Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-11-17
Buyer: Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 71310000 | 71541000: Construction project management services | 90700000 | 90722000
Estimated value: 1500000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-12-14
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) through its Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) seeks to appoint an Integrated Consultancy Team (ICT) to undertake all aspects required in the planning to implement a remediation strategy for the Mobuoy Road Waste Site in Co. Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The ICT will be appointed under the NEC3 Professional Service Contract and will be required to provide the service in a phase approach with Employers approval required before progressing with any phase of the service. The economic operator must provide project management and or civil engineering discipline from within its own resources refer to the PQQ documentation for a full description of the project and service required. The contracting authority reserves the right to revise/alter the service required in line with the Mobuoy Road Waste Remediation Project objectives.
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) through its Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) seeks to appoint an Integrated Consultancy Team (ICT) to undertake all aspects required in the planning to implement a remediation strategy for the Mobuoy Road Waste Site in Co. Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The ICT will be appointed under the NEC3 Professional Service Contract and will be required to provide the service in a phase approach with employers approval required before progressing with any phase of the service. The economic operator must provide project management and or civil engineering discipline from within its own resources Refer to the PQQ documentation for a full description of the project and service required. The contracting authority reserves the right to revise/alter the service required in line with the Mobuoy Road Waste Remediation Project objectives.
Given the confidential nature of documentation contained within the tender pack, shortlisted economic operators will be required to sign a non-disclosure agreement prior to release of the tender documents. Refer to PQQ documentation for non-disclosure agreement. Please note also that the tender documents will be digitally controlled with licensing provided by the employer.
The economic operators’ performance on this contract will be regularly monitored. As part of its contract management procedures, the contracting authority will use the protocol for managing poor supplier performance contained in Procurement Guidance Note PGN 01/12 – Contract Management Principles and Procedures: https://www.financeni.. gov.uk/publications/procurement-guidance-note-0112-contract-management-principles-and-procedures. If an Economic Operator. has. received more than one current notice of written warning or a notice of unsatisfactory performance, the contracting authority, at its discretion, can consider an Economic Operator’s exclusion from future procurements, being undertaken on behalf of bodies covered. by the Northern Ireland Public Procurement Policy (NIPP), for a minimum period of 12 months or 3 years respectively. A list of bodies subject to Northern Ireland Public Procurement Policy can be viewed at: https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/articles/list-publicbodies-whichnipublicprocurement-policy-applies
CPD, in its capacity as a central purchasing body, is managing this procurement procedure on behalf of the contracting authority which is the Department of Environment and Rural Affairs. 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. 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.
CPD will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day Standstill Period following electronic notification (minimum of 15 calendar days for any other means of communication) to unsuccessful applicants of the award decision.

Eligibility requirements: Refer to PQQ documents.

Award value: 1500000