Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2016-06-25
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, DIO, Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO)
Country: UK
Region: EXTRA-REGIO
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 22314000 | 45244000: Marine construction works
Estimated value: 19000000 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Mare Harbour Roll On Roll Off (Ro-Ro) Facility Upgrade and Refurbishment at the East Cove Military Port, Falkland Islands.
Designs. Marine construction works. Designs. Marine construction works. Ferry terminal building construction work. To undertake all design and build tasks associated with upgrade and refurbishment of the Mare Harbour Ro-Ro Facility for continued use by the Falklands Island Re-Supply Ships (FIRS) Point Class vessels detailed below:
— To provide Mare Harbour Falkland Islands with a RO-RO facility suitable to cater for berthing, mooring and offloading of the FIRS Point Class vessels.
— To provide Mare Harbour Falkland Islands with a facility that is capable of supporting Small Boat Operations.
In order to meet these Requirements, the Works to be executed under this Contract shall include, but not be limited to, the design, construction, installation, testing, commissioning and remedying of defects of the following items:
— Provision of a quay structure to act as a berthing face for the safe berthing of the FIRS Point Class RO-RO vessels;
— Provision of pedestrian access gangways between the existing T-head jetty, the mooring points and the berthing face;
— Cathodic protection to all existing sheet piled structures (including the T-head jetty), where these are retained for use in the facility;
— Provision of a new small boats jetty comprising a pontoon on piled moorings and a link-span, to support small boat operations;
The design must consider the significant logistical and environmental constraints which are present at operational ports. The requirement is for a 25 year design life for all elements of this project. All designs are to comply with relevant EU, UK and FI legislation.
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Advertising Regime OJEU: This contract opportunity is published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU), the MoD Defence Contracts Bulletin and www.contracts.mod.uk GO Reference: GO-2016621-DCB-8390212.