Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2018-11-09
Buyer: University of Bristol
Country: UK
Contract type: Works
CPV classification: 45000000: Construction work | 45200000: Building and civil engineering work | 45210000: Building construction work | 45213100 | 45213250

Technical requirements: This Prior Information Notice (PIN) is to initiate pre-market engagement and provide advance notification to the marketplace of the University of Bristol’s intention to carry out a procurement exercise for a Main Contractor for the construction of the new National Soil-Foundation-Structure Interaction (SoFSI) Facility at the University’s campus at Langford.
The proposed development includes a new building, covered soil storage area and external process plant together with access, service yard and parking area following the demolition of existing buildings.
— major structure is highly reinforced specialist sub-structure including pit walls and strong floor,
— building will comprise a main test hall containing a test pit (8 m x 6 m x 8 m) housing the shaking table,
— second floor above ground floor ancillary accommodation comprising a laboratory, meeting room, control room, kitchen and toilet facilities,
The university has scheduled a 12 month build period commencing mid-July 2019. It is intended that the design team will be novated.
The estimated construction budget is in the range 4 000 000 GBP to 6 000 000 GBP, dependent on final detailed design (currently underway) and planning requirements. As this exceeds the OJEU threshold for Works, the procurement process for the Main Contractor will be inline with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
The University has secured a grant from UKCRIC (The UK Collaboratorium for research on infrastructure and cities) to deliver the project, which includes purchase of a 6 m x 4 m x 1,5 m motion platform (shaking table) and associated equipment, plus the facility in which it will be housed. The facility will provide a research and teaching space for the large-scale testing of foundation structures. The research results will inform a better understanding of the design of infrastructure elements, ideally removing uncertainty and over-conservatism within current design practices.
The procurement for the table has already been concluded and will be novated to the appointed Main Contractor (the value of this equipment is not included in the construction budgets stated). Integration in relation to the final building design will be required between the Main Contractor and equipment provider.
The University is currently progressing detailed design and planning application, and this pre-market engagement assumes that the planning application will be granted with minimal changes to those detailed above. Further details will be included in the procurement documents.
— issue Contract Notice and pre-qualification questionnaire (PAS91) in mid December 2018, to be returned early Feb 2019,
Tender documents are not available at this time and will be issued in line with the timelines detailed above via the University’s tender portal.
There is no requirement for suppliers to respond to this PIN, however suppliers are welcome to register interest via email to aw14701@bristol.ac.uk
Suppliers with any queries or wishing to provide feedback on the proposed approach should do so via the above email address.