Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-07-12
Buyer: Welsh Government
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive dialogue
CPV classification: 30000000 | 39000000 | 39160000 | 39162000 | 45214000: Construction work for education buildings
Estimated value: 1500000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-09-09
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Welsh Government is seeking to procure a private sector delivery partner to form a joint venture company to deliver education infrastructure including schools and colleges plus any associated community facilities in Wales, under a strategic partnering agreement.
Welsh Government (‘WG’) is procuring a Private Sector Delivery Partner (‘PSDP’) to form a joint venture company to deliver education infrastructure including schools and colleges plus any associated community facilities in Wales. The successful PSDP and a subsidiary of the Development Bank of Wales (‘WGCo’) will be required to form a new Welsh Education Partnership Company (‘WEPCo’) vehicle, which will deliver infrastructure services to WG, local authorities and further education institutions in Wales (the ‘Participants’).
The participants and WEPCo will enter into a Strategic Partnering Agreement (‘SPA’). Under the SPA, WEPCo will be required to provide partnering services to the participants, including:
The initial term of the partnering arrangement will be ten (10) years, with an optional five (5) year extension.
WEPCo will have the sole and exclusive right for the term of the SPA to nominate a subsidiary of the PSDP (being a special purpose vehicle in which the PSDP holds the majority of voting rights, or a wholly owned subsidiary of such company (a ‘Project Co’)) to deliver 21
Participants will also be able to request that WEPCo, or a nominated wholly owned subsidiary of WEPCo, provide other project services such as the delivery of design and build capital projects for education or associated community facilities under the SPA, provided that the relevant criteria in the SPA are met. WEPCo and/or its subsidiaries shall enter into all required agreements for the delivery of capital projects and/or FM services directly with the relevant participant, which in the case of education sector capital projects shall be substantially in the form of a template design and build development agreement set out in the SPA.
The PSDP will be required to enter into a form of shareholders' agreement which is substantially in the form of the template form of WEPCo Shareholders' Agreement set out in the SPA with WGCo to establish WEPCo. For MIM projects, Project Co, the PSDP and WGCo will also be required to enter into a form of shareholders' agreement which is substantially in the form of the template form of Project Co shareholders' agreement set out in the SPA to establish the relevant Project Co.
Further details regarding this programme will be provided at the bidders' day described in Section VI.3) and are contained in the relevant procurement documents, including the selection questionnaire and the descriptive document, which can be accessed at: https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml
Please refer to the descriptive document dated 8.7.2019 and the selection questionnaire dated 8.7.2019 which are available at https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml
A bidders' day relating to the procurement described in Section II.2.4) will be held on 18.7.2019 at Voco St David's Hotel Cardiff, Havannah Street, Cardiff CF10 5SD. The relevant documents, which should be accessed in advance of the bidders' day, including the selection questionnaire and descriptive document, can be accessed at: https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml
To confirm your place, please register online at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/education-strategic-partner-procurement-market-information-day-tickets-63976860512
A list of the public sector entities, other than WG, which will become party to the Strategic Partnering Agreement (‘SPA’) are listed in the descriptive document, which is available at: https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml


Award value: 1500000000