Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-05-21
Buyer: Bridge Homes (Yorkshire) LLP
Country: UK
Region: Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 45000000: Construction work | 45100000: Site preparation work | 45200000: Building and civil engineering work | 45210000: Building construction work | 45211000: Construction work for multi-dwelling buildings
Estimated value: 3000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-06-28
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Bridge Homes (Yorkshire) LLP is a Joint Venture Limited Liability Partnership established by Wakefield and District Housing (WDH) and Wakefield Council to develop land for new build properties, more information is available at: http://bridgehomesyorkshire.co.uk
Bridge Homes (Yorkshire) LLP wish to create and enter into a framework arrangement with multiple contractors for the construction of new build properties. The scope of works for this framework includes those required to develop land and achieve such buildings, including: site preparation, site remediation, associated civil engineering and infrastructure works, design, and new build construction (with appropriate fit out).
The framework agreement will be in place for 48 months. Contracts that are called off under the framework agreement may (where necessary) continue beyond the 48 month term of the framework agreement. Any of the contracting authorities entitled to access the framework agreement will have the option to agree and award underlying contracts to the appointed contractor at any stage during the term of the framework agreement. The following contacting authorities will be entitled to agree and award underlying contracts under the proposed framework as and when required:
As stated in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire or Invitation to Tender. Bridge Homes (Yorkshire) reserve the right to require deposits, guarantees (including parent company and performance guarantees), bonds or other forms of appropriate security.
As outlined within the procurement documentation; it is envisaged that over the next 4 years, Bridge Homes will build in the region of 300 new homes in the Wakefield District. The proposed developments will be built in a number of phases, with each scheme or phase within a larger development comprising approximately 30 properties.
Furthermore, WDH it its own right are undertaking development projects and ‘Building Better Places’ to meet the affordable housing needs of the district. They envisage that they will have £20 to £25 million per annum over the next 2 years for such development opportunities, including section 106 acquisitions.
The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement, and the contract will be awarded on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender.
Under this contract the contractor will be required to actively contribute to the achievement of social objectives. These include: skills development; employment and training opportunities within the locality of where the contract will be delivered; and other added value initiatives throughout the supply chain to support community programmes promoted by Bridge Homes (Yorkshire) its partners and those contracting authorities who are entitled to use this framework and their partners.

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