Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2020-01-17
Buyer: North Ayrshire Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Works
CPV classification: 45210000: Building construction work | 45214000: Construction work for education buildings | 45214200 | 45400000 | 45450000
Estimated value: 8650000 GBP

Technical requirements: It is anticipated that this will be advertised early March 2020 as an open tender on the Public Contracts Scotland National Advertising Portal and all appropriate compliant channels. The procurement exercise will be carried out via the PCS-Tender E-tendering system.
North Ayrshire Council would welcome notes of interest at this stage. Please note, you will still be able to submit a tender for this procurement exercise without having to note your interest at this stage.
We would request that only parties genuinely interested in pricing these works express an interest. If you have the relevant experience and capacity to carry out this project within the required timeline please email Al Foster at procurement@north-ayrshire.gov.uk to note your interest by 12.2.2020.
North Ayrshire Council requires a new build Primary School including a Nursery which will be built on the site of the old Glengarnock Academy in Kilbirnie. This will be a replacement for the current Moorpark Primary School.
The contract duration will be 65 weeks construction period and expected contract start date is August 2020.
The construction of a predominately single storey new build primary school and nursery (approx. total area 3 000 m
The works include groundworks, glulam timber frame, cross laminated timber structure, structural timber walls, brickwork, roof and wall cladding, joiner work, wall finishes, floor finishes, suspended ceilings, fixed furniture, decoration, siphonic roof drainage, plumbing, mechanical and electrical installations together with associated site works, underground drainage and external services.
It is essential that the contractor has the relevant experience which is relevant to this procurement exercise in size, scale and scope. The anticipated minimum requirements are as follows:
(Please note, these are anticipated minimum requirements that may be subject to change prior to the tender exercise and is not limited to):
— bidders must be enrolled in the relevant professional or trade registers kept in the Member State of its establishment (as described in Schedule 5 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015),
— bidders will be required to have a minimum ‘general’ yearly turnover of 13 840 000 GBP for the last 3 years,
— bidders will be required to have a minimum yearly turnover of 13 840 000 GBP for the last 3 years in the business area covered by the contract,
— where turnover information is not available for the time period requested, the bidder will be required to state the date which they were set up/started trading,
— bidders will be required to provide 2 examples of works carried out in the past 5 years that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the works. The works must be of a similar value, size and scope,
— bidders will be required to provide 2 satisfactory references for 2 different works contracts. References must be for the same 2 experience examples used,


Award value: 8650000