Construction Contract Leads

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1) Name and addresses

Queen's University Belfast

Procurement Office, University Road

Belfast

BT7 1NN

Contact

Jackie Glackin

Email

j.glackin [at] qub.ac.uk

Telephone

+44 2890973026

Fax

+44 2890973026

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKN06 - Belfast

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.qub.ac.uk

Buyer's address

https://www.qub.ac.uk/directorates/FinanceDirectorate/visitors/procurement/

I.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/queensuniversitybelfast/aspx/Home

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/queensuniversitybelfast/aspx/Home

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the above-mentioned address

I.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

I.5) Main activity

Education

Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement

II.1.1) Title

QUB/2536/24 - Momentum One Zero (M1.0) Building Contractor

Reference number

QUB/2536/24

II.1.2) Main CPV code

• 45210000 - Building construction work

II.1.3) Type of contract

Works

II.1.4) Short description

The Project is for the provision of the works required to deliver the Momentum One Zero Project. Momentum One Zero (M1.0) is one of three, Belfast City Region Deal Projects which is being delivered by Queen’s University Belfast. The works will significantly expand the existing ECIT Building (Electronics, Communications and Information Technology, Queen's Road, Queen's Island Belfast, United Kingdom, BT3 9DT) and will create an anchor building in Belfast’s innovation district. This tender exercise will follow the 2-stage restricted procedure. Economic Operators shortlisted at Stage 1: PQQ will then be invited to tender for Stage 2: ITT.

II.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £29,000,000

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

II.2) Description

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

• 45210000 - Building construction work
• 71334000 - Mechanical and electrical engineering services
• 45214000 - Construction work for buildings relating to education and research

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes

• UKN06 - Belfast

Main site or place of performance

Belfast, Northern Ireland

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

The Project is for the provision of the works required to deliver the Momentum One Zero Project. Momentum One Zero (M1.0) is one of three, Belfast City Region Deal Projects which is being delivered by Queen’s University Belfast. The works will significantly expand the existing ECIT Building (Electronics, Communications and Information Technology, Queen's Road, Queen's Island Belfast, United Kingdom, BT3 9DT) and will create an anchor building in Belfast’s innovation district. The scope of the project will include: - c.6500 sqm extension, delivered over a 3 and 5-storey extension to accommodate over 450 additional building users - c.400 sqm server room - Laboratory / Maker spaces - Clean rooms - Specialists workshops - Seminar spaces - Large atrium / circulation spaces - Café and catering space - Collaboration spaces including kitchen facilities - Offices - Storage - Ancillary accommodation associated with office spaces - Reception area - Significant mechanical and electrical installations (c.40% of estimated construction cost) - Specific Client requirements associated with IT and AV coordination, installation and commissioning - Specific Client requirements associated with the coordination and installation of FF&E - Complex façade system - Installation of PV panels - Refurbishment of selected elements of the existing ECIT building - External landscaping to include car parking, planting, bin storage, bike shelters and EV charging The complexities of the project include: - Working on a live, operational site - Working alongside multiple stakeholders including but not limited to businesses, statutory authorities, and end-users - Working adjacent to a road - Working adjacent to a Scheduled Monument - Temporary works to facilitate and maintain access to the existing ECIT building for the duration of the works - Temporary works access - Connecting into an operational building - Working on a brown field, inner city site - Working in proximity to George Best, Belfast City Airport - Sectional completion - Adhering to and discharging planning conditions The project is utilising the ‘Traditional’ procurement methodology. The estimated construction duration is 27 months.

II.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

II.2.6) Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: £29,000,000

II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months

27

This contract is subject to renewal

No

II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited

Envisaged number of candidates: 6

Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:

It is anticipated that the 6 Economic Operators that satisfy: the completeness and compliance checks; the criteria for the rejection of Economic Operators; the information as to economic and financial standing; and who achieve the highest scores in the technical or professional ability evaluation process will be short-listed and invited to submit tenders. Where there is a tie for 6th place, then all Economic Operators in 6th place will be shortlisted and invited to submit tenders. For the purposes of this exercise a tie for 6th place is deemed to occur where two or more Economic Operators have identical scores or a score within 1 mark (out of a score of 100) of the 6th place score. In the event that any short-listed Economic Operator(s) withdraw(s) from the Procurement or subsequently become(s) ineligible to continue to participate in the Procurement at any stage following notification of short-listing and prior to issue of the Invitation to Tender, the University will remove the withdrawn/ineligible Economic Operator(s) from the short-list and will add to the short-list the next ranked eligible Economic Operator(s) (if any) to replace the Economic Operator(s) removed. The University will inform the relevant Economic Operator(s) accordingly. Where there is a tie in relation to the next ranked Economic Operator, (i.e. where two or more Economic Operators have identical scores or a score within 1 mark (out of a score of 100)), all Economic Operators with tied scores will be short-listed and invited to submit tenders. In the event that the Procurement is unavoidably delayed, but not cancelled, the PQQP Submission will be assessed at the time of receipt and the Economic Operators will be notified of the outcome. The short-list of Economic Operators for Invitation to Tender will typically remain valid for a period of up to 12 months from the PQQP Receipt Deadline. At the University's discretion the period of validity may be extended. When the Procurement is recommenced, the University may seek confirmation that the short-listed Economic Operators still meet the required minimum standards for the Procurement.

II.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: No

II.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

II.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

Section III. Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1) Conditions for participation

III.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

List and brief description of conditions

Please refer to tender pack

III.1.2) Economic and financial standing

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

III.1.3) Technical and professional ability

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

Section IV. Procedure

IV.1) Description

IV.1.1) Type of procedure

Restricted procedure

IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

IV.2) Administrative information

IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date

1 July 2024

Local time

4:00pm

IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

14 October 2024

IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

English

IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

Duration in months: 9 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)

Section VI. Complementary information

VI.1) Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: No

VI.2) Information about electronic workflows

Electronic ordering will be used

Electronic invoicing will be accepted

Electronic payment will be used

VI.3) Additional information

Under this procurement the Contractor will be required to support the University's social value objectives. Accordingly, contract performance conditions and/or award criteria may relate, in particular, to social value. The evaluation of submissions (PQQPs or TPs) will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement and the contract will be awarded on the basis stated in II.2.5). All documents will only be available online through the In-Tend portal:1) If your company is not already registered on In-Tend you may do so through the InTend portal https://in-tendhost.co.uk/queensuniversitybelfast. Select the ‘Register ’ link and follow the on screen instructions.2) Expression of interest and access to tender. The University is utilising an electronic tendering system to manage this procurement and to communicate with Economic Operators. Accordingly, it is intended that all communications with the University, including the submission of tender responses, will be conducted via InTend.

VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.4.1) Review body

Queen's University Belfast

University Road

Belfast

BT7 1NN

Country

United Kingdom

VI.4.3) Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures

This authority will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to Tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.The Public Contract Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/102) (as amended) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).

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