Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-07-02
Buyer: CPD — Construction Division
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 71000000 | 71220000 | 71324000: Quantity surveying services | 71540000: Construction management services
Estimated value: 199000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-08-07
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: DE — 2282608 — Appointment of an Economic Operator Team (EOT) for Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School, Belfast — SEP2-9
The objective of this procurement is the provision of construction related professional services by a team of consultants and their supply chain, collectively referred to as the Integrated Consultant Team (ICT). The ICT will actively develop the employer's requirements, prepare the concept and developed design for proposed refurbishment, extension and associated works at Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School Belfast and shall provide professional services applicable to all RIBA Plan of Work 2013 Stage 1-7 including the procurement, appointment and management of the Contractor on behalf of the employer. The EO selected to proceed to Tender Stage will be required to name the members of their EOT at tender stage. The contract will be awarded to the ICT which has submitted the Most Economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT) based on the narrow average price scoring mechanism. For full description refer to invitation to tender, Document 3 of 4 — Scope of services
The objective of this procurement is the provision of construction related professional services by a team of consultants and their supply chain, collectively referred to as the Integrated Consultant Team (ICT). The ICT will actively develop the employer's requirements, prepare the concept and developed design for proposed refurbishment, extension and associated works at Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School Belfast and shall provide professional services applicable to all RIBA Plan of Work 2013 Stage 1-7 including the procurement, appointment and management of the contractor on behalf of the employer. The EO selected to proceed to tender stage will be required to name the members of their EOT at tender stage. The contract will be awarded to the ICT which has submitted the Most Economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT) based on the narrow average price scoring mechanism. For full description refer to invitation to tender, Document 3 of 4 — Scope of services.
In accordance with Regulation 65(3) of the Public Contract Regulations, 6 candidates will be invited. This offers adequate competition to ensure that the employer is assured value for money and that there is sufficient opportunity offered to tenderers. However, this limit also protects the industry from wasting valuable resources which are required to prepare the tender submission. The indicative timetable for the main stages of the procurement is as follows:
Award criteria is as set out in the instructions to tenderers document. Please refer to ITT Document 3 of 4 scope of services, for detailed description of the procurement.
In order for a consultant to be eligible to participate in this competition they must hold licenses, accreditations or certificates of specific categories and sectors as follows:
— chartered membership of the Association of Project Management (APM) in a construction related role,
Contractors/consultants are required to have registered verified status on Constructionline. Suppliers should have the minimum category value (of 105 000,00 GBP) in at least one of the Constructionline Categories specified below. Should verified status by a Construction Line member not be held by the consultant then a financial compliance check must be made of the consultant’s accounts and references through the Construction Line database for the work category they have offered. If the latest financial accounts and references are not up to date in accordance with the Construction Line registration and this has contributed to unverified status then the consultant will be rejected. If the economic operator is a consortium then the Lead Enterprise for the consortium must have a minimum category value of at least 40 % (42 000 GBP) and the sum of each members. Category values must be equal to or greater than the value specified.
In order for an economic operator to be eligible to participate in this competition the economic operator team must hold valid insurance to all the applicable values:
1) Public liability insurance with a minimum limit of indemnity not less than 10 000 000 GBP per incident;
2) Employer’s liability insurance (economic operator only) with a minimum limit of indemnity not less than 10 000 000 GBP per incident compliant with applicable statutory requirements. Professional indemnity insurance for all activities of a. professional nature including design liability with a limit of indemnity of not less than that specified in GBP for each and every claim (2 000 000 GBP).
The economic operator (or where the economic operator is a group of economic operators, all parties forming the group of economic operators) must provide at least one of the core disciplines listed below from within its own resources:
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 (NIPP) 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 administering this procurement on behalf of the Contracting Authority.

Eligibility requirements: In order for a consultant to be eligible to participate in this competition they must hold licenses, accreditations or certificates of specific categories and sectors as follows: Project manager: employees must have and maintain one of the following: — registration with the Architect’s Registration Board (ARB), — chartered membership of the Institute of Structural Engineers (IStructE), — chartered membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), — chartered membership of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), — chartered membership of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE), — chartered membership of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), — chartered membership of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), — chartered membership of the Association of Project Management (APM) in a construction related role, — chartered membership of the Institute of Architectural Technologists (CIAT), — chartered membership of the Institute of Building (CIOB), — chartered membership of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), — chartered membership of the Royal Society of Ulster Architects (RSUA), — equivalent professional body within your own jurisdiction. Architect: employees must have and maintain the following: — registration with the Architect’s Registration Board (ARB). Quantity surveyors: employees must have and maintain the following: — chartered membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), — equivalent professional body within your own jurisdiction.

Award value: 199000