Contract notice

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1) Name and addresses

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.2) Description

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1) Conditions for participation

III.2) Conditions related to the contract

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

IV.2) Administrative information

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 will remain responsible for all costs and expenses incurred by them or by any third party acting under instructions from the Tenderers in connection with taking part in this procurement, regardless of whether such costs arise as a consequence direct or indirect of any amendments made to the procurement documents by the University at any time.

The University reserves the right at any time to:

i) Reject any or all responses and to cancel or withdraw this procurement at any stage;

ii) Award a contract without prior notice;

iii) Change the basis, the procedures and the time-scales set out or referred to within the procurement documents;

iv) Require a bidder to clarify any submissions in writing and/or provide additional information (failure to respond adequately may result in disqualification);

v) Terminate the procurement process; and

vi) Amend the terms and conditions of the selection and evaluation process.

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 Central Science Laboratories (CSL's) size and complexity. As part of this assessment, Tenderers will be required to evidence that their average annual turnover over the previous 3 financial years was at least 26 000 000 GBP (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 an N2 Check credit report in respect of the Tenderer. Tenderers may be excluded from the process where their credit score is 40 or below out of 100.

For the avoidance of doubt, the contract duration expressed in Section II.2.7) indicates the anticipated build programme of the Central Science Laboratories (CSL) only (i.e. 23 months). This includes sectional completions.

Tenderers should note that following taking over the whole of the works, there will be a period of post-completion testing. There will also be defects obligations, followed by typical latent defects obligations on the Contractor (potentially lasting for up to 12 years following such ‘taking over’, in accordance with usual latent defects obligations under building contracts executed as deeds).

VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice

31/01/2017