Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2016-02-19
Buyer: Department for Regional Development
Country: UK
Region: Northern Ireland
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 45233141: Road-maintenance work
Award criteria: Quality, Price

Technical requirements: Quality
Price
Road-maintenance works. Within each Contract, the works may include but not be limited to the following principal work activities provided by way of example: A. Permanent reinstatement of openings and repairs to defects in footways and carriageways with all types of surfaces (bituminous materials, concrete, brick pavers, flags, kerbs etc.) B. Adjustment/provision drainage installation and maintenance schemes C. Earthworks D. Environmental Works E. Provision and maintenance of fences and pedestrian guardrail. F. Reconstruction of carriageways and footways G. Accommodation works including walls, fencing etc. H. Adjustment/ provision of kerblines I. Small network improvement schemes e.g. Traffic Management Schemes, Traffic Calming Schemes J. Other associated ancillary work Note: Different elements of, or all of the work activities listed above may be responsive type work required to be done within specific time limits. Many of the work activities to be carried out will require the successful Economic Operator to employ and use skilled personnel and specialist equipment and resources associated with such work activities. For each Contract, the successful Economic Operator will be required to carry out any such works instructed by a Works Order issued under the provisions of the contract. Such works will require a standard of works delivery consistent with that defined in the Tender Documents. Reimbursement to the successful Economic Operator for such works will be paid to them generally on the basis of applicable rates and prices. Details of the contracts pricing mechanisms will be provided in the Tender Documents. For each Contract, it is likely that the successful Economic Operator will be required to work at more than one location at any one time in order to meet the requirements of TransportNI's programme of work. The Economic Operator will be expected to have sufficiently skilled and available resources necessary to meet the requirements of such a programme and will require to include in his rates and prices for the inevitable peaks and troughs that will be inherent in any such programme. Such peaks and troughs may result from a variety of circumstances, not all within the control of TransportNI. The financial limits for individual Orders under Small Scale Responsive Works shall generally be between 1 GBP — 15 000 GBP (inclusive). Economic Operators should be advised that the Contracting Authority is under no obligation to issue any Works Order under this contract.
The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement, and the contract will be awarded on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender. All documents will only be available on line through the eSourcingNI portal. 1. If you are not already registered on eSourcing NI you must register your company on the eSourcing NI portal which can be found at www.e-sourcingni.bravosolution.co.uk — Follow the link to the eSourcing Portal — Click on the ‘Register’ link and follow the instructions on the screen. 2. Express an Interest in the tender and responding to Tenders — Log into the portal with the user-name/password. You will now have access to the documents you need to express an interest, complete a PQQ and/or submit a tender for the opportunities listed. — If you require assistance or help to navigate the site please consult the on-line help, or contact the eSourcing help desk. The contact details can be found on the eSourcing NI opening web page at www.e-sourcingni.bravosolution.co.uk
The documents may be downloaded up to the closing date and time for the submission. The tender must be completed by all applicants and returned using the online eSourcing NI portal to arrive not later than the time and date as stated in IV.3.4). DRD Transport NI is utilising an electronic tendering system to manage this procurement and communicate with Tenderers. Accordingly, it is intended that all communications with TNI including the accessing and submission of tender responses will be conducted via www.e-sourcingni.bravosolution.co.uk
The successful contractor's performance on the contract will be regularly monitored. If a contractor fails to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still fail to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in the Department for Regional Development for further action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be regarded as an act of grave professional misconduct and they may be issued with a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance and the contract may be terminated. The issue of a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance will result in the contractor being excluded from all procurement competitions being undertaken by Centres of Procurement Expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Procurement Policy for a period of twelve months from the date of issue of the certificate.


Winner: Patrick Bradley Ltd