Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2018-05-29
Buyer: Hampshire County Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Works
CPV classification: 45000000: Construction work | 45100000: Site preparation work | 45262330 | 45262690 | 45262700
Estimated value: 400000000 GBP

Technical requirements: Hampshire County Council (HCC) proposes to establish a construction framework for contactors to deliver projects and programmes of work approximately in the 1 000 000 GBP to 4 000 000 GBP value range. The scope of work is expected to consist mostly of extensions, refurbishments and alterations to existing schools; however all types of building works to any property, including works to Fire, Police and NHS properties and associated hard or soft landscaping is included. Exclusively civil engineering works such as highways, bridges or coastal works will not be included. The Intermediate Construction Framework (ICF) will follow the principles and practice of two-stage appointment of contactors to projects, early contractor engagement, open-book pricing and collaborative working. The type of work may include the requirement for contractors to be able to provide full design services with a construction project.
This framework will be open to all public sector organizations in SE England for construction works within 1 000 000 GBP  and 4 000 000 GBP  in value.
The scope of work is expected to consist mostly of extensions, refurbishments and alterations to existing schools; however all types of building works to any property, including works to Fire, Police and NHS properties and associated hard or soft landscaping is included. Exclusively civil engineering works such as highways, bridges or coastal works will not be included. The Intermediate Construction Framework (ICF) will follow the principles and practice of two-stage appointment of contactors to projects, early contractor engagement, open-book pricing and collaborative working.
The ICF is not intended to be used for highways, infrastructure works, (e.g. rail, canal, coastal defences, river defences, bridges, viaducts, pipeline or tunnelling).
The contract model will be 2 stage open book to allow collaborative working and early contractor involvement.
The overall spend over the 4 year period commencing June 2019 is estimated to be up to 400 000 000 GBP.
The Council will be hosting a “Supplier Awareness Day” whereby interested parties will be able to gain greater understanding of the proposed framework.
The Supplier Awareness day will be held on 15.6.2018 at 9:30 am in the Winchester Discovery Centre, Jewry Street, Winchester, SO23 8SB. The key themes we will request feedback on after the supplier day are:
Bidder’s responses will be used to inform the formal opportunity that will be advertised later in 2018. Bidders interested in attending this day should contact the Council via InTend as described in VI.3 below.
Subsequent to the Suppliers Awareness Day, bidders will be provided with a PIN Questionnaire document which will contain a number of questions. Bidders’ responses will be used to inform the formal opportunity that will be advertised later in 2018.
Registration and response to the PIN Questionnaire document will not constitute an expression of interest in this/any tender. Responses will not be used to evaluate your company, create a short-list or guarantee inclusion (or mean exclusion) in any resulting tender exercise. This exercise is only to obtain feedback to inform our specification and the formal tender process, which will follow later in 2018.
Interested parties who wish to register their interest in attending the Supplier Day and to obtain the project briefing document that will be made available following the Supplier Day should visit Intend at the address provided in I.1 above (buyer profile). To access the project information, search “Intermediate Construction Framework (ICF) Contract” under the “Tenders” tab (Project Ref CC11807). Then select ‘View Details’ in the relevant advert and follow the ‘Express Interest’ option and the on-screen instructions.
Responses to the PIN Questionnaire document are required no later than close of business (5:00 p.m.) on 2.7.2018.


Award value: 400000000