Official UK procurement notice
Procurement of the Contractor to provide the High Commissioners Residence Redevelopment in Abuja, Nigeria
Authority: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe FCDO lease the site on Gana Street in Abuja, Nigeria and wish to redevelop it. The works briefly comprise:
Residence for the High Commissioner
Residential accommodation for staff (20nr x 2 bedroom flats)
Shared swimming pool
Gatehouse
Associated external works and security related works
The main development objectives are:
Produce a concept which showcases the best of British design, whilst being sympathetic to the local environment and design standards
Create a Residence suitable for social and official functions, VIP stays and family living
Create modern residential properties which maximise living space given in the FCDO design standards
Consolidate the estate in Abuja
Provide a sustainable compound, keeping ongoing maintenance to a minimum and reducing the average running cost of FCDO residential properties in Abuja
Provide safe fit for purpose properties in line with the security threat.
The form of contract is anticipated to be an NEC4 Engineering and Construction Contract, Option A: Fixed Price contract with Activity Schedule. However, this may be subject to change.
Value excluding VAT: £34,500,000
The procurement is planned to commence in July 2024, with an anticipated award date of December 2024, please note at this stage these are anticipated dates and are subject to change.
Estimated date of publication of contract notice
22 July 2024
CPV: Building construction work · Building installation work · Construction work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The FCDO lease the site on Gana Street in Abuja, Nigeria and wish to redevelop itPlanned
The FCDO lease the site on Gana Street in Abuja, Nigeria and wish to redevelop it. The works briefly comprise:
- Residence for the High Commissioner
- Residential accommodation for staff (20nr x 2 bedroom flats)
- Shared swimming pool
- Gatehouse
- Associated external works and security related works
The main development objectives are:
- Produce a concept which showcases the best of British design, whilst being sympathetic to the local environment and design standards
- Create a Residence suitable for social and official functions, VIP stays and family living
- Create modern residential properties which maximise living space given in the FCDO design standards
- Consolidate the estate in Abuja
- Provide a sustainable compound, keeping ongoing maintenance to a minimum and reducing the average running cost of FCDO residential properties in Abuja
- Provide safe fit for purpose properties in line with the security threat.
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The form of contract is anticipated to be an NEC4 Engineering and Construction Contract, Option A: Fixed Price contract with Activity Schedule. However, this may be subject to change.
The procurement is planned to commence in July 2024, with an anticipated award date of December 2024, please note at this stage these are anticipated dates and are subject to change.
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
- 22 Apr 2024, 12:53 BST
- Last source update
- 30 May 2024, 18:16 BST
- Authority reference
ESND-11039-2024- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-016951- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0453f6Find a Tender
Publisher note: FCDO is seeking feedback from the market on our procurement approach and wish to understand capacity and interest to provide the redevelopment of the High Commissioner’s Residence in Abuja, Nigeria. This notice is being published to advertise a forthcoming early market engagement event, which will be held between 22nd and 24th May 2024 at the British High Commission office. Organisations will be offered individual time slots with a 90 minute duration. These are available between the following times: • 22 May 2024: between 1pm and 5pm • 23 May 2024: between 9am and 5pm • 24 May 2024: between 9am and 5pm The event will be by appointment only. Potential contractors are kindly requested to provide the following information: • Confirmation that you would like to attend the event • Any times that you cannot make. Every effort will be made to accommodate specific requests but this cannot be guaranteed • Proposed attendees, including name and proposed role on the project • Full contact details for a single point of contact for follow up correspondence relating to the bidders conference (name, position in company, email address, phone number) • Any specific questions you’d like the team to consider ahead of the bidders conference? Contractors wishing to attend the forthcoming market engagement event should register their interest, and provide the requested information, by email Katherine.Joslin@fcdo.gov.uk no later than 03 May 2024 at 5pm (BST) In addition to the bidders conference, an Early Market Engagement Questionnaire has been prepared and issued with this notice. . Responses to the Early Market Engagement Questionnaire should be submitted on the FCDO e-tendering system Jaggaer through pqq_1624. Any questions relating to this early market engagement, should be sent via the Jaggaer messaging system for ppq_1624. Should you have any problems submitting your response and sending messages through Jaggaer please by email to Kathy Joslin, at Katherine.Joslin@fcdo.gov.uk. The contracting authority will consider the feedback received to help inform its procurement approach and further decision making. For the avoidance of doubt, this market approach is not part of a formal procurement process, and the contracting authority is not committing, at this stage, to carrying out such a process. The FCDO reserves the right to change the process at any stage and to undertake this procurement using alternative routes. Participation or non-participation in this market engagement exercise shall not prevent any supplier participating in a potential future procurement, nor is it intended that any information supplied as part of this exercise shall place any supplier at an advantage in a potential procurement process. No formal assessment of capability or down selection of bidders will be carried out in relation to any responses received as a result of this. The requirement will be procured via the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office's e-procurement portal: https://fcdo.bravosolution.co.uk. Suppliers, not currently registered on the portal, who are interested in being considered for this opportunity must self-register on the site in order to participate — registration is free and instantaneous. Please note, the information contained within this Prior Information Notice (PIN) is subject to change.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
30 May 2024 → 22 Jul 2024 · 2 dates- Notice published30 May 2024, 18:16 BST
- Tender notice expected22 Jul 2024, 00:00 BST
Notice history
2 releases on Find a TenderPublished amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Textestimated total value · II.1.5 | £345,000,000 | £34,500,000 |
1 amendment published without a description.
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