Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-12-23
Buyer: Port Babcock Rosyth Limited
Country: UK
Region: Clackmannanshire and Fife
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 45240000: Construction work for water projects
Estimated value: 38000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-01-30
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Works comprise the initial elements of the redevelopment of an existing brown field site to provide a new container terminal facility.
The development site, which consists of approximately 17,5 ha of reclaimed land, was created for an alternative use but that project was never completed. The Works include the design and construction of new quay walls and quayside apron slab with associated fendering and mooring equipment to form a berthing pocket, piled dolphin to either side of the berthing pocket entrance, piled perimeter walls, earthworks to reduce the level of approximately 8 ha of land on the site and to backfill the area behind the new quay walls and the dredging of an approach channel to facilitate vessel access to the berthing pocket. In order to create the new works the stability and integrity of a number of existing structures will require to be maintained while other structures will require to be demolished.
Babcock intend to invite tenders for the construction and dredging works, and relative design, associated with the conversion of a vacant, partially constructed, docking facility disused dock into a new international container terminal at Rosyth. The procurement exercise will be carried out in accordance with the Negotiated Procedure and a maximum number of four organisations will be invited to tender. The applicants invited to negotiate will be selected based on the quality of responses received to the ESPD which will be scored according to pre-determined criteria and the highest scoring Applicants will be invited to submit a tender.
The Contract will be based on an NEC Option A contract with amendments. Outline layouts and performance specifications will be provided however the contract will require the successful contractor to take full responsibility for the design and build process.
The Contractors responses to Part IV of the ESPD will be scored in accordance with the procedure stated in the ESPD Briefing Document.
Up to a maximum of the four highest scoring Applicants will be invited to negotiate in the tendering exercise.
The Contractor's Key Personnel are listed in the Procurement Documents. As a minimum requirement, the Applicant must confirm that they have, or have the ability to procure, the necessary skills to deliver the Works as described in the Procurement Documents.
4B.1.1 Bidders will be required to have a minimum ‘general’ yearly turnover of at least 75 000 000 GBP for the last 3 financial years of its published accounts.
4B.3 Where turnover information is not available for the time period requested, the Bidder or sub-contractor will be required to state the date which they were set up/started trading.
4B.4 Bidders will be required to state the values for the following financial ratios for each for the last 3 financial years of its published accounts:
4B.5.1/4B.5.2 It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:
Professional Indemnity Insurance = 10 000 000 GBP on an each and every claim basis (during the design and construction phase and to be maintained for 12 years post Completion).
Marine Risks Loss or damage to 3rd party property or injury to persons by marine vessel — Minimum 500 000 000 USD each and every loss.
4C.1 Bidders will be required to provide a maximum of 5 examples of works carried out in the past 5 years which demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the work as described in part II.2.4) of this Contract Notice.
Bidders must download the attached Technical Competency Matrix and submit their responses on the basis of this proforma.

Eligibility requirements: The Contractor's Key Personnel are listed in the Procurement Documents. As a minimum requirement, the Applicant must confirm that they have, or have the ability to procure, the necessary skills to deliver the Works as described in the Procurement Documents.

Award value: 38000000