Quantity surveying services

Tender description

Quantity Surveying Services. Defence Infrastructure Organisation Service Delivery Total Facility Maintenance-United States Forces (DIO) procures, manages and delivers maintenance and construction works in support of Ministry of Defence (MOD) installations used by the United States Visiting Forces (USVF). Commencing in November 2016 DIO will deliver these works using the United States Forces Prime Contract (USFPC). The MOD installations used by the USVF are primarily located in Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Suffolk, Gloucestershire and Yorkshire. The requirement is to provide a Quantity Surveying Service (QS Service) to deliver cost management and assurance services to DIO in support of the USFPC. The primary tasks of the QS Service will be: a) Preparation of estimates and general cost advice. b) Financial review/tender evaluations of USFPC offers. c) Financial Review/tender evaluations of variation/change requirements. d) Measurement and valuation of works during the construction period. e) Review contractor's final accounts. f) Carrying out works completion checks to assure value for money and to confirm the USFPC has provided the works detailed within his offer and final account. g) Providing reports to DIO. h) Joint measurement with the USFPC. i) Meeting with the USFPC to resolve issues identified during QS review. j) Dispute resolution in conjunction with DIO. k) Other ad hoc tasks within the scope of a Quantity Surveyor. The QS Service Provider is to provide a dedicated resource of four Quantity Surveyors (QS), one to be located at each of the four main operating locations within the identified geographical spread. The four main operating locations are located in Northamptonshire, Cambridge and Suffolk where the Quantity Surveyors will be co-located within DIO offices. From these locations the QS will provide support to satellite locations. The QS Service Provider is to further provide a management focal point for the Service. In addition DIO may require support of a supplementary resource to be provided independently of the dedicated resource. The primary methods by which DIO obtains prices for works within the USFPC are by competitive tender for higher value works and pricing based upon the PSA Schedules of Rates for lower value high volume works. The QS Service Provider must ensure that it provides a QS resource with a wide knowledge base to include knowledge of estimating and valuation of Building and Civil Engineering, Electrical and Mechanical elements of works. The QS Service Provider will operate a Quality Management system in compliance with ISO 9000 Suppliers must read through this set of instructions and follow the process to respond to this opportunity. The information and/or documents for this opportunity are available on https://www.contracts.mod.uk/delta. You must register on this site to respond, if you are already registered you will not need to register again, simply use your existing username and password. Please note there is a password reminder link on the homepage. Suppliers must log in, go to your Response Manager and add the following Access Code: F4V4U2PH8D. Please ensure you follow any instruction provided to you here. The deadline for submitting your response(s) is 18.11.2016 12:00. Please ensure that you allow yourself plenty of time when responding to this invite prior to the closing date and time, especially if you have been asked to upload documents. If you experience any difficulties please refer to the online Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's) or the User Guides or contact the MOD DCO Helpdesk by emailing — support@contracts.mod.uk or call 0800 282 324.