Awarded contract

Construction of a New Bus Maintenance Depot and Ancillary Bus Parking Areas

  • Warrington Borough Council

F03: Contract award notice

Notice reference: 2022/S 000-010511

Published 22 April 2022, 3:40pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Warrington Borough Council

Town Hall, Sankey Street

Warrington

WA1 1UH

Contact

Mr David Fitch

Email

dfitch@warringtonandco.com

Telephone

+44 1925442837

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKD61 - Warrington

Internet address(es)

Main address

http://www.warrington.gov.uk/

Buyer's address

http://www.warrington.gov.uk/

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

Construction of a New Bus Maintenance Depot and Ancillary Bus Parking Areas

Reference number

DN514427

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 45000000 - Construction work

two.1.3) Type of contract

Works

two.1.4) Short description

Construction of a New Bus Maintenance Depot and Ancillary Bus Parking Areas

The facility will be a new purpose built bus maintenance depot initially supporting the existing diesel powered bus fleet of Warrington’s Own Buses and will incorporate infrastructure to accommodate an all-electric fleet of buses in the future. Warrington’s Own Buses will migrate to the new depot upon completion.

The facility will comprise of a three storey building combining a maintenance workshop complete with specialist maintenance equipment, ancillary offices and staff/driver welfare facilities, MOT centre and storage, a single storey service building for fuelling and washing buses and external areas comprising extensive bus open storage and general service yard, staff car parking, re-configuration and widening of vehicular accesses; fencing (including acoustic fencing), lighting, a new substation building and all associated and ancillary works.

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: £8,000,000

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKD61 - Warrington

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Construction of a New Bus Maintenance Depot and Ancillary Bus Parking Areas

The facility will be a new purpose built bus maintenance depot initially supporting the existing diesel powered bus fleet of Warrington’s Own Buses and will incorporate infrastructure to accommodate an all-electric fleet of buses in the future. Warrington’s Own Buses will migrate to the new depot upon completion.

The facility will comprise of a three storey building combining a maintenance workshop complete with specialist maintenance equipment, ancillary offices and staff/driver welfare facilities, MOT centre and storage, a single storey service building for fuelling and washing buses and external areas comprising extensive bus open storage and general service yard, staff car parking, re-configuration and widening of vehicular accesses; fencing (including acoustic fencing), lighting, a new substation building and all associated and ancillary works.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Quality is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents / Weighting: 45

Price - Weighting: 55

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

Restricted 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.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number: 2020/S 243-603123


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

DN514427

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

19 October 2021

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 4

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0

Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0

Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 4

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Walter Carefoot & Sons (Construction) Ltd

Blackpool Road, Off Derby Road, Longridge

Preston

PR3 3AL

Email

Andrew.Cross@carefootplc.com

Telephone

+44 1772783711

Fax

+44 1772782161

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKD4 - Lancashire
National registration number

00626146

Internet address

http://carefootplc.com

The contractor is an SME

No

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot: £8,045,102.39


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Warrington Borough Council

Town Hall, Sankey Street

Warrington

WA1 1UH

Email

PhilO'Connor@warrington.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 1925443905

Country

United Kingdom

Internet address

https://www.warrington.gov.uk/