Hospital facilities construction work

Tender description

Construction works to provide upgraded maternity and neonatal facilities for Barts Health NHS Trust. The works consist of refurbishment to owner occupied premises at Whipps Cross University Hospital throughout the ground, first and second floors of the building and will require new and adapted M&E building services installations. The completed accommodation will provide upgraded healthcare facilities to include obstetrics and midwifery led birthing suites, Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU), outpatients antenatal services, window replacement throughout the building and improvements to clinical, administrative and core spaces. Areas not being developed within core works phases will be occupied throughout construction. The works will be fully designed and contract awarded under JCT (2016) standard with contractor's design portion for specialist and minor ancillary items. The contract will be for provision of construction works to include but not limited to demolition/strip out, structural, internal partitioning, ceilings, flooring, sanitary-ware and plumbing, electrical and mechanical building. Services plant, BMS controls and infrastructure, medical gases, fire safety, lighting, small power, communications, doors, radiation shielding, nurse call, fire alarm and security installations and specialist finishing trades. Major medical equipment will be procured independently by the Trust although the contractor will be required to coordinate construction with installation programmes for medical equipment. The works will take place within owner occupied premises, consisting of refurbishment to the existing building, extension to the ground floor and construction of external dry risers from the GF to 2F levels. Works will be fully designed although some elements will require a portion of contractor's design for ancillary and specialist engineering services. The form of contract will be the JCT Standard (2016) with contractor's design portion. Contract retention will be held for 12 months which will be released upon completion of the defects period. Tendering information is targeted for release in May 2019. Award of contract is targeted for September 2019. Construction commencement is targeted for November 2019, The Works programme will be undertaken in sections, for overall completion in August 2020. A restricted procedure will be followed, with approximately 6-8 suppliers shortlisted to provide tender proposals.The number of suppliers shortlisted will be determined following the evaluation of SQs received. Upon receipt of expressions of interest, potential suppliers will be required to complete a Standard Selection Questionnaire (SQ) or TED electronic referencing. The Contracting Authority are seeking to award contract to a supplier with demonstrable experience in providing high specification healthcare facilities of a similar nature to this project. Demonstration of successful delivery of healthcare refurbishment within sensitive occupied areas is essential. Those suppliers selected for the short-list will be invited to tender. Tenders will be evaluated on the basis of Most Economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT) with a price and quality component required for the tender submission.