Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2016-04-01
Buyer: Scape Procure Ltd
Country: UK
Region: UNITED KINGDOM
Contract type: Works
CPV classification: 44210000 | 45000000: Construction work | 45100000: Site preparation work | 45110000 | 45112700
Estimated value: 3500000000 GBP
EU fund: ERDF

Technical requirements: This notice is Not an invitation for formal expressions of interest. Scape are issuing this PIN for the purpose of pre-procurement market engagement, in line with UK Government Lean Sourcing guidelines, by engagement with the market through Market Awareness Events, before the start of a formal procurement process for a Framework for construction works for which a separate Contract Notice will be issued.
At the Market Awareness Events Scape will inform the market about their upcoming procurement and provide an opportunity to consult with and receive feedback from potential suppliers. In the formal procurement process to follow, applications will be invited from experienced suppliers of construction works who can provide high quality services using a customer focused approach particularly in the public sector.
Scape will be open to receiving responses from consortia, joint ventures, strategic alliances and other such arrangements. Scape wishes to engage with a single entity for each lot and will require some form of commitment to demonstrate appropriate guarantees and security packages commensurate with such services and which shall accept responsibility for all the obligations of the members. Further, that the framework agreement will impose joint and several liability on all the consortium members.
The works and services will comprise all types of building construction works and associated mechanical, electrical and services works and may include design and other services as required for a develop and construct or design and build works. As part of this Framework there may be a requirement to undertake some minor Civil Engineering activity as part of the works to the main construction project.
The specific works and services that may be procured under the Framework cannot be clearly defined at this stage, however the nature and types of works that may be required may include those services identified by CPV code on or in connection with any land or property and related asset owned, rented, leased or developed by any of the public sector bodies eligible to use the Framework, or on property or related assets in which any of the public sector bodies may have an interest at the time or prospectively and may include projects in the following sectors, amongst others: Central Government departments, Local Government organisations, Regional Bodies/Organisations, e.g. LEP's, education, housing, leisure, libraries, blue light, health and social care, offices, transport, military, farms, recycling and waste centres, industrial and commercial buildings and other public sector operational buildings and establishments.
All suppliers/entities will be expected to work closely, and co-operate with public sector clients, in-house and external consultants, contractors and other partner providers. All contract performance will be monitored using a set of comprehensive performance indicators. The works value range for individual call off arrangements will be confirmed at the next stage of the procurement process. The Contract Notice will include the estimated total aggregate value during the life of the Framework, however indicative values are given in this PIN Notice. A series of financial tests will be applied to each potential supplier in the formal procurement process which will include a turnover test based on the anticipated value of the Framework. The minimum turnover level for potential suppliers will be confirmed in the Contract Notice, although anticipated values are indicated in Annex B.
The Market Awareness events will take place it the following locations: Monday, 18.4.2016, London; Monday, 25.4.2016, Cardiff; Thursday, 28.4.2016, Edinburgh; Friday, 29.4.2016, Leeds.
The events will commence with a presentation at 10:00 and conclude with questions by 12:00. In order to manage the events potential Suppliers are limited to a maximum of 3 attendees per organisation. Potential suppliers are invited to arrive from 9:30 for refreshment.
To register your interest in attending any of these events please visit: http://www.scapegroup.co.uk/services/procure/live-procurement/national-construction and follow the on-screen instructions. The event is limited based on the capacity of the venue and the number of registrations received. The event is intended for contractors or other entities who can meet the requirement to provide all the works and services described in II.4) and meet the anticipated turnover requirement (as noted in Annex B) and provide the specified geographic coverage. It is not intended for supply chain members, sub-contractors or suppliers who may supply works or services to the successful Framework provider when awarded. Scape is anticipating considerable interest in this framework and as such will not respond to queries prior to the events.
This opportunity is divided into 5 lots, confirmation of which is contained in ‘Annex B’. Further information will be released at Contract Notice stage as to the lotting strategy.
Provision is being made for lot 3 to be procured in accordance with Scottish law. Potential suppliers will be required to comply with any and all requirements under the Procurement (Scotland) Regulations 2016.
A Single Supplier/Entity awarded to each of the relevant lots will be required to provide All the required works and services at the conclusion of the procurement process themselves, through their supply chain or via a consortium/joint venture arrangement for the appropriate lot.
There will be opportunity to ask questions at the event and to consult with Scape after the event and prior to the issue of the Contract Notice. Scape use the Delta eSourcing e-tendering web portal for their procurements and this system will be used for the procurement process once commenced. The Pre-Qualification Questionnaires, queries and the Invitation to Tender documentation will all be issued electronically through Delta and will Not be issued by any other medium (paper, CD, e-mail, etc.). Potential suppliers will be required to register on Delta to download the documentation, when available, and will have to submit their expression of interest electronically through Delta. Potential suppliers should read this Notice carefully and in full. Please note that this Notice is not a contract notice, no pre-qualification questionnaire or invitation to tender documents are available and no expressions of interest are being accepted at this time. The e-mail address above must only be used to register for the market awareness event and for no other reasons related to this procurement.
Some call-offs from this framework may be subject to the requirements of the European Structural Investment Fund (ESIF) comprising the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the European Social Fund in England (ESF) and the Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE). Therefore, the service provider will need to comply with the funding requirements of the European Structural Investment Fund (ESIF) and associated regulations such as procurement, publicity, eligibility criteria.