Owner's Engineer Services for Wrigley Head Solar Farm Oldham

Contract summary

Industry

• Energy and related services - 71314000

• Construction-related services - 71500000

Location of contract

North West

Value of contract

£77,000

Procurement reference

DN688366

Published date

27 December 2023

Closing date

20 October 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

21 December 2023

Contract end date

28 December 2026

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

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Description

The Council sought to appoint an Owner's Engineer (project management resource) to oversee and advise on all technical and regulatory aspects of the building and commissioning of the proposed solar farm at Wrigley Head (Oldham), which has an estimated budget of £1.3m and for which planning permission has been secured. It is anticipated that the Owner's Engineer work will take place across three broad phases:
1. Procurement of contractors - supporting the Council to appoint the necessary contractor(s) to deliver the project*.
2. Construction - providing project management support and technical oversight of the delivery contractor(s), and
3. Handover and post-handover - supporting the Council to
a. Part A - be asset management ready.
b. Part B - procure asset management services and re-tender for O&M services.

(*) The Owner's Engineer must fulfil the role of Principal Designer under the Construction Design & Management Regulations 2015 up until the EPC contractor is appointed.

The Council mandated that the Owner's Engineer's personnel fulfilling the roles of Project Manager, Contracts Manager and Engineer must have at least three years solar farm construction experience. Bidders were also required to demonstrate experience across the above referenced phases through two or three contract examples. Please refer to the procurement documents for other mandatory requirements. Contract terms and conditions were included in the tender pack and were non-negotiable.

The tender was not lotted. The Council planned to appoint a single provider and foresees a single point of contact with accountability for the whole of the service/all phases being the best solution. It also considers there would be operational viability issues in having multiple providers of similar nature.

This was an open tender and bids were welcome from any/all organisations which met the criteria specified in the procurement documents regardless of whether or not they responded to the previous cancelled procurement process (DN655874) and its previous market engagement exercise.

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More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Owner's Engineer Services for Wrigley Head Solar Farm Oldham

• Opportunity
• Published 28 September 2023

Links

• https://www.the-chest.org.uk
• Bidding documents
• Procurement documents must be accessed through the Council's e-tendering portal: The Chest/Proactis (https://www.the-chest.org.uk). Project reference: DN688366. All communications must also be directed via this portal.

• www.the-chest.org.uk
• Contract summary
• The information will appear in the public domain in the form of our contracts register. This is available at:
  https://www.the-chest.org.uk/
  Under 'Navigation' select 'Contracts Register'.
  Proceed to narrow your search results by selecting 'Oldham Council' as the 'Organisation' along with any applicable dates.

Additional text

The project reference is DN688366
The Chest - Support
Go to https://www.the-chest.org.uk/SupplierSupport.html
Here you will see the hyperlink to log your request for support.
Alternatively you can email ProContractSuppliers@proactis.com and a representative will contact you as soon as possible. For Critical and Time-Sensitive issues you can call The Chest: 0330 005 0352.

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Award information

Awarded date

29 November 2023

Contract start date

8 January 2024

Contract end date

14 December 2026

Total value of contract

£77,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

OVE ARUP & PARTNERS LIMITED

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About the buyer

Contact name

Emma Tweedie

Address

Civic Centre,West Street
OLDHAM
OL11UG
England

Telephone

07866185450

Email

Emma.Tweedie@oldham.gov.uk