Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2019-02-19
Buyer: First Choice Homes Oldham
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71200000 | 71312000: Structural engineering consultancy services | 71317210 | 79100000
Estimated value: 4840000 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: FCHO and their development company New Living Homes have an ambitious development programme to deliver a minimum of 800 units by 2020 (200 of which are already under construction) and secure a pipeline of land for a forward programme to be delivered over the next 5 years.
Sites will be of all tenures and mostly be situated within the Borough of Oldham. However, where good opportunities are present, development activity will move outside of the Borough, particularly for sites containing open market sale properties.
Sites will range in size and nature; however the challenging conditions and topography surrounding the area will most likely be present on most sites. The programme will contain a range of property types to meet the needs of the market; these will wherever possible be developed from standard house types.
The programme will contain a mix of tenures, incorporating social rent, affordable rent, PRS, shared ownership, rent to buy and outright sale.
Services relating to all “New Build” schemes utilising the JCT Design and Build Contract, commissioned by New Living Homes:
For works associated with refurbishment projects, services may differ slightly. The Schedule of Services and terms of Appointment will be agreed on an individual project basis for this type of project.
Similarly, for projects utilising Contract types which differ from the JCT Design and Build, the Schedule of Services and terms of Appointment will be agreed on a project specific basis.
— advise on suitable tenderers for the build contract, appropriate for the size and nature of the project,
— liaise with the professional team and advise on errors, omissions, exclusions, qualifications and inconsistencies between the Employer’s Requirements and the tenders received,
— prepare the Building Contract documentation, including agreeing with the Principal Contractor any amendments necessary to the Employer’s Requirements and the Contractor’s Proposals and have the contract executed and in place before commencement of the works on site.
— verify that “Designers” have the skills, knowledge, experience and organisational capacity to undertake the services in a manner that secures the health and safety of any person affected by the project,
— advise the client on the need to obtain statutory approvals and to assist the client in discharging its duties as client under the CDM Regulations,
— receive and collate all relevant pre-construction information about the site from the client or any consultant or third party employed by it and provide that information where required to so under the CDM Regulations to other Designers and the Principal Contractor,
— upon request of the Client prepare a summary of the key health and safety requirements necessary for the project,
— advise the Client of the procedures, organisational structure, range of consultants and others to be engaged for the project.


Winner: PRP Architects LLP
Award value: 4840000
Number of bids: 12