Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust – Midlands Metropolitan Hospital
Old Management Block, City Hospital, Dudley Road
Birmingham
B18 7QH
UK
Contact person: Project office for the attention of Warren Grigg
Telephone: +44 1215075566
E-mail: mmh.projectoffice@nhs.net
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://swbh.nhs.net
Address of the buyer profile: www.nhssourcing.co.uk/web/login.shtml
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
www.nhssourcing.co.uk/web/login.shtml
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
www.nhssourcing.co.uk/web/login.shtml
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Health
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Replacement Construction Contract for the Midland Metropolitan Hospital
II.1.2) Main CPV code
45000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Works
II.1.4) Short description
The Trust wishes to enter into a contract for the construction of the Midland Metropolitan Hospital under a NEC 4 Contract, with a construction company experienced in acute hospital construction.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
267 000 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
45200000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
UKG
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
In December 2015 Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust signed a PF2 contract with The Hospital Company (Sandwell) Ltd(“THC”) to design, fund, build and maintain a new acute hospital in Smethwick – The Midland Metropolitan Hospital. In January 2018 THC’s construction contractor (Carillion Construction Ltd) was liquidated. The project agreement with THC was consensually terminated on 20.7.2018.
On 5 October the Trust entered into an Early Works Contract with Balfour Beatty Construction Ltdfollowing a procurement process, in order to manage the site and prevent further dilapidation until the construction arrangements for the new hospital could be re-procured.
The Trust is now looking to appoint a contractor for the construction of the Midland Metropolitan Hospital under a NEC 4 Contract. The detailed Scope is set out within the Contract documents. Key points to note are set out below.
Design and Construction Responsibility
There are a number of Works packages where the Trust requests that Tenderers assume full design and construction responsibility. These packages of work will be collectively referred to as the “D&C Works” and shall include:
(a) Mechanical, Electrical and Public Health Engineering (MEP),
(b) Internal Fit-out (for the avoidance of doubt, “internal” includes any covered space – including the Winter Garden, Courtyard 7, Energy Centres and Car Parks). Clinical functionality design liability resides with the Trust,
(c) Hard and Soft Landscaping,
(d) other specific elements of the Works:
— courtyards 1 & 2 “HALO’s”,
— drainage attenuation tanks,
— (Include any further items highlighted and agreed between the Contractor and The Trust during the tender process).
For packages of works not included within D&C Works (above) the Trust is not seeking for tenderer’s to assume any design risk. These remaining works packages will be collectively referred to as the “Build Only Works”.
Pricing
During the dialogue process tenderers are required to develop an aggregate contractor price, comprising price elements, a contingency schedule, Fee (a variable percentage fee as defined under the contract) and a risk management payment. The Trust has specified a “Not to be Exceeded Price” of 320 000 000 GBP (inc. VAT) in the ITPD. The aggregate Contractor price submitted as part of the final tender must not be greater than this not to be exceeded price.
During the preferred bidder phase the Trust will work collaboratively with the preferred bidder to increase outcome-certainty on those items on the contingency schedule and to mitigate cost exposure to the project. As clarity is achieved, the revised costs for each item will crystallise and be re-allocated from the contingency schedule into the price elements. At the end of the preferred bidder stage, the balance of the contingency Schedule will be liquidated, with any remaining items (and their associated values) moving across to the price elements which becomes the activity Schedule for use within the construction phase.
For the avoidance of doubt, the aggregate Contractor price will not increase during the preferred bidder stage and the contract mechanism will only accommodate reduction. Similarly, the fee or the risk management payment will not increase during the preferred bidder phase. The saving generated by this reduction will be shared on a 50:50 basis with the preferred bidder. This gainshare will be added to, and treated in the same manner as, the risk management payment. This gainshare sum is not subject to a cap (as is that within the subsequent construction phase).
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:
267 000 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
28/10/2019
End:
31/12/2021
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: 3
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
As detailed in the procurement documents.
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
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:
See procurement documents.
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria:
There is a minimum turnover requirement of 534 000 000 GBP per annum.
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
See procurement documents.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Competitive dialogue
IV.1.4) Information about reduction of the number of solutions or tenders during negotiation or dialogue
Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated
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 190-428768
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
06/02/2019
Local time: 13:00
IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
Date:
22/02/2019
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
Duration in months: 12 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.3) Additional information
The procurement process will be conducted electronically using an online portal system for all communications (including clarifications raised, clarification responses, general communication and Tender submission).
The Trust has chosen to use BravoSolution to manage the on-line procurement process for the Contract. BravoSolution is a provider of eTendering software used extensively in the UK Public Sector for major capital investment and other procurement projects.
Tenderers must submit all documents comprising the tender electronically via the BravoSolution, the address of which is www.nhssourcing.co.uk/web/login.shtml (“the Portal”).
To assist the process for the return of your tender via the Portal, Tenderers are required to register on the Portal using the “Register Here” link.
Once registered the tenderer will be able to access the Portal and current versions of the procurement documents (which the Trust may update throughout the process) comprising:
— SQ Instructions,
— SQ Questions,
— Selection Methodology,
— ITPD,
— ITPD Appendix 1 – Dialogue Process,
— ITPD Appendix 2 – Contract (including Scope and Parent Company Guarantee),
— ITPD Appendix 3 – Bid Deliverables,
— ITPD Appendix 4 – Pricing Framework and Guidance Notes,
— ITPD Appendix 5 – Pre Close Dialogue Certificate,
— ITPD Appendix 6 – Certificate of Acceptance of Contract,
— ITPD Appendix 7 – Tender Certificate,
— ITPD Appendix 8 – Evaluation Methodology.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust
Old Management Block, City Hospital, Dudley Road
Birmingham
B18 7QH
UK
Telephone: +44 1215075566
E-mail: mmh.projectoffice@nhs.net
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
07/01/2019