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Published 22 Mar 2021, 14:16 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

DoF - 3456596 - Orchard House Internal Refurbishment

Official notice

Authority: Department of Finance, Properties Division, Enterprise Shared Services

WorksRestricted procedure
Published estimate£7,610,000exc. VAT28.6% below published estimate
Submissions closed 4 May 2021awarded 23 Mar 2022
Awarded to Farrans Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Orchard House is an office block located in Foyle Street, Londonderry, BT48 6BQ. Providing office accommodation for various government departments, the reception areas is located on the ground floor with controlled access from Foyle street and Water Street. The building is split into two blocks, block A has four floors and block B has three floors, each block shares the same entrance and reception. The building is owned by DoF and is currently semi vacant. A full building refurbishment project is programmed to provide approximately 5961m2 of revised layout office accommodation with an occupancy increase of approximately 200. DoF intend to award the contract to a Main Contractor led Integrated Supply Team (IST) in October 2021 with works commencing November 2021. The IST will be responsible for the Technical Design and delivery of the construction project. Upgrade and replacement of existing central plant, telecoms and M and E services distribution throughout is required to accommodate new layouts. Refurbishment of existing lift machinery to meet current standards.

CPV: Building construction work · Construction work for commercial buildings

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedPublished value£7,610,000
Delivery: Northern Ireland · Orchard House office block located in Foyle Street, Londonderry, BT48 6BQ
Second stage: up to 5 candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 30%Price: 70%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 30
  • Price: 70
Conditions of participation3
  • Suitability

    In order for a Contractor/Consultant to be eligible to participate in this competition they must hold licenses, accreditations or certificates for specific categories and sectors as set out below:. Refer to PQQ documentation

  • Economic & financial standing

    Refer to PQQ documentation

    Minimum: Refer to PQQ documentation
  • Technical & professional ability

    Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents List and brief description of selection criteria: . Refer to PQQ documentation

    Minimum: Refer to PQQ documentation
Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

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
Restricted procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Works
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
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
22 Mar 2021, 14:16 GMT
Last source update
25 Aug 2022, 11:39 BST
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-023749
Classification (CPV)
Building construction workConstruction work for commercial buildings
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN0)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-029df7 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Performance terms

The Economic Operators’ performance on this Contract will be regularly monitored. As part of its contract management procedures, the Contracting Authority will use the Protocol for Managing Poor Supplier Performance contained in Procurement Guidance Note PGN 01/12 – Contract Management Principles and Procedures:. If an Economic Operator has received more than one current Notice of Written Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance, the Contracting Authority, at . its discretion, can consider an Economic Operator’s exclusion from future procurements, being undertaken on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Public Procurement Policy (NIPP), for a minimum period of 12 months or 3 years respectively. .

Publisher note: CPD, in its capacity as a Central Purchasing Body, is administering this procurement on behalf of the Contracting Authority. The Contracting Authority expressly reserves the right:. ii. not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice or to cancel the procurement at any stage; and . iii. to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition . And in no circumstances will the Authority be liable for any costs incurred by Economic Operators or Candidates. Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to contract award is accordingly at the sole risk of the . Economic Operator or Candidate participating in this procurement process. This project will be used to progress the Government’s wider social,. economic and environmental objectives. No business whatsoever is guaranteed under any resulting framework agreement or contract indeed there is no guarantee that any framework agreement or contract will be put in place in relation to this notice. No .compensation etc will be paid if a contract or framework agreement is withdrawn for any reason. Economic Operators should take part in this process only on the basis that they fully understand and accept this position.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: eTendersNI · Who buys & how to bid on eTendersNI
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free Northern Ireland registration

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps/home.do ↗

Submission deadline
4 May 2021, 15:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

4 May 2021 → 25 Aug 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    4 May 2021, 15:00 BST
  2. Bids must remain valid until
    1 Sept 2021, 23:59 BST
  3. Notice published
    25 Aug 2022, 11:39 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    25 Aug 2022, 11:39 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £5,435,4681 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 7
Contracts signed 1latest 23 Mar 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Farrans LimitedContract£5,435,468 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
7bids · 7 electronic · 1 from abroad0——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Department of Finance, Properties Division, Enterprise Shared Services

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawGeneral public services 6th floor, Goodwood House, 44-58 May Street., BELFAST, UK, BT1 4NNContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Department of Finance, Construction Procurement Delivery, Procurement Operations BranchReview body BelfastContact email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • NORTHSTONE NI LTDAwarded supplier 99 Kingsway, BELFAST, UK, BT17 9NUContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.