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General Information
Country:   United Kingdom
City/Locality:   SAINTFIELD
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:309790-2009
Publication Date:   Nov 7, 2009
Deadline:   Dec 14, 2009
Buyer:   THE NATIONAL TRUST
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   THE NATIONAL TRUST
SAINTFIELD, North of Northern Ireland
United Kingdom
Web Site:   http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main

Goods, Works and Services

 

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Notice Type: 1120 - Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 215/2009, #309790-2009
Contract Nature: Works
Procedure Type: Restricted procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

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CONTRACT NOTICE
Works
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): The National Trust, Rowallane
House, Contact: Project Administrator The Giant’s Causeway and Causeway
Coast World Heritage Site Visitor Centre, Attn: The Project Administrator,
UK-Saintfield BT24 7LH. Tel. +44 2897510721. E-mail:
andy.priest@nationaltrust.org.uk. Fax +44 2897511242.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority:
http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main.
Further information can be obtained at: Edmond Shipway, Portview House, 80
Dargan Road, Attn: The Giants Causeway Project Administrator, UK-Belfast
BT3 9JU. Tel. +44 2890779392. E-mail: causewayadmin@clarkeshipway.com. Fax
+44 2890773763. URL: www.edmondshipway.com.
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for
competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at:
Edmond Shipway, Portview House, 80 Dargan Road, Attn: The Giants Causeway
Project Administrator, UK-Belfast BT3 9JU. Tel. +44 2890779392. E-mail:
causewayadmin@clarkeshipway.com. Fax +44 2890773763. URL:
www.edmondshipway.com.
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Edmond Shipway,
Portview House, 80 Dargan Road, Attn: The Giants Causeway Project
Administrator, UK-Belfast BT3 9JU. Tel. +44 2890779392. E-mail:
causewayadmin@clarkeshipway.com. Fax +44 2890773763. URL:
www.edmondshipway.com.
I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
Other: National Conservation Charity.
Other: Conservation of the built and natural heritage for the benefit of
the nation: for ever for everyone.
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting
authorities: no.
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1) DESCRIPTION
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
The Giant’s Causeway and Causeway Coast World Heritage Site Visitor
Centre.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Works.
Execution.
Main site or location of works: The Giant’s Causeway Bushmills County
Antrim Northern Ireland.
NUTS code: UKN04.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): This contract
is for the construction of a new 1 815 m² visitor centre at The Giant’s
Causeway and Causeway Coast World Heritage Site. The contract is for
construction works including full engineering services, external and site
development works.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 45000000.
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
Yes.
II.1.8) Division into lots: No.
II.1.9) Variants will be accepted: No.
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: This contract is for the construction of
a new 1 815 m² visitor centre at The Giant’s Causeway and Causeway Coast
World Heritage Site. This contract is for construction works including
full engineering services, external and site development works.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 11 500 000,00 and 12 500 000,00 GBP.
II.2.2) Options: No.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Duration in
months: 18 (from the award of the contract).
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required: The Contracting Authority may
require the sucessful Economic Operator to take out a performance bond for
up to 10 % of the value of the contract from an A rated Bank or Financial
Institution.
III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or
reference to the relevant provisions regulating them: The commission will
be procured using the NEC3 Standard form of contract for construction
option A as amended by the Contracting Authority.
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to
whom the contract is to be awarded: Will be detailed in the Information
Memoranda and Pre qualification questionnaire which will be provided to
applicants following receipt of written expressions of interest.
III.1.4) Other particular conditions to which the performance of the
contract is subject: Yes.
The project will be subject to the National Trust sucessfully obtaining
finance applied for from government departments and sucessful application
for Heritage Lottery Fund Grant.
III.2) CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION
III.2.1) Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements
relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers: Information and
formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Will be
detailed in the Information Memoranda and Pre qualification questionnaire
which will be provided to applicants following receipt of written
expressions of interest.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Will be detailed in the
Information Memoranda and Pre qualification questionnaire which will be
provided to applicants following receipt of written expressions of
interest.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: Will be detailed in the
Information Memoranda and Pre qualification questionnaire which will be
provided to applicants following receipt of written expressions of
interest.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met:
Will be detailed in the Information Memoranda and Pre qualification
questionnaire which will be provided to applicants following receipt of
written expressions of interest.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
Will be detailed in the Information Memoranda and Pre qualification
questionnaire which will be provided to applicants following receipt of
written expressions of interest.
III.2.4) Reserved contracts: No.
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
IV.1) TYPE OF PROCEDURE
IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Restricted.
IV.1.2) Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to
tender or to participate: Envisaged minimum number: 5. Maximum number: 6
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: The
objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates will be
detailed in the Information Memoranda and Pre Qualification questionnaire
which will be provided to applicants following receipt of written
expressions of interest. There is an anomoly in the current OJEU Notice
formatting which does not permit the adjustment of the number of operators
to be shortlisted. There is no set maximum number of Operators whom will
be shortlisted for this project. The minimum number of Operators to be
shortlisted will be 5. Where there is a tie for 5th place, then all
Operators in 5th place will be invited to tender. For the purposes of this
exercise a tie for 5th place is deemed to occur where two or more
Operators have identical scores or any score is within 2 points of the 5th
place score.
IV.2) AWARD CRITERIA
IV.2.1) Award criteria: The most economically advantageous tender in
terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to
tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document.
IV.2.2) An electronic auction will be used: No.
IV.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No.
IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents
or descriptive document: Time limit for receipt of requests for documents
or for accessing documents: 7.12.2009 - 15:00.
Payable documents: no.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
14.12.2009 - 15:00.
IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to
selected candidates: 18.1.2010.
IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be
drawn up: English.
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.1) THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT: No.
VI.2) CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU
FUNDS: No.
VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals: Precise information on deadline(s) for
lodging appeals: The contracting authority will incorporate a minimum of
10 calendar days standstill period at the point information on the award
of the contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows
unsuccessful tenderers to seek debriefing from the contracting authority
before the contract is entered into. Applicants may request an accelerated
debrief, provided it is received by the contracting authority, in writing,
by midnight of the second working day of the standstill period. The
contracting authority must provide this debriefing at least 3 full working
days before the end of the standstill period. Where this is not possible,
the standstill period will be extended to allow at least 3 working days
between the provision of the feedback, and the date at which the
contracting authority proposes to enter into the contract. Such
information should be requested from the address in section I.1. If an
appeal regarding the award of the contract has not been successfully
resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No 5) 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 (This shall be sought in the
High Court of Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought promptly
(generally within three months). Where a contract has not been entered
into the court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order
the contracting authority to amend any document and may award damages. If
the contract has been entered into the court may only award damages.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 5.11.2009.
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