Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-07-28
Buyer: Public Health England
Country: UK
Region: UNITED KINGDOM
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 45100000: Site preparation work | 45200000: Building and civil engineering work | 45210000: Building construction work | 45214610 | 45215100
Estimated value: 235000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-09-23
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: PHE Science Hub — Main / Tier 1 Construction Contractors (Important notes regarding PQQ Industry Day and PQQ process — see VI.3) ‘Additional Information’) — consisting 4 distinct lots:
PHE will apply a restrictive interpretation of the Competitive Procedure with Negotiation (‘CPN’) for a number of key reasons.
— The limitation of the restricted procedure and the inability to discuss isolated commercial issues should they unexpectedly arise;
— Therefore PHE is proceeding with a CPN, only relying on the flexibilities built into that procedure, should this become strictly necessary.
The Contracting Authority reserves the right to award the contract on the basis of the initial tenders without conducting negotiations. If a need for negotiations is identified then these will be limited to a number of common key areas identified by PHE as part of the evaluation of the initial tenders.
All bidders will need to complete and submit a Confidentiality Disclosure Agreement (CDA) in order to receive a pre-qualification questionnaire (a ‘PQQ’) (the latter being based upon the PAS 91 format) plus associated appendices. All legitimate bidders who submit a properly completed CDA by 5.8.2016 will receive a PQQ on 10.8.2016. A bidder submitting a properly completed CDA on or after 5.8.2016 will receive a PQQ within 3 days of CDA receipt. In all cases the PQQ submission deadline remains as stated in IV.3.4)
The Contracting Authority intends to use an eTendering system in this procurement exercise. Please see paragraph III.2 (Conditions for Participation) below for further details.
High Containment Biosciences Laboratory Building including ancillary spaces and associated enabling works.
Refurbishment of mixed-use laboratory buildings inc. offices, ancillary spaces and associated enabling works.
Site-wide infrastructure and external works including refurbishment of energy centre and associated enabling works.
PHE may require a form of assurance from the successful bidder for each lot, including but not limited to a parent company guarantee, warranties, performance bonds or deposits. Further details will be provided in the tender documentation.
No specific legal form is required for the purposes of bidding, or following award of contract. If bidders choose to bid for a specific Lot or Lots as a group, then PHE reserves the right to require a lead bidder to take primary contractual liability for the contract, or to require that each economic operator becomes jointly and severally responsible for the contract. It will also be permissible for Bidders to enter into a joint working contractual arrangements following award of contracts for each Lot or Lots, provided that the primary bidders will remain responsible for delivery of the obligations under their specific contracts.
Undertaking of the construction phase of the contract is conditional upon the successful Tier 1 contractor's satisfactory completion of the pre-construction phase and authorisation from PHE to continue.
1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once): www.phe.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register. Enter your correct business and user details — Note the username you chose and click ‘Save’ when complete — You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure);

Eligibility requirements: Bidder's Instructions: How to Express Interest in this PQQ selection process: 1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once): www.phe.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register. Enter your correct business and user details — Note the username you chose and click ‘Save’ when complete — You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure); 2. Express an Interest in the PQQ — Login to the portal with the username/password — Click the ‘PQQs Open to All Suppliers’ link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires open to any registered bidder) — Click on the relevant PQQ (Project 2831/PQQ 83) to access the content — Click the ‘Express Interest’ button at the top of the page — This will move the PQQ into your ‘My PQQs’ page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only). At this stage you will then be asked to complete a Confidential Disclosure Agreement (CDA) which you will find as an attachment in the PQQ — You can now use the ‘Messages’ function to communicate with the Authority and this facility should be used to return your completed CDA — Once the CDA has been received by Public Health England, and approved, you will be invited to a further PQQ which will require additional details of your organisation. Please note that only legitimate Tier 1 / Main contracting organisations will receive the further PQQ. There is a messaging facility within Bravo to enable questions to be raised by bidders and answers provided by the Authority. Once registered on the project, bidders can post questions to the Project Team. Replies will be posted on the portal (by the Procurement Project Team). These replies will generally be issued as a ‘Broadcast’ which will not only inform all registered bidders, it will also be visible to any new bidders who join after the reply has been posted. Both questions and responses consist of a text box as well as the ability to attach documents in the normal formats. There is a log created on the project detailing when messages are received, when they are opened, and when a reply is posted. Likewise, all replies show when they were posted and also when they were read, and by whom in cases of multiple recipients. Note the deadline for completion, then download the PQQ for its completion offline. Follow all completion and submission instructions as detailed within the PQQ itself. You must then submit your reply using the ‘Submit Response’ button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the online help, or contact the eTendering help desk on 0800 368 4850 (Option 1). Further information can be found in the PQQ, which can be requested as outlined in Section III.2.1) above. Further information can be found in the PQQ, which can be requested as outlined in Section III.2.1) above.
Further information can be found in the PQQ, which can be requested as outlined in Section III.2.1) above.