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Published 18 Oct 2022, 14:09 BST

Official UK procurement notice

PL0042 Essex County Hospital Construction Contractor

Official notice

Authority: Essex County Council (Local council)

WorksOpen procedure
Published estimate£16,000,000exc. VAT16.4% above published estimate
Submissions closed 17 Feb 2023awarded 19 Jul 2023
Awarded to Kind & Company (Builders ltd)

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Essex County Council is procurement on behalf of Essex Housing Development LLP

(EHDLLP), with the resulting contract being between EHDLLP and the successful supplier.

Essex County Council is seeking to optimise its functions in order to deliver new housing and

economic growth for the benefit of the area or persons resident or present in its area and has

created a housing company, Essex Housing Development LLP (EHDLLP).

Essex County Council on behalf of EHDLLP is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and

experienced main contractor for the Design and Build Contract for both the design,

construction, conversion, and refurbishment to provide 63 Nr dwellings together with

associated drainage, external works, roads, parking, landscaping, external services and any

other necessary on or off-site works including associated Section 278 Works for the whole of

the site at Phase 1 of the Former Essex County Hospital Site, Lexden Road, Colchester,

Essex, CO3 3NB

CPV: Building construction work · Construction work for houses · Construction work for multi-dwelling buildings and individual houses · Flats construction work · Houses construction work · Landscaping work · Multi-dwelling buildings construction work · Urban development construction work

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Essex County Council is seeking to optimise its functions in order to deliver new…AwardedPublished value£16,000,000

Essex County Council is seeking to optimise its functions in order to deliver new housing and

economic growth for the benefit of the area or persons resident or present in its area and has

created a housing company, Essex Housing Development LLP (EHDLLP) to carry out these

functions on its behalf.

Essex County Council on behalf of EHDLLP is seeking a contractor to deliver the following

works:

The Works consist of the design and construction 63 Nr apartments in three separate Blocks

as follows:

Block 01

  1. 2nr 3 bed 6 person apartments for open market sale.
  2. 3nr 3 bed 5 person apartments for open market sale.
  3. 4nr 2 bed 4 person apartments for open market sale.
  4. 2nr 2 bed 3 person apartments for open market sale.
  5. 2nr 1 bed 2 person apartments for open market sale.
  6. Associated communal facilities, foul sewer, footpath/cycleway, surface water attenuation

basin, surface water drainage, lighting to footpath/cycleway, drainage, external works,

roads, parking, landscaping, external services, any other on or off-site works, and

incorporating all fees and charges arising in respect of these works, other than those costs

specifically noted as being paid for by the Employer.

Block 05

  1. 10nr 1 bed 2 person apartments for open market sale.
  2. 11nr 2 bed 4 person apartments for open market sale.
  3. Associated communal facilities, foul sewer, footpath/cycleway, surface water attenuation

basin, surface water drainage, lighting to footpath/cycleway, drainage, external works,

roads, parking, landscaping, external services, any other on or off-site works, and

incorporating all fees and charges arising in respect of these works, other than those costs

specifically noted as being paid for by the Employer

Block 06

  1. 8nr 1 bed 2 person apartments for open market sale.
  2. 6nr 2 bed 3 person apartments for open market sale.
  3. 15nr 2 bed 4 person apartments for open market sale.
  4. Associated communal facilities, foul sewer, footpath/cycleway, surface water

attenuation basin, surface water drainage, lighting to footpath/cycleway, drainage, external

works, roads, parking, landscaping, external services, any other on or off-site works, and

incorporating all fees and charges arising in respect of these works, other than those costs

specifically noted as being paid for by the Employer.

Section 278 Works

Alteration works to existing and new highways junctions, cross overs and street lighting to

meet Essex County Highways requirements in accordance with the Section 278 Agreement

at set out in Appendix T of the Employer’s Requirement using a contractor approved by

Essex County Highways. The Highway Authority have confirmed the Section 278 Works have achieved Technical Approval.

Suppliers are advised that Essex County Council is subject to the Freedom of Information

Act 2000 (FOIA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR). If a supplier

considers that any of this information supplied as part of this procurement exercise should

not be disclosed because of its commercial sensitivity, confidentiality or otherwise, it must,

when providing this information, identify clearly the specific information it does not wish to

be disclosed and specify clearly the reasons for its sensitivity. Essex County Council shall

take such statements into consideration in the event that it receives a request pursuant to

FOIA and EIR which relates to the information provided by a supplier. However, if the

information is requested, Essex County Council may be obliged under FOIA and/or EIR to

disclose such information, irrespective of the suppliers wishes. Please note that it is not

sufficient to include a statement of confidentiality encompassing all the information

provided in the response.

Delivery: East of England
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: 30%Price: 70%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality including social value: 30%
  • price: 70%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality including social value: 30
  • Price: 70
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
Procedure method
Open 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
18 Oct 2022, 14:09 BST
Last source update
18 Aug 2023, 09:14 BST
Award evaluation window
5 Dec 2022 – …
Authority reference
DN629639
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-024271
Classification (CPV)
Building construction workConstruction work for housesConstruction work for multi-dwelling buildings and individual housesFlats construction workHouses construction workLandscaping workMulti-dwelling buildings construction workUrban development construction work
Delivery area
East of England (UKH3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0376a9 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
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Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
17 Feb 2023, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
120 days from the deadline
Bids opened
5 Dec 2022, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

5 Dec 2022 → 18 Aug 2023 · 3 dates
  1. Bids opened
    5 Dec 2022, 12:00 GMT
  2. Submission deadline
    17 Feb 2023, 12:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    18 Aug 2023, 09:14 BST

Notice history

3 events · 6 releases on Find a Tender · since 25 Nov 2022
  1. Deadline moved to 27 Jan 2023, 12:00 GMT
    25 Nov 2022, 10:59 GMT
    +53 days · was 5 Dec 2022, 12:00 GMT
  2. Deadline moved to 17 Feb 2023, 12:00 GMT
    18 Jan 2023, 17:23 GMT
    +21 days · was 27 Jan 2023, 12:00 GMT
  3. Status changed to complete
    18 Aug 2023, 09:14 BST
Published amendments (4 · 2 deadline changes)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—DeadlineTime limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate · IV.2.25 Dec 202227 Jan 2023+53 d
—Bid openingConditions for opening of tenders · IV.2.75 Dec 202227 Jan 2023+53 d
—Bid openingConditions for opening of tenders · IV.2.75 Dec 202227 Jan 2023+53 d
—Bid openingConditions for opening of tenders · IV.2.75 Dec 202227 Jan 2023+53 d
—DeadlineIV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate · IV.2.227 Jan 202317 Feb 2023+21 d
—Bid openingIV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders · IV.2.727 Jan 202317 Feb 2023+21 d

4 amendments published without a description.

Routine re-releases (6)
  • 2022-11: 2 releases · 25 Nov 2022, 25 Nov 2022
  • 2022-10: 1 release · 18 Oct 2022

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £18,624,1951 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 3
Contracts signed 1latest 19 Jul 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Kind & Company (Builders ltd)SME£18,624,195 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Essex County Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services County Hall, Market Road, Chelmsford, East of England, CM1 1QHContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High CourtReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Kind & Co (Builders) LtdAwarded supplier Bridge House, 530 High Road, Leytonstone, London, Leytonstone, East of England, E11 3EQ

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria