Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-10-18
Buyer: South West College
Country: UK
Region: West and South of Northern Ireland
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 45210000: Building construction work | 45214000: Construction work for education buildings
Estimated value: 16000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-11-14
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The contract is for the Design and Construction of the new Erne Campus for the South West College. The project is to be constructed on the former Erne Hospital site at Cornagrade Road, Enniskillen. The project will include full construction works, mechanical and electrical services, external and site development works including upgrading the existing site access. The facilities will be designed and constructed to achieve BREEAM outstanding and PassivHaus Premium standards and certification. The Contracting Authority have engaged an integrated consultancy team. ICT. to develop designs, obtain planning approval and prepare the contract documents. The planning approved design will form an integral part of the employer's requirements as part of the contract for the project. For more info see Section 7.2 of MOI Part B.
As specified in the prequalification documentation: 1. Compliance and minimum standards in relation to general information, past performance, economic and financial standing and compliance with EU / UK procurement legislation. 2. Health and Safety minimum standards, past performance and ranked assessment. 3. Scored assessment of Technical and /or professional ability of the economic operator and his team of economic operator / main contractor mechanical contractor, electrical contractor, Architect, Mechanical engineer and Structural / Civil Engineer.
The economic operators' performance on this contract will be regularly monitored. If an economic operator fails to reach satisfactory levels of performance the economic operator may be issued with a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance. The issue of a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance will result in the economic operator being excluded from all procurement competitions being undertaken by Contracting Authorities on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Procurement Policy for a period of twelve months from the date of issue of the certificate. A list of these bodies can be viewed at: https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/articles/list-public-bodies-which-ni-public-procurement-policy-applies.
The Authority expressly reserves the rights: (I). not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice or to cancel the procurement at any stage;. (II). to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition;. (III). to award (a) contract(s) in respect of any part(s) of the [services] covered by this notice; and. (IV). to award contract(s) in stages. and in no circumstances will the Authority be liable for any costs incurred by candidates. Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to contract award is accordingly at risk of the company participating in this procurement process. This project will be used to progress the Government's wider social, economic and environmental objectives.
This procurement is governed by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and provides for economic operators who have suffered, or who risk suffering, loss or damage, as a consequence of an alleged breach of the duty owed in accordance with Regulation 91 to start proceedings in the High Court. A standstill period will commence at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into. Any proceedings relating to any perceived non-compliance with the relevant law must be started within 30 days, beginning with the date when the economic operator first knew, or ought to have known that grounds for starting the proceedings had arisen. (A court may extend the time limit to 3 months ,where the court considers that there is a good reason for doing so).


Award value: 16000000