Appointment of Design and Build Contractor Chatham

1. Medway Council (the Contracting Authority) seeks to appoint a Design and Build Contractor for the phase 1 construction of a new SEN School to replace existing Abbey Court buildings.

United Kingdom-Chatham: Construction work

2015/S 038-064311

Contract notice

Works

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)

Medway Council
Gun Wharf, Dock Road
For the attention of: Mrs Janet Elliott
ME4 4TR Chatham
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1634331023
E-mail: janet.elliott@medway.gov.uk

Internet address(es):

Electronic access to information: www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk

Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk

Further information can be obtained from: Medway Council
Medway Council, Gun Wharf, Dock Road
For the attention of: Mrs Janet Elliott
ME4 4TR Chatham
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1634331023
E-mail: janet.elliott@medway.gov.uk

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: Medway Council
Medway Council, Gun Wharf, Dock Road
For the attention of: Mrs Janet Elliott
ME4 4TR Chatham
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1634331023
E-mail: janet.elliott@medway.gov.uk

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Medway Council
Medway Council, Gun Wharf, Dock Road
For the attention of: Mrs Janet Elliott
ME4 4TR Chatham
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1634331023
E-mail: janet.elliott@medway.gov.uk

I.2)Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

I.3)Main activity

General public services
Education

I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities

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:

Abbey Court Relocation and Expansion Works.

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

Works
Design and execution

NUTS code UKJ41

II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)

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. Medway Council (the Contracting Authority) seeks to appoint a Design and Build Contractor for the phase 1 construction of a new SEN School to replace existing Abbey Court buildings located at Rainham and Strood amalgamating them onto one site in Medway, Kent, United Kingdom.
The new Abbey Court School is sited on what was previously the Temple Secondary School campus sited at Cliffe Road. The overall site includes for the existing playing fields with an area of 31 800 m². The area to be developed in terms of the school footprint, external areas and staff parking is 27 676 m².

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

45000000

II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): no

II.1.8)Lots

II.1.9)Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: no

II.2)Quantity or scope of the contract

II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:

Single stage design and build JCT contract.
Budget of 9 700 000 GBP includes an allowance of 900 000 GBP for loose FF + E.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 9 000 000 and 9 700 000 GBP

II.2.2)Information about options

Options: no

II.2.3)Information about renewals

This contract is subject to renewal: no

II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion

Duration in months: 12 (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:

The Council reserves the right to require deposits,guarantees or other forms of security. Further details will be set out in the tender documents, if relevant.

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

This will be set out in the tender documents.

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

The Council reserves the right to require groupings of providers to take a particular legal form or to require a single provider to take primary liability or to require each party to undertake joint or several liability. If relevant, further details will be set out in the tender documents.

III.1.4)Other particular conditions

The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: yes
Description of particular conditions: The contractor will be required to provide suitable locally sourced apprenticeships for the duration of the contract; approximately 1 apprentice per 1 000 000 GBP contract value.

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 the requirements are met: In accordance with Articles 45 to 50 of Directive 2004/18/EC and Regulations 23 to 25 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 and as set out in the pre-qualification documents. Applicants will be assessed in accordance with Part 4 of the Public Contracts Regulations (as amended), on the basis of information provided in response to the pre-qualification questionnaire.

III.2.2)Economic and financial ability

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: In accordance with Article 47 of Directive 2004/18/EC and Regulation 24 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 and as set out in the pre-qualification documents.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: All Applicants must complete the financial questions set out in the pre-qualification questionnaire. Financial standing must be relevant to the anticipated contract value and will be determined by the Contracting Authority based on the response to the pre-qualification questionnaire and any further financial checks deemed necessary. Further information and details of which EN Standard form 02 — Contract notice 7 / 16 can found in the pre-qualification documentation.

III.2.3)Technical capacity

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the 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 pre-qualification documents.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
Details will be set out in the pre-qualification questionnaire.

III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts

III.3)Conditions specific to services contracts

III.3.1)Information about a particular profession

Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: no

III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service

Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: no

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: 6
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: As set out in the pre-qualification documentation.

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

Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated no

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)Information about electronic auction

An electronic auction will be used: no

IV.3)Administrative information

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

9TGK-BL3Z4Q

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

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

27.3.2015 – 12:00

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

14.4.2015

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

Duration in months: 3 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)

IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of tenders

Date: 12.6.2015 – 12:00
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: no

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: no

VI.2)Information about European Union funds

The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

VI.3)Additional information

VI.4)Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals

Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: The Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (as amended) provide aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are.

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

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:

19.2.2015