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South Cambridgeshire District Council

Structural Engineering Services Contract

Engineering & ArchitectureCPV 71000000
Value£75k
Awarded3 Sept 2015
Published10 Aug 2015
RegionEast of England
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£75ktotal contract value
median £95k
this tender£0£2.0m

This sits in the lower-middle of the Engineering & Architecture band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 33,646 valued Engineering & Architecture tenders in our corpus.

The brief

South Cambridgeshire District Council is looking for a suitably qualified and experienced company to provide Structural Engineering Services (the Consultant) to the council for civil engineering design and analysis.

The work is to be carried out on SCDC’s properties but may also be carried out on land owned or managed by SCDC.

The estimated contract value is based on 6 assignments in the first year of £25k to £35k per year.

Therefore the overall contract value is between £75k to £105k (estimated) during first initial term (3 years).

SCDC will require the successful contractor to provide a customer focused service and show a commitment to providing an effective service that provides value for money to the Council and its residents.

1.9.

Important characteristics of the successful contractor: • A member of the institution of Civil Engineers (MICE) or equivalent • Must be able to demonstrate their track record and experience of Airey and other non-traditional construction comparable to our housing stock profile. • A good working knowledge of construction materials is important. • SCDC will require the successful contractor to provide a customer focused service and show a commitment to providing an effective service that provides value for money to the Council and its residents.

Please ensure that you link reference sites to experience. • Insurances: Employers Liability Insurance £5,000,000 (five million pounds) Public Liability Insurance £5,000,000 (five million pounds) Professional Indemnity Insurance for £1,000,000 (one million pounds) To apply for this contract please download and complete the Invitation To Tender (ITT) from Sourcecambridgeshire http://www.sourcecambridgeshire.co.uk/contracts/show/id/12903 making sure that it is submitted no later than the (04/09/2015) no later than (13:00 Hours).

Please note: SCDC reserves the right to withdraw from this procurement procedure at any time without awarding a contract.

Bidders are responsible for bearing all costs and expenses they incur as a result of participating in the procurement process irrespective of whether or not it leads to an award of a contract.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

SCDC will require the successful contractor

SCDC will require the successful contractor to provide a customer focused service and show a commitment to providing an effective service that provides value for money to the Council and its residents.

02

Must be able to demonstrate their track

Must be able to demonstrate their track record and experience of Airey and other non-traditional construction comparable to our housing stock profile.

03

Bidders are responsible for bearing all costs

Bidders are responsible for bearing all costs and expenses they incur as a result of participating in the procurement process irrespective of whether or not it leads to an award of a contract.

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

The gates

What this notice demands of you

2 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

Employers' / public liability insuranceFinancial standing & cover
Employers Liability Insurance £5,000,000 (five million pounds)
Professional indemnity insuranceFinancial standing & cover
Professional Indemnity Insurance for £1,000,000 (one million pounds)

Matched against the notice text, so this is a floor — the tender pack will demand things the notice never mentions. “Says must” means the quoted sentence itself used obligation language; anything ambiguous is left as a mention.

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