Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
Council House, Priory Road
Dudley
DY1 1HF
UK
Contact person: Ronny Tigere
Telephone: +44 1384812683
E-mail: place.procure@dudley.gov.uk
NUTS: UKG36
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.dudley.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: www.blackcountrybusiness.co.uk
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
DUD-Tender for VLR National Innovation Centre
Reference number: RGN-007
II.1.2) Main CPV code
45213250
II.1.3) Type of contract
Works
II.1.4) Short description
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council (DMBC) is seeking a suitably experienced contractor to tender for the design and construction of a new build National Innovation Centre (NIC), utility building, drainage and external works at recently cleared railway land adjacent to A4037 Tipton Road, Dudley, DY1 4AH. The NIC will be constructed on land owned by DMBC. This project will create the National Innovation Centre (NIC) for Very Light Rail (VLR) research. The NIC and associated external works will spur research, innovation and product design in very light rail, traditional rail and motor vehicle technology.
• The NIC is part of a wider VLR masterplan which comprises a large reinforced concrete retaining wall, Test Track 1, Small Medium Enterprise (SME) building and Test Track 2;
• The NIC will enable companies to research and provide innovative solutions for manufacturing;
• The NIC will comprise research laboratories and offices and educational space to conduct seminars.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
16 214 307.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
45210000
45213313
45213250
45213100
45213320
45213322
45212310
45213350
45214000
45212320
45214600
45213000
45214800
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKG36
Main site or place of performance:
Within Metropolitan Borough of Dudley.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The restricted procedure will be used which is suitable as a large number of bidders are likely to be interested in participating. The number of bidders will be reduced at the selection stage based on their capacity, capability and experience to perform the contract. A tender list of shortlisted contractors will then be selected. The two-stage procedure is described below:
Stage 1
Selection Stage
Following a call for competition, any economic bidder may submit a request to participate in the selection stage. Bidders will be required to return a standard selection questionnaire.
Stage 2
Invitation to Tender (ITT) Stage
The ITT documents will be issued for completion by the five bidders successful at the stage 1 selection stage.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 30
Cost criterion: Price
/ Weighting: 70
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:
Yes
II.2.14) Additional information
The NIC will provide research space, product development areas and education zones. NIC is part of a wider VLR masterplan which comprises a large reinforced concrete retaining wall, Test Track 1 SME building and Test Track 2. Although the budget is stated as GBP 16 000 000 this may be exceeded if additional funding is found elsewhere. The project may exceed the OJEU CAP of GBP 16 000 000.
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.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2019/S 141-346374
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: RGN-007
Title: DUD-Tender for VLR National Innovation Centre
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
26/08/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 2
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Clegg Construction Ltd
Bishops House, The Lance Market
Nottingham
NG1 1HN
UK
NUTS: UKF14
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:
: 16 214 307.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
This exercise is being conducted in electronic format (e-tender). If you wish to take part please register with Dudley MBC e-tendering website www.blackcountry business.co.uk and use the Register/Sign In button which is located on the left-hand side of the page and complete the registration forms. Following registration, an e-mail will be sent to you advising of your user ID along with a reminder of your e-mail address and password. Details of the project are located under the All Opportunities link which is also where you can express an interest and receive the documentation. Once you have done this you must log back into the website using the details provided following registration and locate the contract document under Tenders, My Tenders on the menu. The Tender should be received no later than Friday 1 November 2019 at 12.00 and will be available for download until 23.59 on Thursday 31 October 2019. URL: www.blackcountrybusiness.co.uk
To access documents bidders are required to register with the website. This may be done in 2 ways
1) Use the Register/Sign In button located on the Home screen, or,
2) Find the project under the All Opportunities link and use the Express Interest button.
Companies who have previously registered with the website will be invited to input their login detail. Once an expression of interest has been accepted by the system, users must log back into the system to access documents. Now they will appear under the My Tenders tab.
Further assistance with the system may be obtained by contacting commercial and procurement team on:
— telephone: 01384 812683, or,
— email: commercialandprocurement@dudley.gov.uk
Guidance documents are also published under the Help screen which can be found on the home screen at:
— www.blackcountrybusiness.co.uk
The Council expressly reserves the right:
1) Not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice;
2) To make whatever changes it sees fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition;
3) To award contracts in respect of any parts of the requirement covered by this notice, and;
4) To award contract(s) in stages and in no circumstances will the Council be liable for any costs incurred by candidates
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
Council House, Priory Road, Dudley
DY1 1HF
UK
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
Brierley Hill
DY5 1LN
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The Council will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. The Contract Regulations 2015 (S12015 No 102) as amended provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be started within 30 days beginning with the date when the aggrieved part first knew or ought to have known that grounds for starting proceedings had arisen. The Court may extend the time limit for starting proceedings to be started more than 3 months after that date where a contract has not been entered into, the Court may order the settings aside of the award decision or order the Council to amend any document and may award damages. If the contract has been entered into the Court may only award damages or where the contract award procedures have not been followed correctly, declare the contract to be ineffective.
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
Brierley Hill
DY5 1LN
UK
Telephone: +44 1384812683
E-mail: place.procure@dudley.gov.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: www.dudley.gov.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
07/09/2020