DMNH 034 - Oswestry Innovation Park - Service Roads and Utilities

This is an award notice for the appointment a main contractor to construct up to and including surface course level for three roads, namely, Road 1 / Spine Road, Road 2 and Road 3 at land off Mile End Roundabout, Oswestry, Shropshire - The Oswestry Innovation Park. Road 1 / Spine Road is circa 280m in length, Road 2 is circa 165m in length and Road 3 is circa 245m in length. The works shall include the construction of pedestrian / cyclist connectivity paths between Shrewsbury Road Oswestry, the Oswestry pedestrian bridge and the Oswestry Innovation Park.

The main contractor shall be required to undertake the installation of lighting on the Oswestry Innovation Park. In addition, the Contractor shall be required to provide earthworks, landscape, street lighting, drainage and highways elements along with any required elements for utilities plus allowance of utility companies to access the site so they wish to install their own assets.

Shropshire Council wishes to appoint a main contractor to construct up to and including surface course level for three roads, namely, Road 1 / Spine Road, Road 2 and Road 3 at land off Mile End Roundabout, Oswestry, Shropshire – The Oswestry Innovation Park. Road 1 (Main / Spine Road) is circa 280m in length, Road 2 is circa 165m in length and Road 3 is circa 245m in length.

The works shall include the construction of the proposed pedestrian and cyclist connectivity, including a shared use footway cycleway between Shrewsbury Road Oswestry, the Oswestry pedestrian bridge (currently under construction) and the OIP. The main contractor shall be required to undertake the installation of all associated street lighting / electrical works, for the above. Including all necessary coordination with the electricity supplier / Distribution Network Operator (DNO), who provides the supply. In addition, the main contractor shall be required to complete associated earthworks, drainage and service ducts, road pavements, kerbs, footways, cycleways and paved areas street lighting, traffic signs, road lighting columns and associated electrical works, landscape and ecology and utilities.

The hybrid planning application which includes the spine road (road 1) may be found here: https://pa.shropshire.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=QPX8UBTDLIF00

Shropshire Council intends to appoint a main contractor following a restricted procedure process in accordance with The Public Contract Regulations 2015. Shropshire Council intends to invite 5 (five) Candidates to tender who have passed all “pass / fail” questions, have not been excluded for failing to score 3 (three) marks or more for each scored question and have the highest weighted scores. All other Candidates will be excluded from the process. In the event fewer than 5 (five) Candidates submit a PQQ response then all Candidates who have submitted a response will be invited to submit a tender subject to each remaining Candidate: (1) passing all “pass / fail” questions; and (2) not being excluded from the selection process by Shropshire Council as a result of receiving a score of 0 marks, 1 mark or 2 marks in respect of 1 (one), or more of the scored questions.