Published date: 13 August 2019

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 13 September 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work - 45200000

  • Construction work for university buildings - 45214400

Location of contract

South West

Value of contract

£4,000,000

Procurement reference

tender_151781/790876

Published date

13 August 2019

Closing date

13 September 2019

Contract start date

6 January 2020

Contract end date

31 March 2022

Contract type

Works

Procedure type

Restricted procedure (above threshold)

A two-stage procedure, where the first stage is used to select suppliers, who are then invited to bid in the second stage.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The University of Bristol requires a Main Contractor to construct a new research facility (the National Soil Foundation-Structure Interaction (SoFSI) Facility) at its Langford campus. The new facility will:
- have Gross Internal Area of approximately 630 m2,
- have a steel frame superstructure, concrete block walls and timber cladding,
- have highly reinforced specialist substructure including pit walls and strong floor,
- house a 6 m x 4 m seismic testing table and 5 m x 6 m x 4 m deep test pit,
- house highly sensitive scientific equipment which requires high-precision substructure works.

The construction budget is approximately £4,000,000 to £5,000,000 GBP.

The University intends to appoint a main contractor in January 2020, with a start on site in February 2020 and defect free handover in early Spring 2021.

The University is following a single-stage tender to appoint the contractor, with this procurement following the restricted procedure.

The University is currently progressing detailed design and intends to issue invitations to tender following completion of RIBA stage 4 in late September 2019, to those suppliers shortlisted following this PQQ stage.

Procurement documents are available at https://tenders.bris.ac.uk

About the buyer

Address

1-9 Old Park Hill
Bristol
BS2 8BB
England

Email

aw14701@bristol.ac.uk

Website

https://tenders.bris.ac.uk