Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-12-24
Buyer: Brighton and Hove City Council
Country: UK
Region: Brighton and Hove
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 45000000: Construction work | 45100000: Site preparation work | 45110000 | 45120000 | 45200000: Building and civil engineering work
Estimated value: 150000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-02-01
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Council invites bidders to respond to this opportunity for the procurement of a framework agreement for a new Strategic Construction Partnership (SCP) comprising four ‘lots’ including: 1) a Constructor; 2) Consultant Quantity Surveyor; 3) Consultant Health and Safety Advisor; and 4) Consultant Structural Engineer; for a term of 5 years with the option to extend for a further 2 years subject to satisfactory performance. Each Lot will be awarded to a single operator.
It is estimated that the value of work which could potentially be undertaken by the Strategic Construction Partnership over the potential seven year period might be somewhere in the region of GBP 100 — GBP 150 000 000. In addition these works would attract professional fees in the order of 8-11 %.
The successful Constructor will be responsible for the construction of all projects within the partnership and will be expected to to give early advice on such things as build ability, site set-up and other associated activities to enable the successful completion of each scheme. The Constructor will be expected to be an integral member of the partnering team.
The Quantity Surveyor will be responsible for all necessary cost input activities from inception to completion of projects in relation to feasibility estimates, valuations, final accounts and other financial related activities to enable successful completion of projects. The Quantity Surveyor will be expected to be an integral member of the partnering team.
The fees to be paid to the consultants in Lot 2 will be based on the above total project values and will be banded according to the value of each project as follows:
The Health and Safety Advisor will be responsible for carrying out all the required duties as necessary for projects within the partnership to ensure they and the design team, comply with the current Construction and Design Management Regulations. The Health and Safety Advisor will be expected to be an integral member of the partnering team.
The fees to be paid to the consultants in Lots 3 will be based on the above total project values and will be banded according to the value of each project as follows:
The Structural Engineer will responsible for all necessary design input from inception to completion of projects in relation to structure, civils, drainage and associated work to enable successful completion of projects. The Structural Engineer will be expected to be an integral member of the partnering team.
The fees to be paid to the consultants in Lots 4, will be based on the above total project values and will be banded according to the value of each project as follows:
If the bidder does not have, or does not indicate willingness to obtain, the required insurance levels detailed below, the Council has the right to reject the submission.
All projects undertaken within the Strategic Construction Partnership shall be registered under the Considerate Constructor Scheme
Registered Members of the Association for Project Safety (RMaPS) and Member of the Institute of Health and Safety (IOSH)
Registered members of Institute of Civil Engineers (ICE) and Institute of Structural Engineers (ISE).
It should be noted that although the Council is required to set an overall value for the works that could potentially be undertaken by the Strategic Construction Partnership, there is no commitment for the Council to undertake works to this value and each project will be subject to the usual approval process by each Client Department or Client Organisation.
The Partnership will be available for use by external public sector bodies/organisations in Sussex and Surrey, e.g. Adur and Worthing Council; West Sussex County Council; East Sussex County Council; Surrey County Council; Brighton and Hove City Council; and the Brighton & Hove Clinical Commissioning group (CCG) if they wish. It is anticipated that the work on the partnership will largely occur within the County boundaries of West and East Sussex with the potential to operate within the Surrey County boundary. Any external public sector bodies/organisations wishing to use the framework will need to complete an Access Agreement.

Eligibility requirements: If the bidder does not have, or does not indicate willingness to obtain, the required insurance levels detailed below, the Council has the right to reject the submission. The minimum insurance covers required for this contract by the Council are: a) Public Liability GBP 10,000,000 b) Employers Liability GBP 10,000,000 c) Professional indemnity GBP 2,000,000 In addtion Lot specific qualifications are detailed below: Lot 1 — Constructor Registered and compliant under either the CHAS or SAFEcontractor scheme. All projects undertaken within the Strategic Construction Partnership shall be registered under the Considerate Constructor Scheme Lot 2 — Quantity Surveyor Registered members of Royal Institute Of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Lot 3 — Health and Safety Advisor Registered Members of the Association for Project Safety (RMaPS) and Member of the Institute of Health and Safety (IOSH) Lot 4 — Structural Engineer Registered members of Institute of Civil Engineers (ICE) and Institute of Structural Engineers (ISE).

Award value: 150000000