Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-12-16
Buyer: University Of Edinburgh
Country: UK
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 45210000: Building construction work
Estimated value: 4500000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-01-31
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Refurbishment and Extension of The Old Kirk Church on Holyrood Road offer the opportunity to create a Cross College PG Student Centre. The building has been designed to be a flexible, multi-purpose space allowing PG students to book the space for events, conferences and group study.
The Centre will include areas for formal and informal study, allowing students from the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (CAHSS), College of Science and Engineering (CSE) and College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine (CMVM) to meet, collaborate and study in an environment that doesn’t presently exist.
The University of Edinburgh is seeking a Main Contractor to undertake the refurbishment and extension of the Old Kirk on Holyrood Road to create a new Postgraduate Study Centre.
This procedure will be conducted via the Public Contracts Scotland-Tender (PCS-T) Portal. All queries must be made via the PCS-T messaging system. For further instructions, please refer to the ESPD Guidance document attached to this project in PCS-T.
Stage 1 - Pre-Qualification via the ESPD. The ESPD asks bidders general questions; when completing, bidders must have regard for the statements in this notice that detail specific requirements.
a) Pass the Minimum Standards in ESPD Sections 4A, 4B, and 4D in the PCS-T Qualification envelope. Statements for these questions can be found in Sections III.1.1, III.1.2, and III.1.3 of this notice.
b) Complete the scored ESPD Section 4C (Technical and Professional ability) found in the PCS-T Technical envelope. Statements for these questions can be found in Section III.1.3 of this Notice.
Section 4C will be scored as per the scoring methodology detailed below. The six highest scoring bidders, who score 50 percent and above, will be invited to submit a tender.
Stage 2 - Invitation to Tender (ITT) and submission of shortlisted bidder tender returns. These must be received no later than the date and time detailed within the ITT documentation.
0 – Unacceptable. Nil or inadequate response. Fails to demonstrate previous experience/capacity/capability relevant to this criterion.
1 – Poor; Response is partially relevant but generally poor. The response shows some elements of relevance to the criterion but contains insufficient/limited detail or explanation to demonstrate previous relevant experience/capacity/capability.
2 – Acceptable; Response is relevant and acceptable. The response demonstrates broad previous experience, knowledge and skills/capacity/capability but may lack in some aspects of similarity e.g. previous experience, knowledge or skills may not be of a similar nature.
3 – Good; Response is relevant and good. The response is sufficiently detailed to demonstrate a good amount of experience, knowledge or skills/capacity/capability relevant to providing similar services to similar clients.
4 – Excellent; Response is completely relevant and excellent overall. The response is comprehensive, unambiguous and demonstrates thorough experience, knowledge or skills/capacity/capability relevant to providing similar services to similar clients.
4C.1.2 Bidders are required to provide three relevant examples of works construction projects that your organisation has been the Main Contractor for in the past five years (75 percent)


Award value: 4500000