Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Advance Northumberland (formerly — Arch (Development Projects) Ltd.)
Wansbeck Workspace
Ashington
NE63 8QZ
UK
Contact person: Lara Baker
E-mail: lara.baker@advancenorthumberland.co.uk
NUTS: UKC21
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.advancenorthumberland.co.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.advancenorthumberland.co.uk/
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Northumberland Energy Park (Phase 1)
Reference number: DN339987
II.1.2) Main CPV code
45241100
II.1.3) Type of contract
Works
II.1.4) Short description
Site clearance and removal of vegetation, topsoil and hardstanding Ground remediation as necessary, of the localised soils and groundwater’s.
Removal of relic structures construction of a deep berth extension of the ash barge dock to allow vessels with a draft of up to 9,0 m to use the berth formation of a new piled quay wall on land, excavating existing soils between the new wall and existing wall and breaking out existing relic structures and finally removing the existing quay wall.
Dredging with suitable batters formed between the dredge pockets and the tidal basin and a 10 m wide open quay structure formed at the rear of the existing dock using tubular steel piles.
Construction of a new open quay structure to the landward end of the existing ash barge dock.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Lowest offer:
23 000 000.00
GBP/ Highest offer:
26 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKC21
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Contracting Authority is seeking to appoint a Principal Contractor to work with in order to deliver the design and construction of Northumberland Energy Park – Phase 1 (“the scheme”).
The works will be procured on a design and construct basis utilising the FIDIC plant and design form of contract, with specific amendments made to the standard clauses, of which further information will be provided within the procurement documentation.
The first stage of the procurement will consist of a Selection Questionnaire (SQ) being issued to and subsequently completed and submitted by potential bidders. The SQ is the Crown Commercial Service standard SQ which will be marked by an assessment panel on a pass/fail basis with the exception of Section 6 which is a technical and professional ability section with this being merit scored. Details of the evaluation process will be as stated in the procurement documents with a maximum of 4No. bidders moving to the second stage.
The second stage of procurement will be a competitive procedure with negotiation with the top 4 scoring bidders from the SQ process evaluation being invited to the Invitation to Negotiate (ITN) stage.
Bidders at this stage will be required to submit a tender that will be evaluated in order to ascertain a preferred bidder. The ITN will be assessed on the basis of a 60 % quality and 40 % price weighting.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Executive Summary
/ Weighting: 10
Quality criterion: Description of Design
/ Weighting: 10
Quality criterion: Design Calculations
/ Weighting: 10
Quality criterion: Risk Management
/ Weighting: 10
Quality criterion: Construction Programme
/ Weighting: 5
Quality criterion: Plant, Labour and Materials
/ Weighting: 5
Quality criterion: Project and Construction Management
/ Weighting: 5
Quality criterion: Contractual
/ Weighting: 5
Price
/ Weighting:
40
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
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Competitive procedure with negotiation
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:
2018/S 092-207913
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
21/12/2018
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 2
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Farrans Construction
99 Kingsway, Dunmurry
Belfast
BT17 9NU
UK
NUTS: UKN0
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 23 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Advance Northumberland
Ashington
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
04/02/2019