CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

1.2

Address from which documentation may be obtained

1.3

Completed documents must be returned to:

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Tender for a Principal Contractor for Former Livestock Market, Gorn Road, Llanidloes, Powys

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

Powys County Council is seeking to appoint the Principal Contractor for the development of 22 social houses, comprising of eight semi-detached houses, two semi-detached dormer bungalows and 12 semi-detached houses. The land is located on a former livestock market on Gorn Road, Llanidloes, SY18 6DE.

The development is to utilise a timber frame solution in line with the Council's Wood Encouragement Policy, and it is expected the dwellings will be insulated to a level 16% above normal building regulations to help combat fuel poverty.

It is anticipated that the contract will be awarded in March, with works complete by late-2021.

Bidders must meet the requirements published in the Contract Notice. These represent the basic business requirements of the Council (the "Minimum Requirements"):

Registration with CHAS or equivalent approved scheme.

Constructionline registration to a minimum Level 2 (Silver) Status, with work categories and category values appropriate to this project and value, by the date of tender return.

Insurances are required as follows:

Public Liability Insurance - 5,000,000 GBP

Employer's Liability Insurance - 5,000,000 GBP

Professional Indemnity Insurance 5,000,000 GBP

Tenderers are required to provide accounts for the most recently completed financial year. These accounts will be assessed as shown in Appendix 18 on the PQQ documentation found under the the eTenderWales Portal.

NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=96341

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

As per procurement documents

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

Bidders must meet the requirements published in the Contract Notice. These represent the basic business requirements of the Council (the "Minimum Requirements"):

Registration with CHAS or equivalent approved scheme.

Constructionline registration to a minimum Level 2 (Silver) Status, with work categories and category values appropriate to this project and value, by the date of tender return.

Insurances are required as follows:

Public Liability Insurance - 5,000,000 GBP

Employer's Liability Insurance - 5,000,000 GBP

Professional Indemnity Insurance 5,000,000 GBP

Tenderers are required to provide accounts for the most recently completed financial year. These accounts will be assessed as shown in Appendix 18 on the PQQ documentation found under the the eTenderWales Portal.

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Dual stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

pqq_32861

4.3

Time Limits

4.5

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

4.6

Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

Instructions for Suppliers – Registration on etenderwales

Powys County Council will be conducting this procurement exercise through the Value Wales e-Tendering portal. This

can be found at www.etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk, all information may be downloaded and returned through this

channel.

Internet address(es): http://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk

Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender

1. Register your company on the eTenderwales portal (this is only required once)

- Browse to the eSourcing Portal: www.etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk

- Click the “Click here to register” link

- 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)

2. Express an Interest in the tender

- Login to the portal with the username/password

- Click the “Open Access PQQs” link.

- Click on the relevant PQQ to access the content.

- Click the “Express Interest” button in the “Actions” box on the left-hand side of the page.

- This will move the PQQ into your “My PQQs” page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only)

- Click on the PQQ code, you can now access any attachments by clicking the “Settings and Buyer Attachments” in the

“Actions” box

3. Responding to the tender

- You can now choose to “Reply” or “Reject” (please give a reason if rejecting)

- 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

- There may be a mixture of online & offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available)

If you require any further assistance use the online help, or the BravoSolution help desk is available Mon – Fri (8am –

6pm) on:

- eMail: help@bravosolution.co.uk

- Phone: 0800 368 4850 / Fax: 020 7080 0480

Tenders or Requests to Participate must be sent to:

Official name: www.etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk

NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=93743

The Contractor shall ensure that all contracts with Subcontractors and Suppliers which the Contractor intends to procure following the Award date, and which the Contractor has not, before the date of this Contract, already planned to award to a particular Subcontractor or Supplier, are advertised through the Sell2Wales portal (www.sell2wales.gov.wales) and awarded following a fair, open, transparent and competitive process proportionate to the nature and value of the contract.

Under the terms of this contract the successful supplier(s) will be required to deliver Community Benefits in support of the authority’s economic and social objectives. Accordingly, contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations. The Community Benefits included in this contract are:

The clauses that apply are as per Welsh Government's Community Benefits Toolkit.

(WA Ref:96341)

Under the terms of this contract the successful supplier(s) will be required to deliver Community Benefits in support of the authority’s economic and social objectives. Accordingly, contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations. The Community Benefits included in this contract are:

The Council will be using the Welsh Government Community Benefits Toolkit to receive Community Benefits proposals during the tender period and monitor Community Benefits during the contract period.

The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia bidding.

5.2

Additional Documentation

5.3

Publication date of this notice