Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-05-24
Buyer: Cromarty Firth Port Authority t/a Port of Cromarty Firth
Country: UK
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 45000000: Construction work | 45112320 | 45200000: Building and civil engineering work | 45240000: Construction work for water projects | 45241000: Harbour construction work
Estimated value: 20000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-06-20
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: PoCF is looking to appoint a Contractor to undertake Construction Works at Invergordon which are required to expand the ports capability and facility as a multi-user port. The works will expand the Phase 3 project area and will include capital dredging, and associated disposal and re-use / import of materials as part of the land reclamation to create an additional 11 acres of land which has both rock revetments, and appropriate concrete and stone surfacing. The new quay wall construction using piling and anchoring techniques is 215m long and will have associated corrosion protection, bollards, aids for navigation, lighting, water and electricity supply. It is an expectation of this contract that the successful bidder will engage fully with local supply chain.
The principle objective of this tender is to appoint a single contractor to provide the following marine and infrastructure Services to PoCF:
This procurement will be conducted through the use of the Restricted procedure. All queries about this procurement must be made via the PCS messaging system.
— statements including the specific requirements can be found within Section III.1.1, III.1.2 and III.1.3 of the Contract notice,
Part III. and Section B of Part IV will be scored on a pass/fail basis, and Section C of Part IV of the ESPD (Scotland) will be scored in the following way:
— The responses to the questions of Section III.1.3 of the Contract Notice will be weighted the following way: Please see ESPD (Scotland).
Question 4C.1: 35 %, 4C.2: 10 %, 4C.4: 5 %, 4C.6: 5 %, 4C.6.1: 5 %, 4C.7: 15 %, 4C.10: 15 %, Community Benefit 10 %.
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.
4D.1: The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS EN ISO 9001 (or equivalent).
The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent), accredited independent third party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS OHSAS 18001 (or equivalent) or have, within the last 12 months, successfully met the assessment requirements of a construction-related scheme in registered membership of the Safety schemes in procurement (SSIP) forum.
Documented arrangements for ensuring that on-site welfare provision meets legal requirements and the needs/expectations of the bidder’s employees. This must demonstrate that suitable welfare facilities will be in place before starting work on site, whether provided by site specific arrangements or the bidder’s own organisational measures.
4D.2: The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent), accredited independent third party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS OHSAS 18001 (or equivalent) or have, within the last 12 months, successfully met the assessment requirements of a construction-related scheme in registered membership of the Safety Schemes in Procurement (SSIP) forum.
4B.1.1: Bidders will be required to have a minimum average yearly turnover of 40 000 000 GBP for the last 3 years.
4B.3: Where turnover information is not available for the time period requested, the bidder will be required to state the date which they were set up or started trading.
Ratio will be calculated as follows: net profit after tax divided by net assets (total assets less current liabilities).

Eligibility requirements: 4D.1: The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS EN ISO 9001 (or equivalent). The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent), accredited independent third party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS OHSAS 18001 (or equivalent) or have, within the last 12 months, successfully met the assessment requirements of a construction-related scheme in registered membership of the Safety schemes in procurement (SSIP) forum. Documented arrangements for ensuring that on-site welfare provision meets legal requirements and the needs/expectations of the bidder’s employees. This must demonstrate that suitable welfare facilities will be in place before starting work on site, whether provided by site specific arrangements or the bidder’s own organisational measures. The bidder must meet any health and safety requirements placed upon you by law. 4D.2: The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent), accredited independent third party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS OHSAS 18001 (or equivalent) or have, within the last 12 months, successfully met the assessment requirements of a construction-related scheme in registered membership of the Safety Schemes in Procurement (SSIP) forum.

Award value: 20000000