Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Southern Health and Social Care Trust
Trust Headquarters, 68 Lurgan Road
Portadown
BT63 5QQ
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Buyer's address
https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Health
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
VEAT Notice - Intention to award a public construction services contract for completing the design of a Community Treatment & Care Centre
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 71240000 - Architectural, engineering and planning services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Intention to award a Public Construction Services contract under Regulation 32(2) (b) (ii) and (iii) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 for the completion of an existing building design and competitive tendering of the subsequent construction works contract. The public construction services contract includes architectural, engineering and quantity surveying services to enable the Trust to complete the existing design with planning approval on a site purchased by the Trust. The Negotiated Procedure without Prior Publication is being followed and is justified under Regulation 32 (2) (b) (ii) and (iii)
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £3,670,000
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKN08 - Newry, Mourne and Down
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Trust wishes to develop a Community Treatment and Care Centre (CTCC) co-locating existing Trust primary care services from a variety of unsuitable buildings in the greater Newry area to ensure that the primary care health needs of the population are met now and for future years to come.
The fundamental consideration is obtaining a suitable site in Newry that will accommodate a large primary care hub in a suitable for location. The Trust is purchasing a site at Abbey Way, Newry, which following a previous failed 3rd Party Delivery procurement, has planning approval for a 12,000m2 primary care hub the design of which is substantially complete.
Following purchase of the site the Trust require the existing design developed in close corporation with the Trust and to its requirements to be completed and the subsequent construction works contract to be competitively tendered. The original design team having partially worked at risk have possession of the existing detailed design information and intellectual property rights over it. The existing design was developed over four years in close cooperation with the Trust and CPD Health Projects who invested significant staff resources in ensuring it met the Trust requirements and to abandon the design would entail loss of the public money invested to date and considerable delay as the design and planning approval were recreated.
The Negotiated Procedure without Prior Publication is being followed and is justified under Regulation 32 (2) (b) (ii) and (iii) for the award of a public construction services contracts for completion of the existing CTCC design for Abbey Way, Newry. The construction services can only be supplied by a particular economic operator due to their exclusive rights as the author of the existing design and the technical impracticality of an alternative design team being able to complete the existing design. A timely delivery of the development can be met because the existing design is substantially complete, has planning permission in place and will be delivered at significantly quicker, at lower cost to the public purse. There are no reasonable alternative or substitute development sites within the area that will meet the delivery timescales.
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
Negotiated without a prior call for competition
- The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
- protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights
Explanation:
The intention to award of a public construction services contract for the completion of an existing design for a large primary health care hub on a site that the Trust is purchasing. During a previous failed 3rd Party Delivery procurement the Trust and CPD Health Projects invested considerable staff resources working with the preferred bidders design team to develop the design to meet Trust requirements. The design team who worked partially at risk for the preferred bidder hold the design information and have some intellectual property rights in respect of it. There are no reasonable alternative or substitute development sites, with planning permission within the desired location which would be suitable for the development of a large primary care centre. To appoint another design team would result in the loss of the public resources invested in the existing design and additional delay while the existing design is recreated.
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
Section five. Award of contract/concession
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract/concession
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
30 March 2023
five.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Scott Tallon Walker Architects
19 - 20 Merrion Square North
Dublin
D02 VR80
Country
Ireland
NUTS code
- IE061 - Dublin
Internet address
https://stwarchitects.azurewebsites.net
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Albert Fry Associates Ltd. Structural Civil Engineers
Belfast
BT7 1SH
office@albertfryassociates.com
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKN06 - Belfast
Internet address
https://www.albertfryassociates.com/
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Semple McKillop Ltd. Mechanical Electrical Engineer
Belfast
BT8 8BD
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKN06 - Belfast
Internet address
https://www.semplemckillop.com/
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Hood McGowan Kirk LLP. Quantity Surveyor
Belfast
BT9 5NW
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKN06 - Belfast
Internet address
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £3,670,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
This is a VEAT notice to show our intention to award a public construction services contract using the Negotiated Procedure without prior publication (Regulation 32 (2) (b) (iii)). A subsequent award notice will be published in due course.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
CPD-Health Projects
Clare House
BELFAST
BT3 9ED
Country
United Kingdom