Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-10-21
Buyer: The City of Edinburgh Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 45000000: Construction work | 45111291 | 45200000: Building and civil engineering work | 45210000: Building construction work | 45211000: Construction work for multi-dwelling buildings
Estimated value: 170000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-11-15
Award criteria: The most economic tender
EU fund: ESF

Technical requirements: The City of Edinburgh Council is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified development partner for the delivery of a major mixed use scheme on a 3-hectare site at Fountainbridge. The development requirements for the site comprise of at least 436 homes and a separate office building. The proposals also include retail and commercial space which could be used for a variety of purposes. It is expected that the development partner would construct approximately 177 affordable homes, with ground floor retail for the Council, while the office space, remaining residential units, and ground floor retail/commercial space would represent a development opportunity.
The City of Edinburgh Council is seeking a development partner to take forward the development of Fountainbridge in Edinburgh in line with the Council's vision.
— Deliver affordable housing to the Council’s design guidance on plot W3 and W4 within the approved timescales,
— deliver an office development on plot E2 that provides space at a range of rents and lettable spaces,
— deliver ground-floor commercial space with active frontages at appropriate ground floor locations throughout the site, to include an element of space for social enterprises,
The Council will appoint a development partner for the full site via a competitive procedure with negotiation.
The development partner would be required to work collaboratively with the Council during a (maximum) 38 week pre-development period where both parties will work together to finalise the development strategy for the site through design; innovation; planning; and consultation and then taking responsibility for delivering it. This would also include, but is not limited to, the energy solution for the whole site, modern work-space for scale-up tech companies in the office building, active ground floor uses throughout the development and high quality public realm.
The Council is seeking a partner who will work with the Council and the local community to deliver the vision for the site. For this to be achieved innovative delivery solutions will need to be found and both the procurement process and proposed contractual arrangements are designed with appropriate flexibility for this purpose.
The development partner will be required to pay a minimum price to the Council for the heritable interest in plots E2, W1, and W2 of 13 200 000 GBP.
Further information on the scope of this procurement can be found in the ESPD supporting document attached to this contract notice.
Subject to the successful performance on this contract opportunity, the Council reserves the right to extend this contract to include the development of one future development site at mutual consent. The value of this future opportunity will not exceed more than 2 times the value stated in this contract notice.
— fails to demonstrate financial stability in terms of the information required in the ESPD Part IV Section B — economic and financial standing,
— answers Yes to any of the discretionary exclusion criteria in the ESPD Section III and fails to demonstrate to the Council’s satisfaction that appropriate remedial action has been taken,
— fails to provide a satisfactory response to any questions in the ESPD or inadequately or incorrectly completes any question,
— Part III: Section A, B, C & D - Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of The Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

Eligibility requirements: The Council will disqualify any applicant who: — fails to comply with the requirements of the Public Contracts Directive 2014/24/EU, — answers Yes to any of the mandatory exclusion criteria as detailed in the ESPD Section III, — fails to demonstrate financial stability in terms of the information required in the ESPD Part IV Section B — economic and financial standing, — answers Yes to any of the discretionary exclusion criteria in the ESPD Section III and fails to demonstrate to the Council’s satisfaction that appropriate remedial action has been taken, — fails to provide a satisfactory response to any questions in the ESPD or inadequately or incorrectly completes any question, — submits its completed ESPD after the deadline, — provides materially false or inaccurate information, — Part III: Section A, B, C & D - Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of The Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

Award value: 170000000