Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Newforge Community Development Trust
18b Newforge Lane
Belfast
BT9 5NW
UK
Contact person: David.Young@newforge.com
Telephone: +44 2890681027
E-mail: David.Young@newforge.com
NUTS: UKN06
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.newforge.com/ncdt.php
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Other: Community development trust
I.5) Main activity
Recreation, culture and religion
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Newforge Community Development Trust Shared Space
Reference number: NCDT/0519
II.1.2) Main CPV code
71540000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Newforge Community Development Trust, Newforge Lane, Belfast require a new, modern, fit for purpose facility to transform, re-image and open up the 10+ hectare Newforge complex in South Belfast into a unique, iconic, shared space and sports facility.
Newforge Community Development Trust wishes to make a single appointment of an economic operator to provide professional services of a project management led Integrated Consultancy Team (ICT) for the proposed Shared Space Centre to include, architecture, cost management, engineering and other associated construction professionals in related disciplines. The structure of the consultant team is described in MOI Part B Section 7.5.
The shared centre has secured full planning approval. The ICT will be required to review the current designs and provide both innovation in terms of design development and address comments from key user groups and the project board. The ICT will be required to progress the designs, produce comprehensive employer.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
350 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
71540000
71541000
71220000
71221000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN06
Main site or place of performance:
NCDT, 18b Newforge Lane, Belfast, BT9 5NW.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
For a complete description of this procurement please refer to the pre-qualification questionnaire package, MOI Part B.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 70
Cost criterion: Cost
/ Weighting: 30
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 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:
2019/S 139-342643
IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
16/12/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Hamilton Architects LLP
3 Joy Street
Belfast
BT2 8LE
UK
NUTS: UKN06
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 330 060.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The authority expressly reserves the rights:
(i) not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice or to cancel the procurement at any stage;
(ii) to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition;
(iii) to award (a) contract(s) in respect of any part(s) of the works covered by this notice; and
(iv) to award contract(s) in stages.
And in no circumstances will the authority be liable for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by candidates irrespective of the outcome of the procurement process or if the procurement process is cancelled or postponed. Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to contract award is accordingly at risk of the company participating in this procurement process. Economic operators should be aware that up to the point the contract becomes unconditional, all costs, charges and expenses are the economic operator’s and the contracting authority will not reimburse any costs incurred prior to this stage. All discussions and correspondence shall be deemed strictly subject to contract until the contract is entered into.
This project is dependent on the availability of grant funding from the Special European Programmes Body (SEUPB).
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Newforge Community Development Trust
18b Newforge Lane
Belfast
BT9 5NW
UK
Telephone: +44 2890681027
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
High Court of Justice (Northern Ireland) Royal Courts of Justice
Chichester Street
Belfast
BT1 3JF
UK
Telephone: +44 289023511
Fax: +44 2890313508
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: this procurement is governed by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 which provides for economic operators who have suffered, or who risk suffering, loss, or damage, as a consequence of an alleged breach of the duty owed in accordance with Regulation 91 to start proceedings in the High Court. A standstill period will commence at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into. Any proceedings relating to any perceived non-compliance with the relevant law must be started within 30 days, beginning with the date when the economic operator first knew, or ought to have known that grounds for starting the proceedings had arisen.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
20/12/2019