Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2016-06-10
Buyer: Department of Education
Country: UK
Region: West and South of Northern Ireland
Contract type: Works
CPV classification: 45210000: Building construction work | 45214000: Construction work for education buildings | 45214220 | 45220000 | 45310000
Estimated value: 100000000 GBP

Technical requirements: The Department of Education (DE), the Contracting Authority, is delivering Strule Shared Education Campus (SSEC). This is a landmark project providing a bespoke state of the art facility to deliver post-primary school education in Omagh, Northern Ireland.
The SSEC Programme involves the relocation of 5 post-primary schools and Arvalee special school in Omagh onto 1 purpose built campus site with shared facilities incorporating sports, the arts, media, home economics, design and technology. The SSEC is located on the former Lisanelly Barracks, Omagh, Northern Ireland.
This phase will entail the relocation of the 5 post-primary schools onto the campus, the provision of sports/leisure facilities including playing pitches, the provision of a shared educational centre and other associated facilities, site wide infrastructure, landscaping and general site development works over c.140 acres.
This PIN is not a call for competition. However, to assist the Contracting Authority in assessing market interest in the Main Building Works package, Economic Operators are asked to complete a questionnaire which is available from the contact point identified in Annex A. The response to the questionnaire will be used for information only and will not form part of any pre qualification or tender stage. The questionnaire is available on eTendersNI for DE — Strule Shared Education Campus Main Building Works Market Consultation Questionnaire (CPDC-125).
The economic operator should note that the contract conditions will include a requirement to utilise a Project Bank Account (PBA). The economic operator may be required to execute a trust deed for the operation of the PBA.
The PBA will be provided by either the Employer or the Economic Operator and is to be used to make payments by the Employer to the Economic Operator and to at least 1
The economic operator will be required to make payments to all specified subcontractors named in the PQQ through the PBA.
The proposed Contract will be used to deliver Government's wider Social, Economic and Environmental objectives including the provision of opportunities for new entrant trainees including the unemployed, apprentices, etc. in-line with Government's Buy Social policies. See: http://www.buysocialni.org/
A Market Consultation Questionnaire has been issued on eTendersNI along with this PIN Notice. If you wish to provide feedback, please complete and return the questionnaire as detailed in Section 3 Return Details for DE — Strule Shared Education Campus Main Building Works Market Consultation Questionnaire (CPDC-125) on eTendersNI.
(I) Not to award any contract as a result of a procurement process related to this notice or to cancel a related procurement at any stage;
(II) To make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition;
(III) To award (a) contract(s) in respect of any part(s) of the (Services) covered by this notice; and
And in no circumstances will the Authority be liable for any costs incurred by candidates. Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to contract award is accordingly at risk of the company participating in this procurement process.