Official UK procurement notice
Consultancy Services for Avenues Plus Project – Block S
Authority: Glasgow City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionGlasgow City Council (the Council) is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified Lead Consultant to act as Principal Designer and head a multi-disciplinary team – comprising expertise in a number of professional services to undertake, in accordance with RIBA stages 1 to 4, the preparation and brief, concept design, developed design and technical design including ongoing design input during the construction period for the Avenues Plus project known as Block S.
CPV: Civil engineering consultancy services · Construction consultancy services · Design consultancy services · Highways consultancy services · Infrastructure works consultancy services · Project management consultancy services · Transport systems consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1This Invitation to Participate relates to Block SAwardedPublished value£885,190
This Invitation to Participate relates to Block S. The Lead consultant will have a varying involvement on the delivery of RIBA Stages 0 to 7 for the following Avenues:
- Duke Street (from High Street to Bellgrove St) and John Knox Street (from Castle St to Duke St)
- Dobbie’s Loan (from North Hanover St to Canal St)
- South Portland Street (from Carlton Place to Norfolk St)
- Cowcaddens Road (from Cambridge St to North Hannover St)
Set out below are the various RIBA stages which provides clarity regarding which party has primary responsibility for delivery of each. Note that although Stage 3 and Stage 4 for Cowcaddens Rd, Dobbie’s Loan and South Portland St. will be delivered internally by a Glasgow City Council designer the appointed Lead Consultant may be called upon for design input. This is also true of the Construction phase for all four locations. Any input required of the appointed Lead Consultant during the Glasgow City Council designer led stages of the project will be charged at the submitted hourly rates provided in the Activity Schedule and within the relevant section of Contract Data Part Two.
The following RIBA stages will be the responsibility of the appointed Lead Consultant:
Duke St & John St - RIBA stages 0-4
Cowcaddens Rd - RIBA Stages 0-2
Dobbie’s Loan - RIBA Stages 0-2
South Portland St - RIBA Stages 0-2
The following RIBA stages will be the responsibility of an internal Glasgow City Council designer:
Duke St & John St - RIBA stages 5-7
Cowcaddens Rd - RIBA Stages 3-7
Dobbie’s Loan - RIBA Stages 3-7
South Portland St - RIBA Stages 3-7
The programme of works for the Avenues Plus project is based on RIBA stages and will be in place from November 2021 up to April 2026.
Whilst the Avenues Plus project is not funded directly by City Deal, it will be delivered and managed as part of the wider EIIPR Avenues Programme.
In addition to the delivery of the four avenue locations mentioned above, there is a further component to the Avenues Plus project related to in-depth community engagement and behaviour change activities. An external community consultant will be appointed to deliver on the implementation of the Community Engagement and Behaviour Change activities. The outputs from this process will feed into the design, where possible and appropriate. Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (10)
- Design Statement: 5%
- Project Management: 18%
- Site Investigation: 8%
- Stakeholder Engagement: 8%
- Client Communication: 5%
- Team Structure: 5%
- Fair Work Practices: 5%
- price: 20%
- Sustainability, climate change and green/blue infrastructure: 8%
- Sustainable Transport: 18%
Published award criteria (10)
- Design Statement: 5%
- Sustainability, climate change and green/blue infrastructure: 8%
- Sustainable Transport: 18%
- Project Management: 18%
- Site Investigation: 8%
- Stakeholder Engagement: 8%
- Client Communication: 5%
- Team Structure: 5%
- Fair Work Practices: 5%
- Price: 20
- Economic & financial standing
Additional information pertaining to this Contract Notice is contained in the documents titled "GCC005293CPU Invitation to Participate" attached within the tender attachment area of PCS-t. Applicants must ensure they read these documents in conjunction with this Contract Notice.
Minimum level(s) of standards required:
Applicants must comply with the financial requirements detailed in Section 4B Economic and Financial Standing of the documents titled "GCC005293CPU Invitation to Participate" attached within the tender attachment area of PCS-t.
It is a requirement of this Contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded Contract, the types and levels of Insurances detailed in section 4B Minimum Insurance Requirements of the documents titled "GCC005293CPU Invitation to Participate" attached within the tender attachment area of PCS-t.
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 6 May 2021, 09:54 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Nov 2021, 16:45 GMT
- Authority reference
GCC005293CPU- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-029076- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02adb6Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
- Performance terms
As specified in the Invitation to Tender.
