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Published 24 May 2023, 10:30 BST

Official UK procurement notice

NAC/5126 Enabling Works in advance of the Development of the Site at Montgomerie Park, Irvine

Official notice

Authority: North Ayrshire Council (Local council)

WorksOpen procedure
Published estimate£2,000,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 3 Jul 2023

What is being bought

Published requirement description

North Ayrshire Council requires enabling works in advance of the development of the site at Montgomerie Park, Irvine. The works will include the consolidation of mineworks across the site.

North Ayrshire Council is planning to develop 189 new homes at Montgomerie Park, Irvine. The development will provide a mix of general needs properties, homes suitable for wheelchair users and amenity bungalows. This contract will provide for the preparation of the site in readiness for the first stage of development.

Contract start is anticipated to be September 23 for a duration of approx. 26 weeks with a defects liability period of 52 weeks.

CPV: Construction materials and associated items · Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus) · Construction work · Construction works for plants, mining and manufacturing and for buildings relating to the oil and gas industry · Houses construction work · Miscellaneous construction materials · Mortar (construction) · Other miscellaneous construction materials · Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1North Ayrshire Council requires to consolidate abandoned mineworkings at a site at…Cancelled

North Ayrshire Council requires to consolidate abandoned mineworkings at a site at Areas C & D, Montgomerie Park in Irvine.

The works involve the stabilisation of abandoned mineworkings by means of drilling and pressure grouting beneath a proposed residential development and associated infrastructure. Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 8 and 9 of the Procurement (Scotland) Regulations 2016.

Delivery: Scotland
Variant 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: 20%Price: 80%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 20
  • Price: 80
Conditions of participation3
  • Suitability

    If required, bidders are required to be enrolled in the relevant professional or trade registers within the country in which they are established.

  • Economic & financial standing

    Bidders will be required to have a minimum yearly “specific” turnover of 4 million GBP for the last 3 years in the business area covered by the contract. Bidders must provide their last 3 years turnover separately i.e. 22/23 XX million GBP, 21/22 XX million GBP, 20/21 XX million GBP

    North Ayrshire Council reserve the right to review the bidder's financial information using company watch financial analytics at tender stage and throughout the life of the contract. If the bidder’s financial health score (H-Score) is 25 or less further information/clarifications will be requested to ensure the equivalent economic and financial standing is adhered too. If this information or the clarifications are not satisfactory, the bidder will be excluded from the tender process.

    Bidders who cannot meet the required level of turnover will be excluded from this tender.

    Where turnover information is not available for the time period requested, the bidder will be required to state the date which they were set up or started trading.

    It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commence of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:

    Employer’s (Compulsory) Liability Insurance = 10 million GBP in respect of any one event

    www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/hse40.pdf ↗

    Public Liability Insurance 10 million GBP in respect of any one event

    Professional Indemnity Insurance 1 million GBP in the aggregate

    Third-Party Motor Ve…

  • Technical & professional ability

    Bidders are required to provide 2 examples of works carried out in the past 5 years that demonstrates they have the relevant experience to deliver the works described in the Contract Notice. The works must be of a similar value, size and scope. The minimum project value NAC will accept as an example is 2million GBP. Examples MUST be completely relevant to this project and all elements of the works must be addressed which must include but not limited to: Experience and evidence of the successful delivery of at least 2 projects involving consolidation of abandoned mining works on sites exceeding 30,000 sq.m in area.

    Unsatisfactory experience will result in exclusion from the tender process.

    Bidders must also provide 2 satisfactory references for the same 2 contracts on the reference templates provided. References should be completed and signed by previous customers for contracts of a similar value, size and scope. If any of the referees score the bidder less than 2 the bidder will be excluded from the tender process.

    Completed experience and reference templates must be zipped and uploaded at question 4C.1 of the qualification envelope.

    Bidders are required to provide evidence that their organisation has taken steps to build their awareness of the climate change emergency and how they will respond. Accepted evidence includes but is not limited to:

    • a completed copy of the Bidder ‘relevant contract’ Climate Change Plan Template, including planned projects and actions to reduce t…
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 80 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 8 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
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Works
Notice status
Cancelled
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
24 May 2023, 10:30 BST
Last source update
21 Sept 2023, 11:07 BST
Award evaluation window
26 Jun 2023 – …
Authority reference
NAC/5126
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-027872
Classification (CPV)
Construction materials and associated itemsConstruction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)Construction workConstruction works for plants, mining and manufacturing and for buildings relating to the oil and gas industryHouses construction workMiscellaneous construction materialsMortar (construction)Other miscellaneous construction materialsWorks for complete or part construction and civil engineering work
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM93)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03cee2 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: Lots are not being used for this tender for the reason(s) stated below: Nature of the contract not suitable for lots. Quality Management Procedures 1. The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third-party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS EN ISO 9001 (or equivalent) or a documented policy regarding quality management, see attachment at SPD question 4D.1. Health and Safety Procedures 1. The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third-party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS OHSAS 18001 or ISO 45001 (or equivalent) or have, within the last 12 months, successfully met the assessment requirements of a construction-related scheme in registered membership of the Safety Schemes in Procurement (SSIP) forum or the bidder must have a regularly reviewed and documented policy for Health and Safety management, see attachment at SPD question 4D.1. Environmental Management Procedures 1. The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third-party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS EN ISO 14001 (or equivalent) or a valid EMAS (or equivalent) certificate or the bidder must have a regularly reviewed documented policy regarding environmental management, see attachment at SPD question 4D.2. (SC Ref:745415)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding
Submission deadline
3 Jul 2023, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
120 days from the deadline
Bids opened
26 Jun 2023, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

26 Jun 2023 → 21 Sept 2023 · 3 dates
  1. Bids opened
    26 Jun 2023, 12:00 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    3 Jul 2023, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    21 Sept 2023, 11:07 BST

Notice history

2 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 Jun 2023
  1. Deadline moved to 3 Jul 2023, 12:00 BST
    22 Jun 2023, 16:23 BST
    +7 days · was 26 Jun 2023, 12:00 BST
  2. Status changed to cancelled
    21 Sept 2023, 11:07 BST
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—DeadlineTime limit · IV.2.226 Jun 20233 Jul 2023+7 d
—Bid openingConditions for opening of tenders · IV.2.726 Jun 20233 Jul 2023+7 d

To allow for NAC to respond to a couple of outstanding questions and to allow for the submission of all bids NAC are extending the tender deadline by one week. Please note, the tender deadline for submission of all bids is now 12 noon on Monday 3 July 2023.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1

1 further award records carry no date or value.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

North Ayrshire Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Cunninghame House, Friars Croft, Irvine, UK, KA12 8EEContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Kilmarnock Sheriff CourtReview body KilmarnockContact phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.