Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-09-04
Buyer: Hampshire County Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 45000000: Construction work
Estimated value: 5250000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-10-16
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Hampshire County Council and Devon County Council are inviting tenders from all suitably experienced and qualified contractors, to establish a successor framework to the existing Southern Construction Framework (SCF).
The SCF framework currently delivers construction capital projects to around 50 public sector clients (but not limited to) across South West England, South East England and London. Current annual spend is circa 800 000 000 GBP.
This opportunity would suit contractors who embrace best practice in early contractor involvement, collaborative working and Two Stage Open Book contracts on projects varying in size from £2m to potentially in excess of 200m  GBP.
The framework will be available for all types of construction work, construct only or design and construct. The framework will include pre and post contract construction services for the management and development of projects.
In the counties and authorities of Cornwall, Plymouth, Devon, Torbay, Somerset, Wiltshire, Dorset,Gloucestershire, South Gloucestershire, Bristol, Bath, NE Somerset, N Somerset, Bournemouth, Poole.
This framework will be open to all public sector organizations in SW England for construction works over 2 000 000 GBP in value.
The framework will be available for all types of construction work, construct only or design and construct. The framework will include pre and post contract construction services for the management and development of projects.
The main areas of activity will comprise individual projects or programmes for new build work and/or extensions and/or improvements and/or renovations and/or major reinstatement and repairs and/or building site infrastructure works including to a range of buildings across local and central government and other Public Bodies ranging from green field to complex inner city sites. These works may also at times include drainage, roads, flood defence, contamination remediation and laying services infrastructure.
This arrangement will be used for a range of projects to buildings owned or used by Government Departments and Government Agencies as well as other operational establishments and premises used by similar public services providers.
It is intended that the Framework will be able to be fully utilised for projects funded by national and European grants.
The framework may at times also be used by non Public Body organisations which may need to use the framework to comply with conditions associated with the use of Public Funds for these projects.
Works may include any building construction work undertaken by the participating organisations, their facilitating agencies or sub users acting with or on their behalf. Programmes are emerging from, major schools and further education programmes, the care sector, civic office developments, leisure, or programmes for police and fire authorities, and major development site infrastructure.
The works can be new build or refurbishment, situated in green-field brown field or complex inner city sites. They include but are not limited to (as examples):
Exclusively major civil engineering works such as highways, major bridges or coastal works will not be included (unless as part of enabling works aligned with a significant SCF project).
Construction companies selected to join the Southern Construction Framework will be expected to be highly competent in terms of working collaboratively, working very closely and openly with SCF client organisations and other partners and providing clear project support throughout the ‘pre construction period'.

Eligibility requirements: Bidders must comply with the On Line Questionnaire In sections 3 and beyond various additional pass fail criteria apply as listed below: Provide either Parent Company Guarantee / Performance Bond Compliance with Modern Slavery Act (if applicable company) Insurance – Minimum Standard of 10m GBP Public Liability, 10m GBP Employers Liability, £5m Professional Indemnity Provision of Additional Insurance Upon Request Assurance of Capability to Provide construction services/works over the full Geographic Extent of the Lot Minimum Turnover Requirement of 30m GBP per annum Agree to Continuous Accreditation ACDC Gold if appointed to framework Agree to Framework Charging Model Agree to comply with SCF Charters; Agree to use Project Bank Account if requested Agree to comply with Equalities Regulations Agree to provide two Stage Open Book capacity and Skills Health and Safety (question set to be completed if no relevant current SSIP accreditations) BIM (question set to be completed if no relevant current SSIP accreditations).

Award value: 5250000000