Official UK procurement notice
Lisanelly Shared Educational Campus Phase 2 (Strule) – Services Contract for an Integrated Consultant Team DE
Authority: Department of Education NI
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDepartment of Education (DE), the Contracting Authority is delivering what was known as the Lisanelly (and now known as the Strule) Shared Education Campus. This is a landmark project providing a bespoke state of the art facility to deliver post primary school education in Omagh. The Strule Programme involves the relocation of 5 post primary schools and 1 special school in Omagh onto one purpose built campus site with shared facilities incorporating sports, the arts, media, home economics, design and technology.
The programme has a complex stakeholder matrix which requires a comprehensive stakeholder management plan. Phase 1 of Strule entailed the delivery of the Arvalee Special School. Phase 2 will encompass the relocation of the 5 post primary schools onto the campus, the provision of sports/leisure facilities, the provision of a shared educational centre and other associated facilities and site development works over c.140 acres. The estimated construction works value at the outset was in the order of GBP 150 000 000.
DE sought to appoint (and did appoint) an Economic Operator to provide the services of a Project Management led Integrated Consultancy Team (ICT) for Phase 2 of Strule to include, architecture, cost management, engineering and other associated construction professionals in related disciplines. The ICT was required to develop the existing exemplar design for the campus to RIBA plan of work 2013 Stage 3, to undertake associated studies and surveys and to acquire necessary planning permissions. The ICT was to provide a Technical Advisory role for the development of the Employer's Requirements, procurement and contract management of an Integrated Supply Team (IST) for number of separate construction packages.
CPV: Construction management services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 10 Sept 2024, 11:03 BST
- Last source update
- 10 Sept 2024, 11:03 BST
- Authority reference
2016/S 006-007182- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-028917- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-049991Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
WYG Management Services Limited was appointed as the Integrated Consultant Team (ICT) for the Strule Campus in November 2015.
As set out above, additional work required in order to complete the various elements of the contract. A particular instance is that as part of the contracted supervision of site works, the ICT was required to provide significant additional services to supervise the removal of ordnance and the decontamination of land.
The services to be provided by the ICT to completion of the contract are aligned with the original Scope of Service for the procurement.
A further delay was encountered when only one tender was received as part of the procurement process concluded on 29/9/22. This tender was deemed unacceptable within the meaning of reg.26(4)(b) of PCR. Following consideration of the single return a decision was taken to enter a Competitive Procedure with Negotiation (CPN) with Woodvale Lowry Joint Venture in accordance with Regulation 29. The CPN process was supported by additional work by the ICT and conducted over a nine month period with a final Tender submitted on 12/10/23.
A change of ICT at this crucial stage of project delivery would cause significant inconvenience and substantial duplication of costs to the Contracting Authority. It would be a difficulty, costly and time-consuming process for another economic operator to take on the design work carried out by the current ICT to date and to take that through to completion. It would also take time and resources for a new ICT to analyse the key interests of the various stakeholders to ensure that further design development and the construction works aligned with the same. There would be delay to the start date for the MWC until the replacement ICT was familiar with the project to the degree necessary to assist the Contracting Authority in this regard. In light of its skills, experience and resources, there would be a loss of project knowledge and the value of some of the work carried out to date particularly in regard to the outworkings of the CPN process. The significant further delays to project delivery may have an impact on the ability to conclude the envisaged contract with the MWC and may increase the cost of the same.
There would be an impact on political and stakeholder confidence and agreements. It is likely that there would be a further requirement to reappraise financial and budget approvals that have recently been granted by the Northern Ireland Executive. Additional delays are contrary to the public interest. The regeneration of the subject schools has widespread cross-community support.
All modifications are considered to be permitted by reg.72 PCR and the below modifications are considered to be permitted by reg.72(1)(b):
Inflation adjustment to completion £1,170,840.28
Contingency – £415,000
This notice is therefore also notice of these two modifications as per reg.72(3)
None of the modifications to the contract exceeds 50% of the value of the original contract.
- Review procedure
This procurement is governed by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and provides for economic operators who have suffered, or who risk suffering, loss, or damage, as a consequence of an alleged breach of the duty owed in accordance with Regulation 91 to start proceedings in the High Court.. A standstill period will commence at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide 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.. Any proceedings relating to any perceived non-compliance with the relevant law must be started within 30 days, beginning with the date when the economic operator first knew, or ought to have known that grounds for starting the proceedings had arisen. (A court may extend the time limit to 3 months, where the court considers that there is a good reason for doing so)..
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| WYG Management Services Ltd - now known as Tetra TechSMELisanelly Shared Educational Campus Phase 2 (Strule) - Services Contract for an Integrated Consultant TeamSubcontracting: Architectural Design and CoW duties | £9,285,835 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Lisanelly Shared Educational Campus Phase 2 (Strule) - Services Contract for an Integrated Consultant Team · WYG Management Services Ltd - now known as Tetra TechSME
- Signed
- 20 Nov 2015
- Value
- £9,285,835
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Department of Finance, Construction Procurement Delivery Procurement Operations BranchReview bodyReview contact point
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- WYG Management Services Ltd - now known as Tetra TechAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.