Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-04-22
Buyer: Northern Regional College
Country: UK
Region: East of Northern Ireland
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 71220000 | 71221000 | 71230000 | 71324000: Quantity surveying services | 71540000: Construction management services
Estimated value: 2250000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-05-26
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Northern Regional College. NRC. proposes to build 2 new buildings in Coleraine and Ballymena. Ballymena build will be circa 17 227 m² at the existing Ballymena site. Coleraine build will be circa 11,649 m² on the existing Coleraine site. NRC wish to appoint a single economic operator to provide the services of an Integrated Consultancy Team. ICT. with project management, architecture, cost management, engineering and other associated construction professionals in related disciplines who will develop an exemplar design to RIBA Plan of Work Stage 3 and acquire full planning permission for each campus. The ICT will manage the procurement of an Integrated Supply Team. IST. for each campus and administer the IST contracts until the end of the defects period. The Pre Qualification Questionnaire. PQQ. Memorandum of Information. MOI. Part B provides more specific details. The description of the accommodation requirements is indicative only and may change at ITT Stage.
Northern Regional College. NRC. proposes to build 2 new buildings in Coleraine and Ballymena. Ballymena build will be circa 17,227 m² at the existing Ballymena site. Coleraine build will be circa 11,649 m² on the existing Coleraine site. NRC wish to appoint a single economic operator to provide the services of an Integrated Consultancy Team. ICT. with project management, architecture, cost management, engineering and other associated construction professionals in related disciplines who will develop an exemplar design to RIBA Plan of Work Stage 3 and acquire full planning permission for each campus. The ICT will manage the procurement of an Integrated Supply Team. IST. for each campus and administer the IST contracts until the end of the defects period. The Pre Qualification Questionnaire. PQQ. Memorandum of Information. MOI. Part B provides more specific details. The description of the accommodation requirements is indicative only and may change at ITT Stage.
If an economic operator fails to reach satisfactory levels of performance the economic operator may be issued with a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance.. . The issue of a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance will result in the economic operator being excluded from all procurement competitions being undertaken by Contracting Authorities on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Procurement Policy for a period of twelve months from the date of issue of the certificate. A list of these bodies can be viewed at:. . https://www.dfpni.gov.uk/articles/list-public-bodies-which-ni-public-procurement-policy-applies.
Reservations of rights and disclaimers of liability here consider:. ‘ CPD is assisting the CA [Northern Regional College] in conducting the procurement process for this requirement, but for the avoidance of doubt, the contract will be entered into by the [CA] and the successful tenderer(s). CPD is acting as a central purchasing body. The Authority expressly reserves the rights: (I). not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice or to cancel the procurement at any stage;. (II). to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition;. (III). to award (a) contract(s) in respect of any part(s) of the [services] covered by this notice; and. (IV). to award contract(s) in stages.. . and in no circumstances will the Authority be liable for any costs incurred by candidates. Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to contract award is accordingly at risk of the company participating in this procurement process.. This project will be used to progress the Government's wider social, economic and environmental objectives.
This procurement is governed by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and provides for economic operators who have suffered, or who risk suffering ,loss ,or damage, as a consequence of an alleged breach of the duty owed in accordance with Regulation 91 to start proceedings in the High Court. A standstill period will commence at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into. Any proceedings relating to any perceived non-compliance with the relevant law must be started within 30 days, beginning with the date when the economic operator first knew, or ought to have known that grounds for starting the proceedings had arisen.(A court may extend the time limit to 3 months, where the court considers that there is a good reason for doing so).

Eligibility requirements: As specified in the pre qualification documentation.

Award value: 2250000