Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-11-05
Buyer: North London Waste Authority
Country: UK
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 45000000: Construction work | 45100000: Site preparation work | 45111000 | 45112000 | 45112500
Estimated value: 106640000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-12-02
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: North London Waste Authority (the Authority) is seeking a contractor to design and construct the following works at the Edmonton EcoPark:
(i) a resource recovery facility incorporating a recycling and fuel preparation facility and a reuse and recycling centre and associated works;
(ii) a building to be known as EcoPark House comprising of a visitor, community and education centre for the wider community, office accommodation and a boat canopy and associated works;
(iii) laying and installation of new utilities and services to the resource recovery facility and EcoPark House;
North London Waste Authority (the Authority) is seeking a contractor to design and construct the following works:
(i) a resource recovery facility (RRF) incorporating a reuse and recycling centre and associated works. It includes design and construction of the following: recycling and fuel preparation facility (RFPF), a reuse and recycling centre (RRC), offices, and staff and visitor welfare facilities, odour abatement and dust suppression plant and equipment, fire control water tanks and pump house and equipment, surface water pumps, pipework and attenuation tanks, disabled parking, vehicle and cycle and pedestrian routes and weighbridges, landscaping;
(ii) a building to be known as EcoPark House comprising of a visitor, community and education centre for the wider community, office accommodation, a boat canopy and associated works including drainage, earthworks, fencing and lighting, and clearance of the wharf;
(iii) works to the existing utilities relating to the RRF and EcoPark House, laying and installation of new utilities and groundworks. These works include the relocation or decommissioning of existing and the laying of new pipes, cables and systems for portable water, wastewater, surface water, foul water, process water, electricity, gas, and CCTV, telecoms and data. It further includes 11kV ring main ducting and cabling;
Further details of the required works are set out in the procurement documents (available at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nlwa/). The Memorandum of information provides background information on the Authority and the North London Heat and Power Project (NLHPP). The works are on the critical path for the delivery of the NLHPP for the development of a replacement energy recovery facility and associated works at the Edmonton EcoPark pursuant to a development consent order (The North London Heat and Power Generating Station Order (2017/215) as amended) granted to the Authority on 24.2.2017. The site for the Works, Edmonton EcoPark, is an operational waste management site where London Energy Ltd, a private company wholly owned by the Authority, operates an existing Energy from Waste (EfW) facility. Normal operation of the EfW facility is to be maintained at all times during the construction.
The Authority will invite to tender the highest scoring applicants on the basis of the selection criteria set out in the procurement documents.
Responses will be assessed in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Please see the procurement documents for further information.
The Authority reserves the right to require deposits, guarantees, bonds or other forms of appropriate security. Tenderers should note that the contract includes a term requiring the successful tenderer to pay (and procure that its subcontractors pay) at least the London Living Wage to personnel working primarily at the site of the works. Tenderers should also note that the contract includes a term requiring the successful tenderer to provide a minimum of twenty (20) new apprenticeships, either as part of the successful tenderer's own corporate apprenticeship scheme or through a construction industry shared apprenticeship scheme. A contractual provision is also included to require the successful tenderer to provide twelve separate on-site skills training weeks to 5 different trainees each week.
I.3): The selection questionnaire and appended memorandum of information together with the draft Invitation to Submit Initial Tenders (ISIT) (including the contract and other ISIT Annexes) and the draft Invitation to Submit Final Tenders (ISFT) (including ISFT Annexures) are available. The envisaged timetable is set out in the selection questionnaire.
II.2.5): the quality and price award criteria and sub-criteria and associated weightings are set out in the ISIT.
II.2.7): The stated duration of the contract does not include the defects rectification period which will be 12 months after the construction period.

Eligibility requirements: Responses will be assessed in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Please see the procurement documents for further information.

Award value: 106640000