Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-05-18
Buyer: Dover Harbour Board
Country: UK
Region: Kent CC
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 45112300 | 45200000: Building and civil engineering work | 45220000 | 45221000: Engineering works for bridges and tunnels | 45221100: Bridge construction works
Estimated value: 135000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-08-15
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Marine Civil Engineering to construct two new berths, a new marina, navigation channel with bridge and lock gates with associated dredging and reclamation.
Marine civil works including quay walls, piers navigation cut with lock gates and bascule bridge over the navigation cut. Dredging under reclamation areas and to vessel manoeuvring areas; reclamation to form land behind the quay walls. Further described as construction of 250 m long Berth A, 300 m long Berth C, 40 mm wide aprons to berths including quay furniture, dredging to berth pockets, dredging to berth approaches, 650 m long Marina Curve and Marina dredging, 100 m long Marina Curve Extension, Marina capping beam and quay furniture, Reclamation behind Berths A, C and Marina Curve, 600 m long Marina Pier and Promenade,120 m long Navigation Cut with lock gates and bascule bridge over including MEICA, Boatyard construction, miscellaneous breakwaters, wave walls and civil engineering structures, Marina Restraint Piling.
An important selection criterion will be that Tenderers shall, inter alia, be required to demonstrate experience of successfully delivering Marine Civil Engineering, Dredging and Reclamation works of a similar size, complexity and nature within a working harbour within the European Union within the last 5 years.
An ultimate Parent Company Guarantee will be required from the ultimate Parent Company or Holding Company if the Tenderer is a subsidiary company.
(i) For Unincorporated Joint Ventures, it will be necessary for each member of the group to sign an undertaking that they will be jointly and severally bound for the due performance of the contract.
(ii) For single Legal Entities/Incorporated Joint Ventures, the consortium must provide a corporate statement of intent to form itself into a single legal entity before any contract can be awarded.
The Tenderer must state in its expression of interest whether it is an incorporated Joint Venture (stating the date of incorporation) or an Unincorporated Joint Venture (Joint and Several Liability). In the case of an Unincorporated Joint Venture (Joint and Several Liability) the Tenderer must also confirm the names of all the contracting entities with the Employer in accordance with the details contained in the procurement documents.
As set out in the amended Infrastructure Conditions of Contract Target Cost version 2011 contained within the procurement documents.
Tender submissions from tenderers who have not passed the pre-qualification process will be returned unopened.
Tender documentation will be made available in an electronic format only upon request. Such request must be made by returning a confidentiality undertaking (enclosed with the applicable tender invitation letter) duly completed and signed by an officer or other duly authorised representative of your organisation.
Tenderers are requested to provide details of their proposals to bring benefits to the local community with respect to employment and training, and engagement with the local supply chain leaving a long term legacy to the town of Dover.


Award value: 135000000