Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-05-14
Buyer: Department of Education
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 71000000 | 71220000 | 71300000 | 71311000: Civil engineering consultancy services | 71312000: Structural engineering consultancy services
Estimated value: 1000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-06-20
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The objective of this procurement process is to successfully appoint an Economic Operator Team (EOT) who will actively develop the Employer’s brief for the design and delivery of a new Post Primary Slemish College Ballymena. The successfully appointed EOT shall provide the professional services applicable to RIBA (2013) Stages 0 to 7 as identified in call for tender contract documentation and information. The EOT shall develop the design to RIBA (2013) Stage 3 Exemplar Developed Design before appointing and managing an Integrated Supply Team (IST) to further develop the detail/technical design and deliver the project throughout all remaining RIBA Plan of Work (2013) Stages 4 to 7. The contract will be awarded to the E0T which has submitted the most economically advantageous tender (MEAT) using the Narrow Average Price Scoring Mechanism — Refer to draft ITT Document 1 of 4. For a complete description of this Procurement refer to CfT contract documents and draft ITT Scope of Services.
In accordance with Regulation 65(3) of the Public Contract Regulation 2015, 5 candidates will be invited. This offers adequate competition to ensure that the employer is assured value for money and that there is sufficient opportunity offered to tenders. However, this limit also protects the industry from wasting valuable resources which are required to prepare a tender submission.
For complete description of this procurement refer to CfT contract documents and draft ITT Scope of Services.
In order for a consultant to be eligible to participate in this competition they must hold licenses, accreditations or certificates for specific categories and sectors as set out below:
— chartered membership of the Association of Project Management (APM) in a construction related role,
— chartered membership of Engineers Ireland; or Equivalent professional body within your own jurisdiction.
Economic operators are required to be registered and have verified status on constructionline and should have the minimum category value (200 000 GBP) in at least 1 of the constructionline categories specified or have submitted a fully completed PQQ1A Constructionline Financial Addendum(s). In the case where an economic operator is a group of economic operators or relying on the capacity of other entities for economic and financial standing, the economic operator as “Lead Enterprise” must have a category value no less than 40 % of the minimum category value (80 000 GBP) required by the Contracting Authority; and the sum of the category values of the group of economic operators and the other entities that it is relying on for economic and financial standing, in a “Relevant Work Category” must be greater than or equal to the minimum category value (200 000 GBP) required by the Contracting Authority. Project Manager-Project Management 71541000-2. Architect -Architectural and Design Services 71220000-6. Building Services Engineer-Mechanical and Electrical Engineering 71300000. Civil Engineering-Civil Engineering 71311000. Structural Engineer-Structural Engineering 71312000-8. Quantity Surveyor-Quantity Surveying 713240000-5.
In order for an economic operator to be eligible to participate in this competition. The economic operator team must hold valid insurance to all the applicable values:
1) Public liability insurance with a minimum limit of indemnity not less than 10 000 000 GBP per incident;
2) Employer’s liability insurance (economic operator only) with a minimum limit of indemnity not less than 10 000 000 GBP per incident compliant with applicable statutory requirements;
3) Professional indemnity insurance: professional indemnity insurance for all activities of a professional nature including design liability with a limit of indemnity of not less than that specified below in GBP for each and every claim. economic operator 5 000 000 GBP.
The economic operator (or where the economic operator is a group of economic operators, all parties forming the group of economic operators) must provide at least 1 of the core disciplines listed below from within its own resources:
Surveyor: for the purposes of pre-qualification, the economic operator will be assessed. The services of a Principal Designer (PD) is required as part of this procurement.
The economic operators’ performance on this contract will be regularly monitored. As part of its contract management procedures, the Contracting Authority will use the protocol for managing poor supplier performance contained in Procurement Guidance Note PGN 01/12 — Contract management principles and procedures: https://www.financeni. gov.uk/.publications/procurement-guidance-note-0112-contract-management-principles-and-procedures

Eligibility requirements: In order for a consultant to be eligible to participate in this competition they must hold licenses, accreditations or certificates for specific categories and sectors as set out below: Project Manager. Employees must have and maintain one of the following: — registration with the Architect’s Registration Board (ARB), — chartered membership of the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE), — chartered membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), — chartered membership of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), — chartered membership of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE), — chartered membership of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), — chartered membership of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), — chartered membership of the Association of Project Management (APM) in a construction related role, — chartered membership of the Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists (CIAT), — chartered membership of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), — chartered membership of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), — chartered membership of the Royal Society of Ulster Architects (RSUA), — equivalent professional body within your own jurisdiction. Architect: Employees must have and maintain: — registration with the Architect’s Registration Board (ARB), or — equivalent professional body within your own jurisdiction. Structural engineer: Employees must have and maintain: — chartered membership of the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE), — chartered membership of Engineers Ireland; or, — equivalent professional body within your own jurisdiction. Quantity surveyor: Employees must have and maintain: — chartered membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), or — equivalent professional body within your own jurisdiction. Electrical engineer: Employees must be from the electrical discipline and have and maintain: — chartered membership of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE), — chartered membership of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), or — equivalent professional body within your own jurisdiction. Mechanical engineer employees must be from the mechanical discipline and have and maintain: — chartered membership of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE), — chartered membership of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE),or — equivalent professional body within your own jurisdiction. Civil engineer: Employees must have and maintain: — chartered membership of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), — chartered membership of Engineers Ireland; or Equivalent professional body within your own jurisdiction.

Award value: 1000000