Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Apex Housing Association
10 Butcher Street
Londonderry
BT48 6HL
Contact
Director of Development
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKN - Northern Ireland
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.3) Communication
Access to the procurement documents is restricted. Further information can be obtained at
https://e-sourcingni.bravosolution.co.uk/
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
https://e-sourcingni.bravosolution.co.uk/
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the above-mentioned address
Electronic communication requires the use of tools and devices that are not generally available. Unrestricted and full direct access to these tools and devices is possible, free of charge, at
https://e-sourcingni.bravosolution.co.uk/
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Housing and community amenities
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Construction of Social and Affordable Housing at Newtownabbey
Reference number
AX19-006
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 45211000 - Construction work for multi-dwelling buildings and individual houses
two.1.3) Type of contract
Works
two.1.4) Short description
The Project is for the construction of up to 120 social and affordable homes at former Newtownabbey High School site, Rathcoole Drive, Newtownabbey.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £15,000,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKN - Northern Ireland
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Project is for the construction of up to 120 social and affordable homes at former Newtownabbey High School site, Rathcoole Drive, Newtownabbey.
The estimated duration of the Contract is 104nr. weeks commencing March 2022 subject to planning approval and NIHE funding being received.
This contract includes the construction of affordable houses, general needs dwellings, generic wheelchair needs dwellings, and complex needs dwellings with associated roads, parking spaces, site works, retaining, drainage and associated site services provision and installation. The works may include:
- Approximately 112nr. houses and apartments (social & affordable for sale)
- Construction on a brownfield, sloping site with existing landscape / planting to be retained (including TPO trees)
- Construction adjacent to existing adopted carriageways and footpaths to be maintained during the contract
- Provision of retaining wall structures adjacent to residential areas, adopted carriageways and footpaths.
o Temporary support and diversion of existing services; including high voltage NIE cables, BT cables & NIW water mains
o Connection to existing adopted foul & storm sewers
o Disposal / removal of existing structures and spoil
- Installation of new services (BT, NIE, NI Water, natural gas)
- Requirement for detailed Traffic Management Plan
- Masonry construction throughout
- Installation of PV panels
- Construction of access roads and on-street parking, to adoptable standards
- Construction to be carried out in restricted sites within an established residential area, neighbouring primary school and commercial premises.
- Construction of Category 1 / active elderly 3 storey apartments.
- Dwelling units designed to Lifetime Homes Criteria and comply with Secure by Design criteria.
- New boundary treatments to existing housing developments
- Construction, landscaping and aboricultural works (including TPO trees).
- Construction of equipped children’s play area.
- Construction of Nearly Zero Energy houses.
- Phased handover
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: £15,000,000
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
24
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 three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information
three.1) Conditions for participation
three.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
List and brief description of conditions
As stated in the procurement documents
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
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.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
5 November 2021
Local time
1:00pm
four.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
29 October 2021
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: 12 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
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 of Justice in Northern Ireland
Belfast
BT1 3JF
Country
United Kingdom