Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2020-06-18
Buyer: Scottish Borders Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 42131143 | 44212382 | 45000000: Construction work | 45200000: Building and civil engineering work | 45220000
Estimated value: 52204975.18 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Scottish Borders Council (the Council) intends to take forward a series of flood protection measures in Hawick town centre which will protect over 900 business and residential properties against the effects of the 1 in 75-year flood event in the River Teviot. The works will comprise around 6 km of flood defences walls and embankments, new culverts, surface water pumping stations, Hawick waste water treatment works pumping station, replacement of 3 footbridges and the provision of new landscaping and reinstatement of the riparian corridor. Further details of the proposals, including a list of organisations who have registered an interest in becoming part of the multi layered supply chain that will deliver this project can be found at www.hawickfloodscheme.com.
The Hawick Flood Protection Scheme (HFPS) will provide a significant benefit to the residents and businesses of Hawick by virtue of alleviating the effects of a major flood event in the River Teviot. The town has suffered from flooding in the recent past, including large numbers of properties inundated in 2005 and 2015, causing significant economic and human adverse effects. The HFPS will comprise the construction of nearly 6 km of entirely new flood defences, the great majority of which are flood defence walls. The walls will generally be sheet pile cored to a depth of between 4 and 12 m below ground level, with reinforced concrete pile cap and stem. Exposed concrete will either be clad in natural stone or finished with a formlined pattern. Around 60 glass panels, each 2.5 m wide and up to 1.4 m deep are to be set into the floodwalls. Approximately 1.8 km of the defences will require to be constructed directly within the watercourse. A short section of embankment will comprise a sheet pile core with locally won granular shoulders. Eight entirely new automatic surface water pumping stations will provide further protection, comprising wet wells up to 6 m deep and 5 m diameter, valve chambers up to 4 m deep and 6 m diameter and GRP kiosks to house the power and control units. The MEICA design for the surface water pumping stations will be the main contractor design element. The discharge capacity of the submersible pumps will vary within each pumping station, with the largest requiring to deliver up to 450 l/s. A ninth pumping station will be required within the Hawick waste water treatment works to assist the works during high flows and flood events, with submersible pumps capable of delivering up to 1100 l/s of storm water. Approximately 275 m and 185 m of new culvert will be required to discharge the Stirches and Boosie Burns respectively into the River Teviot. Requirement to install 9 new single leaf lift hinge floodgates within the flood defences to maintain pedestrian and vehicle access and 2 sets of stop log type demountable barriers are also required. The existing Lawson, Victoria and Mansfield steel truss footbridges will, as a minimum, require to be raised by 1.0 m, 1.0 m and 0.4 m respectively at their current location, comprising new abutments and extension legs welded to the deck supports at midspan. The current preferred option which is currently subject to Sustrans funding confirmation, is to remove the existing bridges from their supports and replace with entirely new steel truss structures at new locations, with deck widths up to 4.0m wide. If Sustrans funding is confirmed, the new bridges will be part of a new 7.0 km combined pedestrian and cycle route throughout Hawick, which will be delivered by this procurement excercise. The replacement bridge option will be the scenario which is to be priced as part of this procurement exercise. Further details of the work description are appended to the ESPD.
Construction of the HFPS will be subject to a number of environmental and pedestrian / traffic management constraints, including restrictions on the time of year when works can be carried out within or adjacent to the river channel in order to reduce the impacts on salmon migration, and restrictions on which roads and footpaths can be closed simultaneously.
The Council are currently carrying out an advance works contract which comprises the diversion of a large number of existing public utilities and the felling of the majority of trees which may be impacted by construction of the project. This procurement exercise will still require the protection and small scale diversion of some public utilities and a small amount of tree felling.
The Council intend to appoint a main contractor to carry out the construction of this project under the terms and conditions of NEC3 (Engineering and Construction Contract) Option A contract.
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Bidders should note that when it is judged by the Council (at their sole discretion) to be appropriate the Council will collaborate with relevant bodies (including Police Scotland) to actively share significant elements of information provided and detailed in this response.
If the tender is from a consortium, please note that only one tender from the consortium, nominating a lead organisation (which will be responsible for administration of the contract and in which regard shall also act as the central point for payment purposes), will be accepted. The full names, designations, and current addresses of all members of the consortium and the lead organisation will require to be submitted. In addition all members of the consortium will be required to execute the contract together with all ancillary documentation, evidencing their joint and several liability in respect of the obligations and liabilities of the contract. Aside from the foregoing, it will otherwise generally be for the members of the consortium to sort out their respective liabilities amongst each other.
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The Council reserves the right to enter into a negotiated value engineering exercise with suitable tenders if it considers it appropriate.
Should there be an insufficient number of candidates meeting the selection criteria to enable genuine competition then the Council may use a negotiated procedure without further publication of a contract notice.
Any change in circumstance, or change in information provided, following the submission of the ESPD, shall be notified by the tenderer to the Council as soon as practicable. The Council reserves the right to request additional information regarding this change. The Council reserves the right to reject or disqualify a tenderer where there is a change in identity, control, financial standing or other factors impacting on the selection or evaluation process affecting the tender.
Scottish Borders Council will incorporate a minimum 10 day standstill period at the point of information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. The Public Contract (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (SSI, 2015 No 446) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or at risk of harm by a breach of the rule to take action in the Sheriff Court or Court of Session. A claim for an ineffectiveness order must be made within 30 days of the Contract Award being published on the OJEU or within 30 days of the date to those who expressed an interest in or otherwise bid for the contract were informed of the conclusion of the contract or in any other case within 6 months from the date on which the contract was entered into.


Winner: McLaughlin & Harvey
Award value: 52204975.18
Number of bids: 3