Building Surveyor Led Design Team Consultancy Services

Choice Housing Ireland Limited
37-41 May Street
Belfast
BT1 4DN
United Kingdom
Contact person: Procurement Manager — Kiara Dryden
Telephone: +44 2890441317
E-mail: contracts@choice-housing.org
NUTS code: UKN

Internet address(es):Main address: http://www.choice-housing.org/

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: http://choice-housing.org/corporate/tenders/

Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the abovementioned address

Body governed by public law

Housing and community amenities

Competition for Appointment to a Framework Agreement for the provision of Building Surveyor Led Design Team Consultancy Services.

Reference number: PRN469

Services

Choice Housing Ireland Limited and its subsidiary companies (Choice) wishes to to appoint Building Surveyor led Design Teams to provide directly, and/or in conjunction with other consultants appointed by Choice and other separately appointed consultants, services relating to surveys, planning, design, procurement, construction (design and management) coordination, contract administration, acting as Client’s Representative and project management in connection with the delivery of projects on a range of dwelling designs, accommodation needs and services including:

— General needs accommodation for families and single persons;

— Accommodation for the elderly;

— Supported housing for people with disabilities including those with mental health difficulties, learning disabilities and those who are physically disabled;

— Support services for vulnerable groups;

— Affordable housing.

Further information is contained within the ITT documents.

Value excluding VAT: 2 250 000.00 GBP

This contract is divided into lots: no

NUTS code: UKN

Choice wishes to appoint Building Surveyor led Design Teams to provide directly, and/or in conjunction with other consultants appointed by Choice and other separately appointed consultants, services relating to surveys, planning, design, procurement, construction (design and management) coordination, contract administration, acting as Client’s Representative and project management in connection with the delivery of projects on a range of dwelling designs, accommodation needs and services including:

— General needs accommodation for families and single persons;

— Accommodation for the elderly;

— Supported housing for people with disabilities including those with mental health difficulties, learning disabilities and those who are physically disabled;

— Support services for vulnerable groups;

— Affordable housing.

Works arising from the issue of Call-Off Contracts may include, but are not limited to, the following:

— Planned or cyclical multi element improvement works which may include;

— Major repair work involving external and internal improvement works;

— Planned or cyclical maintenance;

— Repairing and/or replacing walls, external doors and windows, roofs;

— Other external site works;

— Kitchen and bathroom replacement;

— Mechanical and electrical installations;

— New heating installations and electrical re-wiring;

— Minor miscellaneous repair works;

— Remodelling works which may include;

— Extensions or conversions to 1 or more dwellings;

— Adaptation for people with disabilities;

— Insulation/energy conservation measures;

— Works to ensure that Choice complies with statutory requirements such as Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 and Disability Discrimination Act 1995 in Northern Ireland;

— Survey works including;

— Existing Stock condition surveys to RICS standard;

— Pre-Purchase Condition Surveys to RICS standard.

For the avoidance of doubt, the works do not involve response maintenance works.

The Design Team shall consist of the following professional disciplines:

— Building Surveyor: also to undertake the role of;

— The lead consultant, managing overall service delivery by the design team members;

— Mechanical and Electrical Engineer;

— Structural Engineer;

— Quantity Surveyor;

— CDM Coordinator;

(Together the Design Team and individually Design Team Members).

Building Surveyors will be appointed to the Framework Agreement as lead consultants and they shall be solely responsible for all Design Team Members they intend to use to provide the Services.

Design Teams and Design Team Members should be aware of the minimum requirements in terms of economic and financial standing and technical and professional ability for this competition.

Following this competition Choice intends to appoint 6 Design Teams to Frameworks.

Choice is not in a position to guarantee the frequency or value of Call-Off Contracts that may be awarded to Design Teams appointed under the Framework Agreement.

Further information is contained within the ITT documents.

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

Duration in months: 48

This contract is subject to renewal: no

Variants will be accepted: no

Options: no

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

List and brief description of conditions:

The Design Team Members identified below are required to confirm they have in place the following licences/certificates/accreditations for the relevant discipline.

Building Surveyor (and Lead Consultant) — Full Corporate Membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Building Surveying professional group) or other equivalent competent professional body, in the member State or country where the Economic Operator is established;

Mechanical and Electrical Engineer — Full Corporate Membership of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and Institution of Electrical Engineers or Institution of Electrical Engineering or other equivalent competent professional body, in the member State or country where the Economic Operator is established;

Structural Engineer — Full Corporate Membership of the Institution of Structural Engineers or other equivalent competent professional body, in the member State or country where the Economic Operator is established;

Quantity Surveyor — Full Corporate Membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Quantity Surveying professional group) or other equivalent competent professional body, in the member State or country where the Economic Operator is established.

Only the Design Teams appointed to the Framework Agreement will be required to provide evidence of the relevant licences/certificates/accreditations as a condition precedent to appointment to the Framework Agreement.

Further information is contained within the ITT documents.

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession

Reference to the relevant law, regulation or administrative provision:

The Design Team shall consist of the following professional disciplines:

— Building Surveyor (and Lead Consultant);

— Mechanical and Electrical Engineer;

— Structural Engineer;

— Quantity Surveyor;

— CDM Coordinator.

Further information is contained within the ITT documents.

As detailed within the ITT documents.

Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract

Open procedure

The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement

Framework agreement with several operators

Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement: 6

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: no

Date: 29/07/2016

Local time: 12:00

English

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

Date: 01/08/2016

Local time: 12:00

This is a recurrent procurement: no

The ITT Submission must be returned by the date and time specific in Section IV.2.2) and in accordance with the instructions set out in the Memorandum of Information and ITT documents. ITT Submissions returned after the deadline may not be considered.

Choice shall not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses, irrespective of the outcome of the competition, or if the competition is cancelled or postponed.

All dates and time periods specified in this notice are provisional only and Choice reserves the right to change these.

Choice reserves the right to cancel this procurement at any stage.

Should Choice decide to enter into a Framework Agreement with a Design Team, this does not mean that there is any guarantee of subsequent Call-Off contracts being awarded. Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to the award of Call-Off Contracts under the Framework Agreement is accordingly a matter solely for the commercial judgment of the Design Team.

All discussion and correspondence shall be deemed strictly subject to contract until the Framework Agreement is entered into. The Framework Agreement shall not be binding until it has been signed and dated by duly authorised representatives of both Choice and the relevant Design Team.

The value provided at Section II.1.5) is an estimate only.

High Courts of Justice in Northern Ireland
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Belfast
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Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:

In accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended).

21/06/2016