Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
CPD - Construction Division
303 Airport Road West
BELFAST
BT3 9ED
UK
Contact person: construct.infofinance-ni.gov.uk
Telephone: +44 2890816555
E-mail: construct.info@finance-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 is awarded by a central purchasing body
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
Electronic communication requires the use of tools and devices that are not generally available. Unrestricted and full direct access to these tools and devices is possible, free of charge, at:
https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
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
DFE 5151877 SOUTHERN REGIONAL COLLEGE (SRC) INNOVATION CENTRE NEWRY
II.1.2) Main CPV code
45210000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Works
II.1.4) Short description
The Client wishes to appoint a Contractor, who will act as an Economic Operator led Integrated Supply Team (IST) with experience in delivering high quality construction projects on time and within budget. The project is for the design and construction of a new build Innovation Centre for Southern Regional College (SRC) at Patrick Street, Newry (Develop and Construct procurement). Works include the following: • Demolition of and making good of existing hardstanding and substructures (including existing piles and pile caps from the previous sports complex). • Earthworks to facilitate the new build. • New build innovation centre to include IT Suites, Science, Engineering and Project Based Learning education accommodation as well as social spaces. This includes flood mitigation measures within the fabric of the new building. • New external works, including set down, road, parking and pedestrian areas to connect in with the existing Newry East campus. • New drainage network including storm, foul and attenuation. • New Utility services to supply the building. • Other new ancillary works, hardstanding, boundary, landscaping and planting works. • Removal of existing, and provision of new, pedestrian crossing on Patrick Street. • Works to existing historic stone wall around the Site and along Patrick Street. • Works to the existing Newry East campus, including but not limited to, rear bin and accessway, front landscaping and new NIE substation. Note this will be within a live educational environment. The RIBA 5 construction period is estimated at 18 months (excludes RIBA 4 design period).
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
8 000 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
45214000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
Main site or place of performance:
Newry
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Client wishes to appoint a Contractor, who will act as an Economic Operator led Integrated Supply Team (IST) with experience in delivering high quality construction projects on time and within budget. The project is for the design and construction of a new build Innovation Centre for Southern Regional College (SRC) at Patrick Street, Newry (Develop and Construct procurement). Works include the following: • Demolition of and making good of existing hardstanding and substructures (including existing piles and pile caps from the previous sports complex). • Earthworks to facilitate the new build. • New build innovation centre to include IT Suites, Science, Engineering and Project Based Learning education accommodation as well as social spaces. This includes flood mitigation measures within the fabric of the new building. • New external works, including set down, road, parking and pedestrian areas to connect in with the existing Newry East campus. • New drainage network including storm, foul and attenuation. • New Utility services to supply the building. • Other new ancillary works, hardstanding, boundary, landscaping and planting works. • Removal of existing, and provision of new, pedestrian crossing on Patrick Street. • Works to existing historic stone wall around the Site and along Patrick Street. • Works to the existing Newry East campus, including but not limited to, rear bin and accessway, front landscaping and new NIE substation. Note this will be within a live educational environment. The RIBA 5 construction period is estimated at 18 months (excludes RIBA 4 design period).
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:
8 000 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 36
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: 6
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.12) Information about electronic catalogues
Tenders must be presented in the form of electronic catalogues or include an electronic catalogue
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
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:
Licences, Accreditiations, Chartered Membership, Certifications and Insurance as detailed in MOI B
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 Economic Operators’ performance on this Contract will be regularly monitored. As. part of its contract management procedures, the Contracting Authority will use the Protocol for Managing Poor Supplier Performance. contained in Procurement Guidance Note PGN 01/12 – Contract Management Principles and Procedures. https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/. publications/procurement-guidance-note-0112-contract-management-principles-and-procedures If an Economic Operator has received. more than one current Notice of Written Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance, the Contracting Authority, at its discretion,. can consider an Economic Operator’s exclusion from future procurements, being undertaken on behalf of bodies covered by the. Northern Ireland Public Procurement Policy (NIPP), for a minimum period of 12 months or 3 years respectively A. list. of bodies subject. to Northern Ireland Public Procurement Policy can be viewed at https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/articles/list-public-bodies-which-ni-publicprocurement-. policy-applies.
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
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:
29/01/2024
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
Tender must be valid until:
30/04/2024
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.3) Additional information
The Authority expressly reserves the right (a) not to award any Contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by...... publication of this notice; (b) To make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition; and in...... no circumstances will the Authority be liable for any costs incurred by candidates participating in this competition. Contracts awarded. as.... a result of this procurement process shall be considered as a contract made in Northern Ireland and subject to the exclusive. jurisdiction.... of the Northern Ireland Courts. The Contracting Authority reserves the right not to award any contracts as a result of this. competition..... The process may be terminated or suspended at any time without cost or liability to the Contracting Authority. While. it intends to do. so,... the Contracting Authority does not bind itself or others to enter into any contract arising out of the procedures. envisaged by this. notice.... No contractual rights expressed or implied arise out of the notice or procedures envisaged by it. The. Contracting Authority. reserves the... right to vary its requirements and the procedures relating to the conduct of the award process. The. Contracting Authority. shall disqualify... any Economic Operator which is ineligible under Regulation 57 of the Public Contracts Regulations. (PCR) (subject to. any overriding public... interest requirement) and reserves the right to disqualify any organisation which: (a) Provides. information or. confirmations which later... prove to be untrue or incorrect; (b) Does not supply the information within the timescale. required by this. notice or by the Invitation... to Tender Documentation or as otherwise required during the process. Instructions on how. to submit a. tender; - Suppliers must be... registered on the Contracting Authorities e-procurement portal, eTendersNI available on the. following link:. https://etendersni.gov.uk/... epps/home.do All suppliers should follow the instructions on how to submit a tender within the. Introduction. and Brief Explanation... document held within the documents area for this procurement on the eTendersNI portal..
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
CPD
Clare House
Belfast
BT3 9ED
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
13/12/2023