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

Graven Hill Bicester.

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)

Graven Hill is a large plot of land that currently forms part of MOD Bicester. As part of the MOD'S mandate to increase operational efficiency, lower costs and rationalise its estates, Graven Hill and the neighbouring C site have been proposed for redevelopment into a large residential community and employment land, located south of Bicester.

The proposed redevelopment scheme has been awarded Outline Planning Permission from the local planning authority, Cherwell District Council (CDC). The existing site consists mainly of brownfield and military storage facilities. The proposed re-development of the North end of the site includes approximately 1 713 dwellings, consisting of mixed sized houses, apartments and a community school. Dwellings are proposed to be built to Passive House standards.

The majority of the residential Graven Hill site is proposed to be self-build. Plots of land with agreed development areas and build heights will be provided for people to design and build their own homes on the site. However, it is envisaged that all self-build dwellings will be required to meet a set of agreed design criteria, which will form part of the development's central strategy.

The South part of the Graven Hill Site, which is proposed to be developed as a later phase, will include commercial buildings, amenity space, offices, light industrial units, A1/A3 retail outlets, a hotel and warehouse/storage buildings, totalling 91 996 m² of commercial space and 2.82 f>m² of amenity space.

The MOD will retain the St David Barracks and a number of key distribution buildings and an associated supporting rail head, all of which need to remain operational and fully functional in terms of utility supplies and interconnectivity of data between buildings.

The proposed new housing development and its new road network, together with supporting utility services will impact on the existing site infrastructure. The first 10 homes are part of the ‘My Grand Designs’ for a televised build production and are due to commence on site in November 2015.

Graven Hill Village Development Company Ltd (the Company) is looking to maximise opportunities to reduce the up-front capital required to deliver the required utilities infrastructure. In particular, the Company is seeking proposals from Utility Infrastructure Providers (i.e. Independent Gas Transporters/Independent Distribution Network Operators), Inset Licensees, or similar providers that will find and install the necessary infrastructure and minimise any connection charges for the Company.

This procurement covers:

— Lot 1 — Water

— Lot 2 — Gas

— Lot 3 — Electricity

— Lot 4 — Telecommunications; or

— Lot 5 — Multi Utility Provider for the Provision of Lots 1-4

The contract duration will be determined with tenderers during dialogue.

Information about bidding for Lots.

The Company are inviting individual bids for Lots 1 — 4. Although tenderers are welcome to bid for more than one lot, lots will be evaluated individually at ITT and there is no guarantee that they will be awarded multiple lots. Tenderers should not base their bids on a presumption of winning more than 1 Lot. Subject to there being a successful Lot 5 bid, each Lot ( 1 — 4) will be awarded to the tender which is the most economically advantageous as determined in accordance with the evaluation criteria that will be published alongside the Invitation to Tender document.

Lot 5 — tenderers are also invited to bid for all 4 lots together and the Company reserves the right to award all 4 lots to one provider who has bid for Lot 5. Lot 5 is for all 4 lots and a bid based on a combination of any other lots will not be permitted.

Further detail on how Lots will be evaluated and the evaluation criteria will be available in the Invitation to Tender document.

Tenderers are asked to submit a separate PQQ for each Lot that they are bidding for.

II.1.6)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.7)

Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

II.1.8)

Division into lots

one lot only

one or more lots

all 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

Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial and Technical Information

III.1)

Conditions Relating to the Contract

III.1.1)

Deposits and guarantees required

Details of any deposits or guarantees required will be set out in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire and tender documents.

III.1.2)

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

Details of any financing conditions or payment arrangements will be set out in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire and the tender documents.

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

Graven Hill Village Development Company Ltd requires all members of a consortium to be jointly and severally liable for the delivery of the requirements of the Contract. In the event of a successful consortium bid, Graven Hill Village Development Company Ltd reserves the right to require the consortium to establish a separate legal entity to enter into the Appointment.

III.1.4)

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

III.2)

Conditions for Participation

III.2.1)

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

As detailed in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.

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

As set out in the tender documents.

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

FR-GH-16 Graven Hill

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

Lot 1 — Water

Provision of new potable water infrastructure and reinforcement of incumbent's infrastructure, necessary to service the residential and commercial properties. The provision of all pipework, valves, contestable and non-contestable works, including infrastructure charges to provide a metered water supply along with temporary standpipe to each residential dwelling plot and a service to the boundary of the commercial properties.

Lot 2 — Gas

Provision of new gas infrastructure and reinforcement of incumbent's infrastructure, necessary to service the residential and commercial properties. Provision and installation of all on and off-site contestable and non-contestable works to provide gas infrastructure to each residential plot and to the boundary of the commercial plots. This capped connection is then to be extended to each dwelling's metered service.

Lot 3 — Electricity

Provision of new electrical infrastructure and reinforcement of incumbent's infrastructure, necessary to service the residential and commercial properties. Provision and installation of all on and off-site contestable and non-contestable works to provide electrical infrastructure to each residential plot and to the boundary of the commercial plots. For residential this is a metered service with above ground permanent cabinet housing cut out, meter and protective isolation device. This includes the provision of transformers, street lighting supplies and street furniture supplies.

Lot 4 — Telecommunications

Provision of new civil and cabled infrastructure and reinforcement of incumbent's infrastructure, necessary to service the residential and commercial properties with superfast broadband. Service to the plot boundaries ready for extending to each dwelling the necessary copper or fibre service.

Lot 5 — Multi Utility Provider for the Provision of Lots 1-4

For the supply of all of the requirements of Lots 1-4 above.

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:

Graven Hill Village Development Company Ltd will observe a standstill period following the award of the contract and conduct itself in respect of any appeals in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

VI.4.3)

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

VI.5)

Dispatch date of this Notice

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

Provision of new potable water infrastructure and reinforcement of incumbent's infrastructure, necessary to service the residential and commercial properties. The provision of all pipework, valves, contestable and non-contestable works, including infrastructure charges to provide a metered water supply along with temporary standpipe to each residential dwelling plot and a service to the boundary of the commercial properties.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

The price range given represents the estimated total build costs for the required utilities infrastructure. There will be future revenue opportunities to offset these costs.

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

Provision of new gas infrastructure and reinforcement of incumbent's infrastructure, necessary to service the residential and commercial properties. Provision and installation of all on and off-site contestable and non-contestable works to provide gas infrastructure to each residential plot and to the boundary of the commercial plots. This capped connection is then to be extended to each dwelling's metered service.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

The price range given represents the estimated total build costs for the required utilities infrastructure. There will be future revenue opportunities to offset these costs.

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

Provision of new electrical infrastructure and reinforcement of incumbent's infrastructure, necessary to service the residential and commercial properties. Provision and installation of all on and off-site contestable and non-contestable works to provide electrical infrastructure to each residential plot and to the boundary of the commercial plots. For residential this is a metered service with above ground permanent cabinet housing cut out, meter and protective isolation device. This includes the provision of transformers, street lighting supplies and street furniture supplies.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

The price estimate given represents the estimated total build cost for the required utilities infrastructure. There is scope for future revenue opportunities to offset these costs.

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

Provision of new civil and cabled infrastructure and reinforcement of incumbent's infrastructure, necessary to service the residential and commercial properties with superfast broadband.

Service to the plot boundaries ready for extending to each dwelling the necessary copper or fibre service.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

The price range given represents the estimated total build costs for the required utilities infrastructure. There will be future revenue opportunities to offset these costs.

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

For the supply of all of the requirements of Lots 1-4 as described in Annexes 1-4.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

The price range given represents the estimated total build costs for the required utilities infrastructure. There will be future revenue opportunities to offset these costs.

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots