Swarcliffe Avenue, Swarcliffe

Tender description

Stonewater was seeking a contractor to support the build of a new development at its Swarcliffe Avenue site. The scheme comprises 33 units, based on the following schedule of accommodation: •2B3P Bungalow @80m2 – 01no. •2B4P 2 storey house @79m2 – 12no. •2B4P 2 storey house@ 81m2 – 03no. •3B5P 2 storey house @93m2 – 17no. The proposed development is located on the former St Gregory’s Primary School site off Swarcliffe Avenue and Stanks Gardens. The site was generally recorded as open land until the construction of the primary school in the 1980’s, which was later demolished in 2019. The main site, accessed off Stanks Gardens is approximately 0.91 hectares and is bound by residential properties to the North West boundary and local Community centre to the East West boundary. 2 plots are to be located off Swarcliffe Avenue in between existing dwelling and substation. The site was purchased from Leeds City Council and planning permission has been granted and received. Lot 1: Due to the value of this project, the tender process was governed by Public Contracts Regulations (2015) and were subject to the processes and timeframes mandated in law. As such, the tender exercise was completed as an Open Procedure. This single stage process combined the Selection Questionnaire (SQ) and the Invitation to Tender (ITT), meaning that bidders were 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 also included questions, scored as either a “Pass” or “Fail”, 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). The ITT required bidders to complete a Form of Tender as well as providing responses to some additional questioning, specific to this site. The questions covered areas that were important to the project and to Stonewater as an organisation and challenged prospective bidders to think about the additional value they could provide, beyond the standard remit. The pricing requirements of the tender were located in the Contract Sum Analysis, located in Appendix 2. All bidders were asked to complete this fully and in as much detail as possible.