DIO announces shortlisted bidders for Scottish construction framework
The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has announced a shortlist of eight bidders for its Scotland Capital Works Framework.
This Framework is one of seven Capital Works Frameworks under DIO’s NGEC programme and will be used for the design and build of MOD construction projects individually valued up to £12 million. Projects valued up to £50 million will be procured through the National Capital Works Framework, which will operate alongside the Regional Frameworks.
The total estimated value of this Framework is between £100 and £250 million and can be used at any site across Scotland.
The shortlisted bidders are:
- Balfour Beatty Group Ltd
- Henry Brothers (Magherafelt) Ltd
- Interserve Construction Ltd
- Kier Graham Defence Ltd
- Lend Lease Construction (EMEA) Ltd
- Miller Construction (UK) Ltd
- Morgan Sindall PLC
- Robertson Construction Group Ltd
During the evaluation process the Capital Works Frameworks team rigorously assessed individual bidders’ responses to the pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) to establish their capability and capacity, which included quality assurance, technical, environmental management, health and safety, financial standing and equal opportunity and diversity criteria.
Jon Wooden, the Frameworks project manager, said:
“We received 15 submissions as part of the PQQ process. The competition was strong and the bidders faced a rigorous evaluation process to be able to go forward to the tender stage. The shortlisted bidders will now have one final opportunity to compete for the right to be included on our Scotland Capital Works Framework, and the chance to deliver future design and build projects across the defence estate inScotland. We positively encourage smaller suppliers and subcontractors to approach shortlisted bidders about their products and services by accessing the bidders’ directory online.”
Later this week the shortlisted bidders will be invited to submit tenders in order to finalise the list of four or five companies for inclusion on the Scotland Capital Works Framework. The contract is due to be awarded by summer 2014 and will run for an initial four-year period, with the potential to extend for up to three years.
As part of this process tenderers will be evaluated on a range of commercial and technical matters, ranging from supply chain management to issues relating to the Government Construction Strategy. They will also be provided with an example of a construction project the MOD may require to be delivered through the Framework, and tenderers will also be evaluated on their approach to its delivery.
The tenderers have been invited to attend a conference inGlasgowon 17 December 2013 in order for delegates to be briefed on the tendering process as well as on a range of MOD and other statutory requirements associated with capital works projects.
The Next Generation Estate Contracts (NGEC) Framework procurement process offers an opportunity for small and medium sized (SMEs) to identify potential supply chain and subcontracting opportunities through the “Bidders Directory” which will soon be published on the NGEC website at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/industry-days-and-potential-bidders-directory
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Further information:
Press enquiries to Tony Moran, Senior Communications Officer 0121 311 3879 or email tony.moran572@mod.uk
DIO website:www.gov.uk/dio
Twitter: @mod_dio
Read DIO’s blog: https://insidedio.blog.gov.uk/
DIO: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/defence-infrastructure-organisation
NGEC programme: https://www.gov.uk/next-generation-estate-contracts
NGEC Capital Works Frameworks: https://www.gov.uk/next-generation-estate-contracts#regional-and-national-capital-works-frameworks-procurement
Notes to Editors
1. The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) plays a vital role in supporting our Armed Forces by building, maintaining and servicing what the men and women who serve our country need to live, work, train and deploy on operations.
2. We are working hard to become even better by becoming a world-class infrastructure delivery organisation over the next few years. DIO is part of the Ministry of Defence (MOD). It is responsible for managing and maintaining land and properties, as well as providing related support services, to meet the current and future needs of the MOD and personnel at home and abroad, and to support current operations.
3. Our work includes supporting operational units by providing and improving single living and service family accommodation; training areas and historic military sites. DIO actively manages these to ensure the needs of Defence are met, value for money is achieved, and its heritage is protected, and to achieve its environmental goals.
4. The Next Generation Estate Contracts (NGEC) programme is developing a new suite of contracts for the UK Defence Estate, comprising four Regional Prime contracts for hard facilities management, the National Housing Prime, the National Training Estate Prime, the US Forces Estate Prime, and one national and six regional Capital Works Frameworks for construction projects.
5. Each Regional Capital Works Framework will be used to deliver construction projects valued up to £12m, potentially including: offices, messes, accommodation blocks, garages, workshops and other technical facilities, hangars, houses, general and ammunition stores, medical facilities, sports and recreational facilities, teaching and training facilities, armouries, community facilities, and guardrooms.
6. In addition to the National Framework, it is planned that six Regional Capital Frameworks (Scotland; the East Midlands and East of England, North East, North West and Yorkshire and the Humber; the West Midlands and Wales; the South East (including London); and the South West) will also be used to deliver regional construction projects valued below £12m and the procurement of these frameworks is ongoing. The East Midlands and East of England contract was awarded in November 2013. Successful bidders will be invited to engage in “mini competitions” once project requirements have been identified as suitable for delivery through the Framework.The National Capital Works Framework will be used to deliver higher value construction projects, more complex projects and cross-region programmes up to a value of £50m.
7. Project Hestia aims to harmonise the provision of soft facilities management across the UK Defence estate, replacing current arrangements with a suite of nine regional multi-activity contracts (RMACs) providing: catering, cleaning, waste management, retail & leisure, accommodation & mess management and a range of other support activities; they will also include options for management of stores & armouries and the provision of a deployable catering service for military operations.
8. NEC3 contracts will be introduced to the DIO for the first time through NGEC’s Frameworks programme. In addition to their use on construction projects they will also be used in due course on contracts across housing, training estate, and hard FM. NEC3 contracts facilitate the implementation of sound project management principles and practices, and have delivered major benefits across a diverse range of works and services in terms of time, cost savings and improved quality.
9. The Government Construction Strategy was published in May 2011 which sets out a framework for a range of work streams, all of which have the aim of reducing the cost of government construction projects by 15-20% by the end of the current Parliament.
10. Building Information Modelling (BIM) is a global digital construction technology, which provides a shared source of information about individual facilities to assist the decision making process for the design, construction and management of buildings from planning stage, and throughout their life cycle.
11. The Scotland Capital Works Framework will be used to deliver construction projects on the built estate valued up to £12m, categorised as follows:
Built asset projects:
Offices, messes, accommodation blocks, garages, workshops and other technical facilities, hangars, houses, general and ammunition stores, medical facilities, sports and recreational facilities, teaching and training facilities, armouries, community facilities, and guardrooms.
Infrastructure asset projects:
Airfield pavements, airfield ground lighting, water and wastewater facilities, roads and hardstandings, security installations, gas/electrical/heating networks, fuel installations, environmental projects, railways, masts and towers, small arms ranges and associated safety systems.
Maritime asset projects:
Docks, berths and locks, jetties, pontoons, sea and flood defences, sea walls, slipways, navigation aids.
12. At the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) stage in the NGEC procurement process, companies bidding for the national Capital Works Frameworks needed to demonstrate construction turnover of £75m and experience of delivering a construction project worth at least £15m in the last three years, and for the regional frameworks, construction turnover of £20m and experience of delivering a construction project worth at least £5m in the last three years. This reflects the scale of construction projects required from the frameworks and the proportion of corporate turnover that these projects would underpin.
13. NGEC is working in line with the OGC Gateway process, running in four stages – initial gate business case, model research, model development, contract procurement and delivery – through to Main Gate approval.
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