Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-08-23
Buyer: Glasgow City Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 45221113
Estimated value: 19000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-09-26
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Glasgow City Council invites bids for the demolition of an existing footbridge and construction of a new footbridge over the M8 motorway, Glasgow along with all associated works.
We will apply a 2-stage Restricted procedure. Bidders must self-certify adherence to selection and exclusion criteria via the ESPD (Scotland) on PCS-T. Suppliers may be required to submit means of proof at a later stage via PCS-T. When completing the ESPD, bidders must have regard for the specific selection requirements detailed in Sections III of this OJEU Notice.
The appointment of a lead contractor to construct a new pedestrian footbridge over the M8 motorway, Glasgow. The scope of the lead contractor’s appointment shall include the following key aspects:
— safe demolition and sustainable removal of the existing high mast motorway lighting column/base and the safe construction and installation of 2 new high mast lighting columns/bases,
— construction of south approaches including earthworks, bridge approach ramps, retaining walls, drainage with SUDS, public realm and landscaping works,
— construction of north approaches including earthworks, bridge approach ramps, retaining walls, SUDS, public realm and landscaping works,
— obtaining and maintaining all necessary consents and approvals from the Local Authority, Transport Scotland and their agent Transerv at each stage of the project for the differing elements of traffic management,
— liaison with public utility companies. Management of utility diversions and protection measures, in particular on a live motorway environment,
— liaison with other on-site Contractors and provide all necessary project management in performance of the works including cost control, change and risk management and performance against the programme as well as appropriate consideration of sustainability and environmental management.
This procedure will be conducted via the Public Contracts Scotland-Tender (PCS-T) Portal. All queries must be made via the PCS-T messaging system.
Stage 1: Pre-qualification via the ESPD (Scotland). The ESPD asks general questions; when completing, bidders must have regard for the statements in this OJEU Notice that detail specific requirements. Bidders must:
a) Pass the minimum standards in ESPD Sections 4B and 4D in the PCS-T Qualification envelope. Statements for these questions can be found in Section III of this Notice. For further instructions, please refer to the Invitation to Participate document attached to this project in PCS-T.
b) Complete the scored ESPD Section 4C found in the PCS-T Technical envelope. Statements for these questions can be found in Section III.1.3 (“List and brief description of selection criteria”) of this Notice. Section 4C will be scored as per the scoring methodology detailed in section III.1.3 and within the Invitation to Participate document. The 5 highest scoring bidders will be invited to submit a tender. Where there is a score differential of less than 2 % between the fifth placed bidder and subsequent lower ranking bidders, those lower ranking bidders will also be shortlisted and invited to tender, up to a maximum of 7 bidders in total. Only if there is a tie at 7 bidders will more than 7 bidders be invited to tender as all the tied bidders will be invited to tender.
Stage 2: Invitation to Tender (ITT) and submission of shortlisted bidder tender returns. These must be received no later than the date and time detailed within the ITT documentation.
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if there are any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

Eligibility requirements: Not Applicable

Award value: 19000000