Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2018-02-10
Buyer: Derry City & Strabane District Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 71244000 | 71311000: Civil engineering consultancy services | 71311210 | 71312000: Structural engineering consultancy services | 71324000: Quantity surveying services
Estimated value: 495340 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The North West Greenway Network (NWGN) project involves a cross-border (CB) partnership between Derry City and Strabane District Council (DCSDC), Donegal County Council (DCC), Transport NI (TNI) and Sustrans. It aims to develop up to 46.5 km of Greenway network at 3 Cross Border locations to a standard width of 3 m wide. The overall capital cost and programme activity is costed at EUR 18 500 000.
— Route 1: Derry via Pennyburn and Bridgend border crossing to Buncrana/via Tooban Junction, 32.5 km,
The ICT commission for this project will consist of a single contract, with the appointed ICT undertaking the design development, contract administration and project implementation of the works.
The service will focus on the provision of a high quality cross border greenway from Derry to Buncrana, Derry to Muff and Strabane to Lifford.
Derry City and Strabane District Council (The Employer) seeks to appoint an Economic Operator to provide the services of an Integrated Consultant Team (ICT) to undertake the technical design and pre tender estimate, (RIBA Stage 4), and act on behalf of the employer to oversee the procurement of 2 separate IST contracts (1 for NI and 1 for RoI) and construction of the new cross border greenways, up to RIBA Stage 7.
Working in close consultation with the Employer, the ICT will be required to provide a design that meets the strategic aims and objectives of the Council and to manage the construction of the cross border greenways within quality, budget and programme requirements.
The Integrated Consultant Team must be capable of delivering the entire range of specialist design services including but not limited to the following disciplines:
The ICT will be appointed under the NEC3 Professional Service Contract Option A based on the scope of services, subject to funding, which will be detailed in the Invitation to Tender documents.
It is currently envisaged that the construction works carried out in Northern Ireland will be completed under a ‘Traditional Employers Design’ NEC3 Engineering and Construction Contract. The construction works that are to be carried out in the Republic of Ireland will be administered under a “Government Contracts Committee for Construction (GCCC) — PW-CF3 — Public Works Contract for Civil Engineering Works designed by the Employer” form of contract.
The estimated capital budget for the proposed works will be in the region of EUR 18 500 000 which includes VAT, professional fees and other project development costs.
This route commences at Pennyburn in Derry and extends to Bridgend in Donegal at the border crossing and continues onto Buncrana via Tooban Junction and Inch. The route comprises a mix of shared use space, new route development and utilisation of disused railway lines. As part of the design development for this route DCC would like to consider options for an online and offline section between Bridgend and Fahan.
The works along this route will include but not limited to, provision of a new 3 m wide greenway, widening existing footways to 3 m, provision of new retaining walls, pedestrian footbridges / widening of existing bridges, drainage, service diversions, land acquisition, road realignment and accommodation works.
This green way route links the village of Muff in Donegal to the commuter settlement of Culmore in Co. Derry, connecting to Derry City along realigned shared routes. This route will include a small connecting bridge at Bay Road which will link the new greenway network to the existing network.
The works along this route will include but not limited to, provision of a new 3 m wide greenway, widening existing footways to 3 m, provision of new pedestrian/cycleway bridge, provision of new retaining walls, drainage, service diversions, land acquisition, road realignment and accommodation works.
This route connects the 2 border towns of Lifford and Strabane utilising the existing bridge that spans the River Foyle connecting the cross border link with the DCC owned building located on the Letterkenny Rd formerly in use as Army barracks.


Winner: McAdam Design Limited
Award value: 495340
Number of bids: 5