Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2019-06-25
Buyer: CPD — Construction Division
Country: UK
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 45111250 | 71510000
Estimated value: 6000000 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: CPD (acting as the Central Purchasing Body) wishes to appoint Economic Operators (EOs) to enter into a Framework Agreement for provision ground investigation works for public sector bodies in Northern Ireland. Activities required include, but are not limited to; drilling of boreholes, excavation of trail pits, groundwater monitoring, geotechnical and geo-environmental testing, geophysical investigations and production of factual and interpretative reports. Individual works packages pursuant to this framework will be instructed through the issue of Works Orders(WO). The issuing of a WO will constitute the formation of a contract between an individual public sector Contracting Authority and an EO. The value of any single WO will typically range from 2 000 GBP to 40 000 GBP. The value of any single WO will generally be limited to 150 000 GBP. This procurement will be awarded on the basis of MEAT with the price element assessed using mean narrow average. Details will be provided at ITT Stage.
CPD (acting as the Central Purchasing Body) wishes to appoint Economic Operators (EOs) to enter into a Framework Agreement for provision ground investigation works for public sector bodies in Northern Ireland. Activities required include, but are not limited to; drilling of boreholes, excavation of trail pits, groundwater monitoring, geotechnical and geo-environmental testing, geophysical investigations and production of factual and interpretative reports. Individual works packages pursuant to this framework will be instructed through the issue of Works Orders(WO). The issuing of a WO will constitute the formation of a contract between an individual public sector Contracting Authority and an EO. the value of any single WO will typically range from 2 000 GBP to 40 000 GBP. the value of any single WO will generally be limited to 150 000 GBP. This procurement will be awarded on the basis of MEAT with the price element assessed using mean narrow average. Details will be provided at ITT Stage.
Lot 1: Northern Area — Causeway and Coast Glens; Mid and East Antrim; Antrim and Newtownabbey. NUTS: UKN04. Estimated value: 375 000 GBP per annum 1 500 000 GBP over 4 year maximum duration.Ground investigation works pursuant to this Agreement will be administered using the NEC3 Engineering and construction short contract conditions.
CPD (acting as the Central Purchasing Body) wishes to appoint Economic Operators (EOs) to enter into a Framework Agreement for provision ground investigation works for public sector bodies in Northern Ireland. Activities required include, but are not limited to; drilling of boreholes, excavation of trail pits, groundwater monitoring, geo-technical and geo-environmental testing, geophysical investigations and production of factual and interpretative reports. Individual works packages pursuant to this framework will be instructed through the issue of Works Orders(WO). The issuing of a WO will constitute the formation of a contract between an individual public sector Contracting Authority and an EO. The value of any single WO will typically range from 2 000 GBP to 40 000 GBP. The value of any single WO will generally be limited to 150 000 GBP. This procurement will be awarded on the basis of MEAT with the price element assessed using mean narrow average. Details will be provided at ITT Stage.
Lot 2: Eastern Area — Lisburn and Castlereagh; Belfast.NUTS: UKN01. Estimated value: 375 000 GBP per annum 1 500 000 GBP over 4 year maximum duration.Ground investigation works pursuant to this agreement will be administered using the NEC3 engineering and construction short contract conditions.
CPD (acting as the Central Purchasing Body) wishes to appoint Economic Operators (EOs) to enter into a Framework Agreement for provision ground investigation works for public sector bodies in Northern Ireland. Activities required include, but are not limited to; drilling of boreholes, excavation of trail pits, groundwater monitoring, geotechnical and geo-environmental testing, geophysical investigations and production of factual and interpretative reports. Individual works packages pursuant to this framework will be instructed through the issue of Works Orders(WO). The issuing of a WO will constitute the formation of a contract between an individual public sector Contracting Authority and an EO. The value of any single WO will typically range from 2 000 GBP to 40 000 GBP. The value of any single WO will generally be limited to 150 000 GBP. This procurement will be awarded on the basis of MEAT with the price element assessed using mean narrow average. Details will be provided at ITT Stage.
Lot 3: Western Area — Mid Ulster; Derry and Strabane; Fermanagh and Omagh. NUTS: UKN05. Estimated value: 375 000 GBP per annum 1 500 000 GBP over 4 year maximum duration .Ground investigation works pursuant to this agreement will be administered using the NEC3 engineering and construction short contract conditions.
CPD (acting as the Central Purchasing Body) wishes to appoint Economic Operators (EOs) to enter into a Framework Agreement for provision ground investigation works for public sector bodies in Northern Ireland. Activities required include, but are not limited to; drilling of boreholes, excavation of trail pits, groundwater monitoring, geotechnical and geo-environmental testing, geophysical investigations and production of factual and interpretative reports. Individual works packages pursuant to this framework will be instructed through the issue of Works Orders(WO). The issuing of a WO will constitute the formation of a contract between an individual public sector Contracting Authority and an EO. The value of any single WO will typically range from 2 000 GBP to 40 000 GBP. The value of any single WO will generally be limited to 150 000 GBP. This procurement will be awarded on the basis of MEAT with the price element assessed using Mean Narrow Average. Details will be provided at ITT Stage.
Lot 4: Southern Area — Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon; Newry, Mourne and Down; North Down and Ards. NUTS: UKN03. Estimated value: 375 000 GBP per annum 1 500 000 GBP over 4 year maximum duration.Ground investigation works pursuant to this agreement will be administered using the NEC3 engineering and construction short contract conditions.
Works expected to be procured using this Framework Agreement are likely to include, but are not limited to, the following activities:
— procurement and management of specialists such as bore well contractors, specialist probing and geophysical surveying. The list above is only a short form description of the works. The contractor shall provide the works in accordance with the works information. The investigations may be for schemes associated with infrastructure development, buildings, structures, roads, railways, water supply, sewerage schemes and land contamination. CPD, in its capacity as a Central Purchasing Body, is administering this procurement on behalf of the Contracting Authority. The Contracting Authority expressly reserves the right
(ii) not to award any contract/Framework Agreement as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice or to cancel the procurement at any stage; and
(iii) to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition and in no circumstances will the Authority be liable for any costs incurred by economic operators or candidates. Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to contract award is accordingly at the sole risk of the economic operator or candidate participating in this procurement process. This project will be used to progress the Government’s wider social, economic and environmental objectives. Whilst it is the Central Purchasing Body's intention to deliver a reasonable number of investigations using this Framework Agreement, No business whatsoever is guaranteed under any resulting Framework Agreement or contract indeed there is no guarantee that any Framework Agreement or contract will be put in place in relation to this notice. No compensation etc. will be paid if a contract or Framework Agreement is withdrawn for any reason. Economic operators should take part in this process only on the basis that they fully understand and accept this position.
This procurement is governed by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and provides for economic operators who have suffered, or who risk suffering, loss, or damage, as a consequence of an alleged breach of the duty owed in accordance with Regulation 91 to start proceedings in the High Court. A standstill period will commence at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide 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. Any proceedings relating to any perceived non-compliance with the relevant law must be started within 30 days, beginning with the date when the economic operator first knew, or ought to have known that grounds for starting the proceedings had arisen. (A court may extend the time limit to 3 months, where the court considers that there is a good reason for doing so.


Winner: WYG Environment Planning Transport Ltd
Award value: 6000000
Number of bids: 3