Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-02-18
Buyer: Glasgow City Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 45221113
Estimated value: 15000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-04-10
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The appointment of a lead contractor to construct a new pedestrian/cycle bridge over the River Clyde between Water Row, Govan and Pointhouse Quay, Partick, Glasgow.
As part of the Waterfront and West End Innovation Quarter it is proposed to construct a new pedestrian/cycle bridge over the River Clyde between Water Row in Govan and Pointhouse Quay (Riverside Museum) in Partick.
The construction of the new pedestrian and cycle bridge will re-establish the historic link between Govan and Partick. The proposed bridge will form an important link between communities, visitor attractions and institutions of national economic significance. It will form part of the active travel route connecting the University of Glasgow Gilmorehill Campus with the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.
The construction of the bridge is part of the wider Waterfront and West End Innovation Quarter Project being funded by the Glasgow City Region City Deal.
This procedure will be conducted via the Public Contracts Scotland-Tender (PCS-T) Portal. All queries must be made via the PCS-T Messaging system.
Stage 1: Pre-qualification via the ESPD (Scotland). The ESPD asks general questions; when completing, bidders must have regard for the statements in this OJEU Notice that detail specific requirements. Bidders must:
(a) pass the minimum standards in ESPD Sections 4B and 4D in the PCS-T qualification envelope. Statements for these questions can be found in Section III of this notice. For further instructions, please refer to the Invitation to Participate document attached to this project in PCS-T;
(b) complete the scored ESPD Section 4C found in the PCS-T Technical envelope. Statements for these questions can be found in Section
III.1.3) (’List and brief description of selection criteria’) of this notice. Section 4C will be scored as per the scoring methodology detailed in Section III.1.3) and within the invitation to participate document. The 5 highest scoring bidders will be invited to submit a tender.
Where there is a score differential of less than 10 % between the fifth placed bidder and subsequent lower ranking bidders, those lower ranking bidders will also be shortlisted and invited to tender, up to a maximum of 7 bidders in total. Only if there is a tie at 7 bidders will more than 7 bidders be invited to tender as all the tied bidders will be invited to tender.
Stage 2: Invitation to tender (ITT) and submission of shortlisted bidder tender returns. These must be received no later than the date and time detailed within the ITT documentation.
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if there are any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Bidders must comply with the undernoted financial requirements in relation to minimum turnover, trading performance and liquidity in order to participate in the tendering process:
An overall positive outcome on pre-tax profit over a 2-year period. Exceptional items occurring in the normal course of business or non-recurring items can be excluded from calculation.

Eligibility requirements: Not applicable.

Award value: 15000000