Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-03-07
Buyer: CPD — Construction Division
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 71000000 | 71220000 | 71312000: Structural engineering consultancy services | 71321000: Heating and ventilation design services | 71322000: Civil engineering design services
Estimated value: 160000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-04-05
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: This procurement is to appoint an Economic Operator Team (EOT) to develop the Employer’s Brief relating to the complete internal refurbishment of the NIAO building at 106 University Street, Belfast, BT7 1EU. The refurbished accommodation will create an open plan environment ,to be supplemented with Meeting Rooms of various sizes, Tea Points, Local Services Areas and Breakout Areas on each level. The existing core area, including Toilet facilities, Staircases and lobby areas shall be upgraded.The NIAO will be accommodated in University Street wing that faces onto University Street and a tenant will occupy the return wing to the rear of the building. A new entrance into the building from University Street shall be provided to establish a visible presence of the NIAO on University Street. A building survey is required to identify and undertake necessary building repairs as part of the construction/refurbishment works.
This procurement is to appoint an Economic Operator Team (EOT) to develop the Employer’s Brief relating to the complete internal refurbishment of the NIAO building at 106 University Street, Belfast, BT7 1EU. The refurbished accommodation will create an open plan environment, to be supplemented with meeting rooms of various sizes, tea points, local services areas and breakout areas on each level. The existing core area, including toilet facilities, staircases and lobby areas shall be upgraded. The NIAO will be accommodated in University Street wing that faces onto University Street and a tenant will occupy the return wing to the rear of the building. A new entrance into the building from University Street shall be provided to establish a visible presence of the NIAO on University Street. A building survey is required to identify and undertake necessary building repairs as part of the construction/refurbishment works.
In accordance with Regulation 65(3) of the Public Contract Regulation. 2015, 5 candidates will be invited. This offers adequate competition to ensure that the employer is assured value for money and that. there is sufficient opportunity offered to tenders. However, this limit also protects the industry from wasting valuable resources which are required to prepare a tender submission.
Refer to draft ITT package for complete description of the works. Draft ITT package is located in the CfT. Document Area.
In order for a contractor/consultant to be eligible to participate in this competition they must hold licenses, accreditations or certificates for specific categories and sectors as set out below:
— chartered membership of The Association of Project Management (APM) in a construction related role,
Consultants are required to be registered and have Verified Status on Constructionline and should have the minimum category value in at least one of the Constructionline Categories specified below. Should Vertfied Status by a Constructionline member not be held by the consultant then a financial compliance check must be made of the consultant’s accounts and references through the Constructionline database for the work category they have offered. If the latest financial accounts and references are not up to date in accordance with the Constructionline registration and this has contributed to unverified status then the consultant will be rejected. If the economic operator is a consortium, then the Lead Enterprise for the Consortium must have a minimum. Category value of at least 40 % and the sum of each member’s category values must be equal to or greater than the value set out below. Minimum category value for consultant 40 000,00 GBP. Group of economic operators or other entity members only-each member must have a minimum category value of 20 000,00 GBP and the sum of their category values must be equal to or greater than the value set out above.
Project Manager-Project Management-71541000-2, Architect-Architectural and. Design Services-71220000-6, Building Services Engineer-Mechanical and Electrical Engineering-71321000-4, Civil Engineering-Civil. Engineering-71321000-1, Structural Engineer-Structural Engineeing-71312000-8, Quantity Surveyor-Quantity Surveying-71324000-5.
The economic operator (or where the economic operator is a group of economic operators, all parties forming the group of economic operators) must provide at least 1 of the core disciplines listed below from within its own resources: core disciplines:
Prior involvement: it should be noted that the firm listed below was appointed by Strategic Investment Board on behalf of Northern Ireland Audit Office to carry out an Occupational Capacity Survey of their existing building on University Street. This work was completed in 2017 and the firm. has no involved, in any capacity, with the current NIAO Accommodation Refurbishment Project. Consequently the firm is not prevented from participation in this procurement competition. Hamilton Architects 3 Joy St, Belfast BT2 8LE. The Occupational Capacity Survey Report has been included as part of the tender documents.
The economic operators’ performance on this contract will be regularly monitored. As part of its contract management procedures, the Contracting Authority will use the protocol for managing poor supplier performance contained in Procurement Guidance Note PGN 01/12 — Contract Management Principles and Procedures: https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/publications/procurement-guidance-note-0112-contract-management-principles-and-procedures
If an economic operator has received more than one current Notice of Written Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance, the Contracting Authority, at its discretion, can consider an Economic Operator’s exclusion from future procurements, being undertaken on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Public Procurement Policy (NIPP), for a minimum period of 12 months or 3 years respectively.
CPD, in its capacity as a Central Purchasing Body, is administering this procurement on behalf of the Contracting Authority. The Contracting Authority expressly reserves the right:
(ii) not to award any contract/Framework Agreement as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice or to cancel the procurement at any stage; and
(iii) to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition and in no circumstances will the Authority be liable for any costs incurred by economic operators or candidates. Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior. to contract award is accordingly at the sole risk of the economic operator or candidate participating in this procurement process. This project will be used to progress the Government’s wider social, economic and environmental objectives.

Eligibility requirements: In order for a contractor/consultant to be eligible to participate in this competition they must hold licenses, accreditations or certificates for specific categories and sectors as set out below: — project manager. Employees must have and maintain 1 of the following: — registration with the Architect’s Registration Board (ARB), — chartered membership of the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE), — chartered membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), — chartered membership of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), — chartered membership of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE), — chartered membership of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), — chartered membership of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), — chartered membership of The Association of Project Management (APM) in a construction related role, — chartered membership of The Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists (CIAT), — chartered membership of The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), — chartered membership of The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), — chartered membership of The Royal Society of Ulster Architects (RSUA), — equivalent professional body within your own jurisdiction architect. Employees must have and maintain: — registration with the Architect’s Registration Board (ARB), or — equivalent professional body within your own jurisdiction, — structural engineer. Employees must have and maintain: — chartered membership of the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE), — chartered membership of Engineers Ireland, or — equivalent professional body within your own jurisdiction, — quantity surveyor. Employees must have and maintain: — chartered membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), or — equivalent professional body within your own jurisdiction, — electrical engineer. Employees must be from the electrical discipline and have and maintain: — chartered membership of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE), — chartered membership of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), or — equivalent professional body within your own jurisdiction, — mechanical engineer. Employees must be from the mechanical discipline and have and maintain: — chartered. membership of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE), — chartered membership of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), or — equivalent professional body within your own jurisdiction, — civil engineer. Employees must have and maintain: — chartered membership of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), — chartered membership of Engineers Ireland, or — equivalent professional body within your own jurisdiction.

Award value: 160000