Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-10-07
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, DIO, Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO)
Country: UK
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 45000000: Construction work | 45110000 | 45200000: Building and civil engineering work | 45210000: Building construction work | 45211340
Estimated value:  GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-11-01
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: To complete the construction works to 3 remote radar head accommodation units within the Falkland Islands. In addition, works which include the demolition of the existing accommodation to all 3 sites would also be carried out as one continued sequence of work under a single contract within the construction programme.
To complete the construction works to 3 RRH accommodation units within the Falkland Islands. Works principally comprise of second fix Mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) services, installation of none load bearing partitions, internal finishes, installation of fixed furniture and equipment and making good of existing external areas. In addition, works which include the demolition of the existing accommodation to all three sites would also be carried out as one continued sequence of work under a single contract within the construction programme.
1) The project as outlined above is for the replacement of the Remote Radar Head (RRH) domestic accommodation in the Falkland Islands. This is split across three sites, Mount Alice and Byron heights on the West Island and Mount Kent on the East Island. The construction on each site is broadly similar, however there are several small variations;
2) Construction across each of the sites has been progressed to the point at which the substructure, drainage, steel frame and external envelope are largely complete. The requirement is to bring the project to completion including the demolition and disposal of the ‘old’ existing accommodation;
3) To complete the project the authority has determined that the following works will need to be undertaken by a contractor across all 3 sites:
— completion of external foul, storm water drainage system, external landscaping and infrastructure/services,
— all redundant services are to be removed and the site of the existing accommodation buildings is then to be backfilled and levelled and to protect against erosion.
4) The RRH Accommodation Construction Status Report (Ref F) prepared by Ramboll UK provides a more detailed breakdown of the works which anticipated to be required across all 3 sites;
5) The authority has an aspiration for the completion and handover of the new accommodation blocks by the contractor no later than November 2021. The subsequent demolition, disposal and backfill of all three sites, to be completed by the end of 2022;
6) A significant quantity of the materials required to complete the works will be available on site and will be available ‘free-issue’ to the contractor. Materials which are not currently held will need to be procured and shipped to the Falklands/RRH sites by the contractor;
7) The materials supplied ‘free-issue’ to the contractor are in authority supplied ISO containers; the contractor will take on the management and maintenance of these ISO Containers and the return to the UK once the works are completed. There are approximately 350 ISO containers; this is made up of approximately 50 containers on each hill top site and the remainder at the Mount Pleasant Complex;
8) Due to the remote location of all 3 sites the requirement will encompass a significant logistical element with a contractor being responsible for transporting personnel, building materials and plant equipment to and from site. A contractor will also be responsible for the removal of all waste and redundant services from site back to the UK for disposal.
The authority will apply all the offences listed in Article 39(1) of Directive 2009/81/EC (implemented as Regulation 23(1) of the Defence and Security Public Contract Regulations (DSPCR) 2011 in the UK) and all of the professional misconducts listed at Article 39(2) of Directive 2009/81/EC (see also Regulation 23(2) in the DSPCR 2011) to the decision of whether a candidate is eligible to be invited to tender.
A full list of the Regulation 23(1) and 23(2) criteria are at http://www.contracts.mod.uk/delta/project/reasonsForExclusion.html#dspr
Candidates will be required to sign a declaration confirming whether they do or do not have any of the listed criteria as part of the pre-qualification process.

Eligibility requirements: Economic and financial standing will be assessed by use of a pre-qualification questionnaire.
Not provided.
Technical and/or professional capacity will be assessed by use of a pre-qualification questionnaire.