Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-01-19
Buyer: Orchard Homes Design & Build Ltd
Country: UK
Region: Bristol, City of
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 45000000: Construction work | 45111000 | 45210000: Building construction work | 45211000: Construction work for multi-dwelling buildings | 45211300
Submission deadline: 2016-02-19
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Orchard Homes Design & Build Ltd has engaged Sweett (UK) Limited to deliver a 60 bed Almshouse in Stockwood, Bristol. The Works comprise the redevelopment of the former Bowmead Elderly Persons Home site in Hollway Road, Stockwood, Bristol. The site is bounded on 3 sides by Hollway Road, Stockwood Road and Materman Road and the remaining boundary is shared with Bluebell Gardens, a sheltered housing development comprising 61 flats operated by Housing and Care 21. The former Bowmead Elderly Persons Home will be demolished as part of the Works and the site cleared to make way for the construction of a new 60 bed Almshouse which will be operated by Orchard Homes. The Stockwood Almshouse will provide a ‘Home for Life’ for older people and people with a physical or mental impairment who need personal care and/or housing support to live independently in their own homes. The accommodation will comprise of 41 1-bed apartments, 12 2-bed apartments, 7 2-bed accessible apartments, communal facilities, external works and drainage. The procurement process is for the selection of a single Contractor to undertake the design and build.
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Orchard Homes Design & Build Ltd has engaged Sweett (UK) Limited to deliver a 60 bed Almshouse in Stockwood, Bristol. The Works comprise the redevelopment of the former Bowmead Elderly Persons Home site in Hollway Road, Stockwood, Bristol. The site is bounded on 3 sides by Hollway Road, Stockwood Road and Materman Road and the remaining boundary is shared with Bluebell Gardens, a sheltered housing development comprising 61 flats operated by Housing and Care 21. The former Bowmead Elderly Persons Home will be demolished as part of the Works and the site cleared to make way for the construction of a new 60 bed Almshouse which will be operated by Orchard Homes. The Stockwood Almshouse will provide a ‘Home for Life’ for older people and people with a physical or mental impairment who need personal care and/or housing support to live independently in their own homes. The accommodation will comprise of 41 1-bed apartments, 12 2-bed apartments, 7 2-bed accessible apartments, communal facilities, external works and drainage. A single contractor will be procured through this process.
A performance bond or guarantee may be required. Appropriate levels of insurance will also be required. Further information will be provided within the PQQ and tender documentation.
No legal form is required. If the candidate is a joint venture or consortium, the Contracting Authority shall require members to accept joint and several liability.
Regulation 58 contains discretionary criteria. All mandatory conditions and pass/fail criteria for selection at the pre-qualification stage will be set out in the PQQ and must be passed in order for applicants to proceed to the tender stage. The discretionary criteria will also be outlined in the PQQ. The authority will review this information alongside any discretionary criteria prior to the award of the contract.
(1) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they are not bankrupt or the subject of an administration order, are not being wound up, have not granted a trust deed, are not the subject of a petition presented for sequestration of their estate, have not had a receiver, manager or administrator appointed and are not otherwise apparently insolvent.
Candidates may be subject to an independent financial check. Further information will be provided in the PQQ and Tender documentation generally.
Applicants will be shortlisted based on the criteria set out in the PQQ and accompanying documentation.
The authority reserves the right to cancel the procurement process at any stage. The authority does not accept liability for any cost incurred in the PQQ and tender stage.

Eligibility requirements: (1) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they are not bankrupt or the subject of an administration order, are not being wound up, have not granted a trust deed, are not the subject of a petition presented for sequestration of their estate, have not had a receiver, manager or administrator appointed and are not otherwise apparently insolvent. Candidates may be subject to an independent financial check. Further information will be provided in the PQQ and Tender documentation generally. Further information will be provided in the PQQ and Tender documentation generally.
Candidates may be subject to an independent financial check. Further information will be provided in the PQQ and Tender documentation generally.
Further information will be provided in the PQQ and Tender documentation generally.