Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
c/o 303 Airport Road West
Belfast
BT3 9ED
UK
Contact person: Procurement Operations Branch
Telephone: +44 2890816555
E-mail: Construct.Info@finance-ni.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Address of the buyer profile: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Electronic communication requires the use of tools and devices that are not generally available. Unrestricted and full direct access to these tools and devices is possible, free of charge, at:
https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
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
BHSCT:2280843 — Major Works Integrated Consultant Team (ICT) Framework
Reference number: 2280843
II.1.2) Main CPV code
71000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
This Framework Agreement is for the provision of construction related professional services by teams of Consultants and their supply chain, collectively referred to as an Integrated Consultant Team (ICT). The scope and nature of services will be determined by the needs of each works project and may include the provision of services associated with construction projects including but not limited to the following types: health and social care facilities, related support buildings such as office accommodation, laboratories and associated infrastructure. Refer to full description in the ITT.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
40 000 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
71220000
71315210
71311000
71312000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN0
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This Framework Agreement is for the provision of construction related professional services by teams of Consultants and their supply chain, collectively referred to as an Integrated Consultant Team (ICT). The scope and nature of services will be determined by the needs of each works project and may include the provision of services associated with construction projects including but not limited to the following types: health and social care facilities, related support buildings such as office accommodation, laboratories and associated infrastructure. Refer to full description in the ITT.
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:
40 000 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 48
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: 6
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
Refer to PQQP documentation, defining selection criteria. Note, where there is a tie for 6th place, then all economic operators in 6th place will be invited to tender. For the purposes of this exercise a tie for 6th place is deemed to occur where 2 or more economic operators have identical scores or a score within 1 marks (out of a score of 100) of the 6th place score.
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.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
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
The Economic Operators’ (EO) performance will be regularly monitored. As part of its contract management procedures, the Contracting Authority (CA) will use the protocol for managing poor supplier performance contained in Procurement Guidance Note PGN 01/12 — Contract Management Principles and Procedures: https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/publications/procurement-guidance-note-0112-contract-management-principles-and-procedures
If an EO has received more than one current notice of written warning or a notice of unsatisfactory performance, the CA, at its discretion, can consider an economic operator’s exclusion from future procurements, being undertaken on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Public Procurement Policy (NIPP), for a minimum period of 12 months or 3 years respectively. A list of bodies subject to Northern Ireland Public Procurement Policy can be viewed at: https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/articles/list-public-bodies-which-ni-public-procurement-policy-applies
III.2.3) Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement with several operators.
Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement: 2
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:
08/08/2019
Local time: 15:00
IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
Date:
27/08/2019
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: 9 (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
CPD is assisting the Contracting Authority, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, in conducting the procurement process for this requirement, but for the avoidance of doubt, the Framework Agreement will be entered into by the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust and the successful tenderers. CPD is administering this procurement on behalf of the Contracting Authority. The Contracting Authority expressly reserves the right:
(i) not to conclude any Framework Agreement as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice or to cancel the procurement at any stage; and
(ii) to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition and in no circumstances will the Authority be liable for any costs incurred by economic operators or candidates. Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to framework conclusion is accordingly at the sole risk of the economic operator or candidate participating in this procurement process. No business whatsoever is guaranteed under any resulting Framework Agreement or contract indeed there is no guarantee that any Framework Agreement or contract will be put in place in relation to this notice. No compensation, etc. will be paid if a contract or Framework Agreement is withdrawn for any reason economic operators should take part in this process only on the basis that they fully understand and accept this position. PQQs will be issued and should be returned via CPD's electronic tendering system (eTendersNI). Details regarding the operation of eTendersNI are contained within the Call for Tender (CfT).
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Construction Procurement Delivery CPD, Department of Finance NI
Clare House, 303 Airport Road West
Belfast
BT3 9ED
UK
Telephone: +44 2890816555
E-mail: construct.info@finance-ni.gov.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/contact
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
This procurement is governed by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and provides for economic operators who have suffered, or who risk suffering, loss, or damage, as a consequence of an alleged breach of the duty owed in accordance with Regulation 91 to start proceedings in the High Court. A standstill period will commence at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
27/06/2019