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

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)

Student residences scope.

The University is seeking expressions of interest from a main contractor for the design and build of student residences and associated public realm at the new Waterside Campus development in Northampton under a two stage design and build procurement process.

The student residence and associated public realm contractor will be responsible for completion of the design from the end of RIBA stage 3, delivery of the student residential accommodation including an educational hotel, fixtures, fittings and equipment, commercial space, other ancillary spaces and associated public realm to the surrounding areas associated with the accommodation plots.

The University has designed 1 198 units to RIBA stage 3. This contract notice advertises the opportunity for this number. However the University reserves the right to reduce this number, to no lower than 1 000 units. It is anticipated that the new building will be completed by January 2018 in readiness for use at the commencement of the academic year commencing in September 2018.

Site wide development.

The University is embarking on a programme to create a wholly new campus on a brown field site providing state-of-the-art facilities and technology that will ensure all students have access to extensive and high quality teaching facilities, library, IT suites, studios, innovative learning spaces, laboratories, residential accommodation and social facilities. These do not form part of this procurement.

The site will comprise higher education buildings, energy centre and fallow space available for leisure, retail, commercial development and University future expansion. The development is being delivered through a number of packages of work which are outlined below, of which the student residence is one of them. The University has appointed an infrastructure contractor whose scope includes the design, build and installation of the below ground services and roads inclusive of the district heating network.

The University has appointed a separate academic and public realm contractor to deliver the academic buildings and will take overall main contractor responsibility for the shared construction areas.

The University is about to procure an Energy Centre contractor who will provide heat to each University building on the Waterside Campus via a district heating network.

The duration of the contract is expected to be 24 months. Procurement documentation can be access from

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofnorthampton/

II.1.6)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.7)

Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

II.1.8)

Division into 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

II.3)

Duration of the contract or limit for completion

Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial and Technical Information

III.1)

Conditions Relating to the Contract

III.1.1)

Deposits and guarantees required

These will be detailed in the tender documents and may include, inter alia, performance bond(s) and/or parent company guarantee(s) and/or other forms of security.

III.1.2)

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

These will be detailed in 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

The University reserves the right to require a bidder consortium to form a single legal entity or to require joint and several liability, if that consortium is awarded the contract.

III.1.4)

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

These will be detailed in the tender documents.

III.2)

Conditions for Participation

III.2.1)

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

To be set out in the MOI/PQQ document.

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

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

ITT224

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

Procurement documents are published on the following website https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofnorthampton/ Click on the current tender"s link and you will be able to register your organisation with our e-tendering system. Once the registration has been accepted and you have received your login details by email, you can login to view and download the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) and PQQ documentation in the My Tenders section of the website. The date specified in IV.3.4) is the deadline date/time for the submission of a completed PQQ.

Candidates must complete and satisfy the requirements of the PQQ published on the above website.

All PQQ submissions are to be returned as an electronic copy via the In-tend portal system (https://intendhost.co.uk/universityofnorthampton/). All documents must be submitted to arrive no later than the PQQ Response Deadline and Responses received after the PQQ Response Deadline may be rejected.

The University reserves the right to reduce the scope of the contract, cancel or amend the tendering process at any stage, not to award the contract in whole or in part and does not bind itself to accept any tender. The University shall not be liable in any circumstances for any costs or expenses incurred by any candidate in response to this notice, or in tendering for the proposed contract.

The contract value at section II.2.1) is an estimate.

The University reserves the right to enter into contract itself or via an entity wholly owned by the University.

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:

The procurement process will incorporate a standstill period at the point that notification of the proposed award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide information on the award decision as is required by 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 A

Additional Addresses and Contact Points

I)

Address and contact points from which further information can be obtained