CONTRACT NOTICE – OFFICIAL JOURNAL

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

I.2)

Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions National or federal agency/Office Regional or local Authority Regional or local Agency/Office Body governed by public law European Institution/Agency or International Organisation

General public services Defence Public order and safety Environment Economic and financial affairs Health Housing and community amenities Social protection Recreation, culture and religion Education

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

Execution		Design and execution
Execution, by whatever means

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

II.1.2)

Main site or location of works, place of delivery or performance

Liverpool Hope University, Hope Park, Liverpool. L16 9JD.

II.1.3)

This notice involves

A public contract
The setting up of a Dynamic Purchasing System
The establishment of a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Information on framework agreement (if applicable)

Framework agreement with a single operators
Framework agreement with several operators

Number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged

Duration of the framework agreement

Justification for a framework agreement the duration of which exceeds four years

Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement

Frequency and value of the contracts to be awarded

II.1.5)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

Works contract for the construction of the School of Health Sciences building. The project comprises the new build construction of a science teaching block, which is to have a gross internal floor area of approximately 2,900m2 over two storeys and will include laboratories, classrooms, specialist sports assessment rooms and associated administration rooms. Externally, the existing car park is to be extended and new hard and soft landscaping is to be provided adjacent to the new buildings as part of this contract.

A fuller description of the works is set out in Appendix 1 of the PQQ available from the e-tendering portal at Section I.1 of this notice.

Important - In order to participate in this tender you will need to register on our electronic tendering portal at: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/hope

If you have difficulty registering or accessing the PQQ document please call: the In-tend support team on +44 8455578079.

II.1.6)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.7)

Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

II.1.8)

Division into lots

II.1.9)

Will variants be accepted

II.2)

Quantity or Scope of the Contract

II.2.1)

Total quantity or scope

II.2.2)

Options

Provisional timetable for recourse to these options

Number of possible renewals

In the case of renewable supplies or service contracts, estimated time frame for subsequent contracts

II.3)

Duration of the contract or limit for completion

Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial and Technical Information

III.1)

Conditions Relating to the Contract

III.1.1)

Deposits and guarantees required

Please refer to the PQQ.

III.1.2)

Main Terms of financing and payment and/or reference to the relevant provisions

These will be set out in the tender documents sent to applicants who successfully pre qualify.

III.1.3)

Legal form to be taken by the grouping of suppliers, contractors or service providers to whom the contract is to be awarded

If the contract is awarded to a grouping of economic operators (eg a consortium), the University reserves the right to require the grouping to form a single legal entity (with appropriate financial guarantees in place) and /or require that each member undertakes joint and several liability irrespective of the legal form adopted before entering into the contract.

III.1.4)

Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject

Contractors may be asked to actively participate in the achievement of social and/or environmental policy objectives. Accordingly, contract performance conditions in particular may relate to social and /or environmental considerations.

III.2)

Conditions for Participation

III.2.1)

Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

Please refer to the PQQ.

III.2.2)

Economic and financial capacity

III.2.3)

Technical capacity

III.2.4)

Reserved contracts

The contract is restricted to sheltered workshops
The execution of the contract is restricted to the framework of sheltered employment programmes

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of Procedure

Open		Restricted
Accelerated restricted		Negotiated
Accelerated negotiated		Competitive dialogue

Justification for the choice of accelerated procedure

IV.1.1)

Have candidates already been selected?

IV.1.2)

Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates

The University will invite to tender the highest scoring applicants on the basis of the pre selection criteria, as set out in the PQQ.Important - In order to participate in this tender you will need to register on our electronic tendering portal at: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/hope.If you have difficulty registering or accessing the PQQ document please call: the In-tend support team on +44 8455578079.

IV.1.3)

Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated

IV.2)

Award Criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction will be used

IV.3 Administrative Information

IV.3.1)

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

LHU00000029

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Prior Information Notice
Notice on a Buyer Profile

Other previous publications

IV.3.3)

Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents

IV.3.4)

Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

IV.3.5)

Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

IV.3.6)

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

IV.3.7)

Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender 

IV.3.8)

Conditions for opening tenders

Section VI: Other Information

VI.1)

Indicate whether this procurement is a recurrent one and the Estimated timing for further notices to be published

VI.2)

Does the contract relate to a Project/Programme financed by Community Funds?

VI.3)

Additional Information

Please refer to section 9, page 7 of the PQQ for details of how the PQQ is to be assessed.

Please read all the following information carefully.

The Contract Notice must be read in full. Applicants are reminded that participation in this procurement process is subject to the instructions set out in the PQQ.

The duration and estimated total value of the contract set out in sections II.2.1 and II.3 above are based upon the total maximum duration of the contract.

VI.4)

Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.4.2)

Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals:

The University will incorporate a standstill period at the point where the information on the award is communicated to tenderers. The notification will provide full 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 an award decision before a contract is entered into. The Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/5) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the Regulations to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).

VI.4.3)

Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.5)

Dispatch date of this Notice