College Road, Hereford

Tender description

The site was acquired by Stonewater Developments Limited (the development arm of Stonewater Limited) in March 2021 with the aim of constructing the new homes using modular form of construction and the apartments in a traditional form of construction. The site was initially contracted to a different provider, to be delivered as a modular build. The site clearance works, substructure and installation of the 114no modular houses, the structures, external walls and pre-cast concrete planks to the intermediate floors and roof of the traditional constructed apartment block and the site infrastructure works have progressed. Works were initially delayed due to design and buildability issues with the proposed modular flat roofs. This resulted in a planning non-material amendment being obtained revising the design to traditional pitch roofs. These works have commenced. However, the main contractor entered into Administration on 12th June 2023 and the build contract has been terminated. Lot 1: The tender exercise was completed as an Open Procedure, in line with the instructions of the Public Contracts Regulations (2015). This single stage process combined the Selection Questionnaire (SQ) and the Invitation to Tender (ITT), meaning that bidders will be expected to provide all requested information by one, clear deadline. The SQ was the standard format required under UK guidelines and required all bidders to provide key information about their organisation’s financial and legal standing, as well as references of current/previous customers and details of their current insurance policies. In addition to this, Stonewater will also included questions, scored as either a “Pass” or “Fail”, based on key organisational initiatives and how well these matched with Stonewater’s own policies. These covered Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). In addition to the information requested in the SQ, Stonewater required bidders to provide some additional information, based on the requirements of the NHBC. The questions in this section were located in Document 2 of the tender pack and were for Stonewater’s information only.