Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-04-06
Buyer: University of Leeds
Country: UK
Region: Leeds
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 45000000: Construction work | 45210000: Building construction work | 45214400 | 45214600 | 45214610
Estimated value: 29000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-05-03
Award criteria: ITT Stage 1: Quality, ITT Stage 1: Cost, ITT Stage 2: Cost, ITT Stage 2: Quality

Technical requirements: ITT Stage 1: Quality
ITT Stage 1: Cost
ITT Stage 2: Cost
ITT Stage 2: Quality
The University of Leeds is undertaking a procurement exercise to appoint a Principal Contractor to deliver a circa 9 500-10 000 m² major new build construction project on the south east corner of the main campus off Woodhouse Lane in Leeds, West Yorkshire. It is intended to award a single Works Contract to a single main contractor in late 2016 for the build of the University Innovation and Enterprise Centre (UIEC).
The UIEC is a vital part of the University campus development master plan, forming a new gateway for business to engage with the University in developing new research programmes and innovation.
— rentable space — high quality competitively priced and professionally serviced office and/or lab space,
— collaboration space — brand new purpose designed innovation facility containing extensive communal and bookable space in which to chat over coffee or lunch, (hot desk for collaboration space users), network, share information, generate ideas, meet privately and hold seminars.
Relationship management — easy access to a huge range of experts, equipment and other support including finance/funding facilitated by an experienced innovation development team.
The proposals for this new build dedicated and purpose designed UIEC include concept designs for incubation laboratories and offices, university innovation staff space, collaboration space, lecture theatre and cafe together with landscape proposals for the adjacent space.
The Contract Form is intended to be NEC3 Option A and the University of Leeds standard suite of amendments is to be released with this Contract Notice.
In the event of a group of Contractors submitting an acceptable offer, it will be necessary for each member of the group to sign an undertaking that each company or firm in the group will be jointly and severably responsible for the due performance of the contract.
A fixed ex-gratia payment shall be made to the unsuccessful Supplier following completion of the final tender stage (or such later stage as shall have been deemed necessary by the University to enable it to make a final award decision). Further information is provided in the ‘Pre-Qualification Instructions’ document.
With the successful bidder the Contract Form is intended to be NEC3 Option A full design and build and the University of Leeds standard suite of amends is to be released with this Contract Notice.
A higher number of candidates will be reduced down to a maximum of 5 on the scoring matrices provided with the ‘Pre-Qualification Instructions’ document and PQQ.

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