Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Newry Mourne and Down District Council
Greenbank Industrial Estate
Newry
BT34 2QU
UK
Contact person: Only online through the portal at: www.newrymournedown.org/procurement-and-tenders
Telephone: +44 2830313233
E-mail: seamus.mcgeoghegan@nmandd.org
Fax: +44 2830313288
NUTS: UKN08
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.newrymournedown.org
Address of the buyer profile: www.newrymournedown.org/procurement-and-tenders
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
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
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Civil Engineering Minor Works Framework
Reference number: PQQ 6/2019 & ITT 30/2019
II.1.2) Main CPV code
45200000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Works
II.1.4) Short description
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council wish to procure construction services of a suitably qualified and experienced contractor as a single-supplier under a framework arrangement to deliver a wide range of infrastructure and engineering works. The framework will be used by council as a comprehensive contractual solution to deliver a broad range of infrastructure works on or relating to Council land and property. The single contractor will be appointed onto an NEC4 framework contract and will be required to engage, employ and manage supply chains as required by each work package placed. Work to be carried out under the framework will be wide ranging and include but not be limited to: environmental improvement schemes, site investigations, drainage installations, roadway and footway resurfacing works, play parks, structural bases, earthworks, tree and street furniture installations, etc.The NEC4 engineering and construction short contract will be used for works packages under the framework.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Lowest offer:
8 000 000.00
GBP/ Highest offer:
10 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
45200000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN08
Main site or place of performance:
Newry, Mourne and Down District Area.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council wish to procure construction services of a suitably qualified and experienced contractor as a single-supplier under a framework arrangement to deliver a wide range of infrastructure and engineering works. The framework will be used by council as a comprehensive contractual solution to deliver a broad range of infrastructure works on or relating to Council lands and property.
The single contractor will be appointed onto an NEC4 framework contract and will be required to engage, employ and manage supply chains as required by each work package placed. Work to be carried out under the framework will be wide ranging and include but not be limited to: environmental improvement schemes, site investigations, drainage installations, roadway and footway resurfacing works, play parks, structural bases, earthworks, tree and street furniture installations, etc. The NEC4 engineering and construction short contract will be used for works packages under the framework.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
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 IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
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:
2019/S 070-164022
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: PQQ 6/2019 & ITT 30/2019
Title: Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Civil Engineering Minor Works Framework
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
04/09/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 13
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Whitemountain Quarries
5 Blackwater Road
Newtownabbey
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
Lowest offer:
8 000 000.00
GBP
/ Highest offer:
10 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The authority expressly reserves the rights:
(i) not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice or to cancel the procurement at any stage;
(ii) 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, charges or expenses incurred by candidates irrespective of the outcome of the procurement process or if the procurement process is cancelled or postponed. Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to contract award is accordingly at risk of the company participating in this procurement process. Economic operators should be aware that up to the point the contract becomes unconditional, all costs, charges and expenses are the economic operator’s and the contracting authority will not reimburse any costs incurred prior to this stage. All discussions and correspondence shall be deemed strictly subject to contract until the contract is entered into. The contract shall not be binding until it has been signed and dated by duly authorised representatives of both the Newry, Mourne and Down District Council and the economic operator. All dates and time periods specified in the procurement documents are provisional only and the contracting authority reserves the right to change these. This project will be used to progress the Government’s wider social, economic and environmental objectives.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Royal Courts of Justice (NI)
Chichester St.
Belfast
BT1 3JF
UK
Telephone: +44 2890235111
E-mail: adminoffice@courtsni.gov.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.courtsni.gov.uk
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
This procurement is governed by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 which 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 non-compliance 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.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
30/09/2019