MACKENZIE CONSTRUCTION LIMITED

Winter maintenance emergency assistance Nov 2011- Oct 2014.

Winter maintenance emergency assistance Nov 2011- Oct 2014.

Environmental improvement works. Landscaping work. Laying of paving. Masonry and bricklaying work. Ground-drainage work. Drainage works. Erection of fencing. Erection of railings. Concrete work. GHA proposes to enter into arrangements to deliver improvements to its housing stock. One element of these arrangements is a framework to deliver environmental improvements, the others being internal improvements and external fabric and common area improvement works. The object of the contract(s) to which this PQQ Document relates is to deliver the programme of environmental improvement works which will bring GHAs housing stock to a condition which meets or exceeds the Scottish Housing Quality Standard. Similar improvements to non-housing properties may be delivered under the proposed arrangements. The main elements of the environmental improvement are: Landscaping repair and landscaping improvement schemes to garden and back court areas in the immediate environs of the contracting authority’s properties and also to areas of open ground under the ownership of Local Authority and other bodies. The landscaping is work is currently envisaged as including alteration and/or repairs to and the provision of new pavings, kerbs and stepped areas, fences and gates, handrails, bin enclosures, retaining walls, field and other drainage including manholes and grass/shrub soft landscaping. This list is non-exclusive and the scope of the contract includes all other works which can reasonably be described as constituting environmental improvements. The delivery of the Environmental programme will focus mainly on repair and/or upgrades to the above elements but in addition there will be a limited programme of more complex environmental improvement projects which will require an element of re-design. The contract documents will establish GHA’s technical and other requirements relating to the improvements however it is intended that the contractor shall develop the aesthetic and technical design solutions to satisfy GHA’s requirements and shall have sole responsibility for those aesthetic and technical design solutions. All work associated with a property is to be carried out in a single continuous operation without gaps in the delivery of individual elements of the improvements. To deliver the environmental improvement works, GHA envisages the establishment of a framework of three contractors. The outcome of the tender evaluation will identify the three highest ranking contractors who will comprise the framework and therefore be eligible to be awarded environmental improvement work. For the first year’s programme the Investment Team will have a list of projects available for delivery. The highest ranking contractor will be awarded projects in order of priority from this list until such times as their agreed capacity is reached. Any remaining projects on the list will then be awarded to the second highest ranking contractor until their agreed capacity is reached and similarly with the third highest ranking contractor. In succeeding years further lists of projects will be collated and will be awarded to the three contractors in the same order as above. However in the second, third and fourth years consideration will be given to each contractor’s performance in the previous year before being awarded future projects. If any contractor is failing in performance they must demonstrate their willingness and ability to improve their performance (method statements, improvement action plan, etc) before being awarded further projects. At any time during the contract period there may be individual projects identified which have a high priority or a greater complexity compared to the “repair” projects. In this instance the individual project may be the subject of a mini competition between the three framework contractors. The contract documents will set out the terms upon which call offs will be made. In addition to the core requirement to carry out environmental improvements, within the contract documents GHA will set out specific requirements regarding health and safety, quality, environmental responsibility, corporate and social responsibility, customer focus, and other issues.