Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-08-23
Buyer: Choice Housing Ireland Limited (and its subsidiaries)
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71220000 | 71324000: Quantity surveying services | 71541000: Construction project management services
Estimated value: 3000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-09-29
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Competition for the Appointment to a Framework Agreement for the provision of Employer's Agent led Consultancy Team Services.
Choice Housing Ireland Limited and its group subsidiary companies (Choice) wishes to appoint consultancy teams to provide Employer's Agent and associated services relating to the delivery of design and build housing developments at various locations within Northern Ireland. Further information is contained within the ITT documents.
Choice Housing Ireland Limited and its group subsidiary companies (Choice) wishes to appoint consultancy teams to provide Employer's Agent and associated services relating to the delivery of design and build developments at various locations within Northern Ireland. Further information is contained within the ITT documents.
Those undertaking the following roles are required to confirm that they hold the licences/ certificates/ accreditations stated in the ITT documents:
Only those Consultancy Teams proposed for appointment to a Framework Agreement will be required to provide evidence of the relevant licences/ certificates/ accreditations as a condition precedent to appointment to the Framework Agreement.
The Economic Operator (or where the Economic Operator is a Group of Economic Operators, all parties forming the Group of Economic Operators) must provide at least from the list below core disciplines 1 and 2 plus either of core disciplines 3 or 4 within its own resources:
The ITT Submission must be returned by the date and time specific in section IV.2.2) and in accordance with the instructions set out in the Memorandum of Information and ITT documents. ITT Submissions returned after the deadline may not be considered.
Choice shall not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses, irrespective of the outcome of the competition, or if the competition is cancelled or postponed.
All dates and time periods specified in this notice are provisional only and Choice reserves the right to change these.
Should Choice decide to enter into a Framework Agreement with any Consultancy Team, this does not mean that there is any guarantee of subsequent Call-Off contracts being awarded. Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to the award of Call-Off Contracts under the Framework Agreement is accordingly a matter solely for the commercial judgment of the Consultancy Team.
All discussion and correspondence shall be deemed strictly subject to contract until the Framework Agreement is entered into. The Framework Agreement shall not be binding until it has been signed and dated by duly authorised representatives of both Choice and the relevant Consultancy Team.

Eligibility requirements: Those undertaking the following roles are required to confirm that they hold the licences/ certificates/ accreditations stated in the ITT documents: Employer's Agent/ Lead Consultant; Project Manager (including the Supervisor); Architect; Quantity Surveyor/ Cost Manager. Only those Consultancy Teams proposed for appointment to a Framework Agreement will be required to provide evidence of the relevant licences/ certificates/ accreditations as a condition precedent to appointment to the Framework Agreement.

Award value: 3000000