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Project Angel: Engineering and Construction Phase.

Contract notice

Works

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

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

Northamptonshire County Council
County Hall, George Row
Contact point(s): Project Angel
For the attention of: Jeandre Hunter
NN1 1AN Northampton
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail:

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: www.northamptonshire.gov.uk

Address of the buyer profile: http://northamptonshire.gov.uk/en/councilservices/Environ/economic/pages/ProjectAngel.aspx

Electronic access to information: As in above-mentioned contacts points
Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: As in above-mentioned contacts points

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
Regional or local authority
I.3)Main activity
General public services
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:
Project Angel: Engineering and Construction Phase.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Works
Realisation, by whatever means of work, corresponding to the requirements specified by the contracting authorities
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Angel Street, Northampton, Northamptonshire, UK.

NUTS code UKF23

II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
II.1.4)Information on framework agreement

Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement

Estimated value excluding VAT: 37 600 000 GBP
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
The contract will require the construction of a new civic-office building in the centre of Northampton at the Council's Angel Street Site. It will require the novation of the current design contract to the successful bidder, who will have overall responsibility for the delivery of design and build phases of the project.
NB: the minimum annual turnover for Potential Providers wishing to tender for this Project is 60m GBP. Potential Providers who have a lower turnover, will not be successful at PQQ stage.
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

45000000, 45112700, 45100000, 45300000, 45213312, 45400000, 45213150, 45200000, 45213112, 45233000

II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes
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 Contracting Authority intends to invite tenders for the construction of a new civic-office building located at its Angel Street Site. Full details of the Contracting Authority's expectations of usage of the building will be published within the procurement process, the building will serve as a base for c2000 staff and may include retail units, as well as commercial spaces as well as co-location of other public service personnel. The Contracting Authority requires the building to be fully fitted out, ready for occupation. The Contracting Authority however, reserves the right to remove any FF&E; elements and undertake separate procurement for furniture and/or other loose fittings and equipment, at its discretion. The full specification of requirements will be published within the tender documentation. It is required that the building will be fully occupied by the end of 2016.
NB: the minimum annual turnover for Potential Providers wishing to tender for this Project is 60m GBP. Potential Providers who have a lower turnover, will not be successful at PQQ stage.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 37 600 000 GBP
II.2.2)Information about options
II.2.3)Information about renewals
II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion
Duration in months: 20 (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 will require the winning bidder to furnish some guarantees and/or bonds/warranties. Full details will be published with the PQQ/Tender documentation.
III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
To be published with the PQQ/Tender Documentation.
III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
The Contracting Authority wants to contract with a single operator.
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

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender~: 1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once) - If you have not registered on this website before, a video tutorial can be found on the link below. Browse to the eSourcing Portal: https://lgss.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register - Accept the terms and conditions and click 'continue' - Enter your correct business and user details - Note the username you chose and click 'Save' when complete - You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure) 2.Express an Interest in the tender - Login to the portal with the username/password - A supplier's eTendering manual and video tutorial on how to respond to an online tender can be found on the right hand side of the webpage. Click the 'PQQs / ITTs Open To All Suppliers' link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier) - Click on the relevant PQQ/ ITT to access the content. - Click the 'Express Interest' button at the top of the page. - This will move the PQQ /ITT into your 'My PQQs/ My ITTs' page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only) -You can now access any attachments by clicking 'Buyer Attachments' in the 'PQQ/ ITT Details' box 3.Responding to the tender - Click 'My Response' under 'PQQ/ ITT Details', you can choose to 'Create Response' or to 'Decline to Respond' (please give a reason if declining) - You can now use the ‘Messages' function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification - Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ ITT - There may be a mixture of online & offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available) You must then submit your reply using the 'Submit Response' button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the online help, or contact the eTendering help desk.

III.2.2)Economic and financial ability
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: As published within the PQQ/Tender documentation.
III.2.3)Technical capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
As published in the PQQ/Tender documentation.
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

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 published in PQQ documentation.
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:
JH/NCC/PA/C/********
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Prior information notice

Notice number in the OJEU: 2013/S 20-031247

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: 27.3.2014 - 16:00
Payable documents: no
IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
27.3.2014 - 16:00
IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
19.5.2014
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
The Contracting Authority intends to use an eTendering system in this procurement exercise and reserves the right to use a reverse auction.
VI.4)Procedures for appeal
VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

The Royal Courts of Justice
The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 2079476000
Internet address: www.royalcourtsofjustice.co.uk

Body responsible for mediation procedures

Paul White, Head of Procurement, LGSS
LGSS, John Dryden House
NN4 7YD Northampton
UNITED KINGDOM

VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: The Contracting Authority will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. The duration of this standstill will be disclosed at this point. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the Contracting Authority before the contract is entered into. Such additional information should be required from (Refer to address in part 1.1) 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). Any such action must be brought promptly. Where a contract has not been entered into the Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the authority to amend any document and may award damages.
VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

Paul White, Head of Procurement, LGSS
LGSS, John Dryden House
NN4 7YD Northampton

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
4.2.2014