Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-10-04
Buyer: Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
Country: UK
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 45210000: Building construction work
Estimated value: 90000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-11-12
Award criteria: Lowest price

Technical requirements: The contracting authority is seeking to appoint up to 8 No economic operators to a framework, under which the contracting authority may enter into NEC4 term service short contracts for the provision of building maintenance and minor building works, for a term of 4 years. The framework will be divided into 4 lots, that is, successful economic operators will be allocated to a particular geographical lot. The call-off contracts will incorporate, building, joinery, civil engineering, roofing, flooring, windows, painting, glazing works and other related specialist works. Minor works may comprise projects, new buildings, extensions to existing buildings, conversion/refurbishment of existing buildings. The contracting authority shall appoint separate NEC4 Term Service Short contracts with electrical, mechanical and asbestos removal economic operators.
Economic operators may be awarded framework agreements for up to 2 No Lots or 1 No Lot and 1 No Reserve or 2 No Reserves, based on their ranking for each lot and, if applicable, the economic operators order of preference.
Should there be insufficient compliant submissions received the contracting authority reserves the right to award further lots or reserves, to an economic operator.
The contracting authority is seeking to appoint up to 8 No economic operators to a framework, under which the contracting authority may enter into NEC4 Term Service Short Contracts for the provision of building maintenance and minor building works, for a term of 4 years. The framework will be divided into 4 lots, that is, successful economic operators will be allocated to a particular geographical lot. The call-off Contracts will incorporate, building, joinery, civil engineering, roofing, flooring, windows, painting, glazing works and other related specialist works. Minor works may comprise projects, new buildings, extensions to existing buildings, conversion/refurbishment of existing buildings. The contracting authority shall appoint separate NEC4 Term Service Short Contracts with electrical, mechanical and asbestos removal economic operators.
— the information as to economic and financial standing and who achieve the highest scores in the technical or professional ability evaluation process will be short-listed and invited to submit tenders. Where there is a tie for 12
The contracting authority is seeking to appoint up to 8 No economic operators to a framework, under which the contracting authority may enter into NEC4 Term Service Short Contracts for the provision of building maintenance and minor building works, for a term of 4 years. The framework will be divided into 4 lots, that is, successful economic operators will be allocated to a particular geographical lot. The call-off contracts will incorporate, building, joinery, civil engineering, roofing, flooring, windows, painting, glazing works and other related specialist works. Minor works may comprise projects, new buildings, extensions to existing buildings, conversion/refurbishment of existing buildings. The contracting authority shall appoint separate NEC4 Term Service Short Contracts with electrical, mechanical and asbestos removal economic operators.
— the information as to economic and financial standing and who achieve the highest scores in the technical or professional ability evaluation process will be short-listed and invited to submit tenders. Where there is a tie for 12
The contracting authority is seeking to appoint up to 8 No economic operators to a framework, under which the contracting authority may enter into NEC4 Term Service Short Contracts for the provision of building maintenance and minor building works, for a term of 4 years. The framework will be divided into 4 lots, that is, successful economic operators will be allocated to a particular geographical lot. The call-off contracts will incorporate, building, joinery, civil engineering, roofing, flooring, windows, painting, glazing works and other related specialist works. Minor works may comprise projects, new buildings, extensions to existing buildings, conversion/refurbishment of existing buildings. The contracting authority shall appoint separate NEC4 term service short contracts with electrical, mechanical and asbestos removal economic operators.
— the information as to economic and financial standing and who achieve the highest scores in the technical or professional ability evaluation process will be short-listed and invited to submit tenders. Where there is a tie for 12
The contracting authority is seeking to appoint up to 8 No economic operators to a framework, under which the contracting authority may enter into NEC4 Term Service Short Contracts for the provision of building maintenance and minor building works, for a term of 4 years. The framework will be divided into 4 lots, that is, successful economic operators will be allocated to a particular geographical lot. The call-off contracts will incorporate, building, joinery, civil engineering, roofing, flooring, windows, painting, glazing works and other related specialist works. Minor works may comprise projects, new buildings, extensions to existing buildings, conversion/refurbishment of existing buildings. The contracting authority shall appoint separate NEC4 Term Service Short Contracts with electrical, mechanical and asbestos removal economic operators.
— the information as to economic and financial standing and who achieve the highest scores in the technical or professional ability evaluation process will be short-listed and invited to submit tenders. Where there is a tie for 12
The Economic Operators’ (EO) performance will be regularly monitored. As part of its contract management procedures, the Contracting Authority (CA) 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 EO has received more than 1 current notice of written warning or a notice of unsatisfactory performance, the CA, 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 Northern Ireland Public Procurement Policy can be viewed at: https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/articles/list-public-bodies-which-ni-public-procurement-policy-applies
CPD is assisting the contracting authority, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, in conducting the procurement process for this requirement, but for the avoidance of doubt, the framework agreement will be entered into by the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust and the successful tenderers. CPD is administering this procurement on behalf of the contracting authority. The contracting authority expressly reserves the right:
(i) not to conclude any framework agreement as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice or to cancel the procurement at any stage; and


Award value: 90000000