Published date: 12 June 2020

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 10 January 2020

Contract summary

Industry

  • Construction work - 45000000

Location of contract

East Midlands

Value of contract

£2,700,000

Procurement reference

CBCCRAHS2020A

Published date

12 June 2020

Closing date

10 January 2020

Contract start date

31 March 2020

Contract end date

30 May 2021

Contract type

Works

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

In progressing its agenda to provide more affordable homes for rent within the borough, Corby Borough Council (CBC) has secured a "greenfield" site on the periphery of the town, with subsequent Full Planning Permission (18/00365/REG3 dated 9th April 2019 - Amended 28th May 2019) for a mix of 18 new dwellings. The site came with both physical and ecological constraints, including; traversing main sewers, close proximity to the railway, the presence of Great Crested Newts and other amphibians / reptiles. As such, this project has experienced some delays. Nevertheless, the scheme has been designed around the physical constraints and CBC obtained a License from Natural England to clear the site, which was successfully completed in September 2019. The Council would like to use this development as an opportunity to "pilot" ultra-low energy homes to help tackle environmental concerns and fuel poverty within the Borough. Therefore, the Council now wishes to appoint a competent design & build contractor (ideally with experience of delivering ultra-low energy homes) to complete the detailed technical design and build these dwellings, including all associated works. To this end, it has prepared this single-stage fixed lump sum tender. In order to evaluate the cost benefit of these ultra-low energy homes, all Bidders are required to submit both a Primary Tender (Option 1) for the provision of ultra-low energy homes and a Secondary "alternative" Tender (Option 2) for homes that simply meet the minimum requirements of the current Building Regulations. It will be for Bidders to determine how they reduce the use of energy within their scheme (presumably using a combination of improvements to the building fabric and technology) and the extent of that reduction, while optimising the balance between energy savings and the resulting increases in installation costs.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Cheltenham Road Affordable Housing Scheme

  • Opportunity
  • Published 21 November 2019

Attachments

Award information

Awarded date

12 June 2020

Contract start date

27 July 2020

Contract end date

26 September 2021

Total value of contract

£2,618,295.23

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

MERCER BUILDING SOLUTIONS LIMITED

Address

Leicester Lane
LEICESTER
Leicestershire
LE9 9JJ
GB

Reference

Companies House number: 08951382

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

George Street
CORBY
NN171QG
England

Email

procurement@corby.gov.uk