Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-10-28
Buyer: Rhondda Cynon Taf CBC
Country: UK
Region: Central Valleys
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71311000: Civil engineering consultancy services
Estimated value: 2200000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-11-21
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council is seeking to appoint and experienced and suitably qualified Architect-led design team with outstanding design and detailing skills to take forward the Taff Vale Redevelopment in Rhondda Cynon Taf.
Initial design work undertaken by an external consultant on behalf of the Council during the RIBA Stage 2: Concept Design on the redevelopment of Taff Vale Project.
The Council wishes to procure a multi-disciplinary design team who will continue with design development from Stage 3: Developed Design. During the tender period of the multi-disciplinary design team, the Council will also be procuring the services of an external Project Manager, who in turn will assist in the evaluation and appointment of the multi-disciplinary design team.
Rhondda Cynon Taf Council is placing reliance on the accelerated option of the open procedure as an earlier failed procurement process has resulted in the Project timescales and deliverables being extremely tight and therefore an open accelerated procurement procedure is required.
This is in accordance with reference 27 of the Public Contract Regulations paragraph 5 ‘Where a state of urgency duly substantiated by the contracting authority renders impracticable the time limit laid down in paragraph (2), it may fix a time limit which shall be not less than 15 days from the date on which the contract notice is sent.’.
All communication for this procurement will be conducted via the eTenderWales portal. It is the Bidders responsibility to ensure their
contact details within eTenderWales are accurate. If you have any questions or require any clarifications these must be submitted via the‘Messages’ function within the portal as soon as possible.
Bidders should note that this Procurement will be conducted in accordance with Directive 2014/27 on Public Procurement, as implemented by The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (‘PCR 2015’).
The Council reserves the right to award all, part or none of the business forming the subject matter of this procurement
and to abandon, halt, postpone this procurement at any time. Under no circumstances will the Council incur any liability
(including, but not limited to, liability as to costs) in respect of this procurement exercise, the abandonment of the same,
Note: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at http://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=56131
Under the terms of this contract the successful supplier(s) will be required to deliver Community Benefits in support of the authority's economic and social objectives. Accordingly, contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations. The Community Benefits included in this contract are:


Award value: 2200000