Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-07-01
Buyer: Lee Valley Regional Park Authority
Country: UK
Region: Inner London - East
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 45212000: Construction work for leisure buildings | 45212100 | 45212200 | 45212210 | 45212211
Estimated value: 1200000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-07-29
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: This commission is required by Lee Valley Regional Park Authority to develop a new twin pad ice centre on the site of its existing ice centre on Lea Bridge Road, Leyton. Although this commission will involve delivering stages 0-7 of the RIBA plan of work it is intended that there will be a break after completion of Stage 2. This is designed to allow for consideration of options on the capital funding package and to follow due planning processes.
In advance of this work the Authority has been working closely with the LB Waltham Forest to support their work in the regeneration of the wider area. In developing these studies the Authority recognises the dynamic role of the area which is regarded as a key gateway to the Lee Valley Regional Park.
The area is well connected by public transport linking the area to key transport hubs. This has been further enhanced by the reopening of the Lea Bridge station in May 2016. The wider Leabridge area forms part of the Leabridge/Leyton Housing Zone designated by the GLA in 2015 with an anticipated 2 500 new homes being developed across the Housing Zone over the next 5-10 years with a new centre planned around the reopened station at Leabridge. LB Waltham Forest have commissioned a masterplan to manage and effectively place-shape this anticipated growth and the new Ice Centre will need to be carefully knitted into the opportunities for the wider area.
The offers a variety of leisure amenities — there are more than 350 000 visits a year to Lee Valley Ice Centre, 150 000 to Lee Valley Riding Centre and 1 000 000 to the area's award winning green spaces. This includes Walthamstow Marshes, a remnant of the original water meadows that once covered much of the Lee Valley, and the Water-Works Centre nature reserve and Middlesex Filter beds, a wonderful wildlife haven with significant historical interest.
Our planned investment in a new, expanded state of the art ice centre on the site of the existing venue will complement the Councils regeneration programme for the area.
Committee and member Services Office, Lee Valley Regional Park Authority, Myddelton House, Bulls Cross, Enfield, Middlesex, EN2 9HG.
Opening Procedure carried out in accordance to contract value and authorised persons stated within Lee Valley Regional park Authority's Financial Regulations 2015.
The Customer reserves the right to amend the time-scale and to cancel the procurement and/or not award all or part of the contract. The Customer will not be responsible for any costs incurred by any candidates in relation to the procurement exercise including if the procurement exercise is cancelled Candidates can download contract documentation under the relevant contract heading at the Authority Buyer Profile by clicking the following link:
http://www.leevalleypark.org.uk/en/content/cms/corporate/business-finance/procurement/#current-tenders
Clarifications will be collated and posted under the relevant contract heading (at the above link) on or before close of business 15.7.2016.
Candidates are advised that the Customers are subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and are further subject to the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR). If a candidate considers that any of the information supplied as part of this procurement exercise should not be disclosed because of its commercial sensitivity, confidentiality or otherwise, it must, when providing this information, identify clearly the specific information it does not wish to be disclosed and specify clearly the reasons for its sensitivity.
The Customer will take such statements into consideration in the event that it receives a request pursuant to FOIA or EIR which relates to the information provided by a candidate. However, if the information is requested, the Customer may be obliged under FOIA and/or EIR to disclose such information, irrespective of the candidate's wishes. Please note that it is not sufficient to include a statement of confidentiality encompassing all the information provided in the response.
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The Customer will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract is entered into.


Award value: 1200000