Official UK procurement notice
Strule Shared Education Campus Main Works Contract
Authority: Department of Education (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Strule Shared Education Campus (SSEC) Programme is a longstanding Executive priority with continued broad political support. It is a hugely significant programme, representing massive capital investment in the west of Northern Ireland (NI), stimulating further development and regeneration of the region. The SSEC programme will bring together 6 schools and over 4000 children and young people, from all backgrounds who will learn together on a vibrant and dynamic campus. As a pioneering project it will transform education in NI. Significant work on the Strule Programme has been completed to date, including delivery of 1 of the 6 schools. The SSEC Main Works Competition (MWC) will include the delivery of the remaining five post primary school buildings and associated facilities which equate to approximately 64,000m² of building accommodation, in addition to synthetic pitches, infrastructure, environmental protection, landscaping and general site development works.
CPV: Building construction work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1To deliver the works as envisaged in Section II.1.4 a competitive tender using the…
To deliver the works as envisaged in Section II.1.4 a competitive tender using the Open Procedure commenced on 13th December 2021. Only one tender was submitted which was deemed to be unacceptable resulting in the Department undertaking a Competitive Procedure with Negotiation (CPN) in accordance with the PCR Regulations 26(4)(b). Further detail on this process is included in Section II.2.11.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 26 Jul 2024, 10:09 BST
- Last source update
- 26 Jul 2024, 10:09 BST
- Authority reference
DE 4897161- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-023336- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0484dcFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
In response to the open procedure competition set out above, the contracting authority received one tender. This tender was unacceptable as the price exceeded the contracting authority’s budget as determined and documented prior to the launching of the procurement procedure. The contracting authorities was not required to publish a contract notice as it included in the procedure only, the sole tenderer and this tenderer had satisfied the criteria set out in regulations 57 to 64 and which, during the prior open procedure, submitted a tender in accordance with the formal requirements of the procurement procedure.
The purpose of this voluntary notice is to make known that in consequence of this, the contracting authority applied the competitive procedure with negotiation with the sole tenderer in accordance with Regulation 29, as permitted by Regulation 26(4)(b). Further, as that procedure has now concluded, the contracting authority intends to enter into a contract or contracts with the tenderer to provide the works and services that are the subject of the competitions at a contract value of £237,865,074.84.
- Review procedure
This procurement is governed by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and provides for economic operators who have suffered, or who risk suffering, loss, or damage, as a consequence of an alleged breach of the duty owed in accordance with Regulation 91 to start proceedings in the High Court.. The Department will observe a voluntary 10-day standstill period from the date of publication of this VEAT, during which it will not enter into any contractual arrangement.. The standstill period, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.. Any proceedings relating to any perceived non-compliance with the relevant law must be started within 30 days, beginning with the date when the economic operator first knew, or ought to have known that grounds for starting the proceedings had arisen. (A court may extend the time limit to 3 months, where the court considers that there is a good reason for doing so)..
Publisher note: None
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodvale Lowry JVSubcontracting: The Strule Main Works Contract will be executed through a structured series of subcontracting bundles, categorised both by individual building and by key supply chain components. | £237,865,075 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Strule Shared education Campus Main Works Contract · Woodvale Lowry JV
- Signed
- 1 Jul 2024
- Value
- £237,865,075
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Department of Finance, Construction Procurement Delivery, Procurement Operations BranchReview body
- RICS Dispute Resolution ServiceMediation body
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- Woodvale Lowry JVAwarded supplier
- Woodvale Lowry JV - LowryAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.