Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2018-10-24
Buyer: Transport Scotland
Country: UK
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Competitive dialogue
CPV classification: 45221111 | 45221220 | 45233100: Construction work for highways | 45233120: Road construction works | 45233124: Arterial road construction work
Estimated value: 61770849 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Design, construction, completion and maintenance of approx. 9,5 km of new A9 dual carriageway between Luncarty and Pass of Birnam, Perth and Kinross. The proposed cross section is a Dual 2 Lane All Purpose (D2AP) Trunk Road as described in the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges.
— environmental mitigation and a 5 year maintenance period for landscaping and defect rectification following completion. The successful tenderer will not be required to carry out cyclic maintenance.
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Transport Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Ministers has identified the requirement to appoint a suitably experienced economic operator (a “Contractor”) to design and build the A9 Dualling: Luncarty to Pass of Birnam located approximately 3,5 km north of Inveralmond Roundabout, Perth (the "Contract"). It is intended that the contract will include the design and construction of the works which will last approximately 2 years followed by a 5 year period of maintenance for landscaping and defect rectification.
Transport Scotland will manage the proposed procurement process for the A9 Dualling: Luncarty to Pass of Birnam contract on behalf of the Scottish Ministers. In the event of the contract award, the Contract will be entered into between the Scottish Ministers and the successful tenderer.
The contract terms and conditions will be based upon Transport Scotland's bespoke design and build contract. Each selected economic operator shall be invited to submit a tender on the same contract terms.
The contractor will be procured through a competitive tender procedure, in accordance with the competitive dialogue procedure as provided for in the public contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. Due to project complexity, the contract requires to be performed by a single contractor and as such shall not be divided into lots.
To be considered for this contract economic operators are required to complete the European Single Procurement Document (ESPD) in accordance with this contract Notice. Economic operators shall be evaluated in accordance with the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015, on the basis of information they have provided within the ESPD.
The ESPD can be downloaded via the Public Contracts Scotland portal (www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk).
— design and construction of online widening to the existing A9 trunk road to upgrade to rural dual carriageway (D2AP) standard,
— design and construction of associated structures including overbridges, retaining walls, culvert extensions and underbridge extensions,
— design and construction of new side roads and access roads associated with the widening of the existing A9 trunk road,
— stopping up of existing direct accesses and alternative provision made with alternative new means of access,
Further details pertaining to the technical details of this requirement are contained within the supplementary information document, which can be accessed via the Public Contracts Scotland portal www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.
It is the intention that the project will operate a mandatory Project Bank Account (PBA), a project specific account ring fenced with effective trust status, for payment of the contractor and his supply chain. The account shall be opened by the Scottish Ministers with The Royal Bank of Scotland under the Banking Services Framework defined at


Winner: Balfour Beatty
Award value: 61770849
Number of bids: 4