Official UK procurement notice
Victoria Tower Fabric Safety Project - Market Engagement Update
Authority: HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Palace of Westminster (PoW), which includes Victoria Tower, is an internationally important heritage asset acknowledged in its Grade I listing designation, and its inclusion as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, along with Westminster Abbey and St Margaret's Church. Victoria Tower is 325 ft tall and is sited above Sovereign's Gate at the south-west end of the Palace site. The Tower was originally designed as a royal entrance and a repository for the records of Parliament, and is currently home to the Parliamentary Archives, although these are in the process of being moved elsewhere.
Significant repairs were last undertaken to Victoria Tower in the early 1990s. The building fabric has deteriorated in the intervening period, and it is now necessary to undertake repairs to the external envelope of Victoria Tower, via a full-height scaffold. Parliament is exercising their duty of care to prevent future deterioration of the building fabric as custodians of this Grade I Listed asset, and to maintain a safe and secure environment in and around the Palace of Westminster.
CPV: Asbestos-removal work · Buildings of particular historical or architectural interest · Construction work · Construction work for art and cultural buildings · Electrical installation work · Excavating work · Exterior cleaning work for buildings · Facade work · Flashing and guttering work · Foundation work · Glazing work · Ground-drainage work · +22 more
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Description of the procurementPlanned
Description of the procurement
The Corporate Officer of the House of Lords and the Corporate Officer of the House of Commons, acting jointly, invite potential Applicants to participate in an additional market engagement exercise, the objective of which is to test and secure market insights on a delivery model that could be deployed, through which the Contracting Authority can secure services, works and design elements.
The Victoria Tower Fabric Safety Project Procurement Strategy envisages the appointment of a contractor to undertake the works and services to deliver the project. As part of the ongoing procurement strategy development process, the Victoria Tower Fabric Safety Project wishes to gather the views of potential Applicants that may be interested in delivering the works and services. The market feedback gained from this preliminary market consultation will be used by the Victoria Tower Fabric Safety Project to help finalise its Procurement Strategy by Q1 2023.
The Market Engagement Questionnaire has been developed for the Victoria Tower Fabric Safety Project to consult with potential Applicants on market trends, seek feedback to proposed procurement options, and obtain expression of interest for the Victoria Tower Fabric Safety Project.
Potential Applicants who wish to participate in this early market engagement are requested to download and review the engagement pack from our In-Tend procurement portal - in-tendhost.co.uk/parliamentuk/aspx/Home ↗
Potential Applicants are asked to complete the questionnaire and submit it to the Contracting Authority , as per instructions provided in the engagement pack. A closing date and time for responses to the early market engagement questionnaire is noted within the pack provided.
An industry / supplier day is being planned for Q1 2023 and will be advertised at the appropriate time.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 19 Dec 2022, 15:08 GMT
- Last source update
- 19 Dec 2022, 15:08 GMT
- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-035862- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-039278Find a Tender
Publisher note: This engagement does not commit or constrain the Authority to the draft works outline provided, nor any aspects or element of the delivery model option presented. This is an exploratory market engagement exercise only, not a call for competition. The CPV codes used in this engagement and the full range of services covered may change prior to commencement of the proposed competition. Please note this is a Prior Information Notice and there are no tender documents to download or submit at this stage. A Contract Notice will be issued to signal commencement of the formal procurement process. It is anticipated that this will be issued in March 2023. The Parliamentary Procurement and Commercial Service uses an e-tendering portal (hosted by In-Tend) to manage its procurement processes. You will need to register on the portal before you can express an interest in any opportunities and view the associated tender documents. Many suppliers have existing accounts which they may not have access to. Please e-mail [email protected] if you think you might have an existing account and would like to be added to it, rather than creating a new account. Registering on the PPCS e-tendering portal does not mean you are a supplier to UK Parliament or either House (Commons or Lords).
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
19 Dec 2022 → 31 Mar 2023 · 2 dates- Notice published19 Dec 2022, 15:08 GMT
- Tender notice expected31 Mar 2023, 00:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.