Tender: UK-Bristol: construction work

UK-Bristol: construction work

2011/S 115-189995

CONTRACT NOTICE

Works

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

• I.1)
  NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S)

  Contact: Tel. English Heritage
  29 Queen Square
  TBC
  BS1 4NDBristol
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 1179750736

  Internet address(es)

  General address of the contracting authority http://www.english-heritage.org.uk

  Further information can be obtained at:Contact: Tel. E-mail: Stonehenge Environmental Improvements Project
  Gardiner & Theobald Kings Orchard 1 Queen Street
  Alastair Jewell
  BS2 0HQBristol
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 1179016400
  stonehenge@gardiner.com

  Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at:Contact: Tel. E-mail: Stonehenge Environmental Improvements Project
  Gardiner & Theobald Kings Orchard 1 Queen Street
  Alastair Jewell
  BS2 0HQBristol
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 1179016400
  stonehenge@gardiner.com

  Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to:Contact: Tel. E-mail: Stonehenge Environmental Improvements Project
  Gardiner & Theobald Kings Orchard 1 Queen Street
  Alastair Jewell
  Bristol
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 1179016400
  stonehenge@gardiner.com

• I.2)
  TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES

  Body governed by public law

  Recreation, culture and religion

  The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities No

SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT

• II.1)
  DESCRIPTION
• II.1.1)
  Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

  Stonehenge environmental improvement project.

• II.1.2)
  Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

  Works

  Execution

  Main site or location of works Airman's Corner, Wiltshire, UK.

  NUTS code UKK15

• II.1.3)
  The notice involves

  A public contract

II.1.4)
Information on framework agreement

• II.1.5)
  Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

  1.1 Works

  To undertake the following construction work:

  — Construction of a new roundabout and associated carriageways at Airman’s Corner under a S278 agreement with Wiltshire Council,

  — Construction of new internal access roads,

  — Construction of new coach park (30 coach bays, pick up and drop off),

  — Construction of new car parking (360 permanent spaces and 140 overflow spaces),

  — Construction of new pathways,

  — Construction of a new visitor centre briefly comprised of 2 no. pods, one glazed, one timber-clad and partially glazed, both covered with an architectural steel canopy. Comprising the following functions (all areas are approximate),

  — Retail (specialist joinery to be fitted out by others): c. 300 sqm,

  — Interpretation (to be fitted out by others): c. 500 sqm,

  — Catering (front of house and back of house): c. 270 sqm,

  — Education area: c. 100 sqm,

  — Back of House facilities: c. 50 sqm,

  — WCs: c. 150 sqm,

  — Construction of a new ancillary building containing back of house facilities: c. 760 sqm,

  — Redevelopment of hub building (phased),

  — Decommissioning of a section of the A344 and reinstating as chalk grassland,

  — External landscaping works and presentation of archaeological features.

  1.2 Anticipated start and completion dates

  Proposed start and completion dates are as follows (these may be subject to change).

  Start on site visitor centre and works to Airman’s Corner ... .May 2012.

  Completion of visitor centre and works to Airman’s Corner ... October 2013.

  Visitor centre opens ... October 2013.

  Redevelopment of hub ... October 2013.

  Works to hub complete ... April 2014.

  1.3 Proposed Form of Contract

  The proposed form of contract will be the JCT 2009 traditional form of contract with contractor’s design portions and English heritage standard amendments.

  The proposed form of contract will be "with quantities".

  The contractor will be responsible for completing the detailed design and coordination of the following sections of the works/proprietary products. This list is not exhaustive.

  — Structural insulated panels: including panels themselves and all interfaces and connections, including connections for both timber and zinc cladding,

  — Structural Glazing system: including glazing, fins, manifestation, interfaces, connections and glazed sliding and swing doors within the structural glazing,

  — Roofing and cladding, together with their supporting elements and connections to the primary structure,

  — Specialist joinery where not undertaken by other,

  — Canopy soffit panels, edge details interfaces and connections,

  — Roof membrane: the junctions and details for both the canopy and the pod roofs,

  — Green roof system: hub roof including membrane and all junctions,

  — Waterproofing to Hub: including all interfaces and connections,

  — Suspended ceilings to the Visitor Centre pods: including setout column junctions, air grille junctions and all interfaces and connections,

  — Kitchens: including all services requirements and access requirements,

  — Tanking to the kitchen areas: including interfaces and connections,

  — Zinc cladding to the ticket booth, the north visitor centre façade and where used for wall and door cladding, including all interfaces and connections,

  — Specialist doors and hatches: including overcladding with both timber and zinc; hinges; ironmongery, seals for both fire and acoustics, specialist acoustic requirements; specialist internal folding/ sliding and pivot doors and roof hatches,

  — Proprietary foundation systems,

  — Structural steel connections,

  — Structural timber connections,

  — Reinforcement details and bar bending schedules,

  — Proprietary and specialist retaining wall systems,

  — Proprietary damp/water proofing systems,

  — Proprietary Drainage Pumping Installations, tanks, storage systems etc,

  — Building services plant, distribution and associated builders work,

  — Open loop ground sources heating and cooling system.

