Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2016-08-12
Buyer: University College London
Country: UK
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: 1500000 GBP
Award criteria: The criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender

Technical requirements: The criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender
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 2 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 Pool Street. UCL are running a separate Procurement for design services for Phase 1 of Marshgate.
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 Pool Street 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 Pool Street (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 Pool Street 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 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.
UCL does not bind itself to accept any tender and reserves the right to accept any part of the tender. No contract capable of acceptance will be created between UCL and any party until a contract is executed between UCL and the selected providers.
Expressions of interest must be in the form of a completed Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) to be received as per the instructions in the OJEU notice. Expressions of interest not submitted in the required format or containing all the requested information may be rejected.
UCL deems this to be a confidential procurement, therefore, pursuant to Regulations 21(3) and 53(4) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, UCL will only sent out the ITT and associated tender documentation at ITT stage, to the short-listed Bidders. UCL were, however, able to make available at PQQ stage draft versions of the non-confidential ITT procurement documentation (namely Volume 0 ‘Invitation to Tender Document’ and Volume 1 ‘Contract’). It is important to note that these documents are draft and may be subject to change. The remainder of the ITT documentation (Volume 2 — Specification and Scope) is considered confidential and will only be released at ITT stage to the short-listed Bidders.
Suppliers were required to register on this website: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/ucl in order to receive documentation. After registering, you should express an interest in the relevant tender and the tender documentation can then be downloaded.
There were to be no postal correspondence from bidders unless agreed by UCL. Tenders shall not be sent and will not be accepted by fax or e-mail. It is bidder's responsibility to ensure that their documents are uploaded on time and to check on the document size capability. Bidders should be aware that typically there is a high demand on the system close to return deadline times.
The information contained in this notice, including the list of CPV codes, is neither exhaustive nor binding, and may be amended at the time of issue of any further notice or notices or at any other time at the discretion of the Contracting Authority. Tenders and all supporting documentation must be priced in pounds sterling. Any resulting contract or contracts will be considered a contract or contracts made in England according to English law. The Contracting Authority is not and shall not be liable for any costs incurred by those expressing an interest or tendering for this opportunity. The Contracting Authority reserves the right not to award any contract, to make whatever changes it sees fit to the structure and timing of the procurement process and to cancel the process in its entirety at any stage.
In accordance with Regulation 86 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, UCL will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period starting from the day when contract award was notified to the bidders. Unsuccessful bidders will be provided with an Award Decision Notice.


Winner: Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands
Number of bids: 5