Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-08-26
Buyer: Rother District Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 45233000: Construction work for highways and roads | 45233100: Construction work for highways | 45233120: Road construction works | 45233121: Main road construction work | 45233140: Roadway works
Estimated value: 450000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-09-21
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: ESPH AB Provision of Road Construction (and Associated Infrastructure) Works at Brlackfiars, Battle (ESPH386)
Rother District Council (‘the Authority’) are seeking a suitably qualified and experienced contractor to deliver a spine road to serve a residential development in Battle, East Sussex.
The Blackfriars site in Battle has been identified in the Council’s local planning documents and corporate plan as a site for residential development for many years.
The site is approximately 16 hectares (40 acres) in size, though only around 7 hectares are considered suitable for development. Past attempts to develop the site as a whole have been unsuccessful, principally due to complex topography and ground conditions. Development of this site is predicated on the delivery of a new spine road, traversing the site from north to south which would facilitate residential development.
The intention of this works contract is to build out the spine road in its entirety. There must be flexibility within the programme to pause work on site should acquisition of third-party land be protracted or to progress the construction of the road expeditiously once acquisition has taken place.
In the unlikely event that the CPO is not approved, construction will take place on Council-owned land only. The tender sum (fee) should therefore be broken down to cover the following scenarios:
The delivery of a spine road to serve residential development, with vehicular access off Harrier Lane and The Spinney, inclusive of drainage, services and infrastructure works in accordance with Planning Permission RR2019/604/P
The spine road will be built to adoptable standard and will be adopted by the local Highway authority (East Sussex County Council).
The authority reserves the right not to award the opportunity or to award only part (or a different arrangement) of the opportunity described in this contract notice.
Bidders should note that the procurement documents (including the [Invitation to Submit Initial Tenders]) are draft documents at this stage, providing indicative information of the authority's intended approach in the procurement process and are for general information only. The authority reserves the right to vary, amend and update any aspects of the procurement documents and final details and versions of the procurement documents will be confirmed to applicants successful in being selected to participate in the relevant tender stages of the procurement procedure.
[Requests to participate must be by way of completion and return of the standard selection questionnaire (in accordance with the requirements set out in the Standard Selection Questionnaire) by the date and time specified in section IV.2.2). The authority reserves the right not to accept requests to participate that are received after the deadline. Bidders are encouraged to submit their submissions well in advance of the stated date and time in order to avoid issues such as technical difficulties with the electronic system that may be due to the high volumes of traffic attempting to submit applications on the same date at the same time.]
In accordance with Regulation 86 (Notices of decisions to award a contract), Regulation 87 (Standstill Period) and Regulations 91 (Enforcement of duties through the Court) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended).


Award value: 450000