Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-02-26
Buyer: East Renfrewshire Council
Country: UK
Region: Inverclyde, East Renfrewshire and Renfrewshire
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 45210000: Building construction work | 45214200
Submission deadline: 2016-03-24
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: East Renfrewshire Council is looking to appoint and experienced and suitably qualified new build contractor to undertake the construction of a new family centre in the Auchenback area of Barrhead. The successful contractor will be responsible for delivering a high quality facility on budget which must be completed for start of the academic year August 2017.
It is anticipated that the contract start on site date would be on or around 29.8.2016 with a completion date of 14.7.2017. There would be a F&F fit out for a period of 4 weeks and the building opened officially on 11.8.2017.
The project will be a traditional build with the form of contract being the SBCC Standard Building Contract with Contractor's Design, for use in Scotland (2011 edition).
Note: The buyer is using PCS-Tender to carry out this procurement process. Please note this is a separate website and if you are not already registered, registration will be required.
To access PCS-Tender, record your interest in this notice and access the tender documentation please visit https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk and search for project Code 5415 under PQQs Open to All Suppliers. Please use the Search/Filter function, then select Project Code from the drop-down. Please note that once you have expressed interest in the PQQ it will move to your My PQQs area.
For further information on using PCS-Tender, please read the Supplier Response Guide: https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/esop/pts-host/public/pts/supplierhelppage/PCS-TSupplierResponseGuide.pdf
If you have already registered on Public Contracts Scotland and PCS-Tender and paired your accounts you can access PCS-Tender through your Public Contracts Scotland Control Panel.
It is anticipated that the contract start on site date would be on or around 29 August 2016 with a completion date of 14.7.2017. There would be a F&F fit out for a period of 4 weeks and the building opened officially on 11.8.2017.
Tenderers should note that all questions relevant to this exercise should be posted using the Message Board facility for this project.
The Contractor shall ensure that all contracts with Subcontractors and Suppliers which the Contractor intends to procure following the Commencement Date, and which the Contractor has not, before the date of this Contract, already planned to award to a particular Subcontractor or Supplier, are advertised through the Public Contracts Scotland procurement portal (www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk) and awarded following a fair, open, transparent and competitive process proportionate to the nature and value of the contract.
Under the terms of this contract the successful supplier(s) will be required to deliver Community Benefits in support of the authority's economic and social objectives. Accordingly, contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations. The Community Benefits included in this contract are:
East Renfrewshire Council is to consider Community Benefits for all procurement exercises where the contract value is in excess of 100 000 GBP. This figure will be reduced to 50 000 GBP once the Reform Act is implemented on 18.4.2016. Where it is agreed that Community Benefits will apply to a procurement exercise, a pre agreed matrix will be used to determine how many Community Benefits points will apply to the particular contract. A supplier guide has been uploaded for information with the Community Benefits question of the tender qualification questionnaire. Bidders will be able to select from a ‘shopping list’ of points and state those which they will provide, should they be successful.