Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-12-23
Buyer: LAR Housing Trust
Country: UK
Region: SCOTLAND
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 45211000: Construction work for multi-dwelling buildings
Estimated value: 5000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-01-19
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: LAR Housing Trust may enter into the Framework Agreement and call-off contracts, or through its wholly owned subsidiary.
LAR is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO) whose purpose is to provide homes for private rent to a specified target tenant group at below market rent levels. The principal objective of this procurement is to appoint multiple contractors to a framework for the development of new build residential units on sites owned by or under the control of LAR. The first contract to be called-off under the framework shall be for the construction of 26 flats at the Cockenzie Boat Repair Yard, West Harbour Road, Cockenzie.
LAR is seeking to appoint a number of contractors to a framework for the construction of new build residential units on sites owned by or under control of LAR. The first contract to be called-off under the framework shall be for the construction of 26 new residential flats, as set out in the Invitation To Tender, at a brownfield site at Cockenzie Boat Repair Yard, West Harbour Road, Cockenzie, East Lothian. These flats will then be let by LAR at mid market rent. The call-off contract shall take the form of a design and build contract. The contract shall include the demolition of existing buildings, preparation the site, provision of utilities, and the construction of the development in accordance with the Invitation to Tender and Employer's Requirements.
This Procurement will be conducted through the use of the Restricted Procedure. All queries about this procurement must be made via the PCS messaging system.
— Statements including the specific requirements can be found within Section III.1.1, III.1.2 and III.1.3 of the Contract Notice.
— Bidders must pass the minimum standards sections of the ESPD (Scotland). Part III (Exclusion Criteria) and Section B of Part IV (Financial and Economic Standing) will be scored on a pass/fail basis, and Section C of Part IV (Technical and Professional Ability) of the ESPD (Scotland) will be scored in the following way:
0 — Unacceptable. Nil or inadequate response. Fails to demonstrate previous experience / capacity / capability relevant to this criterion.
1 — Poor. Response is partially relevant but generally poor. The response shows some elements of relevance to the criterion but contains insufficient / limited detail or explanation to demonstrate previous relevant experience / capacity / capability.
2 — Acceptable. Response is relevant and acceptable. The response demonstrates broad previous experience, knowledge and skills / capacity / capability but may lack some aspects of similarity eg previous experience, knowledge or skills may not be of a similar nature.
3 — Good. Response is relevant and good. The response is sufficiently detailed to demonstrate a good amount of experience, knowledge or skills / capacity / capability relevant to providing similar services to similar clients.
4 — Excellent. Response is completely relevant and excellent overall. The response is comprehensive, unambiguous and demonstrates thorough experience, knowledge or skills / capacity / capability relevant to providing similar services to similar clients.
— The questions to be addressed at Section C of Part IV (Technical and Professional Ability) of the ESPD (Scotland) are set out at Section III.1.3 of the Contract Notice and will be weighted the following way: Please see ESPD (Scotland) Question 4C.1: 60 %, 4C.2: 10 %, 4C.7: 10 %, 4C.8.1: 5 %, 4C.8.2: 5 %, 4C.10: 10 %.
— The score obtained for each answer will be divided by the maximum possible score (of 4) and multiplied by the relevant weighting to derive the weighted score for each answer. The aggregate of all weighted scores shall deliver a total weighted score out of 100.
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
This section refers to Section B of Part IV of the ESPD (Scotland) and covers questions 4B.1-6 of the ESPD (Scotland):

Eligibility requirements: III.1.1 of the notice is not applicable to this procurement exercise. Section A of Part IV of the ESPD (Scotland) — Not required.

Award value: 5000000