Tender: UK-Plymouth: construction work for university buildings

UK-Plymouth: construction work for university buildings

2010/S 47-069010

CONTRACT NOTICE

Works

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

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

  University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Contact: Procurement Unit, Attn: Jenny Bushrod, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UNITED KINGDOM. Tel. +44 1752582057. E-mail: procurement@plymouth.ac.uk. Fax +44 1752588171.

  Internet address(es):

  General address of the contracting authority: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/plymouthuni.

  Address of the buyer profile: www.plymouth.ac.uk/procurement.

  Further information can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact point(s).

  Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact point(s).

  Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: As in above-mentioned contact point(s).

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

  Other.

  Education.

  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:

  Marine building.

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

  Works.

  Design and execution.

  Main site or location of works: University of Plymouth main campus, Drake Circus, Plymouth, Devon, England.

  NUTS code: UKK4.

• 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):

  Design development and Construction of a four storey building of approximately 4 500 m² space. The Ground floor will house the Wave Tank facility and flumes. A mezzanine floor will provide support space and an observation area. The upper three floors will be for office and department uses with a mixture of open plan space, meeting rooms and partitioned offices. The Building is to be mainly naturally ventilated and must achieve an Excellent BREEAM rating.

  The Marine Building is to house and identify the School of Marine Science and Engineering in a cnetral location within ththe University's main campus, in line with the Estate Strategy.

• II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV):

  45214400.

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

  Yes.

• II.1.8)Division into lots:

  No.

• II.1.9)Variants will be accepted:

  No.

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

  Design development (from RIBA Stage E) and construction of a four storey building with wave tank research facilities on the ground floor - approx 4 500 square metres. The contractor will be responsible for the co-ordination and installation of some of the specilaist wave tank equipment, which is being procured separately by the University. The design and manufacturers of this equipment have already been selected through separate OJEU advert, being Edinburgh Design Limited.

  Estimated value excluding VAT: 12 000 000 GBP.

• II.2.2)Options:

  No.

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

  Duration in months: 18 (from the award of the contract).

SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION

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

  A Parent Company Guarantees or a Performance Bond may be required.

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

  Terms as stated in tender documents.

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

  Joint and severable liability.

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

  No.

• 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: All expressions of interest must be submitted on the University`s Pre Qualification Questionnaires published on the In-Tend electronic tendering site web address:

  https://in-tendhost.co.uk/plymouthuni

  Legal position - means of proof required: signed statement of good standing in accordance with regulation 23 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006.

• III.2.2)Economic and financial capacity:

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: As specified in the Pre Qualification Questionnaire, which will include Bank reference, VAT number, last 3 years turnover and cashflow, evidence of Insurances held, statement of contingent liability or loss, statement of any pending litigation.

  Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: Economic operators must be able to demonstrate that they have been trading for at least 3 years and that the turnover of the contracting company (not Parent Group) providing the service is not less than 5 times greater than the potential contract value per annum, i.e. 40 000 000 GBP. Minimum levels of insurance deemed acceptable for this project will be 10 000 000 GBP Professional Indemnity and 10 000 000 GBP for Employers Liability and Public/Contractors Liability.

• III.2.3)Technical capacity:

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:

  In accordance with Articles 48 to 50 of Directive 2004/18/EC and Regulation 25 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 and as set out in the prequalification questionnaire which is available from https://in-tendhost.co.uk/plymouthuni.

  Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:

  Economic operators must be able to demonstrate their experience of undertaking works of a similar nature and scope in relation to this specialist works.

• 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 number of operators 5

  Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: It is expected that the five highest scoring compliant PQQ applications in accordance with the PQQ evaluation criteria and methodology (available from https://in-tendhost.co.uk/plymouthuni) will be invited to tender.

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 below:

  1. Price. Weighting: 35.

  2. Technical merit. Weighting: 25.

  3. Quality. Weighting: 15.

  4. Delivery. Weighting: 10.

  5. Technical assistance. Weighting: 5.

  6. After sales service. Weighting: 5.

• 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:

  JB/UOP/MARINEBLDG/009/10.

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

  No.

• IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document:

  Payable documents: no.

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

  5.4.2010 - 17:00.

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

  23.4.2010.

• 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:

  Date: 18.6.2010 - 12:00.

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:

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

  University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UNITED KINGDOM. E-mail: procurement@plymouth.ac.uk. Tel. +44 1752582057. URL: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/plymouthuni. Fax +44 1752588171.

• VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals:

  Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: In accordance with the Public Contracts Regulation 2006 (as amended).

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

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

  4.3.2010.