Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-12-14
Buyer: Forth Valley College
Country: UK
Region: Falkirk
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 45000000: Construction work | 45200000: Building and civil engineering work | 45210000: Building construction work | 45214000: Construction work for education buildings | 45214300
Estimated value: 58000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-01-30
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Forth Valley College (‘the College’) is seeking to appoint a single stage Design and Build Main Contractor (‘Contractor’) who will take on full responsibility for the New Falkirk Campus, including checking and completing the design and constructing the new Campus of approximately 20, 263 m².
The Construction phase is expected to be completed in a 23 month period, up until mid-August 2019, with the occupation of the building by the College no later than October 2019.
The Full Business Case for the new 20 263 sq.m Falkirk Campus has recently been approved by the Scottish Government with permission secured to proceed to OJEU/ESPD. A redacted version of the Full Business Case has been provided, however Bidders should note that this has been provided for information only, and that due to the design development process some aspects may have been superseded (see Appendix A, i and ii).
The role of the Contactor will be to check the proposed design, before completing the design and carrying out the Works to completion. The client Architect's design will be taken to RIBA Stage 4-, the client Civil and Structural Engineers and client Mechanical and Electrical Engineers designs will be taken to RIBA Stage 3+.
A more detailed description of the project is provided within Section 2 (Specification of Requirements) of the Instructions to Bidders document, and bidders are expected to have read this Section 2 prior to submitting their ESPD responses. The Instructions to Bidders document can be found within Public Contracts Scotland-Tender (PCS-T) and via the following link https://www.forthvalley.ac.uk/about-us/media-centre/new-falkirk-campus/
The College is committed to ensuring that we, and our key suppliers and contractors, adopt fair working practices in relation to our workforce in delivery of our services (including throughout the supply chain). In recognition of this, Forth Valley College is proud to be a Living Wage Accredited Employer (see www.livingwage.org.uk). Please refer to the Instruction to Bidders document for more details.
It is critical that bidders read Section III 1.1), III 1.2) and III 1.3) and Section VI.3) of this Contract Notice and the links to the relevant Parts and Sections of the ESPD (Scotland) to understand the requirements of this Contract.
— Questions within Part III (all Sections) and Part IV (Sections A, B and D) are minimum standards and will be evaluated on a pass/fail basis.
— Questions within Part IV Section C (Professional and Technical Ability) have been allocated an individual weighting. The individual weightings allocated to each question are as follows:
Bidders should note that bespoke definitions of the 0-4 methodology have been created for questions 4C.1 and 4C.4. These definitions are contained within Section 3 of the Instructions to Bidders document and bidders are expected to have understood this prior to submitting their ESPD responses. The Instructions to Bidders document can be found within Public Contracts Scotland-Tender (PCS-T) and via the following link https://www.forthvalley.ac.uk/about-us/media-centre/new-falkirk-campus/
Bidders will be allocated a percentage score for each question, from which a total score will be awarded. The five bidders with the highest percentage will be shortlisted and invited to tender stage, subject to 5 bidders meeting the stated minimum requirements.
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
In the UK this condition is satisfied by registration with Companies House or a declaration on oath that the candidate is carrying on business in the trade in question in the UK at a specific place of business and under a given business name. Where a consortium is proposed, this requirement applies to each member of the consortium. By bidding as a consortium, bidders accept that each member of the consortium will accept joint and several liability for performance of the Contract and, where paragraph 4.4 of the Specification of Requirements in the Instructions to Bidders document applies, parent company guarantees will be required from each member of the consortium guaranteeing the performance of the whole contract.
Q4B.1: Bidders will be required to have a minimum ‘general’ yearly turnover of 116 000 000 GBP for each of the last 3 years.
Q4B.2: Bidders will be required to have a minimum ‘specific’ yearly turnover of 116 000 000 GBP for each of the last 3 years in the business area covered by the contract.

Eligibility requirements: This refers to ESPD (Scotland) Part IV. Question 4A.1: In the UK this condition is satisfied by registration with Companies House or a declaration on oath that the candidate is carrying on business in the trade in question in the UK at a specific place of business and under a given business name. Where a consortium is proposed, this requirement applies to each member of the consortium. By bidding as a consortium, bidders accept that each member of the consortium will accept joint and several liability for performance of the Contract and, where paragraph 4.4 of the Specification of Requirements in the Instructions to Bidders document applies, parent company guarantees will be required from each member of the consortium guaranteeing the performance of the whole contract.

Award value: 58000000