Construction Work Tender Manchester

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

I.2)Type of the contracting authority

I.3)Main activity

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

II.1)Description

II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:

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

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

II.1.4)Information on framework agreement

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

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

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

II.1.8)Lots

II.1.9)Information about variants

II.2)Quantity or scope of the contract

II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:

II.2.2)Information about options

II.2.3)Information about renewals

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

III.1)Conditions relating to the contract

III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:

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

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

III.1.4)Other particular conditions

III.2)Conditions for participation

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

III.2.2)Economic and financial ability

III.2.3)Technical capacity

III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts

III.3)Conditions specific to services contracts

III.3.1)Information about a particular profession

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

IV.1)Type of procedure

IV.1.1)Type of procedure

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

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

IV.2)Award criteria

IV.2.1)Award criteria

IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction

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

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

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

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

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

IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of tenders

This is a recurrent procurement: no

Manchester is experiencing an expansion of its economic footprint in all directions.
Developments such as Spinningfields, Piccadilly Quarter and Central Spine have helped to establish office locations outside the core business district area but, importantly within the regional centre.
The Co-operative plays an important role in Manchester.
It is a major employer, influential landowner and its buildings have chartered the fortunes and aspirations of both the city and the movement.
The Co-operative’s location in the North of the city is another example of where the city centre’s footprint can be extended to meet with future demands.
The development of new commercial areas has seen the evolution of Manchester City Centre from a one centre model to a polycentric model.
The Co-operative is located at the heart of a new emerging commercial destination which is the City Centre North.
The City Centre North area is establishing itself as a new commercial quarter with a number of new properties being developed.
The Co-operative Group is leading a strategic regeneration initiative for the Northern Gateway to the City of Manchester.
The vision is a transformation of a 20-acre site including the Co-operative Group’s existing building stock in the area and will include the construction of a new Co-operative Group head office.
The contracting party for the contract being procured by this tender will be “The Co-operative Group Limited”.
The Co-operative Group working in partnership with Manchester City Council is looking to procure a public works contract.
The contract will be let by the Co-operative Group and is a subsidised public services contract pursuant to Regulation 34 of the Public Contract Regulations 2006.
The contract will be for works to provide high quality public realm – Noma Public Realm Phase 2 & 3 – around the Listed Estate and adjoining areas.
The scope of the works will include site establishment, site preparation, breaking out existing hard standings, isolation and removal of existing services, installation of new drainage, external lighting, hard landscaped areas, street furniture and the completion of all planting, trees and grassed areas.
The Co-operative reserves the right not to award any contract as a result of this procurement process initiated by this notice and will not be liable for any costs incurred by candidates.
The key target contract dates are:
Award contract – August 2014;
Start– September 2014;
Completion – June 2015.
Interested parties must submit a Pre-Qualification Questionnaire by way of expression of interest.
The Co-operative Group is using the Manchester City Council e-business portal known as the chest (www.the-chest.org.uk) to conduct this procurement exercise.

Applicants will need to register their details at the following link https://www.thechest.nwce.gov.uk/procontract/supplier.nsf/frm_home?openForm

Once registered, applicants will be emailed a log-in and password which will allow applicants to gain access to the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.
Applicants will need to electronically submit the completed Pre-Qualification Questionnaire and accompanying documentation via the Chest on-line portal no later than 15 May 2014 , as referred to in IV.3.4. Any clarification queries will also need to be submitted via the Chest website

Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: The Co-operative will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers prior to entering into the contract.
If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No 5) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).
Where a contract has not been entered into the court may order setting aside of the award decision or order the authority to amend any document and may award damages.
If the contract has been entered into the court may award damages and/or shorten or order the contract ineffective.