Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-10-28
Buyer: University of Worcester
Country: UK
Region: Worcestershire
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 45000000: Construction work | 45200000: Building and civil engineering work | 45210000: Building construction work | 45211340 | 45211350
Estimated value: 200000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-12-05
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The University plans to establish a Framework Agreement made up of three contractors for the Major Construction Works Framework Agreement, and directly award a contract for the design and construction of a new student residence and mixed use campus: ‘University Court’.
University Court will be a mixed use development comprising of 1 500 student unit accommodation units including 10 ‘Y’ towers and townhouses as well as a student hub, lecturing and academic facilities at Oldbury Road, Worcester. It is presently proposed that the Framework will support the design and build of University Court which the University proposes will be constructed in two Project Phases. The University is also considering extending the scope of this framework to cover design and construction of the University's proposed new Severn Campus (it may or may not form part of the framework) and other future capital development projects above 5 000 000 GBP.
It is envisaged that there would be three contractors awarded a place on the framework, with the highest scoring bidder being immediately and directly awarded the contract for the two-stage design and build Project Phase 1.
The Framework will operate for a minimum of 36 months with the option to extend for a further 12 months up to the maximum 48 months in total.
Applicants do not need to contact the University to request to participate — simply register on our In-tend procurement portal and the invitation to tender documents are available for download, at:
A completed pre qualification questionnaire must be submitted on In-tend no later than 12:00, 5.12.2015.
The University reserves the right to cancel this procurement at any stage and not to award the contract.
University Court phase 1 Project Call-Off: It is intended that the first and immediate call-off contract (Pre-Construction Services Agreement for stage 1) for University Court Phase 1 will be awarded on or around June 2017 and will last for 5 months. It is currently envisaged that the call-off contract (JCT Design and Build 2011 with amendments for stage 2) for University Court Phase 1 will be awarded at successful completion of stage 2 in or around November 2017. Award of the stage 2 construction contract for University Court Phase 1 will be subject to success completion of stage 1 and the decision to proceed to stage 2 will be at the University's discretion and subject to all the terms of the Pre-Construction Services Agreement. The University reserves the right to compete the stage 2 contract at the end of stage 1 in the event that the University is not satisfied the contractor's 1st stage performance under the Pre-Construction Services Agreement. The University Court Phase 1 call-off contract will be a JCT 2011 Design & Build contract with amendments. The successful framework contractor will be expected to take novation of the design team. The estimated value of the University Court Phase 1 contract is 60 000 000 GBP. The University expects the successful framework contractor appointed to University Court Phase 1 to provide either or both a bond or parent company guarantee in the form prescribed by the University.
Legal forms: The University reserves the right to require groups of economic operators to take a particular legal form if awarded the contract or to require a single operator to take primary liability for a contract to be performed by a group of economic operators or to take joint and several liability irrespective of the legal form a group takes.
Right to cancel: The University reserves the right to discontinue this procurement at any time, which includes the right not to award the framework or any call-off contract, and does not bind itself to accept the most economically advantageous (or any other) tender, and reserves the right to award the contract in part or to call for new tenders should it consider necessary. The University shall not be liable for any costs or expenses incurred by any candidate or tenderer in connection with the completion and return of any information contained in this Contract Notice, or the completion and submission of any tender, irrespective of the outcome of the competition or if the competition is cancelled or postponed. All dates and time periods are provisional and the University reserves the right to change these. Candidates' attention is drawn to the full terms and conditions which are set out in the procurement documents; candidates are deemed to have read and accepted these by participating in the process in any way.
The University appraised the procurement options available and has decided to procure a multiparty framework and single PCSA/building contract as this represents the most cost effective option with the best potential for delivering major capital works under the framework including the University Court phase 1 project.
The University will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to all tenderers. That notification will provide information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will run for a minimum of 10 calendar days provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into. Part 3 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 provides aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the regulations to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland only). Any such action must be brought within the applicable limitation periods.

Eligibility requirements: See the procurement documentation for further details.

Award value: 200000000