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title: "VEAT Notice - Intention to award a public construction services contract for completing the design of a Community Treatment & Care Centre"
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buyer: "SOUTHERN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST"
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# VEAT Notice - Intention to award a public construction services contract for completing the design of a Community Treatment & Care Centre

Buyer: SOUTHERN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03bcf9

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## Summary

The Southern Health and Social Care Trust has issued a VEAT notice to award a public construction services contract to complete the design of a Community Treatment & Care Centre in Newry. The trust is following the Negotiated Procedure without prior publication and has already purchased a site for the project. The main procurement category is services, and key details include the completion of an existing building design, architectural, engineering, and quantity surveying services. The contract is in the award stage, with a contract value of £3,670,000 signed on 30th March 2023.

This tender provides an opportunity for businesses specialising in architectural, engineering, and construction services to compete for the construction of the Community Treatment & Care Centre. Companies with expertise in healthcare facility design and development, as well as those experienced in completing existing design projects, are well-suited for this opportunity. As the project aims to address primary care health needs in the Newry area, businesses with a track record in similar public health projects are encouraged to engage with the Southern Health and Social Care Trust and explore potential collaborations.

## Notice

Intention to award a Public Construction Services contract under Regulation 32(2) (b) (ii) and (iii) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 for the completion of an existing building design and competitive tendering of the subsequent construction works contract. The public construction services contract includes architectural, engineering and quantity surveying services to enable the Trust to complete the existing design with planning approval on a site purchased by the Trust. The Negotiated Procedure without Prior Publication is being followed and is justified under Regulation 32 (2) (b) (ii) and (iii)

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The Trust wishes to develop a Community Treatment and Care Centre (CTCC) co-locating existing Trust primary care services from a variety of unsuitable buildings in the greater Newry area to ensure that the primary care health needs of the population are met now and for future years to come. The fundamental consideration is obtaining a suitable site in Newry that will accommodate a large primary care hub in a suitable for location. The Trust is purchasing a site at Abbey Way, Newry, which following a previous failed 3rd Party Delivery procurement, has planning approval for a 12,000m2 primary care hub the design of which is substantially complete. Following purchase of the site the Trust require the existing design developed in close corporation with the Trust and to its requirements to be completed and the subsequent construction works contract to be competitively tendered. The original design team having partially worked at risk have possession of the existing detailed design information and intellectual property rights over it. The existing design was developed over four years in close cooperation with the Trust and CPD Health Projects who invested significant staff resources in ensuring it met the Trust requirements and to abandon the design would entail loss of the public money invested to date and considerable delay as the design and planning approval were recreated. The Negotiated Procedure without Prior Publication is being followed and is justified under Regulation 32 (2) (b) (ii) and (iii) for the award of a public construction services contracts for completion of the existing CTCC design for Abbey Way, Newry. The construction services can only be supplied by a particular economic operator due to their exclusive rights as the author of the existing design and the technical impracticality of an alternative design team being able to complete the existing design. A timely delivery of the development can be met because the existing design is substantially complete, has planning permission in place and will be delivered at significantly quicker, at lower cost to the public purse. There are no reasonable alternative or substitute development sites within the area that will meet the delivery timescales.

### Procurement Information

The intention to award of a public construction services contract for the completion of an existing design for a large primary health care hub on a site that the Trust is purchasing. During a previous failed 3rd Party Delivery procurement the Trust and CPD Health Projects invested considerable staff resources working with the preferred bidders design team to develop the design to meet Trust requirements. The design team who worked partially at risk for the preferred bidder hold the design information and have some intellectual property rights in respect of it. There are no reasonable alternative or substitute development sites, with planning permission within the desired location which would be suitable for the development of a large primary care centre. To appoint another design team would result in the loss of the public resources invested in the existing design and additional delay while the existing design is recreated.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010029-2023 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Negotiated without publication of a contract notice |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large, SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 5 Apr 2023 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 29 Mar 2023 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £3,670,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | SOUTHERN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST |
| Locality | PORTADOWN |
| Post town | Northern Ireland |
| Postcode | BT63 5QQ |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| ITL 1 | TLN Northern Ireland |
| ITL 2 | TLN0 Northern Ireland |
| ITL 3 | TLN07 Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon |
| Local authority | Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon |
| Electoral ward | Kernan |
| Westminster constituency | Upper Bann |
| Delivery location | TLN08 Newry, Mourne and Down |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 4 |
| Supplier names | ALBERT FRY ASSOCIATES LTD. STRUCTURAL CIVIL ENGINEERS; HOOD MCGOWAN KIRK LLP. QUANTITY SURVEYOR; SCOTT TALLON WALKER ARCHITECTS; SEMPLE MCKILLOP LTD. MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL ENGINEER |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

### Codes

- 71240000 - Architectural, engineering and planning services

## Release History

- 5 Apr 2023 at 15:40 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010029-2023

## Notice URLs

- https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
- https://stwarchitects.azurewebsites.net
- https://www.albertfryassociates.com/
- https://www.hmkni.com/
- https://www.semplemckillop.com/

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