Main Contractor for LARIF 2a Animal Holding Facilities Relocation

Description

The University of Edinburgh will very shortly be going out to tender via a Restricted Procedure to engage a suitably qualified, resourced and experienced organisation as Main Contractor to undertake the construction of the LARIF Phase 2a project. Lot 1: The University of Edinburgh has a requirement to establish contracting arrangements for a Main Contractor to undertake the construction of the LARIF Phase 2a project. Large Animal Research Imaging Facility (LARIF) Phase 2a will be an animal holding building as part of LARIF of the University of Edinburgh, adjacent to the existing LARIF building at the Easter Bush campus. It consists of a single animal shed of steel structure, incorporating animal pens and staff amenities, finished with external walls, MEP services, FF&E and the internal fitout. The scope also includes the delivery of the drainage connection, external landscaping, and access road. It is proposed this procurement will be conducted through the use of the Restricted Procedure. The evaluation process shall be as follows. Stage 1 - Pre-Qualification via the submission of the completed SPD (Scotland). Bidders must pass the minimum standards (pass/fail) sections of the SPD (Scotland). These can be found within the qualification envelope of PCS-T. Statements detailing the specific requirements can be found within Section III 1.1 & 1.2 and Section VI (VI.3) of the Contract Notice. Bidders must complete the technical envelope in PCS-T. Specific statements detailing the requirement can be found within Section III 1.3 of the Contract Notice. SPD Technical Envelope Scores shall be allocated based on the total percentage achieved by the response out of the maximum possible percentage. This takes into account the score out of 4 and the weighting allocated to individual questions. For example, if a question is weighted 10% and your submission scores 3 points out of 4 for that question then you will receive 7.5% out of a possible 10%. A 50% minimum threshold will apply, whereby only bidders achieving a total score greater or equal to 50% for their responses to the SPD scored questions will be considered for shortlisting. The top five Bidders based on the scored questions will be invited to submit a bid in response to the subsequent Invitation to Tender (ITT). Stage 2 - Invitation to Tender (ITT). The University will evaluate all shortlisted bidders’ ITT submissions via undertaking a Technical and Commercial evaluation. The ITT will be weighted at 50% Technical and 50% Commercial. The weightings of each technical question will be detailed within the ITT. Technical Scores shall be allocated based on the total percentage achieved by the response out of the maximum possible percentage. This takes into account the score out of 4 and the weighting allocated to individual questions. For example, if a question is weighted 10% and your submission scores 3 points out of 4 for that question then you will receive 7.5% out of a possible 10%. For the Commercial evaluation, the Bidder who submits the lowest-cost bid will be awarded the maximum score (50) and others will be awarded a pro rata score in relation to the lowest bid. The technical and commercial scores will then be combined to give each bidder an overall total score and to calculate the winning bidder.. SPD 4D.1 applies - see section VI (VI.3) of this notice and the SPD documentation for full information.