Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-06-22
Buyer: Lochaber Housing Assocation, represented by their Agents, Highlands Small Communities Housing Trust
Country: UK
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 45211100
Submission deadline: 2017-08-11
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Redevelopment of former school site to provide a mixed development of 60 units, compromising of flats, homes with amenity areas, associated road and services.
The overall project comprises the construction of 60 dwellings together with plotworks and the usual infrastructure works on the site of the former primary school at Lochyside, Fort William.
The overall project will be procured under 2Nr separate contracts which will be let to the single Contractor who provides the best total price\quality submission for the overall project i.e. the combined total of the 2Nr contracts. The price\quality basis will be 70\30.
There are 5Nr separate sets of documents which together form the overall project tender documentation and these are:
Type: Design and Build based SBCC Contract. It should be noted that at this time it is anticipated that Planning Permission will be granted within two weeks of issue of the tender documents with Building Warrant approval being granted during the tendering stage. It is the intention that the existing Design Team is novated to the successful contractor.
Scope: 31nr dwellings and associated plotworks together with the complete infrastructure works for the whole project.
This is a single set of documents which applies to the overall project rather than the individual contracts. The Highland Council have elected LHA as the Client in terms of CDM 2015 for the overall project.
Both contracts will have identical contract periods and the successful contractor will be responsible for and have included in his tenders for all necessary programming and planning etc required to allow the single completion date to be achieved on both Contracts.
Any Extension of Time granted on either of the contracts shall automatically result in the contract period for the other project being extended provided that the cause of any extension is on the critical path of the other contract.
Please also refer to the ESPD document which should also be completed for inclusion in tender submissions. Tenders will not be accepted without an accompanying ESPD submission. Reference LHA/LSS002
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=499840.
The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx.
Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.
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: Potential bidders must complete ESPD Document attached to this notice. LHA/LSS002.