Opportunity

R&D Centre Management – Services Contract

  • Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority

F02: Contract notice

Notice reference: 2021/S 000-024047

Published 28 September 2021, 12:05pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority, 72 Market Street

Ely

CB7 4LS

Contact

Mr Henry Okolieh

Email

henry.okolieh@cambridgeshirepeterborough-ca.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 1480277180

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKH11 - Peterborough

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://cambridgeshirepeterborough-ca.gov.uk

Buyer's address

https://cambridgeshirepeterborough-ca.gov.uk

one.2) Information about joint procurement

The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body

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=88cba787-a20c-ec11-810d-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=88cba787-a20c-ec11-810d-005056b64545

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

one.5) Main activity

Other activity

Mayoral Combined Authority


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

R&D Centre Management – Services Contract

Reference number

DN567499

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 79993000 - Building and facilities management services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, as the major share holder in the Peterborough Research & Development Company, is looking to appoint a supplier to manage the building and the letting of the rentable spaces in the building over a five-year period.

Background

The CPCA are investing nearly £15m alongside £2m of private sector co-investment to create a research community in Peterborough around Net Zero Technologies. The ambition is to appoint a supplier who will curate, into a new Research and Development Centre, various "Net Zero Research Company" who are engaged in:

(a) research into low-carbon (Net Zero) technologies or technologies that enable advanced manufacturing processes and products; and/or

(b) research, technical services, consultancy and/or advice in connection with and sales of:

(i) net zero technologies;

(ii) advanced manufacturing technologies, including but not limited to additive manufacturing; and/or

(iii) enabling and convergence technologies in connection with the above, such as, software, robotics, Artificial Intelligence, the Industrial Internet of Things, advanced engineering, electronics, material science, composites, advanced polymer and chemistry.

The successful supplier will be required to provide

General Management Services - that will include (but not limited to) -

1. To deliver directly or, work as the agent to procure third party service providers on behalf of the Landlord, to provide the agreed requirements. The successful supplier, as an Agent, is required to ensure that tenants and visitors receive a high level of customer service.

The agreements are;-

a. Reception services

b. Maintenance services

c. Security Services

d. Letting Agents

2. Collection of Rent, Service Charges, Meeting Room Income and Carparking Charges:-The successful supplier will be required to collect all relevant incomes from tenants and pay these to the Landlord less the suppliers fee for management as specified in the specification document (to be shared)

two.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £100,000

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 50000000 - Repair and maintenance services
  • 90000000 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKH11 - Peterborough

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, as the major share holder in the Peterborough Research & Development Company, is looking to appoint a supplier to manage the building and the letting of the rentable spaces in the building over a five-year period.

Background

The CPCA are investing nearly £15m alongside £2m of private sector co-investment to create a research community in Peterborough around Net Zero Technologies. The ambition is to appoint a supplier who will curate, into a new Research and Development Centre, various "Net Zero Research Company" who are engaged in:

(a) research into low-carbon (Net Zero) technologies or technologies that enable advanced manufacturing processes and products; and/or

(b) research, technical services, consultancy and/or advice in connection with and sales of:

(i) net zero technologies;

(ii) advanced manufacturing technologies, including but not limited to additive manufacturing; and/or

(iii) enabling and convergence technologies in connection with the above, such as, software, robotics, Artificial Intelligence, the Industrial Internet of Things, advanced engineering, electronics, material science, composites, advanced polymer and chemistry.

The successful supplier will be required to provide

General Management Services - that will include (but not limited to) -

1. To deliver directly or, work as the agent to procure third party service providers on behalf of the Landlord, to provide the agreed requirements. The successful supplier, as an Agent, is required to ensure that tenants and visitors receive a high level of customer service.

The agreements are;-

a. Reception services

b. Maintenance services

c. Security Services

d. Letting Agents

2. Collection of Rent, Service Charges, Meeting Room Income and Carparking Charges:-The successful supplier will be required to collect all relevant incomes from tenants and pay these to the Landlord less the suppliers fee for management as specified in the specification document (to be shared)

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

two.2.6) Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: £100,000

two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Start date

30 April 2022

End date

30 April 2027

This contract is subject to renewal

Yes

Description of renewals

This contract is subject to a possible extensions i.e. after the first 5 years from opening, there is a potential option to extend for a further five years in any size increment, subject to supplier achieving the set target and providing a satisfactory service.

two.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: No

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: Yes

Description of options

The CPCA are open to engaging with suppliers / operators under the following options:

1) - A supplier that will provide the services as specified in the specification document.

2) - A supplier that will provide as the service specified as member of a consortia arrangement with a primary operator curating the entire services - the general agreements as listed below.

a. Reception services

b. Maintenance services

c. Security Services

d. Letting Agents

This option will require the provision of a strategy detailing the How; Who; and What; the operators are proposing under the consortia arrangement / agreement to meet the service needs in line with the specification.

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 three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information

three.1) Conditions for participation

three.1.2) Economic and financial standing

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

three.1.3) Technical and professional ability

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Competitive procedure with negotiation

four.1.5) Information about negotiation

The contracting authority reserves the right to award the contract on the basis of the initial tenders without conducting negotiations

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number: 2021/S 000-021995

four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date

28 October 2021

Local time

12:00pm

four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

English


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

High Court

London

Country

United Kingdom