Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-03-21
Buyer: Blackpool Council
Country: UK
Region: Blackpool
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 34941200 | 34941300 | 34941600 | 34941800 | 34942000
Estimated value: 10000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-04-24
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Contracting Authority wish to undertake an extension of the Blackpool and Fleetwood Tramway from North Pier to a terminus adjacent to Blackpool North Railway Station.
Detailed design and construction of:- a) Approx 550 m of twin track, crossings, turnouts, drainage, ducts and trackbed, together with connections of the existing tramway track; b) Tram stops; c) Association highway works; d) The reconstruction of Talbot Square; e)the reconstruction of highway junctions; f) The OLE and associated electrical supply and control infrastructure; g) earthing and bonding. (‘The Works’).
Envisaged minimum of candidates at Negotiation stage if required 3, maximum number of candidates at ISIT stage is 5. The Contracting Authority reserves the right to award the contract on the basis of initial tender without conducting negotiations.
Candidates will be assessed in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 on the basis of information provided in response to a Request to Participate questionnaire (‘RTP’) which is available from the Contracting Authority via the North West Supplier Portal The Chest. RTP responses must be returned to the Contracting Authority via The Chest before the deadline specified in section IV.2.2).
The Contracting Authority expressly reserve the right: (i) Not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by the publication of this notice; (ii) To make whatever changes they may see fit to the content, process, timing and structure of the tendering competition; (iii) Not to evaluate any RTP responses received after the relevant deadline; (iv) To award one or more contracts in respect of part only of the requirements covered by this contract notice; (v) To procure the whole or any of the requirements covered by this contract notice by any other means they may see fit (including by way of a new procurement process); and in no circumstances will the Contracting Authority be liable for any costs incurred by those candidates participating in the procurement process. Variant bids may be permissible within the parameters to be set out in the Invitation to Tender documentation.
The Contracting Authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period (‘Standstill Period’) at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to the candidates. This period allows unsuccessful candidates to see further debriefing from the Contracting Authority before a contract is entered into. Unsuccessful candidates will have up to two working days from the notification of the award decision to request additional debriefing and such additional debriefing will be provided a minimum of 3 working days before the expiry of the Standstill Period. Such additional debriefing must be requested from the addressee specified in Section l. If an appeal regarding the award decision has not been successfully resolved, the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the regulations to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland.) Any such action must be brought promptly (generally within 3 months). Where a contact has not been entered into as a result of the procurement process, the Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the Contracting Authority to amend any document and the Court may award damages in favour of the claimant. The purpose of the Standstill Period is to allow persons to apply to the Courts to set aside the award decision before any contract is entered into.

Eligibility requirements: Candidates will be assessed in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 on the basis of information provided in response to a Request to Participate questionnaire (‘RTP’) which is available from the Contracting Authority via the North West Supplier Portal The Chest. RTP responses must be returned to the Contracting Authority via The Chest before the deadline specified in section IV.2.2).

Award value: 10000000