Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-07-26
Buyer: MRDE Limited and Bedford Street Development Limited BSDL
Country: UK
Region: NORTHERN IRELAND
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 42933000 | 55520000 | 71334000 | 72253000: Helpdesk and support services | 72253100: System support services
Estimated value: 45000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-09-21
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: MRDE Limited and Bedford Street Developments Limited (BSDL) — Contract for the Provision of Integrated Facilities Management Services for Invest NI Headquarters.
Initial Contract Period is for 8 years from 1.2.2017 to 31.1.2025, with the options to extend for 2 periods of 3 years each.
The Site Visit will be held on Monday 1.8.2016 starting at 10:00. To register for site visits please follow the instructions within the tender documents titled Instructions to Tenders.
SC2 Insurances. Tenderers must confirm that they have or will have the required levels of insurance listed below: a minimum of 10 000 000 GBP Employers Liability Insurance; a minimum of 25 000 000 GBP Public Liability Insurance; a minimum of 1 000 000 GBP professional indemnity insurance; a minimum of 150 000 GBP Loss of Keys Insurance. This insurance should also include cover for consequential loss. The highest ranking tenderer will be required to demonstrate they have the required level of insurances before the Authority proceeds to the Intention to Award stage. CPD reserves the right to move to the next ranked tenderer if the highest scoring tenderer cannot provide proof of insurances within 3 days from the request for the information.
Quality Standard. Tenderers must confirm their services are accredited to BS EN ISO9001: 2008 Quality Management System (QMS) and BS EN ISO14001:2004 (Environmental Management) or equivalent external accreditation. These Systems must be capable of self and third party audit. All certificates must be valid on the closing date of the competition. The highest ranking tenderer will be required to demonstrate that they have the quality standard before the Authority proceeds to the Intention to Award stage. CPD reserves the right to move to the next ranked tenderer if the highest ranking tenderer cannot provide certification showing its organisation has an accredited quality standards within 3 days from the request for the information.
CPD utilise an electronic tendering system hosted by eTendersNI. Tenders cannot be accessed until after the tender closing date and time.
This contract will not be subdivided into lots. The reason for this is to ensure a single point of contact for delivery of services; however the contractor may subcontract service under this contract. Estimated Value: the figure indicated in II.1.5) represents the upper limit of an estimated contract value which ranges from 20 000 000 GBP to 45 000 000 GBP. This range reflects the potential scale of the contract and takes into account such changes to the scope/and or scale which may result from future operational requirements. The pricing strategy applied and the setting of cost/profit margins are a commercial decision for economic operators when submitting a bid for this competition. In addition, neither CPD nor the Authority can provide any guarantee as to the level of business under this contract. Please note, given the nature of this contract there may be changes required to the Soft and Hard FM services over the life of this contract. MRDE/BSDL and the FM Contractor shall work in partnership to develop such changes to the service to ensure continuous improvement in terms of driving efficiencies through innovation. If there is a requirement for further changes post award of contract, then the FM Contractor must reflect this change (either as an addition or subtraction) in line with contracted costs. Throughout the life of this contract the tenants of the building may be subject to change and, if required, the FM Contractor shall provide the Soft and Hard FM services to any new tenants..
CPD will comply with the public Contracts regulations 2015 and, where appropriate, will incorporate a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 days) at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. This provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.


Award value: 45000000