers remain responsible for all costs and expenses incurred by them or by any third party acting under instructions from the Tenderer in connection with taking part in this procurement, regardless of whether such costs arise as a direct or indirect consequence of any amendments made to the procurement documents by the University at any time.
The University reserves the right to vary or change all or any part of the basis of the procedures for the procurement process at any time or not to proceed with the proposed procurement at all. Indeed, the University does not bind itself to accept the highest scoring tender or any tender.
Tenderers will be subject to a financial assessment to evidence that they have an acceptable level of financial standing to deliver a contract of the size and level of complexity of Innovation Centre 7 (IC7). As part of this assessment, tenderers will be required to provide evidence to demonstrate that the tenderers average annual turnover over the previous three financial years was at least GBP 19 000 000 (noting that, where a tenderer is bidding as a consortium this threshold shall apply in the aggregate to the consortium members as a whole, provided that the lead consortium member's average annual turnover over the last 3 years meets or exceeds 70 % of the requirement). In conjunction with the above, the University will undertake a Creditsafe credit report assessment in respect of the tenderer. Tenderers may be excluded from the process where their Creditsafe Credit Rating is 29 out of 100 or below.
The design and build of Innovation Centre 7 (IC7) is part funded through a suite of secured funding including Keele University, the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) as part of the England 2014-2020 European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) Growth Programme and UK Government funding through the getting building fund.
The selection questionnaire (‘SQ’) comprising of the PAS 91: 2013 + A1: 2017 Questionnaire and additional questions is issued with a draft invitation to tender (‘ITT’) document as part of this procurement procedure’s suite of procurement documents covering the design and build of Innovation Centre 7 (IC7).
Interested parties are required to complete the selection questionnaire (SQ) and return this before the SQ deadline.
A draft ITT has been released at this point of the procurement process in order to provide an overview of the process which will be undertaken by the University, following this selection stage. The purpose of making available a draft ITT at the outset of this procurement process is to assist tenderers in their appraisal of this opportunity and provide them with an insight into how the process will be undertaken at the tender stage of this process. Shortlisted tenderers will be provided with more detailed information in connection with how to submit their tenders at the commencement of the next stage of the process and therefore, tenderers should not submit a response to the draft ITT document at this selection stage. An updated ITT will be distributed to shortlisted tenderers in due course, which will supplement the information provided in the draft ITT and will confirm the evaluation methodology that will be applied to the evaluation of tenders.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court of England and Wales
Royal Courts of Justice, Strand
London
WCA2 2LL
UK
Telephone: +44 2079477882
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.justice.gov.uk
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
University of Keele
Procurement Office, Directorate of Finance, Innovation Centre 2, Keele University Science and Innovation Park, Staffordshire
Keele
ST5 5NH
UK
Telephone: +44 1782734124
E-mail: d.pearce@keele.ac.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.keele.ac.uk
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
Any review proceedings should be promptly brought to the attention of the Director of Finance of the University at the address provided above and will be dealt with in accordance with the requirements of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (‘PCRs 2015’). Any review proceedings must be brought within the timescales specified by the applicable law, including, without limitation, the PCRs 2015. In accordance with the PCRs 2015, the University will incorporate a minimum 10-calendar day standstill period from the date information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers.
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
University of Keele
Procurement Office, Directorate of Finance, Innovation Centre 2, Keele University Science and Innovation Park, Staffordshire
Keele
ST5 5NH
UK
Telephone: +44 1782734124
E-mail: d.pearce@keele.ac.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.keele.ac.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
12/08/2020