  Warranties in favour of English Heritage will be required from sub-contractors together with an overarching warranty from the main contractor.

  1.4 Alternative tenders

  English heritage are proposing that variant bids may be accepted as follows,

  Standard bid: supplier to provide a quotation for all construction works in accordance with proposed programme.

  Variant 1: contractor to submit a quotation with a reduced construction programme.

  Variant 2: supplier to provide an alternative tender with proposed value engineering solutions.

  The above will be confirmed at ITT stage and may be subject to change.

  English Heritage may ask for each of the above variant bids to be offered on a "without quantities basis" as additional variant bids. This will be confirmed at ITT stage.

• II.1.6)
  Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

  45000000, 45212000, 45212300

• II.1.7)
  Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

  No

• II.1.8)
  Division into lots

  No

• II.1.9)
  Variants will be accepted

  Yes

• II.2)
  QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
• II.2.1)
  Total quantity or scope

  Single stage traditional contract.

  Excluding VAT

  Range between 12 000 000,00 and 15 000 000,00 GBP

• II.2.2)
  Options

  No

• II.3)
  DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION

  Starting 11.5.2012. Completion 17.4.2014

SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION

• III.1)
  CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
• III.1.1)
  Deposits and guarantees required

  Yes, details to be included in invitation to tender.

• III.1.2)
  Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions regulating them

  As per JCT Standard Building Contract 2009 with Contractor Design Portions and English Heritage Standard Amendments.

• III.1.3)
  Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded

  Contract will be let to a single entity.

• III.1.4)
  Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject

  Yes

  As stated in invitation to tender.

• III.2)
  CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION
• III.2.1)
  Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: As stated in pre-qualification questionnaire and supporting documentation. confirmation that the grounds set out in regulations 23(1) and 23(4) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 do not apply, a summary of which is in the PQQ guidance document.

• III.2.2)
  Economic and financial capacity

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: As stated in pre-qualification questionnaire and statement of requirements.

  Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required As stated in pre-qualification questionnaire and statement of requirements.

• III.2.3)
  Technical capacity

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:

  As stated in pre-qualification questionnaire and statement of requirements.

  Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required

  As stated in pre-qualification questionnaire and statement of requirements.

• III.2.4)
  Reserved contracts

  No

III.3)
CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS

III.3.1)
Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession

III.3.2)
Legal entities should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service

SECTION IV: PROCEDURE

• IV.1)
  TYPE OF PROCEDURE
• IV.1.1)
  Type of procedure

  Restricted

• IV.1.2)
  Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

  Envisaged minimum number 5 maximum number 8

  Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: The objective of the pre-qualification process is to assess the responses to the PQQ and select potential providers to proceed to the next stage of the procurement. The Authority will select the top 5 to 8 scoring companies subject to them meeting minimum criteria.

IV.1.3)
Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

• IV.2)
  AWARD CRITERIA
• IV.2.1)
  Award criteria

  The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document

• IV.2.2)
  An electronic auction will be used

  No

• IV.3)
  ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

IV.3.1)
File reference number attributed by the contracting authority

• IV.3.2)
  Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

  No

• IV.3.3)
  Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents

  Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents 1.7.2011 - 12:00

  Payable documents No

• IV.3.4)
  Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

  19.7.2011 - 12:00

• IV.3.5)
  Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

  10.8.2011

• IV.3.6)
  Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up

  English.

IV.3.7)
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

IV.3.8)
Conditions for opening tenders

SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

• VI.1)
  THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT

  No

• VI.2)
  CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU FUNDS

  No

• VI.3)
  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

  English Heritage reserves the right to cancel the tender process at any stage, The Authority does not accept any liability for any cost incurred in tendering.

  All tenders must be priced in sterling and payments under the contract will be made in sterling.

• VI.4)
  PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
• VI.4.1)
  Body responsible for appeal procedures

  Tel. English Heritage
  29 Queen Square
  BS1 4NDBristol
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 1179750736

  Body responsible for mediation procedures

  Tel. English Heritage
  +44 1179750736

• VI.4.2)
  Lodging of appeals

  Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: The contracting authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek such information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek such information as included in the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (as amended). If an appeal regarding the award of this contract cannot be resolved, the regulations provide for aggrieved parties to take action in the High Court. Any such action must be taken promptly (generally within 3 months).

VI.4.3)
Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

• VI.5)
  DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:

  15.6.2011