The buyer is not using this website to administer the notice.

To record your interest or obtain additional information or documents please find instructions within the Full Notice Text. (NOTE: Contract Award Notices and Prior Information Notices do not normally require a response)

You are viewing an expired notice.

Summary

OCID:
Published by:: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Authority ID:: AA21273
Publication date:: 19 March 2020
Deadline date:: 15 April 2020
Notice type:: Contract Notice
Has documents:: No
Has SPD:: No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:: N/A

Abstract

At this stage, Contractors are not submitting a price for the work, but providing information relating to their company so we can assess their eligibility as a supplier to be able to deliver the works. Submissions will be evaluated using criteria set out in the selection questionnaire and those achieving the highest and acceptable scores will be invited to participate in the invitation to tender (ITT) which will follow a two-stage process.

The ITT will include details of the site and description of the work. The proposed form of contract will be the Canadian Construction Documents Committee (CCDC) 2 Stipulated price form of contract’ as amended by the FCO (Note: this contract and amendments will be made available at the ITT stage)

Full notice text

Contract notice

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1) Name and addresses

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

King Charles Street

London

SW1A 2AH

Contact person: Katherine Joslin

E-mail: katherine.joslin@fco.gov.uk

NUTS: UK

Internet address(es)

Main address: https://fco.bravosolution.co.uk

Address of the buyer profile: www.gov.uk/fco

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://fco.bravosolution.co.uk

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

Other: Foreign and Commonwealth Office

I.5) Main activity

Other: Construction

Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement

II.1.1) Title

Ottawa, Canada New Build of High Commission

Reference number: CPG/4298/2020

II.1.2) Main CPV code

45210000

II.1.3) Type of contract

Works

II.1.4) Short description

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) is seeking expressions of interest from experienced contractors for the delivery of a new British High Commission at .140 Sussex Drive Ottawa, Canada. We are seeking submissions from companies who are capable of acting as principal contractor, taking overall responsibility for construction. Submissions from subcontractors or suppliers for part of the works will not be considered.

The site is currently used as a residence for the British High Commissioner and demolition of out ancillary buildings and garages will provide the location for the proposed development. The residence will remain on the site and remain in occupation during the construction works.

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

II.2) Description

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

Main site or place of performance:

Ottawa, Canada.

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

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

Duration in months: 18

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: 5

Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:

1) During the SQ stage, the intention is to arrive at a shortlist of five (5) qualified potential providers provided that

(i) There are a sufficient number of candidates to do so for formal invitation to tender, against the requirement as advertised in the corresponding notice; and

(ii) The Potential Providers are not disqualified (see paragraph 3 below).

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.2.3) 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.1.8) 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: 15/04/2020

Local time: 12:00

IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

Date: 27/05/2020

IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1) Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: No

VI.3) Additional information

The contracting authority intends to use an eTendering system in this procurement

Exercise.

Suppliers instructions how to express interest in this tender:

1) register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once)

— browse to the ESourcing Portal: https://fco.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register;

— accept the terms and conditions and click 'continue';

— enter your correct business and user details;

— note the username you chose and click 'Save' when complete;

— you will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure).

Express an Interest in the tender

— login to the portal with the username/password;

— click the 'PQQs/ITTs Open To All Suppliers' link. (These are pre-qualification questionnaires or invitations to tender open to any registered supplier);

— click on the relevant PQQ/ ITT to access the content (PQQ602 - Project1782);

— click the 'Express Interest' button at the top of the page;

— this will move the PQQ /ITT into your 'My PQQs/ My ITTs' page.

(This is a secure area reserved for your projects only) — you can now access any attachments by clicking 'Buyer Attachments' in the 'PQQ/ ITT Details' box 3.

Responding to the tender

— click 'My Response' under 'PQQ/ ITT Details', you can choose to 'Create Response' or to 'Decline to Respond' (please give a reason if declining);

— you can now use the ‘Messages’ function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification,

— note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ITT,

— there may be a mixture of online & offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available) You must.

Then submit your reply using the 'Submit Response' button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the online help, or contact the ETendering help desk.

VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.4.1) Review body