UK-Belfast: building construction work

Tender Details
Title	Description
Sector	Body governed by public law
Status	Contract notice
Market	Works
Procurement	Accelerated restricted procedure
Market Org	European Communities
Award Criteria	The most economic tender
Date Published	28th Nov 2009
Country	UK
Reference	2009/S 230-330211
Main Activities	Housing and community amenities
Location	East of Northern Ireland
CType	Works
Common Procurement Vocabulary	Building construction work Construction work for houses Construction work

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

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

Clanmil Housing Association Northern Whig House, 3 Waring Street , Contact: Development , Attn: Jan Sloan UK - Belfast BT1 2DX . Tel. +44 2890876000 . E-mail: pqq@clanmil.org.uk . Fax +44 2890876001 Internet address(es) : General address of the contracting authority: www.clanmil.org Address of the buyer profile: www.mytenders.org/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA3302 Further information can be obtained at: Clanmil Housing Association Northern Whig House, 3 Waring Street , Contact: Development Officer , Attn: Pauline Johnston UK - Belfast BT1 2DX . Tel. +44 2890876018 . E-mail: pqq@clanmil.org.uk . Fax +44 2890876001 . URL: www.clanmil.org Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at: Clanmil Housing Association Northern Whig House, 3 Waring Street , Contact: Development , Attn: Kelly Kitchen UK - Belfast BT1 2DX . Tel. +44 2890876000 . E-mail: pqq@clanmil.org.uk . Fax +44 2890876001 . URL: www.clanmil.org Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Clanmil Housing Association Northern Whig House, 3 Waring Street , Contact: Development , Attn: Kelly Kitchen UK - Belfast BT1 2DX . Tel. +44 2890876000 . E-mail: pqq@clanmil.org.uk . Fax +44 2890876001 . URL: www.clanmil.org

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

Body governed by public law. Housing and community amenities.

SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT

II.1) DESCRIPTION

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

New build development at Ardilea Park, Kilough Road, Downpatrick.

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

Works. Execution. Main site or location of works: Ardilea Park, Killough Road, Downpatrick. NUTS code: UKN03 East of Northern Ireland

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):

The works comprise of the construction of 19Nr units - 6Nr self contained apartments and 13Nr houses for social use, complete with associated site works at site off Ardilea Park, Killough Road, Downpatrick. The contract will be for 16 months from date of the award and is scheduled to start in March 2010. Note: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the myTenders web site at www.myTenders.org/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=63351

II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV):

45210000 Building construction work 45211100 Construction work for houses 45000000 Construction work

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

II.1.8) Division into lots:

No.

II.1.9) Variants will be accepted:

II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT

II.2.1) Total quantity or scope:

The works comprise of the construction of 19Nr units - 6Nr self contained apartments and 13Nr houses for social use, complete with associated site works at site off Ardilea Park, Killough Road, Downpatrick. The contract will be for 16 months from date of the award and is scheduled to start in March 2010. It is expected that all homes built under this scheme will be lifetime homes compliant, will achieve secured by design accreditation and meet level 3 of the code for sustainable homes. Estimated value excluding VAT: 2 240 000 GBP.

II.2.2) Options:

No.

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

Duration in months: 16 (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 Contracting Authority may require guarantees or other security acceptable to the contracting authority from tenderers. See contract documents.

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

See contract documents.

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

Subject to the status and involvement of the parties, the contracting authority may require parties to commit to joint and several liability in respect of the contract. Alternatively the contracting authority may expect the lead operator to take total responsibility. The contracting authority may require collateral warranties, parent company guarantees and/or performance bonds as applicable to be entered into by other economic operators.

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

Yes. Yes - as detailed in the Contract documentation. The project will be subject to the association obtaining project approval and grant funding from NIHE (DPG) for the scheme, and other statuatory approvals.

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: In accordance with Regulation 23 Public Contracts Regulations 2006 available at www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si20060005.htm http://www.ogc.gov.uk (see contract documents), together with the financial capability criteria set out in the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) guidelines available at . A full list of questions will be contained in the pre-qualification questionnaire available on request from the Contracting Authority. All applicants are required to submit a response to the pre-qualification questionnaire in the form issued by the Contracting Authority.”.

III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity:

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: In accordance with Regulation 24 Public Contracts Regulations 2006 available at www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si20060005.htm http://www.ogc.gov.uk (see contract documents), together with the financial capability criteria set out in the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) guidelines available at . A full list of questions will be contained in the pre-qualification questionnaire available on request from the Contracting Authority. All applicants are required to submit a response to the pre-qualification questionnaire in the form issued by the Contracting Authority”.

III.2.3) Technical capacity:

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: In accordance with Regulation 25 Public Contracts Regulations 2006 available at www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si20060005.htm http://www.ogc.gov.uk (see contract documents), together with the financial capability criteria set out in the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) guidelines available at . A full list of questions will be contained in the pre-qualification questionnaire available on request from the Contracting Authority. All applicants are required to submit a response to the pre-qualification questionnaire in the form issued by the Contracting Authority”.

III.2.4) Reserved contracts:

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:

Accelerated restricted. Justification for the choice of accelerated procedure: The Association is advertising in OJEU but will apply the accelerated restricted procedure as the early execution of this contract would be of benefit to the construction industry, as per OGCs Inforamtion Note 1/09 14.1.2009. In the current economic climate a faster procurement process will benefit economies by providing quicker distribution of public funds into markets.

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: “Compliance with Regulations 23 to 25 Public Contracts Regulations 2006 available at www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si20060005.htm (see contract documents), including in particular technical skills, previous relevant experience, resources and economic standing. The objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates will be detailed in the information memoranda and pre-qualification questionaire which will be provided to applicants following receipt of written expressions of interest.

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) An electronic auction will be used:

No.

IV.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

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

Killough Road.

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

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

Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 11.12.2009.

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

4.1.2010 - 12:00.

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

15.1.2010.

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:

SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

VI.1) THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT:

VI.2) CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU FUNDS:

VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

“The costs of responding to the pre-qualification questionnaire and any subsequent invitation to tender and participation in the project will be borne by each tenderer or the successful tenderer (as appropriate). Until the contract is formalised, all discussions and correspondence will be deemed strictly subject to contract. No formal agreement shall be binding until it has been signed by duly authorised representatives of both parties.”. Please note our Office at Nothern Whig House will be closed from 17:00 on the 23.12.2009 until we re-open on the 4.1.2010 at 09.00 and therefore we will be unable to answer any queires or accept PQQ returns during this period. (MT Ref:63351).

VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL

VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures:

High Court of Justice (Northern Ireland) Chichester Street UK - Belfast BT1 3JF . E-mail: adminoffice@courtsni.gov.uk . Tel. +44 2890235111 . URL: www.courtsni.gov.uk . Fax +44 2890313508

VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals:

Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: This procurement is governed by Public Contract Regulations 2006.

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