Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-02-24
Buyer: University College London
Country: UK
Region: LONDON
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 71322000: Civil engineering design services | 71530000: Construction consultancy services | 71541000: Construction project management services | 79415200
Estimated value: 2500000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-03-30
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: University College London (UCL) is planning a major investment in a new campus, referred to as UCL East, at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford. UCL East will be in addition to, and complement, UCL's existing academic quarter in Bloomsbury.
UCL East will be delivered in phases across two adjacent sites — Marshgate and Pool Street. Phase 1 of the UCL East development will see developments on both Marshgate and Pool Street. This Procurement is for design services for Phase 1 of Marshgate. UCL are running a separate Procurement for design services for Phase 1 of Pool Street.
The purpose of this Procurement is to appoint a Consultant, comprising a multi-disciplinary design team, to undertake the development of the project brief and undertake RIBA Plan of Work Stages 2 ‘Concept’ and 3 ‘Developed’ for Phase 1 of the Marshgate development at UCL East, including the design of the associated external landscape, public realm and infrastructure. The appointed Consultant will also need to prepare procurement documentation for the purpose of the procurement of a construction contractor.
The Consultant will be responsible for progressing the design of Marshgate (Phase 1) up to an advanced RIBA Plan of Work Stage 3 (Developed) — the design will be used to secure Reserved Matters Approval for Phase 1 of the Marshgate development and form part of the procurement documents for the appointment of a construction (and design) contractor.
UCL, as Contracting Authority, reserves the right to extend the scope of the Consultant to include RIBA Plan of Work Stage 4 and/or RIBA Plan of Work Stages 4, 5 and 6 and/or to retain the Consultant to ‘monitor’ the appointed construction contractor's design development and construction works.
The Contract will run until the Reserved Matters Planning Consent is secured. The estimated term of the Contract is therefore circa 18 months subject to extension, at the discretion of the Contracting Authority, to accommodate the ongoing provision of the Design Services to support the development of Phase 1 of Marshgate.
The anticipated value of the construction contract to which these services relate is in the region of 80 000 000 GBP.
UCL have therefore estimated the value of this contract opportunity to be 2 500 000 GBP to 4 000 000 GBP. The estimated value of the contract opportunity, including an extension of the services for RIBA Work Stages 4, 5 and 6 and/or retention to monitor the construction contractors design development and construction works is 5 500 000 GBP to 7 500 000 GBP.
It is intended that the successful Consultant will enter into a bespoke NEC3 Professional Services Contract.
UCL does not require a group of economic operators to form a single legal entity, however, UCL requires a single provider to take primary liability irrespective of the legal form of the contracting entity. Applicants should note that UCL intends to enter into Contract with a single party.
Any requirements are set out in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) / Invitation To Tender (ITT) consistent with the provisions of the Public Procurement Regulations 2015.
The process seeks to select organisations offering the appropriate capability, capacity and competency. UCL reserves the right not to conclude any contracts, to change without notice the procedure for awarding contracts, to reject all or any bids for the contracts, to terminate discussions with all or any interested parties and/or to stop the process without any liability on its part.
All communications shall be in English (or a full translation provided at no cost to UCL). Tenders, when invited, and all supporting documentation must be priced in Sterling and all payments under the Contract will be in Sterling. Any contract or agreement resulting from acceptance of the Invitation To Tender (ITT) will be considered as a Contract made in England according to English Law and subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts.

Eligibility requirements: Any requirements are set out in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) / Invitation To Tender (ITT) consistent with the provisions of the Public Procurement Regulations 2015. Any requirements are set out in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) / Invitation To Tender (ITT) consistent with the provisions of the Public Procurement Regulations 2015. Any requirements are set out in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) / Invitation To Tender (ITT) consistent with the provisions of the Public Procurement Regulations 2015.
Any requirements are set out in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) / Invitation To Tender (ITT) consistent with the provisions of the Public Procurement Regulations 2015.