Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-12-13
Buyer: Derry City and Strabane District Council
Country: UK
Region: North of Northern Ireland
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 71000000 | 71200000 | 71220000 | 71221000 | 71244000
Submission deadline: 2017-01-20
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Restricted List Application Templemore and Strabane Leisure Facilities Integrated Design Team Services T HCO16-97.
Expressions of Interest are sought from suitably experienced Integrated Design Teams by way of completion of Prequalification Questionnaire for provision of Integrated Design Team services for the Strategic Leisure Facilities in the Derry and Strabane Area.
The service will focus on the provision of leisure facilities on the west bank of Derry City and in Strabane Town, taking account of the provision of leisure facilities across the entirety of the new Council area.
In particular, the existing facilities at Templemore in Derry City and Riversdale in Strabane are time-expired and require replacement.
The Integrated Design Team must be capable of delivering the entire service including but not limited to the following disciplines;
The Contracting Authority reserves the right to require bonds, deposits, guarantees or other appropriate forms of undertaking or security to secure proper performance of the contract.
The Contracting Authority reserves the right to require groupings of contractors to take a particular legal form upon contract award.
The Applicant must comply with all applicable fair employment, equality of treatment and anti-discrimination legislation as a condition to the performance of the contract. The contract will be subject to conditions so that the Contracting Authority and the Constituent Councils can comply with their statutory duty to have due regard to the need to promote equality of opportunity as set out in Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 and Schedule 9 of the Act and with their statutory duty to contribute to the achievement of sustainable development as set out in Section 25 of the Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006.
In accordance with Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and as set out in the Invitation to Tender available from the address specified.
It is anticipated that 5 Consultants who satisfy the completeness and compliance checks and who achieve the highest overall scores in the technical and professional ability evaluation process will be invited to submit detailed tenders. Where there is a tie for 5th place, then all applicants in 5th place will be invited to tender. For the purposes of this exercise a tie for 5th place is deemed to occur where two or more applicants have identical scores or a score within 1 mark (out of a score of 100) of the 5th place score.
This authority will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into. The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).

Eligibility requirements: In accordance with Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and as set out in the Invitation to Tender available from the address specified. In accordance with Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and as set out in the Invitation to Tender available from the address specified. In accordance with Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and as set out in the Invitation to Tender available from the address specified.
In accordance with Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and as set out in the Invitation to Tender available from the address specified.