The Omega Centre Special Education Needs School Refurbishment & Extension

Please refer to the SUBMISSION section below and documents issued via In-tend for full conditions of participation.

Please refer to the SUBMISSION section below and documents issued via In-tend for full conditions of participation.

The Council will undertake a shortlisting process, with the highest scoring 4 suppliers following assessment of Conditions of Participation by the Council, who meet all the pass/fail criteria, progressing to the tender stage. In the event that multiple suppliers are tied at 4th place through the achievement of identical scores then a tie-break will apply.

The Council reserve the right to proceed to the second stage of the tender process in the event there are less than four suppliers who meet the conditions of participation criteria.

Any interested suppliers will need to register on the governments Central Digital Platform for the Council to review any potential grounds for exclusion and conduct a debarment check.

The Council will be required to undertake checks on any named subcontractor a supplier incorporates into their bid. If the subcontractor was to meet the exclusion grounds and/or be listed on the debarment list, then the Council will need to investigate this as part of any award decision. The Council may require a supplier to change the nominated sub-contractor if they do not meet the exclusion grounds and/or listed on the debarment list.

Suppliers must pass :

• Part 1 and 2 of the Conditions of Participation
• Financial capacity (Credit score and turnover requirements)
• Insurance (PL, EL & PI)
• H&S (SSIP accreditation or equivalent, RIDDOR, HSE notice requirements)
• Accreditations (Considerate contractor or equivalent)
• Modern slavery
• Technical ability

Minimum of 3 - Maximum of 5 contract case studies relating to works completed or are currently being completed within the past 5 years must be submitted using the Contract Case Study template provided. All case studies are to be supported with a reference questionnaire completed and returned by the contractor's client.

Multiple case studies that apply to the same client organisation are permitted provided that each example relates to a discrete contract. Please note: A single case study can be used to demonstrate multiple requirements.

PASS/FAIL

Case studies will be assessed holistically and must demonstrate evidence of the following minimum required elements to pass:

• At least 1 case study contractors must show experience of undertaking the refurbishment of an existing historic, brick-built building similar in size and scope to the Omega Project.
• At least 1 case study must demonstrate experience working within or to build school/college buildings (SEND or non-SEND School).
• At least 1 case study must show experience of working in either an occupied site or working adjacent to an occupied site with similarly vulnerable users (e.g. working in a school, care home, nursery, hospice, hospital etc)
• At least 1 case study must illustrate site management experience in a publicly accessible environment.
• At least 1 case study must demonstrate experience undertaking works at sites which have limited access.
• At least 1 case study must demonstrate experience undertaking works at sites which have limited space onsite for material storage etc.
• At least 2 case study must demonstrate experience working on contracts to a value within a range of £3m - £9m
• At least 2 case study must demonstrate experience of working on contracts as a Principal Contractor where JCT Terms have been utilised.
• At least 2 case study must demonstrate experience of delivering complex landscape schemes (e.g. a landscape scheme that includes, multiple different surfaces, extensive drainage works, planting etc.) either as part of a building project or as discrete external works schemes. (Either directly or using sub-contractors)

SCORING

All suppliers that achieve a Pass, will then have their case studies scored.

2 points will be given for each of the first two elements below and 1 point will be given for each of the last four elements below, that is evidenced within a case study. For example, if the first element mentioned is evidenced within 1 case study it will score 2 points, if evident in 2 case studies, then it will score a further 2 points etc up to a maximum of 10 points if it is evident in all 5 case studies.

A maximum score of 40 points is possible if all 6 elements are evidenced in all 5 case studies.

Please note, not all the elements below were pass/fail criteria so contractors should endeavour to include evidence of the below within their case studies in order to achieve higher scores.

• (2 Points) Experience of undertaking the refurbishment of an existing historic, brick-built building similar in size and scope to the Omega Project.
• (2 Points) Experience working within or to build SEND school/college buildings.
• (1 Point) Evidence of providing apprenticeship opportunities / work experience as a social value commitment
• (1 Point) Experience of managing significant buried services.
• (1 point)Experience of providing (Either directly or indirectly) bespoke carpentry from the contractors own workshop
• (1 point) Experience of delivering complex landscape schemes (e.g. a landscape scheme that includes, multiple different surfaces, extensive drainage works, planting etc.) either as part of a building project or as discrete external works schemes. (Either directly or using sub-contractors)

If multiple suppliers are tied at 4th place through the achievement of identical scores, then a tie-break will apply. The tie-break will take the sum of the scores achieved for the following experience elements within the Technical and Professional Ability Questions:

• Experience of undertaking the refurbishment of an existing historic, brick-built building similar in size and scope to the Omega Project.
• Experience working within or to build SEND school/college buildings.

This will provide one score for each supplier tied for 4th place and the highest-ranking supplier will be taken through as 4th place to tender.

If scores remain tied, preference will be given first to the supplier with the highest scoring SEND school experience, and if still tied, to the one with the highest scoring historic building refurbishment experience.