Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Ebbsfleet Development Corporation
The Observatory, Castle Hill Drive
Ebbsfleet, Kent
DA10 1EE
UK
E-mail: procurement@ebbsfleetdc.org.uk
NUTS: UKJ
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.ebbsfleetdc.org.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/ebbsfleetdc
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/ebbsfleetdc
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Ebbsfleet Central Infrastructure and Enabling Works – Development Manager
Reference number: EDC/2022/0018
II.1.2) Main CPV code
71000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Ebbsfleet Development Corporation (EDC) is planning to appoint a specialist development management organisation to manage the coordination, planning, design and construction of major infrastructure and enabling works for development at Ebbsfleet Central, the urban centre of Ebbsfleet Garden City. The commission will include supporting EDC’s commercial consultants in the disposal of resultant serviced plots to developers.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
71000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKJ
Main site or place of performance:
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
EDC is planning to procure a specialist development management organisation (DM) to manage the coordination, planning, design and construction of major infrastructure and enabling works for Ebbsfleet Central, the urban centre of Ebbsfleet Garden City located on the land around Ebbsfleet International train station. The first phase of development at Ebbsfleet Central is envisaged to comprise c1,100 homes and c80,000m2 of commercial development and supporting leisure and community space. The infrastructure and enabling works will include (but are not limited too) clearance, remediation, cut and fill, delivery of a development platform, site servicing and supporting infrastructure with temporary and permanent multi-storey car parks (replacement car- parking for Ebbsfleet International), replacement station forecourt facilities, roads, utilities and extensive high-quality public realm. The likely value of these works for the first phase is in the order of £100 million to120 million.The DM will manage the coordination, planning, design and delivery of the infrastructure and enabling works covering project management, construction management and development management services. These will include (but are not limited to):• Strategic development advisory support and leadership to optimise site opportunity and deliver against EDC ambitions• Full project review including viability• Procuring and managing the design team• Oversight and coordination of the detailed design of all enabling works and infrastructure, to secure all necessary consents (including planning)• CDM and Health & Safety matters• Extensive stakeholder engagement• Developing a procurement, phasing, delivery and management strategy covering construction and development delivery (including the role of meanwhile uses and long-term management) • Programming and logistics• Supporting the preparation of an Outline Business Case and Full Business Case to Central Government• Procuring and managing the contractor(s)• Managing the risk budget• Development of a site disposal strategy and working alongside EDC’s Commercial Advisor to dispose of the resultant serviced plots to one or more sector or phase specialist developers.It is likely that EDC will procure the DM via a 2-stage process using PQQ and ITT stages.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
30/09/2022
End:
29/09/2027
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
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
II.2.14) Additional information
This notice is issued for the purpose of notifying potential service providers that EDC will be procuring this service and to gauge interest in the market. This is not a call for competition. Parties will not be prejudiced by any response or failure to respond to this Contract Notice and a response does not guarantee any invitation to participate in any future procurement.
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:
III.2) Conditions related to 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:
25/02/2022
Local time: 17:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.3) Additional information
This notice is issued for the purpose of notifying potential service providers that EDC will be procuring this service and to gauge interest in the market. This is not a call for competition. Parties will not be prejudiced by any response or failure to respond to this Contract Notice and a response does not guarantee any invitation to participate in any future procurement.The publication of this Contract Notice by EDC is a voluntary publication and does not represent an acknowledgement regarding the applicability of procurement or other rules governing the potential future process, nor a commitment by EDC to initiate, run or complete a full procurement competition in relation to the contract as described. EDC reserves the right not to run any competition for the services.If you have demonstrable experience in delivering the service required at the scale indicated and wish to be considered for the role, please could you provide as a minimum the following information and submit via the In-Tend Portal by 25th February 2022:• company name• contact details, including location, telephone and e-mail address, main point of contact and position in company.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Ebbsfleet Development Corporation
Ebbsfleet Valley
DA10 1EE
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
18/02/2022