Seed and Aquatic Plants – Short Deadline

Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

SEED AND AQUATIC PLANTS – SHORT DEADLINE
Open
Contract type: Supply contract
Contracting authority: Costain Skanska JV – HS2 Enabling Works South Delivery. Web: www.costain.com / www.skanska.com, W1K 5JN.
Object of the contract
Delivery point: London – West Midlands
HS2 EWC Area South Delivery
The following information has been prepared to provide an opportunity to register interest for the supply and delivery of the seed and aquatic plants required for Phase 1 of the Specified Location.
Seed and plant material should be of UK provenance, with supporting evidence, which shall be required at different times in an overall construction programme that stretches over a considerable time period.
The nominated suppliers will need to ensure the quantity, quality and provenance of seed together with certificates of germination, purity & composition and that plant material can be provided at the times required.
Following seeding and planting operations, contracts for supply will need to remain in place to ensure adequate stock is available for replacement of any failed seeding or planting during the establishment and long term maintenance phase.
More detail on each of the planting types will be provided however reference will be made, where appropriate, to the British National Vegetation Classification (NVC) and the Ecological Land Classification (ELC).
CPV: 03117200, 03121100, 03441000, 03451000, 03451100, 03111000
Administrative Information
Supply chain ID: 11854-HS2 EW South Delivery
PO 085
CompeteFor response deadline 19.12.2017 (12:00:00)
Note: This is a CompeteFor opportunity. Opportunities may be with both public and private sector businesses. To apply, please click the following link to register on the CompeteFor portal Web:
Other Information
Opportunity Method: Contract Opportunity
Opportunity Status: Open
Opportunity Type: Public Sector
Notice Type: Notice
Nature of Opportunity: Works
Estimated contract value (GBP): Not disclosed
About the buyer’s selection process:
In review & selection of potential bidders to receive an Invitation to Tender for the works package, CSjv will base the decision on a range of factors – Previous relevant experience, Health & Safety, Quality, Environment, EDI, Ethical Sourcing, Company financial standing, Registration on Achilles Building Confidence.
If shortlisted, a further PQQ will be sent which contains project specific questions & evidence to be provided. This will assess capacity, capability, sustainability, equality, diversity & inclusion and environment and legacy requirements. Suppliers will also have to sign and return the Clients’ Non Disclosure Agreement as part of the PQQ process.
Following PQQ process selected suppliers will be invited to Tender. Please note that the assessment of tenders will be based on a balanced set of evaluation criteria. The Awarding Authority is not bound to accept the lowest price in selecting the successful tender for award.
About the buyer:
High Speed 2 is a planned high-speed railway in the United Kingdom linking London, Birmingham, the East Midlands, Leeds and Manchester. The project will link eight of our major cities and serve millions of people. Travelling for work or pleasure will become much easier – crucially between the cities of the Midlands and the North.
The Enabling Works Contracts which have been awarded cover the whole of Phase One, from London to Birmingham.
For the Enabling Works phase, 3 joint ventures have been appointed of which the Awarding Authority has been awarded Area South, which covers the length of the planned route from London Euston out to the M25.
Under the contract the Awarding Authority will deliver a range of activities within this geographical area including utility diversions, ecology surveys, demolition, ground remediation, watercourse activities, highways realignments, monitoring and instrumentation, structural reinforcements archaeology, site clearance as well as establishing site compounds.
Estimated tender close date: 16/02/2018
Estimated contract award date: 15/04/2018
Estimated contract start date: 05/05/2018
Additional information for bidders Include any special notes for bidders: If you are successful in this package, any sub-subcontracted work should be advertised on CompeteFor using our supply chain id 11854-HS2 EW South Delivery
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