Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-08-24
Buyer: West Dunbartonshire Council
Country: UK
Region: East Dunbartonshire, West Dunbartonshire and Helensburgh & Lomond
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 45000000: Construction work | 45200000: Building and civil engineering work | 45210000: Building construction work | 45211100 | 45211300
Estimated value: 4000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-10-04
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The project is to deliver a new build development located within Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire. Consisting of 40 units, comprising 27 nr flats, 8 nr town houses and 4 nr terrace houses and 1 nr fully accessible wheelchair bungalow. Construction will involve concrete foundations, a Contractor Designed timber kit closed panel system, with factory fitted doors and windows, brickwork external walls, gas fired combi boiler, pipework and radiators, standard kitchen fitments, standard sanitary fittings and all associated external works. The units and development must comply with Secure by Design, and achieve a sustainability label: Silver.
Consisting of 40 units, comprising 27 nr flats, 8 nr town houses and 4 nr terrace houses and 1 nr fully accessible wheelchair bungalow. Construction will involve concrete foundations, a Contractor Designed timber kit closed panel system, with factory fitted doors and windows, brickwork external walls, gas fired combi boiler, pipework and radiators, standard kitchen fitments, standard sanitary fittings and all associated external works. The units and development must comply with Secure by Design, and achieve a sustainability label: Silver.
Contractor Appointment is expected in mid-October 2016. Commencement on-site expected November 2016 with a construction period of 56 weeks.
The project is expected to realise some Community Benefits through the construction phase including delivering training opportunities.
The National Federation of Builders or their member state equivalent and relevant professional or trade register in which they are established.
4B.1 and 4B.2 Turnover — supplier must demonstrate and annual turnover for each of the 2 previous years of greater than 2 times the value of contract on offer est. 8 000 000 GBP;
4B.4 Ratios — a Pass in any 2 of the 3 ratios as an overall Pass for Economic and Financial standing.
— (Ratio 1) Acid Test — (Current Assets-stock)/Current Liabilities. To pass the Acid Test Ratio question the bidder must have a score of greater than 1;
— (Ratio 2) Return on Capital Employed % — Profit/Capital employed. To pass this question the Council require the bidder to score a positive figure/Percentage;
— (Ratio 3) Current Ratio — Current Assets/Liabilities. To pass this question the Council require the bidder to achieve a score of greater than 1.
WDC will use template WD09 — WDC Financial Vetting Questionnaire v1.0, it is recommended that candidates review their own ratio scores in advance of submitting their tender. In the event that a firm does not meet the financial criteria for consideration but has a parent company that does, the firm may still be eligible for consideration where their Tender Submission is supported by a Parent Company Guarantee WD04 — Parent Company Guarantee refers. Should after review of the financial evaluation of tenderer fail, then the tender submission may be rejected.
Q4B.5.1 — It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the insurance levels listed below.
These question will be scored in-line with “Evaluation Methodology” as detailed in WD01 however a minimum “pass” threshold of 2 acceptable (50 %) must be achieved or the tenderer will have failed to meet the Councils requirements and therefore will not progress to stage 2 “award criteria" (Technical and Commercial envelopes).
With reference to ESPD question 4C.1, bidders will be required to provide 4 examples that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the new house build works as described in part II.2.4) of this Contract Notice or the relevant section of the Site Notice.
These examples will be for new house builds for social rented housing sector, which may include local authorities, housing association or social landlords.

Eligibility requirements: ESPD 4A.1 bidders should demonstrate registration with any of the following: Members of the Scottish Building Federation, The Scottish House Builders Association, The National Federation of Builders or their member state equivalent and relevant professional or trade register in which they are established.

Award value: 4000000