Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-02-02
Buyer: Choice Housing Ireland Limited
Country: UK
Region: NORTHERN IRELAND
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 45210000: Building construction work | 45211000: Construction work for multi-dwelling buildings | 45215210 | 45262690 | 45262700
Estimated value: 163450 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-02-24
Award criteria: Lowest price

Technical requirements: Refurbishment, remodelling, kitchen extension and disabled adaptation works to existing 4-bed 2-storey semi-detached property.
Refurbishment/remodelling of an existing 2-storey semi detached 4-bed property to provide 5-bed property for exiting Choice Housing tenant and family.
The works consist of minor demolition works to the rear, the construction of a bedroom/ kitchen extension. The remainder of the dwelling is to be completely refurbished to include new roof coverings, external render, windows/ doors, dry lining, new concrete ground floor slab, M&E installations, new kitchen, bathrooms and decoration.
The Principal Contractor shall co-operate fully with Choice Ireland Housing Limited and neighbouring tenant/owner occupier in carrying out all the works with minimum of inconvenience and disturbance. Free access and right of way at all times to neighbouring dwellings must be granted. The Contractor must also ensure that all neighbouring dwellings have a supply of water, sanitary, electrical and heating and cooking services available as necessary during the progress of the works and at the end of each day's work. If this cannot be achieved alternative acceptable access arrangements must be put in place, to the satisfaction of the Project Manager.
The Principal Contractor must exercise the utmost care to ensure that appropriate health and safety measures are maintained for the safety of the tenants/ owner occupiers and general users at all times in relation to any hazards arising from or out of the execution of the works.
The Contracting Authority may require guarantees or other security acceptable to the Contracting Authority from tenderers as detailed in the pre-qualification documentation.
Subject to the status and involvement of the parties, the Contracting Authority may require parties to commit to joint and several liability in respect of the Contract. Alternatively, the Contracting Authority may expect the lead operator to take total responsibility. The Contracting Authority may require collateral warranties, parent company guarantees and / or performance bonds as applicable to be entered into by other economic operators.
The cost of responding to the pre-qualification package (PQQP) and any subsequent tender information and / or participation exercise in the procurement process generally will be borne solely by the economic operator participating. A Memorandum of Information and pre-qualification questionnaire package (PQQP)is available in respect of the project referred to in Section I above. Economic operators should note that the Contracting Authority reserves the right to cancel this procurement process at any stage. Any expenditure, workor effort undertaken prior to the contract award is at the sole risk of the economic operator participating in this procurement process. All discussions and correspondence will be deemed strictly ‘subject to contract’ until a formal contract is entered into. The formal contract shall not be binding until it has been signed and dated by the duly authorised representatives of the parties. Any date given in Section IV above is a best estimate at the time of dispatch. The Contracting Authority reserves the right to extend any such date. Neither the publication of this Notice nor the employment of any particular terminology or any other indication shall be taken to mean that the Contracting Authority intends to hold itself bound by Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (as amended) as implemented by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

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