Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-11-27
Buyer: Department for Infrastructure Rivers
Country: UK
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 45200000: Building and civil engineering work | 45240000: Construction work for water projects | 45262211
Estimated value: 6500000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2021-04-01
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Roboty budowlane w zakresie wznoszenia kompletnych obiektów budowlanych lub ich części oraz roboty w zakresie inżynierii lądowej i wodnej
The project is for the provision of Shimna Flood Alleviation Scheme. The Economic Operator Team (EOT) will complete the construction of a fluvial flood defence in Newcastle, with an envisaged construction period of 12 months. The flood defence extends both upstream and downstream from New Bridge on the Bryansford Road and is approximately a total length of 1.45 km comprising a combination of sheet pile flood walls (approx. 0.45 km), secant pile flood walls (approx 0.89 km) and piled earth embankments (approx. 0.11 km). The EOT will be responsible for the final detailed design of the secant piles and sheet piles. Additionally, the works include the demolition of a number of property boundary walls and fences, the relocation of a drainage ditch, construction of new pathways, wall cladding, a retaining wall, back drainage, landscaping, the erection of a flood gate and River works to memorandum of information part B The EOT will also be responsible for landowner and stakeholder consultations ensuring necessary permissions, licences, permits, consents and approvals.
The project is for the provision of Shimna Flood Alleviation Scheme. The Economic Operator Team (EOT) will complete the construction of a fluvial flood defence in Newcastle, with an envisaged construction period of 12 months. The flood defence extends both upstream and downstream from New Bridge on the Bryansford Road and is approximately a total length of 1.45 km comprising a combination of sheet pile flood walls (approx. 0.45 km), secant pile flood walls (approx 0.89 km) and piled earth embankments (approx. 0.11 km). The EOT will be responsible for the final detailed design of the secant piles and sheet piles. Additionally, the works include the demolition of a number of property boundary walls and fences, the Relocation of a drainage ditch, construction of new pathways, wall cladding, a retaining wall, back drainage, landscaping, the erection of a flood gate and River works to memorandum of information Part B The EOT will also be responsible for landowner and stakeholder consultations ensuring necessary permissions, licences, permits, consents and approvals.
Refer to PQQ documents given the confidential nature of documentation contained within the tender pack, shortlisted economic operators will be required to sign a non-disclosure agreement prior to release of the tender documents. Refer to PQQ documentation for non-disclosure agreement. Please note also that the tender documents will be digitally controlled with licensing provided by the employer for access and use of the. documentation. The tender documents will contain unique features specific to each tenderer to allow tracing of document history.
The economic operators’ performance on this contract will be regularly monitored. As part of its contract management procedures, the contracting authority will use the protocol for managing poor supplier performance contained in Procurement Guidance Note PGN 01/12 — Contract management principles and procedures: https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/publications/procurement-guidance-note-0112-contract-management-principles-and-procedures
If an economic operator has received more than one current notice of written warning or a notice of unsatisfactory performance, the contracting authority, at its discretion, can consider an economic operator’s exclusion from future procurements, being undertaken on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Public Procurement Policy (NIPP), for a minimum period of 12 months or 3 years respectively. A list of bodies subject to Northern Ireland Public Procurement Policy can be viewed at: https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/articles/list-public-bodies-which-ni-public-procurement-policy-applies
CPD, in its capacity as a central purchasing body, is managing this procurement procedure on behalf of the contracting authority which is The Department for Infrastructure. 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. 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.
CPD will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day Standstill Period following. electronic notification (minimum of 15 calendar days for any other means of communication) to unsuccessful applicants of the award. decision.

Eligibility requirements: Refer to PQQ documents.

Award value: 6500000