Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-12-21
Buyer: Department for Communities, Community Regeneration and Housing
Country: UK
Region: Northern Ireland
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 71311200 | 71410000 | 71541000: Construction project management services
Estimated value: 500000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-01-25
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: This Term Contract is being let by Central Procurement Directorate on behalf of The Department for Communities, Community Regeneration and Housing Branch to obtain strategic planning, financial and legal advice to enable the Department to comply with all relevant policy requirements when considering its strategic objectives in relation to comprehensive development/regeneration opportunities.
Initial term contract period is for 2 years. Contract may be extended for a further 2 periods of 1 year, up to a maximum of 4 years.
The term contract period shall be for an initial 2 years with the option for 2, 1-year extensions at the employer's discretion at the tendered rates in price list.
If an economic operator fails to reach satisfactory levels of performance the economic operator may be issued with a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance. The issue of a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance will result in the economic operator being excluded from all procurement competitions being undertaken by Contracting Authorities on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Procurement Policy for a period of twelve months from the date of issue of the certificate. A list of these bodies can be viewed at: https://www.dfpni.gov.uk/articles/list-public-bodies-which-ni-public-procurement-policy-applies
CPD is assisting the Contracting Authority in conducting the procurement process for this commission, but for the avoidance of doubt, the contract will be entered into by the Contracting Authority and the successful tenderer. CPD is acting as a central purchasing body. The Authority expressly reserves the rights: (I). not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice or to cancel the procurement at any stage; (II) to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition;. (III) to award (a) contract(s) in respect of any part(s) of the services covered by this notice; and (IV) to award contract in stages and in no circumstances will the Authority be liable for any costs incurred by candidates. Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to contract award is accordingly at risk of the company participating in this procurement process. Economic Operators should be aware that up to the point the Contract becomes unconditional, all costs, charges and expenses are the Economic Operator's and the Contracting Authority will not reimburse any costs incurred prior to this stage. All discussions and correspondence shall be deemed strictly subject to contract until the Contract is entered into. The Contract shall not be binding until it has been signed and dated by duly authorised representatives of both the Department for Communities and the Economic Operator Team. All dates and time periods specified in the procurement documents are provisional only and the Contracting Authority reserves the right to change these. This project will be used to progress the Government's wider regeneration objectives and Programme for Government outcomes..
This procurement is governed by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and provides for economic operators who have suffered, or who risk suffering, loss, or damage, as a consequence of an alleged breach of the duty owed in accordance with Regulation 91 to start proceedings in the High Court. A standstill period will commence at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into. Any proceedings relating to any perceived non-compliance with the relevant law must be started within 30 days, beginning with the date when the economic operator first knew, or ought to have known that grounds for starting the proceedings had arisen. (A court may extend the time limit to 3 months, where the court considers that there is a good reason for doing so).

Eligibility requirements: As specified in the MOI Part B of the pre-qualification documents.

Award value: 500000