Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2020-06-22
Buyer: University of Strathclyde
Country: UK
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 45000000: Construction work | 45210000: Building construction work | 45214610 | 45214620
Estimated value: 42515049 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The (NMIS) will be an industry-led international centre of manufacturing expertise where research, industry and the public sector work together to transform skills, productivity and innovation to attract investment and make Scotland a global leader in advanced manufacturing.
— the Digital Factory 2050 — industry led centre for collaborative manufacturing research, technology and solution development,
— the Innovation Collaboratory (incorporating the ‘Forum’) — industry led centre for manufacturing technology application and process development,
— the ‘Forum’ — providing links to business support, to the One Scotland Partners and external organisations.
The University sought to appoint a suitably experienced principal contractor to undertake the construction requirements of the NMIS.
The successful contractor will take possession of the NMIS site and setup the contractor’s welfare and storage compound, including forming an access haul road from Abbotsinch Road to the compound. A site plan is to be produced by the contractor to show the temporary works to form the access and compound.
The site is a former arable farm and the necessary change of use has been approved for the formation of the AMIDS Business Park (being developed by Renfrewshire Council) and NMIS is one of the first developments to be constructed.
The Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre (MMIC) will also be under construction adjacent to NMIS, and the new realigned Abbotsinch Road will also be under construction.
The NMIS contractor will be required to work collaboratively with these neighbouring contractors to ensure a successful delivery of the initial AMIDS park implementation.
The contractor will construct the NMIS building including the land preparation, new piled foundations and substructure, superstructure and roof, internal elements and building services, landscaping to the site area up to the boundary and connecting the NMIS access and egress roads to the Renfrewshire Council’s new roads, all to deliver a fully completed and operational National Manufacturing Institute Scotland.
This tender process followed the restricted procedure, however, following the evaluation of tender submissions in line with the advertised criteria and the approach outlined in the Invitation to Tender (‘ITT’) the University concluded that none of the tender submissions received complied with the requirements within the ITT concerning additional qualification or qualified tenders.
As a result the University considered that all Tender Submissions were irregular in line with the definition of bids in accordance with Regulation 27 (6) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Having considered the aforementioned, the University, as permitted under the Regulations proceeded to apply the competitive procedure with Negotiation. Under this procedure the University invited only those tenderers who provided a tender submission under stage 2 of the restricted procedure.
An economic operator that suffers, or risks suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (SSI2015/446) (as amended) may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session.


Winner: Galliford Try Construction Ltd t/a Morrison Construction
Award value: 42515049
Number of bids: 5