Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2018-08-10
Buyer: NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership on behalf of Velindre NHS Trust
Country: UK
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 45000000: Construction work | 45110000 | 45111000 | 45111100 | 45210000: Building construction work
Estimated value: 224310000 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The NHS Building for Wales National Supply Chain Partner Frameworks will cater for health related capital projects with an estimated construction value of over 12 000 000 GBP.
The NHS Building for Wales National frameworks will cater for health related capital projects with an estimated construction value of over 12 000 000 GBP (excluding value added tax).
The constructor will be required to undertake the role of principal designer, principal contractor and designer under the CDM 2015 Regulations.
The frameworks will be procured on the basis of an initial 4 years contract with the option to extend by up to 2 years.
The frameworks will be procured and managed by NWSSP-Specialist Estates Services on behalf of the NHS in Wales.
Velindre NHS Trust will sign the framework agreements with the successful bidders as sponsor of the frameworks.
Contracts for specific projects will be subject to mini-competition between the successful bidders on each of the frameworks.
Contracts for specific projects which are let under the frameworks will be entered into between the successful bidders and the individual NHS Local Health Boards or Trusts responsible for the project. It will be open to all NHS Local Health Boards or Trusts in Wales (and also any other NHS Bodies that may exist in Wales during the life of the framework, the Welsh Government, and any other Welsh public bodies who wish to develop facilities jointly or in collaboration with the NHS) to let contracts under these frameworks for the duration of the frameworks.
Please refer to the Memorandum of Information on Etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk for further detail and information.
This contract notice relates to the appointment of supply chain partner services for the national framework.
Candidates are reminded that the issue of documents from NWSSP-SES does not commit NWSSP-SES, Velindre NHS Trust, or any local health board or NHS Trust in Wales to:
Neither NWSSP-SES, Velindre NHS Trust, or any NHS Local Health Board or trust in Wales, nor any of their advisers shall be liable for any expenses incurred by the candidates in connection with the tender process either for this framework agreement or any subsequent contract pursuant to this framework agreement.
NHS Wales is committed to contributing to the social, economic and environmental well-being of the wider community. Accordingly, while the requirement to do so will not be part of the award criteria for this tender, the successful contractor will be expected to consider opportunities to recruit and train long term economically inactive persons as part of the workforce delivering this project, and contractual obligations and /or performance indicators may be introduced to this effect.
There will be an option at the contracting authority’s discretion to extend the framework by a period of up to 2 years (including multiple extensions of any duration but which are cumulatively no greater than 2 years).
Due to external factors in the construction sector it has been decided to increase the resilience and maintain the competitiveness of this framework arrangement by appointing one reserve contractor in addition to the four contractors who were successful in being appointed to the framework. In normal circumstances, the reserve contractor will not be entitled to bid for call-off contracts to be awarded under the framework. In line with the objective of providing resilience and maintaining competition, the reserve contractor will only be entitled to tender where one or more of the 4 appointed contractors does not bid or is unable to bid. This could apply, for example, where one or more contractors:


Winner: BAM Construction Ltd
Award value: 224310000
Number of bids: 5