Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Belfast Health and Social Care Trust c/o CPD — Health Projects
303 Airport Road West
Belfast
BT3 9ED
UK
Contact person: Procurement Operations Branch
Telephone: +44 2890816555
E-mail: Construct.info@finance-ni.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Address of the buyer profile: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
I.1) Name and addresses
Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
A Floor, Belfast City Hospital, Lisburn Road
Belfast
BT9 7AB
UK
E-mail: Construct.info@finance-ni.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Address of the buyer profile: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps/cft/viewContractNotices.do?resourceId=2400361
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps/cft/viewContractNotices.do?resourceId=2400361
Electronic communication requires the use of tools and devices that are not generally available. Unrestricted and full direct access to these tools and devices is possible, free of charge, at:
https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps/cft/viewContractNotices.do?resourceId=2400361
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Health
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
BHSCT:2400361 — New Children's Hospital Project, Royal Hospitals, Belfast
Reference number: 2400361
II.1.2) Main CPV code
45000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Works
II.1.4) Short description
Construction of a new Children's Hospital on the Royal Hospitals Site, Belfast. The new hospital will be circa 52 000 m2 and includes 12 floors of accommodation including basement areas for services and receipt and distribution, 10 floors of clinical accommodation and roof top plant areas. The works will also include the upgrade of elements of the site wide engineering infrastructure which serves the Royal Hospitals Site. Construction is due to commence in April 2021 with a construction period of 48 months plus a 6 month post construction/pre-handover period for conclusion of contractor's commissioning of engineering services. A more detailed description is included in the PQQ Documentation.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
200 000 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
45210000
45215100
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
Main site or place of performance:
Royal Hospitals, Belfast.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Construction of a new Children's Hospital on the Royal Hospitals Site, Belfast. The new hospital will be circa 52 000 m2 and includes 12 floors of accommodation including basement areas for services and receipt and distribution, 10 floors of clinical accommodation and roof top plant areas. The works will also include the upgrade of elements of the site wide engineering infrastructure which serves the Royal Hospitals Site. Construction is due to commence in April 2021 with a construction period of 48 months plus a 6 month post construction/pre-handover period for conclusion of contractor's commissioning of engineering services. A more detailed description is included in the PQQ Documentation.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
200 000 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 54
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged number of candidates: 6
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
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 III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
III.2.2) Contract performance conditions
The economic operators’ (EO) performance will be regularly monitored. As part of its contract management procedures, the contracting authority (CA) will use the protocol for managing poor supplier performance contained in Procurement Guidance Note PGN 01/12 contract management principles and procedures: https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/publications/procurement-guidance-note-0112-contract-management-principles-and-procedures
If an EO has received more than 1 current notice of written warning or a notice of unsatisfactory performance, the CA, at its discretion, can consider an economic operator’s exclusion from future procurements, being undertaken on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Public Procurement Policy (NIPP), for a minimum period of 12 months or 3 years respectively. A list of bodies subject to Northern Ireland Public. Procurement Policy can be viewed at: https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/articles/list-public-bodies-which-ni-public-procurement-policy-applies
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.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
30/09/2019
Local time: 15:00
IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
Date:
30/03/2020
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 3 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.3) Additional information
CPD is assisting the contracting authority, the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, in conducting the procurement process for this requirement, but for the avoidance of doubt, the contract will be entered into by the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust and the successful tenderer and CPD is not acting as a central purchasing body.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Construction Procurement Delivery CPD, Department of Finance NI
CPD, Clare House, 303 Airport Road West
Belfast
UK
Telephone: +44 2890816555
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/contact
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
This procurement is governed by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and 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.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
29/08/2019