Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-08-17
Buyer: University of Leeds
Country: UK
Region: UNITED KINGDOM
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 45000000: Construction work | 45100000: Site preparation work | 45200000: Building and civil engineering work | 45214000: Construction work for education buildings | 45214400
Estimated value: 60000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-09-23
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The University of Leeds is seeking the appointment of a principal contractor to deliver the North East Quarter Development (NEQ).
The NEQ project is the development of the North Eastern Quarter of the University campus to create a new multi-disciplinary teaching and research facility linking activities in the Physical Sciences with the Faculty of Engineering. This involves the relocation of Computing, Physics and Astronomy together with the construction of a Bragg Centre for Materials and Imaging into 1 building, whilst providing space for innovation / incubation activities. The Schools are currently located in the EC Stoner building and the ‘Physics Research Deck’.
The NEQ development consists of 3 elements that come together to form 1 6-storey building that encompasses the schools of Physics and Computer Science together with the research facility of the Bragg department. These elements are the 3 storey Grade II listed Old Mining building, a 5 storey atrium and the 6 storey new build flexible laboratory block. The elements above are in sequence leading from Woodhouse Lane stepping back towards St George's Field. The new accommodation will provide exemplary facilities for 21
The new development also improves the proximity of the Schools to each other: at the moment Computing is located at a distance from the remaining Engineering Schools, whilst Physics and Astronomy is located at a distance from Chemistry as well as potential Engineering partners. Existing Clean Room facilities, supporting activity recognised through recent external prizes and awards, are also approaching the end of their planned lifespan and in 5 years' time they will likely need to be replaced at a higher specification (to reflect advances in the equipment that they are designed to house).
The site is located at the North East perimeter of the campus. It is bounded by Woodhouse Lane and the Old Mining building to the East, School of Chemistry to the South, School of Electrical Engineering to the North and St George's Field to the West.
The multi-disciplinary research and teaching facility will provide a new gateway to the Northern part of the University of Leeds campus.
The University's aspirations for the building is to provide a state of the art facility constructed to a high standard with high quality materials with the flexibility to meet the research requirements for the next 30 years.
The main body of the RIBA Stage 2 Report and RIBA Stage 2+ Addendum Report will be released with this Contract Notice and this illustrates that the NEQ project is very complex and varied in its requirements. A primary objective of the NEQ project is to provide a development which does not compromise on quality in realising the design requirements and complexities of the scheme.
In the event of a group of Contractors submitting an acceptable offer, it will be necessary for each member of the group to sign an undertaking that each company or firm in the group will be jointly and severably responsible for the due performance of the contract.
A minimum financial threshold applies to this contract of 120 000 000 GBP per annum in respect of 2 of the last 3 financial years.
Where the Supplier is unable to evidence a total turnover of at least 120 000 000 GBP in at least 2 of the last 3 financial years, the University may consider alternative mechanisms proposed by the Supplier (such as bank guarantees or parent company guarantees) in order address financial risk.
If such proposals satisfactorily address the University's financial risk exposure, the University may (at its sole discretion), award a ‘pass’ in respect of this element of the PQQ assessment.
A higher number of candidates will be reduced down to a maximum of 5 on the scoring matrices provided with the ‘Pre-Qualification Instructions’ document and PQQ.
The University will appoint the contractor using the Competitive Procedure with Negotiation in accordance with Regulation 29 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the ‘Regulations’).
The detailed selection and evaluation criteria for ITT Stage 1 will be provided within the ITT Stage 1 documentation and will be based on Cost and Quality in the ratio of 30:70.

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As set out in the ‘Pre-Qualification Instructions’ document and PQQ. A minimum financial threshold applies to this contract of 120 000 000 GBP per annum in respect of 2 of the last 3 financial years. Where the Supplier is unable to evidence a total turnover of at least 120 000 000 GBP in at least 2 of the last 3 financial years, the University may consider alternative mechanisms proposed by the Supplier (such as bank guarantees or parent company guarantees) in order address financial risk. If such proposals satisfactorily address the University's financial risk exposure, the University may (at its sole discretion), award a ‘pass’ in respect of this element of the PQQ assessment. As set out in the ‘Pre-Qualification Instructions’ document and PQQ.
As set out in the ‘Pre-Qualification Instructions’ document and PQQ. A minimum financial threshold applies to this contract of 120 000 000 GBP per annum in respect of 2 of the last 3 financial years. Where the Supplier is unable to evidence a total turnover of at least 120 000 000 GBP in at least 2 of the last 3 financial years, the University may consider alternative mechanisms proposed by the Supplier (such as bank guarantees or parent company guarantees) in order address financial risk. If such proposals satisfactorily address the University's financial risk exposure, the University may (at its sole discretion), award a ‘pass’ in respect of this element of the PQQ assessment.
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