- Review procedure
Glasgow City Council ("the council") must, by notice in writing as soon as possible after the decision has been made, inform all tenderers and candidates concerned of its decision to award the contract, conclude the framework agreement or establish a dynamic purchasing system. The Council must allow a period of at least the relevant standstill period (where the notice is sent by facsimile or electronic means the period is 10 days ending at midnight at the end of the 10th day after that on which the last notice is sent.When sent by other means the period is 15 days) to elapse between the date of despatch of the notice referred to in Regulation 85(1) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 ("The Regulations"). The Council is obliged to comply with the regulations and any eligible economic operator can bring an action in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session where as a consequence of a breach by the Council, suffers or risks suffering loss or damage.
The bringing of court proceedings during the standstill period means that the council must not enter into the contract, conclude the framework agreement or establish the dynamic purchasing system unless the proceedings are determined, discontinued or disposed of: or the court, by interim order, brings to an end the prohibition. The bringing of court proceedings after the standstill period has elapsed and the remedies that are available to the courts are detailed in the Regulations. Economic operators can write to the Council seeking further clarification on the notice, to which the Council must respond within 15 days. Economic Operators should be mindful to seek their own independent legal advice when they consider appropriate to do so.
Publisher note: At the SPD stage: 1) Health & Safety — the H&S Questionnaire is in the attachments section of PCS-T. Bidders must complete the H&S Questionnaire as part of their SPD submission. Responses to the H&S Questionnaire will be evaluated as pass/fail. 2) Quality Assurance and Environmental Management Standards - SPD Questions 4D.1, 4D1.1, 4D1.2, 4D2, 4D2.1 & 4D2.2: bidders must hold the certificates or comply with the questions noted in Section 4D of the SPD Statements document. Evidence will be requested at the Request for Document stage of the evaluation (see item 10 below) and will be requested only of the preferred bidder. The submission of this evidence is mandatory and will be evaluated as a pass/fail. 3) Applicants who do not comply with the financial requirements as stated in the Invitation to Participate document but are part of a Group, can provide a Parent Guarantee if the Parent company satisfies the financial requirements stipulated. A Parent Company Guarantee form is included in the attachments area of PCS-T should this be required. 4) Freedom of Information Act - Information on the FOI Act is contained in Appendix A of the Invitation to Participate document. Applicants must note the implications of this legislation and ensure that any information they wish the council to consider withholding is specifically indicated on the FOI Certificate contained in the attachments area within the PCS-T portal (NB the council does not bind itself to withhold this information). If the bidder is successful to be taken forward to ITT stage, the following will be required at ITT stage: 5) Collateral warranties may be required. This will be detailed at ITT stage. 6) Tenderers Amendments - The tenderer must enter any clause, condition, amendment to specification or any other qualification he may wish to make conditional to their offer. Bidders will be required to complete the tenderers amendment certificate contained in the attachment area within PCS-T portal. 7) Prompt Payment - The successful tenderer shall, as a condition of being awarded the tender, be required to demonstrate to the council's satisfaction that all funds due to the tenderer's permitted sub-contractors in respect of these services are paid timeously and that as a minimum invoices rendered by subcontractors shall (unless formally disputed by the tenderer) be paid within 30 days of receipt. Bidders will be required to complete the prompt payment certificate contained in the attachment area within PCS-T portal. 8) Bidders will be required to complete the Non-Collusion certificate contained in the attachments area within the PCS-T portal. 9) Bidders will be required to complete an FoI certificate at ITT stage (as well as SPD stage as detailed in item 3 above). 10) Request for Documentation: Once the Evaluation of Price & Quality is complete, the recommended Bidder will be expected to provide all documentation as specified in the SPD. When the Request for Documentation is made, Bidders must supply the relevant information within 3 working days. Failure to provide this information within the specified time may result in your bid being rejected and the Council proceeding with the procurement exercise to the next appropriate bidder. 11) Terms and conditions relating to this contract will be NEC3 with additional Z clauses. Full details at ITT (Invitation to Tender) stage. (SC Ref:674561)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 7 Jun 2021, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 120 days from the deadline
Timeline
7 Jun 2021 → 22 Nov 2021 · 3 dates- Submission deadline7 Jun 2021, 12:00 BST
- Invitations to tender expected6 Jul 2021, 00:00 BST
- Notice published22 Nov 2021, 16:45 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete22 Nov 2021, 16:45 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ironside Farrar LimitedSMESubcontracting: declared | £798,063 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 029076-2021-GCC005293CPU-1 · Ironside Farrar LimitedSME
- Signed
- 19 Nov 2021
- Value
- £798,063
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids · 3 electronic | 3 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Glasgow Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Ironside Farrar LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria