Procurement of a Contractor to build new British Embassy, Beijing

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    "description": "FCDO is seeking feedback from the market on our procurement approach and wish to understand capacity and interest to provide works in relation to the British Embassy, Beijing. This notice is being published to advertise a forthcoming early market engagement event, which will be held on 30th September 2024 at a venue in Central London (TBC). The event is scheduled to run from 10:00am (BST) until 12 noon, where FCDO will introduce the project requirements. Potential Contractors are kindly requested to provide the names of those who wish to attend, please note that due to capacity, FCDO may be required to limit the number of attendees per Contractor. Contractors wishing to attend the forthcoming market engagement event should register their interest by email to mollie.giuffrida@fcdo.gov.uk by 16th September 2024. Following the market engagement event, FCDO may issue a questionnaire and or offer follow up 1-2-1 engagement sessions with relevant Contractors who are interested in the requirement and or have useful market information to share. The contracting authority will consider the feedback received to help inform its procurement approach and further decision making. For the avoidance of doubt, this market approach is not part of a formal procurement process, and the contracting authority is not committing, at this stage, to carrying out such a process. The FCDO reserves the right to change the process at any stage and to undertake this procurement using alternative routes. Participation or non-participation in this market engagement exercise shall not prevent any supplier participating in a potential future procurement, nor is it intended that any information supplied as part of this exercise shall place any supplier at an advantage in a potential procurement process. No formal assessment of capability or down selection of bidders will be carried out in relation to any responses received as a result of this. The requirement will be procured via the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office's e-procurement portal: https://fcdo.bravosolution.co.uk. Suppliers, not currently registered on the portal, who are interested in being considered for this opportunity must self-register on the site in order to participate - registration is free and instantaneous. Please note, the information contained within this Prior Information Notice (PIN) is subject to change.",
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        "description": "The Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (\"FCDO\") intend to engage the market in relation to this project as part of early market engagement activity in accordance with Regulation 40 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The purpose of this PIN is to initiate market engagement and is not being used as a call for competition. The purpose of this Corrigendum is to update the market on FCDO's market engagement approach for the Procurement of a Contractor to build new British Embassy, Beijing as detailed in FTS PIN 2024/S 000-026157: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026157-2024. Please note that market engagement will now take place in the form of 1-2-1 conversations with interested contractors instead of an event in Central London. Further details can be found in Section V1.3 of this Corrigendum.",
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                "description": "The FCDO is seeking market engagement to validate its approach to packages, phasing, and contract and procurement strategy to demolish and re build its new Beijing Embassy, Ambassadors Residence and Staff accommodation block and gatehouses. Planning permission has been submitted in Beijing seeking the approval of the proposed design. The works are split across two adjacent sites in Beijing which currently provide both Embassy office space and HMA Residence. The sites will be fully demolished and new build assets will be provided and linked. The proposed construction phasing is: Phase 1 - New Embassy Site * Demolish HMA Residence * New build underground carpark * New build Embassy * New build Guardhouse * Landscaping works * Move staff from existing Embassy site Phase 2 - New Residence Site * Demolish existing offices and ancillary buildings * New build underground carpark * New build HMA Residence * New build staff accommodation * New build Guardhouse * Landscaping The estimated value of each Phase is as detailed below: Construction Value excluding VAT: PS100m Phase 1 - PS60m Phase 2 - PS40m Please note that the value stated is an estimate at this stage and will be finalised following further analysis and confirmed within the Contract Notice. The market engagement seeks to understand the optimal approach to procure packages of work from both local and international Contractors to deliver the works. The preferred form of contract is NEC4 Engineering and Construction Contract. However, the use of FIDIC is being considered for some or all of the works. The intention is to test this as part of the market engagement. The procurement is planned to commence in Spring 2025, with an anticipated award date of December 2025, please note at this stage these dates are subject to change.",
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                            "text": "Please note that the date for the Market Engagement event has been amended. The market engagement event will now take place on 15 October in Central London. Potential Contractors are kindly requested to provide the names of those who wish to attend, please note that due to capacity, FCDO may be required to limit the number of attendees per Contractor. Contractors wishing to attend the forthcoming market engagement event should register their interest by email to mollie.giuffrida@fcdo.gov.uk by 30th September 2024."
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                            "text": "Please note that market engagement for this project will now take place in the form of 1-2-1 conversations with interested contractors, instead of an event in Central London. FCDO will be holding 1-2-1 conversations with interested Contractors. Conversations will take place over the upcoming months. Contractors wishing to attend a 1-2-1 conversation should register their interest by email to commercial.esndcategories@fcdo.gov.uk. Following the market engagement, FCDO may run further market engagement, such as a market engagement event, issue a questionnaire and/or offer follow up 1-2-1 engagement sessions with relevant Contractors who are interested in the requirement and or have useful market information to share."
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