Construction work

Tender description

Project: Better Barnsley — Town Centre Regeneration Project Ref.: 07-17-15-1-1006; Estimated value: 35 000 000 GBP to 50 000 000 GBP. Contract Start: May/June 2015 (Works Jan 2016) Contract Completion: October 2018. Description of Works: The Employer requires a Constructor Partner to work collaboratively on the design and construction of the following works: 1. Construction of a new central library 2. Refurbishment of existing shop buildings 3. Re-model and extension of markets building (Metropolitan Centre) 4. New town square 5. Public realm 6. Associated services works. It is intended that this contract acts as a catalyst for regeneration of the area. Accordingly, the contractor will be required to actively participate in achieving these objectives and contract performance conditions may relate to social, economic and environmental considerations. The contractor's technical capability to meet these requirements may also be assessed at the pre-qualification stage and criteria which asses the manner in which the contractor will meet these requirements may also be included within the contract award criteria. Note: This scheme will be tendered electronically through the YORtender System. Applicants must register their company at https://www.yortender.co.uk Applicants will then need to register their interest against this procurement exercise. To pre-qualify, Applicants will need to submit a completed Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) via YORtender. The above information/relevant details include: 1. Applicants are to provide a list of projects, as defined in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire, to demonstrate their experience in carrying out works on similar projects. This must include, as a minimum, completion date, value, description of the works, contract period, form of contract and client contact details. 2. Note: References are required to be provided by the contacts listed for your experience and internal references will be used where applicable. Applicants not providing any of the above requested information will not proceed any further. 3. A copy of the most recent, unabbreviated financial accounts for your company and the ultimate parent company that cover the last 2 years of trading or for the period available, if trading for less than 2 years. The financial accounts provided for assessment should be no more than 9 months older than the bidder's latest accounting year end date (in line with Companies House accounts filing requirements). Please note: Parent Company Accounts will be subject to the same checks as those applied to the bidder. Where concerns are identified around the financial standing of the parent company, the interdependencies between the bidder and the parent will be considered and this may impact on the outcome of the financial assessment. Where suitable financial accounts are not available (eg for a new company), please provide as much of the following information as possible: · Interim and/or draft accounts; · Bankers statements and references; · Accountants references; · Management accounts; · Financial projections, including cash flow forecasts. 3. Applicants should also note that compliance/accreditation with a SSIP (Safety Schemes In Procurement) constituent body (such as CHAS), or equivalent, is mandatory for all projects involving contractors/suppliers working on Council premises and/or contractors working on the Council's behalf. Applicants are required to provide evidence of SSIP or equivalent compliance/accreditation, for the type of work advertised here and competency level(s) for the following categories: Principal Contractor Design Compliant and/or details of compliance of organisation completing the design on the Applicants behalf. Works to highway/public footpath (Stage 1 and 2) Evidence of current CHAS compliance in any of the above categories is sufficient to demonstrate competency. If applicants cannot provide evidence of accreditation for both the required type of work and the required categories stated above their application will fail. Method of Selection The information provided shall be evaluated and scored (refer to Method of Evaluation Guidance Document). The highest scoring organisations shall be ranked in order and form the select list to be invited to tender. It is envisaged that between 6 and 10 contractors will be invited to Tender, which could be extended in order to ensure adequate competition. Note: Initially all applications will be assessed against the pass/fail criteria in sections 3A, 3B, 4 and 8A. Following this, potential contractors will then be scored against the sections 5, 6, 7, 8B and 9 to produce a ranked list. Finally the potential contractors will be assessed against the pass/fail in section 2 K Temple Director of Design And Procurement NPS Barnsley Ltd Po Box 634 Barnsley South Yorkshire S70 9GG FAO: Andrew Darlington Telephone 01226 774366 Design andnd Procurement Help-desk (YORtender Queries) — Telephone: 01226 774341 to be received by: 12:00 noon, 13.2.2015 Contractors/Suppliers — Find business opportunities with the Council's Corporate Services Directorate by registering (for free) at https://www.yortender.co.uk