Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service
Laganside House, 23-27 Oxford Street
BELFAST
BT1 3LA
UK
Contact person: Procurement Operations Branch POB
Telephone: +44 2890816555
E-mail: construc.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/home.do
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps/home.do
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
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/home.do
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
Other: Justice
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
NICTS - 5808003 - The Modernisation of Bishop Street Courthouse
Reference number: 5808003
II.1.2) Main CPV code
71541000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
An Integrated Consultant Team Is Required To Develop The Brief And Design Solutions For The Refurbishment, Reconfiguration And Potential Extension Of The Grade A Listed Bishop Street Courthouse Within The Conservation Area Of Derry / Londonderry.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
1 900 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
71541000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN0
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
An Integrated Consultant Team Is Required To Develop The Brief And Design Solutions For The Refurbishment, Reconfiguration And Potential Extension Of The Grade A Listed Bishop Street Courthouse Within The Conservation Area Of Derry / Londonderry.
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:
1 900 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 96
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:
PQQ will test the relevant experience of the key disciplines: Project Management, Architect, Structural and. Building Service Engineering, and Quantity Surveying. And the accreditations of the proposed team.. ITT will test tenderers planned organisation, programming, delivery and management methods and ability.. And confirm appropriate experience of the remaining team members.
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:
List and brief description of conditions: In order for a Economic Operator to be eligible to. participate in this. competition they must hold licenses, accreditation or certificates for specific categories and sectors as set out in the PQQ 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
If an economic operator fails to reach satisfactory levels of performance the economic. operator may be issued with a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance. The issue of a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance. will result in the economic operator being excluded from all procurement competitions being undertaken by Contracting Authorities. on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Procurement Policy for a period of twelve months from the date of issue of the. certificate. A list of these bodies can be viewed at:. . https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/articles/list-public-bodies-which-ni-public-procurementpolicy-. applies.
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:
24/03/2025
Local time: 15:00
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
Tender must be valid until:
24/03/2026
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.3) Additional information
The Authority expressly reserves the right (a) not to award any Contract as a result of the procurement process. commenced by. publication of this notice; (b) 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. candidates participating in this competition. Contracts awarded as. a result of this procurement process shall be. considered as a contract made in Northern Ireland and subject to the exclusive jurisdiction. of the Northern Ireland. Courts. The Contracting Authority reserves the right not to award any contracts as a result of this competition.. The. process may be terminated or suspended at any time without cost or liability to the Contracting Authority. While it. intends to do so,. the Contracting Authority does not bind itself or others to enter into any contract arising out of the. procedures envisaged by this notice.. No contractual rights expressed or implied arise out of the notice or. procedures envisaged by it. The Contracting Authority reserves the. right to vary its requirements and the. procedures relating to the conduct of the award process. The Contracting Authority shall disqualify. any Economic. Operator which is ineligible under Regulation 57 of the Public Contracts Regulations (PCR) (subject to any. overriding public. interest requirement) and reserves the right to disqualify any organisation which: (a) Provides. information or confirmations which later. prove to be untrue or incorrect; (b) Does not supply the information within. the timescale required by this notice or by the Invitation. to Tender Documentation or as otherwise required during. the process.. Instructions on how to submit a tender; - Suppliers must be. registered on the Contracting Authorities eprocurement. portal, eTendersNI available on the following link: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps/. home.do. All suppliers should follow the instructions on how to submit a tender within the Introduction and Brief Explanation. document. held within the documents area for this procurement on the eTendersNI portal.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Department of Finance, Central Procurement Directorate Procurement Operations Branch
Department of Finance, Central Procurement Directorate Procurement Operations Branch Clare House, 303 Airport Road West
Belfast
BT3 9ED
UK
Telephone: +44 2890816555
E-mail: construc.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:
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. Any proceedings relating. to any perceived noncompliance. with the relevant law must be started within 30 days, beginning with the date when the economic.. operator first knew, or ought to have known that grounds for starting the proceedings had arisen. (A court may. extend the time limit to 3. months, where the court considers that there is a good reason for doing so).
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
19/02/2025