II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKJ25
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Procurement Route - Design and Build
Tender Strategy - 'Open Procedure' Single Stage Tender
Design Stage - Stage 3
Form of Contract - NEC4 Option A: Fixed Price with Activity Schedule
The successful Contractor will be responsible for designing and building a c.590m2 new-build facility for The Pirbright Institute, c.461m2 of functional space on the ground floor and c.129m2 of plant space on the first floor.
1) General building outline: New build facility, 590m2, two story above ground, with all functions on ground floor, and plant room on the first floor, comprising of 1 nr GMP cleanroom (ISO007), 1 nr cold-room (CNC), 1 nr freezer room, RM Storage and receipt areas, 1 nr QC Micro lab (CNC), 1 nr QC lab (CNC), a write up area/office and all supporting areas including a plant room and associated external works.
2) The building will be constructed within the existing Pirbright site.
3) Achieve Part L - 2, target for Net Zero Carbon (NZC).
The design of the facility will include biocontainment (ACDP CL2/SAPO2/GMO2), BREEAM: Very Good, cleanrooms (up to ISO7), good manufacturing practice (GMP), net-zero carbon and equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI). The project team that developed the RIBA Stage 3 design in conjunction with the end-user requirements were as follows.:
• Project Manager - Currie and Brown
• Cost Manager - Turner and Townsend
• Multi-Disciplinary Design Consultant / CMT - Scitech
Following the publication of F01: Prior information notice (PIN) 2023/S 000-013633 on 12th May 2023 which was published to establish interest within the market and to help inform us on a number of strategic decisions in relation to this procurement, and determine our strategy a second PIN 2024/S 000-002555 was published on 25th January 2024 to advise of the planned future procurement. We have determined that a Design and Build, 'Open Procedure' Single Stage Tender offers the quickest route to completion whilst still meeting competition.
Along with this F02: Contract Notice a Contracts Finder Notice will be published on the same day and referenced in VI.3 Additional information of this F02: Contracts Notice (see below). With the ITT (Invitation to Tender) Pack or a least some of it being upload as attachments on to the Contracts Finder Notice (the remaining Appendix/documents will be available on receipt of a completed and signed of a Confidentiality Agreement see in VI.3 Additional information below. The ITT package will also be available on demand from procurement@pirbrightinnovations.co.uk. The RIBA stage 3 information will be included in the ITT pack. The Contractor will tender the works on an RIBA Stage 3 design which will form part of the contract documentation, the Contractor as part of their contractual obligations shall further develop the design making design submissions post-contract for approval by the Project Manager and the compliance monitoring team.
The contract proposed is NEC4 Option A: Fixed Price with Activity Schedule with 'Z Clauses' that will be included in 'draft' as part of the ITT pack.
The 'desired' completion date is January 2026. At this point, a planning consultant has been engaged but the project is still subject to a planning submission and approval - the Contractor would be responsible for discharging residual planning conditions as required. The Contractor shall also be responsible for discharging residual BREEAM conditions (will be included within tender pack) and taking on the net-zero carbon philosophy received to completion.
two.2.5) Award criteriaII.2.5) Award criteria
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality (Written Response)
/ Weighting: 60
Quality criterion: Quality (Presentation)
/ Weighting: 10
Price
/ 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:
No