Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Cheshire East Borough Council
Westfields, Middlewich Road
Sandbach
CW11 1HZ
UK
Contact person: Mr Steve Mellor
Telephone: +44 1270686439
E-mail: steve.mellor@cheshireeast.gov.uk
NUTS: UKD62
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
14 096 Contract for the Design and Construction of Poynton Relief Road
Reference number: DN349669
II.1.2) Main CPV code
45000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Works
II.1.4) Short description
The proposed Poynton Relief Road (PRR) is a 3 km long, 2-way single carriageway road. The northern end of the route connects into the A555 Junction at Chester Road constructed as part of the A6MARR scheme. At the southern end of the scheme, the route passes to the west of Adlington Business Park before connecting into a new roundabout junction, to the west of the Adlington Travel Lodge with links to the existing A523 London Road.The scheme includes a cycleway and footway facilities, 2 new accommodation overbridges and balancing ponds for drainage. Landscaping and environmental mitigation works are proposed for Great Crested Newts(GCN), Bats and other environmental flora and fauna. The scheme also includes upgrade of 2 off-site junctions at Adlington Cross Roads and Bonis Hall Lane, both of which are situated along the A523 London Road to the south of the proposed PRR.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
26 842 683.23
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
45111200
45112730
45221111
45221211
45232450
45233000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKD62
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Council wished to appoint a suitable contractor to design and construct the works utilising the NEC3 Engineering and construction contract Option A — priced contract with activity schedule.
The procurement process adopted by the Council was based upon the restricted tendering procedure as detailed in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
The restricted tendering procedure is based upon 2 stages:
1) Construction pre-qualification questionnaire (CPQ) – suppliers are required to register, submit an expression of interest and download CPQ documentation via the Chest at http://www.the-chest.org.uk
Responses to the CPQ will be evaluated taking into account the selection criteria set out in the CPQ. 5 suppliers will be short-listed to the invitation to tender stage.
2) Invitation to tender (ITT) – the 5 short-listed suppliers will be invited to submit a tender based on ITT documentation. Responses to the ITT will be evaluated to determine the most economically advantages tender, taking into account the award criteria set out in the ITT.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 80
Price
/ Weighting:
20
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
II.2.14) Additional information
The current contract duration is expected to be 87 months (27 month design and construction followed by 60 months aftercare).
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.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2018/S 203-461181
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: 14 096 Contract for the Design and Construction of Poynton Relief Road
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
08/11/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 5
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
John Graham Construction Ltd
5 Ballygowan Road
Hillsborough
BT26 6HX
UK
NUTS: UKN0
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 26 842 683.23
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Royal Courts of Justice
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
Cheshire East Borough Council incorporated a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract was communicated to tenderers. That notification provided full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which was for a minimum of 10 calendar days provided time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract was entered into. The Public Contracts Regulations, 2015 (SINo 102) provides for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England,Wales and Northern Ireland).
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
13/11/2019