Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2020-03-09
Buyer: Department of Education
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 71000000 | 71220000 | 71300000 | 71311000: Civil engineering consultancy services | 71312000: Structural engineering consultancy services
Estimated value: 365000 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: DE-2188257 — Appointment of an Economic Operator Team (EOT) for St Joseph and St James Primary School, Poyntzpass
This procurement is to appoint an Economic Operator Team (EOT) to include: project management, provision of architectural, structural, civil, building services design and lead designer services for input and development of the employers brief, develop design proposals to RIBA Plan of Work 2013 Stage 4 and to successfully obtain planning approval prior to engaging upon the procurement of a contractor. Thereafter providing design advisory, technical review, monitoring of the contractor and audit services throughout the construction of the works. The contract will be awarded to the economic operator which has submitted the most economically advantageous tender (MEAT) using the narrow average, price scoring mechanism. Refer to PQQ package for a complete description of this procurement.
CPD, in its capacity as a central purchasing body, is administering this procurement on behalf of the contracting authority. The contracting authority expressly reserves the right:
(ii) not to award any contract/framework agreement as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice or to cancel the procurement at any stage; and
(iii) to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition and in no circumstances will the authority be liable for any costs incurred by economic operators or candidates.
Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to contract award is accordingly at the sole risk of the economic operator or candidate participating in this procurement process. This project will be used to progress the Government’s wider social, economic and environmental objectives. No business whatsoever is guaranteed under any resulting framework agreement or contract indeed there is no guarantee that any framework agreement or contract will be put in place in relation to this notice. No compensation, etc. will be paid if a contract or framework agreement is withdrawn for any reason. Economic operators should take part in this process only on the basis that they fully understand and accept this position.
This procurement is governed by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and provides for economic operators who have suffered or who risk suffering, loss or damage, as a consequence of an alleged breach of the duty owed in accordance with Regulation 91 to start proceedings in the High Court. A standstill period will commence at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into. Any proceedings relating to any perceived non-compliance with the relevant law must be started within 30 days, beginning with the date when the economic operator first knew or ought to have known that grounds for starting the proceedings had arisen. (A court may extend the time limit to 3 months, where the court considers that there is a good reason for doing so).


Winner: MCADAM Design Ltd
Award value: 365000
Number of bids: 13