Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2017-01-03
Buyer: The Corporate Officer of the House of Commons
Country: UK
Region: LONDON
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 71244000 | 71248000 | 71313410 | 71317210 | 71322100
Estimated value: 7468000 
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Appointment of a team to provide combined Programme, Project and Cost Management Services for the House of Commons Northern Estate programme.
— Working with multiple stakeholders, many being public sector and within a highly political environment;
The successful Applicant must be capable of providing, and co-ordinating the input, of all of the above (and any additional related) Services necessary for delivery of the programme.
The House of Commons Department of Facilities is embarking on a programme for the refurbishment and development of the buildings on its Northern Estate. The scope of the programme encapsulates (but is not limited to) Norman Shaw North, Norman Shaw South, 1 Derby Gate and 1 Parliament Street (including Residences). The buildings require refurbishment over a multi-year programme. This is due largely to the age and fragility of the buildings Mechanical and Electrical services, poor environmental performance and fire safety improvement requirements. The buildings are variously listed Grade 1, Grade 2 and Grade 2* and are of special historical significance. The programme will also include works to buildings that may be required for decant, together with a range of enabling works which may or may not be within the immediate curtilage of the Northern Estate.
The intention is to appoint a Programme, Project and Cost Management team that will continue for the duration of the programme. The construction/refurbishment works are likely to span a three year period from financial year 2018/19 to 2021/22; the Programme, Project and Cost Management team will be appointed well in advance of commencing these works (the contract will provide for the Employer to terminate it by giving due notice in accordance with the agreed contract). The exact scope, size, duration and phasing for the programme has yet to be defined; however various options, scenarios and outcomes are currently undergoing analysis. Whilst the current options analysis continues to narrow down the range of possibilities, there remains the potential for the appointed team to assist in the final stages of this options appraisal.
The Northern Estate programme shares interdependencies and key interfaces with other Department of Facilities programmes that include, but are not limited to, the Palace of Westminster Restoration and Renewal programme, Fire Safety Improvement Works and Estate Wide Infrastructure Strategy. The appointed Programme, Project and Cost Management team will be expected to professionally manage these interdependent and interfaced relationships.
The Corporate Officers recognise that the Northern Estate programme will require an experienced and suitably skilled Programme, Project and Cost Management team capable of managing the scale, technical complexity, logistical complexity, heritage considerations and level of public scrutiny of the programme.
The contracting authority reserve the right to award the contract on the basis of the initial tender without conducting negotiations.