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Published 25 May 2023, 15:47 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Residential Masterplan, Cairnmount, Irvine

Official notice

Authority: North Ayrshire Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£250,000exc. VAT49.7% below published estimate
Submissions closed 28 Jun 2023awarded 23 Jan 2024
Awarded to EMA ARCHITECTS

What is being bought

Published requirement description

North Ayrshire Council (“NAC”) requires an appropriately qualified and experienced masterplan consultant and design team to develop a residential masterplan for an area of NAC owned land at Cairnmount, Irvine - also referred to as Montgomerie Park East. The masterplan consultant will act as the lead of the design team.

The residential masterplan is to be developed taking into consideration best practice guidance, market feedback and the following:

  • Evidenced based site analysis to inform concept design.
  • Masterplan that blends best practice design with residential market requirements.
  • Phasing strategy that reflects market interest.
  • A masterplan that integrates the surrounding landscape.

Anticipated Design Team Members, please note this list is not exhaustive.

  • Masterplanning Consultant
  • Civil Engineer
  • Transport Planner and Engineer
  • Landscape Architect

CPV: Building consultancy services · Business development consultancy services · Civil engineering consultancy services · Design consultancy services · Development consultancy services · Environmental engineering consultancy services · General management consultancy services · Health and safety consultancy services · Infrastructure works consultancy services · Project management consultancy services · Research and development consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

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: 40%Price: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 40
  • Price: 60
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.

    Where it is required, within a bidder’s country of establishment they must confirm which authorisation or memberships of the relevant organisation(s) are required in order to perform this service.

    Bidders must confirm if they hold the particular authorisation or memberships.

  • Economic & financial standing

    Bidders will be required to have a minimum “general” yearly turnover of 425,000 GBP for the last three years.

    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.

    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.

    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 = [5 million] GBP in respect of any one event

    www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/hse40.pdf ↗

    Public Liability Insurance [1 million] GBP in respect of any one event

    Professional Indemnity Insurance [5 million] GBP in the aggregate

    Third-Party Motor Vehicle Insurance

    A valid motor vehicle certificate must be held in the company name or (where there is no fleet but rather the company permits its employees to use their pe…

  • Technical & professional ability

    Bidders are required to provide 2 examples of services carried out in the past 3 years that demonstrates they have the relevant experience to deliver the services described in the Contract Notice. The services must be of a similar size and scope. 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 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.1.2 of the qualification envelope.

    Bidders will be required to confirm that they and/or the service provider have the following relevant educational and professional qualifications: It is a requirement of this contract that a minimum of one key staff member involved in the delivery of this contract has a Royal Town Planning Institute (“RTPI”) Membership or equivalent.

    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 the bidder’s carbon emissions. This does not …
Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 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
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
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
25 May 2023, 15:47 BST
Last source update
25 Jan 2024, 10:38 GMT
Award evaluation window
28 Jun 2023 – …
Authority reference
NAC/5132
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-002545
Classification (CPV)
Building consultancy servicesBusiness development consultancy servicesCivil engineering consultancy servicesDesign consultancy servicesDevelopment consultancy servicesEnvironmental engineering consultancy servicesGeneral management consultancy servicesHealth and safety consultancy servicesInfrastructure works consultancy servicesProject management consultancy services
+1 moreResearch and development consultancy services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM93)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03cf7c Find a Tender

Publisher note: (SC Ref:756018)

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
28 Jun 2023, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
28 Jun 2023, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

28 Jun 2023 → 25 Jan 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    28 Jun 2023, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    28 Jun 2023, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    25 Jan 2024, 10:38 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    25 Jan 2024, 10:38 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £125,7561 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1512 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 23 Jan 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
EMA ARCHITECTSSME£125,756 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 002545-2024-NAC/5132-1 · EMA ARCHITECTSSME

    Signed
    23 Jan 2024
    Value
    £125,756
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
15bids · 15 electronic · 15 from abroad12——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

North Ayrshire Council

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

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Kilmarnock Sheriff CourtReview body KilmarnockContact email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • EMA ARCHITECTSAwarded supplier 42 Charlotte Square, EDINBURGH, UK, Eh2 4HQContact phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.