Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-12-15
Buyer: Stornoway Port Authority
Country: UK
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 45241000: Harbour construction work
Submission deadline: 2021-01-27
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Procurement of contractor for a new deep water port within Stornoway Harbour. The anticipated contract works include the following:
2) re-use of dredge arisings to form a new platform and laydown area; removal of material unsuitable for re-use to the nearby Arnish disposal site;
3) rock blasting and associated earthworks to create infill to supplement dredge material and to clear space for the access and link roads;
4) two quay walls, one to provide part of the main berth approximately 191 m long and one of approximately 140 m to provide a berth for ferries and other ro-ro vessels;
5) an open piled finger pier approximately 119 m long to the south of and extending the main berth to approximately 310 m in length;
8) a heavy duty pontoon, 100 m long and 4 m wide, to be located at the west side of the finger pier, with an access bridge from the finger pier;
11) utility services (electricity, water, telecoms), external lighting, tanks for storage of marine fuel and potable water and a new substation;
16) a 25 m wide access link road approximately 650 m long between the new berth and Arnish Point Industrial Estate to allow the transfer of large components such as offshore modules and large windfarm components;
17) removal of elements of the wreck of the SS Alabama which are above 8 m below Chart Datum (removed elements to be placed within the footprint of the wreck).
— Relevant examples of works carried out in the past 10 years. A completed reference from the client using the template provided confirming that the bidder’s performance has been satisfactory must be submitted for each project. In the event that a bidder is not able to provide this for reasons outside their control, a bidder should obtain a reference from an alternative source, e.g. client’s engineer or other independent party involved in the project.
— Environmental management measures which the bidder will be able to use when performing the contract.
— Quality assurances schemes/procedures, including evidence of competence to act as a Principal contractor.
Details of the information required and minimum requirements are set out in the instructions to bidders document.
This tender is being conducted in accordance with the Utilities Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2016 using a negotiated process. This is to allow flexibility of negotiation (i.e. discussion and dialogue) with bidders before final tenders are invited and evaluated. The Invitation to Tender will set out the issues in relation to which negotiation is expected, such as value engineering proposals, price structure and risk allocation. The extent of contractor design is very limited; it is not anticipated that negotiations will focus on alternative design proposals. Negotiation will involve primarily the exchange of documentation together with, if required, some remote meetings between each bidder and the Port Authority, such meetings will be limited in terms of number, duration and the number of participants. The Port Authority’s aim is to complete the process from the issue of the invitation to tender to its evaluation decision in five months.
See instructions to bidders document available at www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk for information regarding the exclusion and selection criteria, minimum requirements, the tender process and project timescale. Bidders are required to complete and submit the ESPD document and provide the required appendices to register their interest in this contract.

Eligibility requirements: Not applicable.