Clerk of Works Appointment Northampton

The University wishes to procure the Appointment of a Clerk of Works in respect of the construction of the University’s Waterside Campus Development.

United Kingdom-Northampton: Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

2015/S 238-432570

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

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

The University of Northampton
Park Campus, Boughton Green Road
Contact point(s): https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofnorthampton/
For the attention of: Julia Gough
NN2 7AL Northampton
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1604892663
E-mail: julia.gough@northampton.ac.uk
Fax: +44 1604722106

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: http://www.northampton.ac.uk/

Address of the buyer profile: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofnorthampton/

Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned contact point(s)

I.2)Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

I.3)Main activity

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:

ITT226 Clerk of Works Appointment.

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

Services
Service category No 12: Architectural services; engineering services and integrated engineering services; urban planning and landscape engineering services; related scientific and technical consulting services; technical testing and analysis services

NUTS code UKF23

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)

The University wishes to procure the Appointment of a Clerk of Works in respect of the construction of the University’s Waterside Campus Development.
The Development will create a new campus for the University’s ever-widening community, in the heart of Northampton. The Waterside Campus is intended to open in September 2018 and will provide state-of-the-art academic facilities for 15 000 students, residential facilities for 1 200 students and leisure facilities open to the community. The Development involves the transformation of a 58 acre brownfield site in Northampton’s Waterside Enterprise Zone.
Further details of the Development and the Clerk of Works Appointment are set out in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ).

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

71000000, 71200000, 71630000, 71248000, 71247000, 71540000, 71520000, 71530000

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

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

II.1.8)Lots

This contract is divided into lots: no

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:

The Clerk of Works Appointment will relate to the entire Development and, as such, will require a number of specialist disciplines. In particular, in respect of:
1. Buildings:
Substructure/Superstructure/Internal Fit out/Externals hard and soft landscape and the public realm/Installation of fixed and loose FF and E.
2. Mechanical and Electrical (Building):
To assist the Building C.O.W with the internal and external mechanical and electrical elements for the buildings and will include witnessing of the testing and commissioning works for handover of the building.
3. Infrastructure:
Site wide remediation/Civil Engineering and Highways/Vehicular Bridge and pedestrian foot bridge/Drainage.
4. Mechanical and Electrical (External Site Wide):
Site wide utilities (gas/electric/water/communications). Energy Centre and district heating, as well as the witnessing of the testing and commissioning.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 400 000 GBP

II.2.2)Information about options

Options: no

II.2.3)Information about renewals

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

Duration in months: 48 (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:

Parent company guarantees, warranties and/or deposits may be required.

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

To be included in the contract documentation.

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

In the event of a group of providers submitting an acceptable offer, it will be necessary to provide an undertaking that each company will be jointly and severally responsible for the due performance of the Appointment.

III.1.4)Other particular conditions

The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: 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 the requirements are met: As set out in the PQQ.

III.2.2)Economic and financial ability

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: As set out in the PQQ.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: Please refer to the PQQ referred to above.

III.2.3)Technical capacity

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
As set out in the PQQ.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
Please refer to the PQQ referred to above.

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: yes

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: As set out in PQQ.

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)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:

ITT226 Waterside Campus Clerk of Works Appointment

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

8.1.2016 – 12:00

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

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 of tenders

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

A copy of the PQQ and tender documents for this procurement can be obtained at: https://intendhost.co.uk/universityofnorthampton/

Further information in relation to the site wide design is available on request. Applicants should request such information by submitting a clarification via the In-Tend portal at: https://intendhost.co.uk/universityofnorthampton/

In accordance with the requirements of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, the PQQ and the tender documents are being made available to Applicants from the date of issue of this OJEU Notice. However, interested Applicants are initially only required to submit a completed PQQ by the deadline stated in Section IV.3.4) of this Notice. Only those Applicants that are shortlisted for the tender stage following the PQQ evaluation will be required to submit a tender for the Appointment in response to the Invitation to Tender (ITT).
The University reserves the right to cancel the procurement and not to proceed with all or part of the Appointment.
The University will not, under any circumstances, reimburse any expense incurred by Applicants in preparing their PQQ or tender submissions.

VI.4)Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

High Court

Body responsible for mediation procedures

High Court

VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals

Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: In accordance with Part 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

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

Cabinet Office

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:

4.12.2015