Contract

Cost Manager for the New Leighton Hospital

  • Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2024/S 000-031664

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04347e

Published 3 October 2024, 11:18am



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Leighton Hospital

Crewe

CW1 4TQ

Contact

Alice Eeley

Email

pmo.nhp@mcht.nhs.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKD6 - Cheshire

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.mcht.nhs.uk/

Buyer's address

https://www.mcht.nhs.uk/

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

Cost Manager for the New Leighton Hospital

Reference number

C235269

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 71324000 - Quantity surveying services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (“MCHFT”) issued an Invitation to Tender ("ITT") in connection with the competitive procurement of Cost Manager Services for the New Leighton Hospital.

The purpose of this procurement exercise was to appoint a Cost Manager to provide services covering RIBA Stages 2 to 3. The appointment is through to completion of the Outline Business Case which is currently targeted as July 2025.

The project is currently concluding RIBA Stage 1 and is due to commence RIBA Stage 2 in June 2024. The appointed Cost Manager is expected to commence services in May 2024.

The Authority reserves the right to extend the contract for the appointment of the Cost Manager beyond RIBA stage 3 (including Outline Business Case delivery) without the need for a further procurement exercise. In exercising its discretion to extend, the Authority will consider the successful bidder’s performance up to the point it is considering any extension and whether any benefit to the overall programme to extending with the current supplier outweighs any potential benefit in carrying out a further procurement exercise.

Bidders were to note that the design may reach a fully complete RIBA stage 3 by the end of the Outline Business Case and therefore fees were to be based on this.

The Authority elected to follow the Open Procedure for this procurement exercise. For the avoidance of doubt, the form of the tender was conducted in accordance with the EC Treaty based principles of, inter alia, transparency, equal treatment and non-discrimination. Any organisation could have responded to the advertised Contract Notices, requested/downloaded the procurement documents, and submitted a tender. All tenders were evaluated in line with the methodology and criteria set out in the procurement documents.

This notice applies to Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust only and the Authority made use of the ATAMIS e-tendering Portal which can be found at https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ("the e-sourcing Portal").

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: £142,854.50

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKD6 - Cheshire
Main site or place of performance

Middlewich Road, Crewe, Cheshire CW1 4QJ

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

MCHFT is in the initial stages of a new project to construct a new hospital, which will replace the existing Leighton Hospital which is affected by Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) throughout circa 80.00% of its buildings. The vision for the project is to design and build a new state of the art hospital that will play a vital role at the heart of the community, placing digital innovation at the forefront of health services designed to tackle inequalities and meet the needs of a growing and ageing population. The ambition is that this project will transform the quality of healthcare for the people of Cheshire.

At the centre of the programme will be the “hospital 2.0” concept, a vision for how hospital schemes can be delivered with greater efficiency and reduced cost. An integrated systems approach will provide “optimised, standardised and repeatable solutions for scheme development, design, construction, and operation. This approach will take a reference design model developed for low rise projects and ask design teams to apply those principles through a series of pre-agreed gateways and steps. This approach is still in development at a national level, but MCHFT will be adopting H2.0’s core outputs in their generative phases.

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) issued an Invitation to Tender ("ITT") in connection with the competitive procurement of Cost Manager Services for the New Leighton Hospital.

The purpose of this procurement exercise was to appoint a Cost Manager to provide services covering RIBA Stages 2 to 3. The appointment is through to completion of the Outline Business Case which is currently targeted as July 2025.

The project is currently concluding RIBA Stage 1 and is due to commence RIBA Stage 2 in June 2024. The appointed Cost Manager is expected to commence services in May 2024.

The Authority reserves the right to extend the contract for the appointment of the Cost Manager beyond RIBA stage 3 (including Outline Business Case delivery) without the need for a further procurement exercise. In exercising its discretion to extend, the Authority will consider the successful bidder’s performance up to the point it is considering any extension and whether any benefit to the overall programme to extending with the current supplier outweighs any potential benefit in carrying out a further procurement exercise.

Bidders were to note that the design may reach a fully complete RIBA stage 3 by the end of the Outline Business Case and therefore fees were to be based on this.

The Authority elected to follow the Open Procedure for this procurement exercise. For the avoidance of doubt, the form of the tender was conducted in accordance with the EC Treaty based principles of, inter alia, transparency, equal treatment and non-discrimination. Any organisation could have responded to the advertised Contract Notices, requested/downloaded the procurement documents, and submitted a tender. All tenders were evaluated in line with the methodology and criteria set out in the procurement documents.

This notice applies to Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust only and the Authority made use of the ATAMIS e-tendering Portal which can be found at https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ("the e-sourcing Portal").

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Qualitative / Weighting: 50.00%

Quality criterion - Name: Social Value / Weighting: 10.00%

Cost criterion - Name: Commercial / Weighting: 40.00%

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: No

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number: 2024/S 000-002567


Section five. Award of contract

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

16 September 2024

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 3

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

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

WT Partnership

AMP House, Dingwall Road, Croydon

Croydon

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME

Yes

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

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £142,854.50

Lowest offer: £142,854.50 / Highest offer: £142,854.50 taken into consideration


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

The High Court

The Strand

London

WC2A 2LL

Country

United Kingdom

Internet address

https://www.judiciary.uk/courts-and-tribunals/high-court/

six.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures

The High Court

The Strand

London

WC2A 2LL

Country

United Kingdom

Internet address

https://www.judiciary.uk/courts-and-tribunals/high-court/