Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-03-21
Buyer: Orkney Islands Council
Country: UK
Region: Orkney Islands
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 45210000: Building construction work | 45213100 | 45215000: Construction work for health buildings | 45215200
Estimated value: 7500000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-04-18
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The aim of the project is to replace the existing aging St. Peters House Care Facility in Stromness, Orkney with a new modern Care Facility to provide high dependency care for the elderly in Stromness and the West Mainland of Orkney. This new accommodation, with a capacity for 40 residents, will be of a timber kit construction with strip foundations built to meet the requirements of current legislation and the Care Inspectorate, and cater for a high degree of physical frailty and dementia.
The Care Facility is to be built on gently sloping land in Stromness, Orkney near to the existing Garson Housing development. The site has an area of approximately 15 000 m². The site is served from Coplands Road and vehicular access will be via the existing access spur on the North East corner of the site.
The aim of the project is to replace the existing aging St. Peters House Care Facility in Stromness, Orkney with a new modern Care Facility to provide high dependency care for the elderly in Stromness and the West Mainland of Orkney. This new accommodation, with a capacity for 40 residents, will be of a timber kit construction with strip foundations built to meet the requirements of current legislation and the Care Inspectorate, and cater for a high degree of physical frailty and dementia.
The Care Facility is to be built on gently sloping land in Stromness, Orkney near to the existing Garson Housing development. The site has an area of approximately 15 000 m². The site is served from Coplands Road and vehicular access will be via the existing access spur on the North East corner of the site.
This procurement will be conducted through the use of the Restricted Procedure. All queries and clarifications about this procurement must be made via the Public Contracts Scotland (PCS) messaging system.
— Statements including the specific requirements for Section C (Technical and Professional ability) of Part IV (Selection Criteria) of the ESPD (Scotland) can be found within Appendix A to the Contract Notice.
— Section A (Suitability), Section B (Economic and financial standing) and Section D (Quality assurance schemes and environmental management standards) of Part IV (Selection criteria) of the ESPD (Scotland) will all be scored on a pass/fail basis.
— Section C (Technical and professional ability) of Part IV (Selection criteria) of the ESPD (Scotland) will be scored in the following way:
0 — Unacceptable. Nil or inadequate response. Fails to demonstrate previous experience/capacity/capability relevant to this criterion.
1 — Poor. Response is partially relevant but generally poor. The response shows some elements of relevance to the criterion but contains insufficient/limited detail or explanation to demonstrate previous relevant experience/capacity/capability.
2 — Acceptable. Response is relevant and acceptable. The response demonstrates broad previous experience, knowledge and skills/capacity/capability but may lack in some aspects of similarity e.g. previous experience, knowledge or skills may not be of a similar nature.
3 — Good. Response is relevant and good. The response is sufficiently detailed to demonstrate a good amount of experience, knowledge or skills/capacity/capability relevant to providing similar services to similar clients.
4 — Excellent. Response is completely relevant and excellent overall. The response is comprehensive, unambiguous and demonstrates thorough experience, knowledge or skills/capacity/capability relevant to providing similar services to similar clients.
— The questions to be answered in Section C (Technical and professional ability) of Part IV (Selection criteria) of the ESPD (Scotland) are set out in Appendix A to the Contract Notice and will be weighted in the following way:
— The bidders must achieve the minimum score of 2 (Acceptable) for each weighted and scored question answer in Section C (Technical and professional ability) of Part IV (Selection criteria) of the ESPD (Scotland).

Eligibility requirements: Appendix A to the Contract Notice contains specific statements in relation to Section A (Suitability) of Part IV (Selection Criteria) of the ESPD (Scotland) document that the bidders should use as guidance when completing the ESPD (Scotland) for submission.

Award value: 7500000