Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-02-08
Buyer: Education Funding Agency
Country: UK
Region: EAST OF ENGLAND
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 44211000 | 44211100 | 44211110 | 44211200 | 45000000: Construction work
Estimated value: 95000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-03-08
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: This commission is to design and build a standardised component solution to suit all primary school blocks be they for all-through Primary, Junior or Infant or for a range of forms of entry (size of school). The framework will be delivered in 2 lots — 1 is for higher value, larger schemes (Lot 1) and the other is for lower value, smaller schemes (Lot 2). Lot 1 will include an initial 4 schemes of total value circa 12 000 000 GBP and the potential for further primary block schemes up to a total value of 45 000 000 GBP (inclusive of initial schemes). Lot 2 will include an initial 12 schemes up to a total value of 11 000 000 GBP which will be placed into 2 batches of equal number (Batch A and Batch B) and the potential for further primary block schemes up to a total value of 50 000 000 GBP (inclusive of initial schemes). The EFA intends to develop and apply the solution developed under this framework for use on future frameworks which will include the secondary school block programme.
East of England, London, East Midlands (England), West Midlands (England), South East (England), Yorkshire and The Humber, North West (England), North East (England).
The EFA intends to appoint 2 contractors to the framework agreement for this lot — a primary contractor and a reserve contractor. The primary contractor will deliver a group of 4 primary school blocks named in the framework agreement. The reserve contractor will deliver any such schemes in circumstances where the prime contractor is unable to deliver the scheme or disqualified pursuant to the terms of the framework agreement. The estimated total value of the initial 4 primary school blocks is 12 000 000 GBP. The framework also allows for the introduction of future primary school block schemes up to a maximum value (including the named schemes) of circa 45 000 000 GBP. These additional schemes will be open to the primary contractor and the reserve contractor and subject to the mini-competition procedure set out in the framework agreement. Future schemes may be located throughout England.
It is intended that an initial 4 primary school block schemes will be delivered through the framework agreement in this lot. Further primary school block schemes (including primary Free Schools) may be delivered through the lot up to a total value of approximately 45 000 000 GBP.
Purchases from the Framework Agreement may be made by the Secretary of State for Education and by local authorities in England, academy trust companies and proprietors of free schools in England and governing bodies of maintained schools in England.
East of England, London, East Midlands (England), West Midlands (England), South East (England), South West (England), Yorkshire and The Humber, North West (England), North East (England).
The EFA intends to appoint 3 contractors to the framework agreement for this lot — 2 primary contractors and a reserve contractor. The 2 primary contractors will deliver a group of 12 primary school blocks named in the framework agreement. The 12 projects will be split equally into two batches of 6 (roughly geographically) (Batch A and Batch B) and the highest scoring of the primary bidders will be given first choice on which batch to take with the other primary bidder given the other batch. If a prime contractor is unable to deliver a scheme or is disqualified pursuant to the terms of the framework agreement, the award of any such scheme will be subject to the mini-competition procedure between the remaining primary contractor and the reserve contractor outlined in the framework agreement. The estimated total value of the initial 12 primary school blocks is 11 000 000 GBP comprised of circa 6 000 000 GBP for Batch A and circa 5 000 000 GBP for Batch B. The framework also allows for the introduction of future primary school block schemes up to a maximum value (including the named schemes) of circa 50 000 000 GBP. These additional schemes will be open to the primary contractors and the reserve contractor and subject to the mini-competition procedure set out in the framework agreement. Future schemes may be located throughout England.
It is intended that an initial 12 primary school block schemes will be delivered through the framework agreement in this lot. Further primary school block schemes (including primary Free Schools) may be delivered through the lot up to a total value of approximately 50 000 000 GBP.
Purchases from the Framework Agreement may be made by the Secretary of State for Education and by local authorities in England, academy trust companies and proprietors of free schools in England and governing bodies of maintained schools in England.
The successful candidates will be required to maintain insurance of the types and in the amounts set out in the framework agreement, available from the above-mentioned contact point.
For this project, the Education Funding Authority has chosen to use Constructionline, a procurement and supply chain management scheme that collects, assesses and monitors standard company information. If you are already a member of Constructionline and the following sections are verified on your profile C1 — Company Information, C2 — Financial and Insurance Information, C3 — Business and Professional Standing, C4 — Health and Safety, O1 — Equal Opportunity and Diversity, O2 — Environmental Management, O3 — Quality Management, O4- BIM you can provide us with your registration number and then you only need answer the questions in the separate Technical SQ.
Please ensure you log-in to your Constructionline profile and confirm the information they hold on your company is accurate and that you are verified for the sections listed above. If any of sections C1, C2, C3, C4, O1, O2,O3 and O4 are not verified on your profile or if your details held on Constructionline do not meet the mandatory requirements listed in the Technical SQ, you must either update your profile or complete/update the relevant sections in this questionnaire and submit the additional information along with your registration number below. If you are not registered on Constructionline you can still participate and will need to provide a response to the full SQ and complete all questions in the Compliance Questionnaire and Technical Questionnaire. To apply to Constructionline in relation to this contract notice please contact Shaun Lyons on 0755774 8525 or by email on shaun.lyons@capita.co.uk or Andy Preston on 07584703352 or by email onandrew.preston@capita.co.uk for assistance. If you wish to register in advance to avoid completing the compliance questionnaire, you will need to start the registration process as soon as possible and ensure that you achieve a fully registered status prior to the closing date of this notice. The contracting authority will accept expressions of interest from consortia. No particular legal form is required at the time of submission of expressions of interest or tenders. The contracting authority reserves the right, however, to require consortia to form a legal entity prior to the execution of the framework agreement or to require that each party to the consortium undertakes joint and several liability for the delivery of the framework agreement and contracts issued under it.

Eligibility requirements: The successful candidates will be required to maintain insurance of the types and in the amounts set out in the framework agreement, available from the above-mentioned contact point.

Award value: 95000000