Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Bristol City Council
Bristol City Council, P O Box 3176
BRISTOL
BS3 9FS
Contact
Mrs Penny Sharp
Telephone
+44 1179223379
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=29fe5ac8-7ca6-eb11-810c-005056b64545
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=29fe5ac8-7ca6-eb11-810c-005056b64545
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
BSH/ENR/Construction of Buried Heat Network Infrastructure (BEDD and others)
Reference number
DN538870
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 45230000 - Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork
two.1.3) Type of contract
Works
two.1.4) Short description
The council wishes to appoint a provider for installing a buried District Heating Network (“DHN”) in the Bedminster area of Bristol. The contract will be for the build of approximately 1600 - 2000 linear meters of DHN in the Bedminster Area of Bristol.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The council wishes to appoint a provider for installing a buried District Heating Network (“DHN”) in the Bedminster area of Bristol. The contract will be for the build of approximately 1600 - 2000 linear meters of DHN in the Bedminster Area of Bristol. The council will instruct works under an NEC4 Option C contract. The council is using X22 “Early Contractor Involvement X Option, which allows for a 2-stage process.
Stage 1 – Contractor reviews the latest Client’s Design with target depths and GPR overlay to update programme/budgets in accordance with the rates provided in the tender return. Contractor also issues a quality plan for review/acceptance.
Stage 2 - Following review and subject to acceptance of the Contractor’s Stage 1 submissions by the client, a notice to proceed is issued by the Project Manager for the Contractor to construct and commission works.
The Scope sets out greater detail and outputs associated within these stages.
The council wishes to split the works into 2 work packages (Core and Extensions) based on the certainty of connection dates at the time of tender, and bidders are advised of the following key dates for sectional completion which shall be entered into Contract Data.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start date
5 July 2021
This contract is subject to renewal
No
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
27 May 2021
Local time
12:00pm
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
four.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 6 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date
27 May 2021
Local time
12:00pm
Place
Submissions will be unsealed electronically via the ProContract portal
Information about authorised persons and opening procedure
Tender submissions will be unsealed by an officer of the Strategic Procurement and Supplier
Relations Service in Bristol City Council
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: No
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Bristol District Registry of the High Court
Grey Friars, Lewins Mead
Bristol
BS1 2NR
Country
United Kingdom