Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-03-07
Buyer: Cunninghame Housing Association Ltd
Country: UK
Region: Dumfries & Galloway
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 71000000 | 71200000 | 71300000 | 71324000: Quantity surveying services | 71500000
Estimated value: 4150000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-04-03
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Association has identified or will identify potential development opportunities on brownfield and greenfield sites in Dumfries and Galloway, to be procured between 2017 and 2021. These developments could involve the construction of around 500 new residential properties and various commercial / non-housing projects. The Association requires architectural services, engineering servics, QS/Employer's Agent services and principal designer services in respect of these various developments. The overall value of the contracts to be awarded via this Framework cannot be confirmed at this time as these are subject to external factors such as site acquisition, statutory approvals and funding availability.
A financial risk assessment report of the economic operator will be obtained by the Association from Dun & Bradstreet. Only economic operators which are deemed financially stable by the Association on the strength of their financial report will be eligible to tender. It is the responsibility of the economic operator to ensure that the information held by Dun and Bradstreet is up to date at the time of submission of the ESPD. To be deemed financially stable, economic operator must achieve a D&B risk indicator of 2 or higher and a D&B failure score of 80 or higher.
Economic operators are also required to hold, or commit to holding, the following insurance policies: Employer's Liability Insurance — GBP10m; Public Liability Insurance — GBP5m; and Professional Indemnity Insurance — GBP5m.
Economic operators will be required to (a) provide 3 examples that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience; (b) confirm details of the technicians or technical bodies who they can call upon; (c) confirm their average annual manpower for the last three years; and (d) confirm the number of managerial staff for the last three years.
Note: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=485320.
The Contracting Authority does not intend to include a sub-contract clause as part of community benefits (as per Section 25 of the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014) in this contract for the following reason:
The nature of the services and the way in which this contract will operate mean that it would not necessarily be appropriate for sub-contracts to be the subject of competitive tendering
Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2361
Community benefits will be assessed as part of tenders and appropriate legally-binding conditions incorporated into the contract with the successful tenderers
The Association will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the time the award of contract is communicated to tenderers. An economic operator that suffers, or risks suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach for the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session.


Award value: 4150000