Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-12-13
Buyer: Hebridean Housing Partnership
Country: UK
Region: Highlands and Islands
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 45210000: Building construction work
Estimated value: 5813564 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-01-16
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The construction of 50 no. timber framed dwelling units including a mix of single and two-storey, with associated infrastructure, access roads, external works and landscaping.
The main Contractor or their Sub-Contractors will be expected to hold membership and accreditation's with the following or an equivalent organisation: Scottish Building Federation, MCS, Select or NICEIC (or equivalent) SNIPEF (or equivalent), CITB. Or have within the last 12 months successfully met the assessment requirements of a construction related scheme in registered membership of the safety schemes in Procurement (SSIP) forum eg CHAS.
Where turnover information is not available for the period requested, the bidder will be required to state the date which they were set up/started trading.
Bidders will be required to state the value(s) for the following financial ratios, from their most recent set of accounts.
Ratio 1 the Acid Test: Current Assets-stock)/Current Liabilities. A company with an Acid test of less than 1 cannot currently pay back its current liabilities. Therefore to pass the Acid Test Ratio question the bidder must have a score of greater than 1.
Ratio 2 on Capital Employed % Profit/Capital/Employed. Return on capital employed or ROCE is used to prove the value of the business gains for its assets and liabilities. To pass this question the Association requires the bidder to score a positive figure/percentage.
Ratio 3 Current Ratio — Current Assets/Liabilities. The current ratio is a liquidity ratio that measures a company's ability to pay short-term obligations. To pass this question the Association requires the bidder to achieve a score of greater than 1.
The Association will consider a Pass in any two of the 3 ratios as an overall Pass for this part of the assessment.
It is a requirement of the contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:
Bidders will be required to provide examples that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the services/supplies as described in part II.2.4 of the OJEU Contract Notice or the relevant section of the Site Notice.
Bidders must be able to provide evidence of experience in successfully delivering a housing contract on 2 contracts of a similar nature to the 1 described in this site notice as the main contractor in the last 5 years. As a minimum requirement the contract examples must include the construction of residential properties.
The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS EN ISO 9001 (or Equivalent). Or employ documented policies as noted in the ESPD Questionnaire.
Note: to register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=473691
A sub-contract clause has been included in this contract. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2363

Eligibility requirements: Question Reference 4A.1. The main Contractor or their Sub-Contractors will be expected to hold membership and accreditation's with the following or an equivalent organisation: Scottish Building Federation, MCS, Select or NICEIC (or equivalent) SNIPEF (or equivalent), CITB. Or have within the last 12 months successfully met the assessment requirements of a construction related scheme in registered membership of the safety schemes in Procurement (SSIP) forum eg CHAS.

Award value: 5813564