Official UK procurement notice
CAT Masterplan - Services Consultant
Authority: Centre for Alternative Technology
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionServices infrastructure Masterplanning and design. Site-Wide energy strategy and design. MEP design on key building projects.
CPV: Engineering design services for mechanical and electrical installations for buildings
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Cynefin Project - Green Heart of Wales: Professional ServicesAwardedRenewal
Cynefin Project - Green Heart of Wales: Professional Services
This is an exciting opportunity to support the work of the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT). CAT is an internationally renowned environmental charity, a world-leading eco centre, and one of the foremost providers of postgraduate environmental education in the UK.
The aim of Cynefin is to transform CAT’s capacity to provide the skills, knowledge and understanding needed in the transition to a zero-carbon economy, helping create a sustainable future for all humanity as part of a thriving natural world. Through the creation of a flagship regional sustainable tourism destination and a world-leading skills centre, the project aims to build on CAT’s 45-year history of innovation in environmental solutions and offer a significant new contribution to Wales’ reputation as a leader in sustainability.
This is a sizable and complicated project, involving the following activities:
- New build exhibition spaces.
- New build student and leisure accommodation.
- Refurbishment of existing buildings of a variety of construction types.
- Refurbishment of the existing water-balance railway line.
- Extensive landscaping and ecological works.
- New drainage, water treatment, heating, electrical and communications infrastructure.
- New car parking facilities and the upgrade of existing roads and paths.
- New visitor facilities including cafés, play areas, interpretation, and signage.
- Reorganisation of the estate facilities, offices and logistics.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 70%
- Price: 30%
- Technical & professional ability
The Client may only select a bidding organisation to progress to the scored tender stage if it can demonstrate experience of three relevant and comparable example projects completed within the past eight years. The Client considers previous experience as being relevant to the requirement if the evidence provided includes examples of the following project challenges (in no particular order of priority):
Minimum: - The design of buildings which have met a high level of sustainable design such as BREEAM Excellent. - Projects that have employed innovative or ambitious sustainable energy or water use strategies. - Projects that have involved contractors working within a live public building …
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 21 Apr 2023, 11:28 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Aug 2023, 10:32 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 26 May 2023 – …
- Authority reference
CAT-003- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-024750- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03c311Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: Professional Indemnity Insurance of 5,000,000 GBP will be required. (WA Ref:132804)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 26 May 2023, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 26 May 2023, 12:00 BST
Timeline
26 May 2023 → 23 Aug 2023 · 3 dates- Submission deadline26 May 2023, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened26 May 2023, 12:00 BST
- Notice published23 Aug 2023, 10:32 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete23 Aug 2023, 10:32 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Max FordhamSME | £258,300 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 024750-2023-CAT-003-1 · Max FordhamSME
- Signed
- 27 Jun 2023
- Value
- £258,300
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad | 3 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- MAX FORDHAM LLPAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria