Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-12-01
Buyer: Renfrewshire Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 44211000 | 45211000: Construction work for multi-dwelling buildings
Estimated value: 13750000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-01-16
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: This procurement procedure is for the selection of a Principle Contractor to carry out design and build of approximately 80 new build homes across two sites within Johnstone South West for social rent.
The project consisting of one of two sites within the Ferguslie, Paisley area. The identified sites for this service are located at the former St Fergus School site, Ferguslie and Drums Avenue, Fergulsie, Paisley.
If required by the member state, bidders are required to be enrolled in the relevant professional or trade registers within the country in which they are established.
B.5.1 It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commence of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:
Statutory Third Party Motor Vehicle Insurance — Unlimited for death/injury and minimum 5 000 000 GBP for property damage.
4B.6 The Council will utilise Dun and Bradstreet (D&B) to calculate a failure score. Candidates (including all participants in a group) are required to have a failure score of 30 or above in order to demonstrate its financial strength and stability.
It is recommended that Candidates review their own D&B Failure Score in advance of submitting a RTP. Where the Candidate does not have a D&B Failure Score, or where the Candidate does not consider that the D&B Failure Score reflects their current financial status; the Candidate may give an explanation within the RTP, together with any relevant supporting alternative evidence which demonstrates its financial strength/stability.
Candidates are required to confirm that they commit to procuring a collateral warranty in favour of the Council with respect to any subcontractors with design responsibility which requires that such subcontractors provide professional indemnity insurance for a minimum amount of 1 000 000 GBP.
Where a Candidate does not meet the minimum financial requirements in its own right and wishes to rely on the financial standing of a parent company, Candidates should provide a statement that they commit to obtaining a parent company guarantee in the form attached in the Standard Documents S10 Parent Company Guarantee.
4B.5.1 Candidates must self-declare as part of the ESPD (Scotland), as contained in the qualification envelope that they will have the requested insurance cover as detailed in the ITP document, the ESPD and Contract Notice, or commit to obtain the insurance prior to the commencement of the Contract. Candidates will be required to provide evidence of this cover in the form of the following:
A letter from their company’s insurance broker confirming the insurances the insurance broker has arranged on behalf of their company. This is normally referred to as a “to whom it may concern“ letter and includes summary details of the insurance cover held including the name of the insurer or underwriter, the policy number, the date cover begins and ends, the extent of the cover, including indemnity limits, excess levels and any special conditions or warranties applicable. The letter must be provided in electronic format.
If Candidates do not currently hold this level of cover they may in the ESPD (Scotland) state that in the event of being successful in the procurement process for a Contract, the required insurance cover will be put in place. Evidence of the required insurance cover will be a condition of entering into a Contract. It is condition of the Contract that these minimum indemnity levels be held for the duration of the Contract and updated evidence will be required on the insurance renewal date.
Candidates unable to commit to obtain the levels of insurance detailed above will be assessed as a fail and be excluded from the competition.
4B.6 Candidates who do not achieve a minimum D&B failure score of 30 and above and fail to provide any additional explanation or supporting information may be assessed as a fail and excluded from the competition.
Candidates who do not provide sufficient financial information as they consider that their D&B Failure Score does not reflect their current financial status by the RTP Submission deadline may be assessed as a fail and excluded from the competition.

Eligibility requirements: If required by the member state, bidders are required to be enrolled in the relevant professional or trade registers within the country in which they are established.

Award value: 13750000