Strategic Estate Partner - New Ambulance Facilities

Concepts

• ambulance station
• melbourn
• real estate
• non-residential real estate
• england ambulance service nhs trust
• emergency operation centre facilities
• exceptional facilities
• outstanding facilities
• strategic estates partner
• outstanding ambulance hubs

Location

East of England

Description

The East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (the “Trust”) is about to embark on an ambitious project to enter into a long-term arrangement with a Strategic Estate Partner (“SEP”) to build and finance new ambulance hubs and Emergency Operation Centre facilities at a number of sites across the East of England region. At the heart of the partnership will be innovation, a journey towards net zero carbon emissions and a collaborative approach to deliver outstanding facilities. Bidders will be asked how they would identify sites and bring forward business cases (under the strategic partnership agreement) for developments in locations in its East of England region. The Trust appreciates much of the work to be conducted by the SEP will be done at risk and will look to streamline the procurement with a shortlist of exceptional bidders (3). In terms of duration, the SEP will operate for an initial period of ten years, with the option to extend the arrangement for a further five years. It is anticipated that leases in respect of each completed site will have a duration of between 20-30 years. [919 characters]

Total Quantity or Scope

The Trust wishes to appoint a Strategic Estates Partner (“SEP”). The appointment of a SEP, contrasted to individual site-by-site procurements, is the Trust’s response to the market’s appetite for large scale projects and, in turn, allows it to benefit from cohesive cross-body team structures and economies of scale. At the heart of the partnership should be innovation, a journey towards net zero carbon emissions and a collaborative approach to deliver outstanding ambulance hubs and Emergency Operation Centre facilities across the East, to scale up the operational power of one of the nation’s most vital emergency services. Bidders will be asked how they would identify sites and bring forward business cases (under the strategic partnership agreement) for developments in the locations in its East of England region. The Key Objectives of the SEP are: (i) to identify sites and offer innovative and cost-effective business cases for those sites, subject to business cases being accepted by the Trust;, (ii) to provide high-quality site locations, to be assessed using the Trust’s proximity and layout criteria; (iii) to construct exceptional facilities to be rentalised over a 20-30 year (approx.) period; and (iv) to work in a genuine partnership to achieve the goals of the Trust both present and future. … [1462 characters]

Renewal Options

The SEP will operate for an initial period of ten (10) years, with the option to extend for a further five (5) years.

CPV Codes

• 45216122 - Ambulance station construction work
• 70110000 - Development services of real estate
• 70112000 - Development of non-residential real estate
• 71240000 - Architectural, engineering and planning services
• 71241000 - Feasibility study, advisory service, analysis
• 71242000 - Project and design preparation, estimation of costs
• 71247000 - Supervision of building work
• 71248000 - Supervision of project and documentation
• 71250000 - Architectural, engineering and surveying services
• 71251000 - Architectural and building-surveying services
• 71311300 - Infrastructure works consultancy services
• 73220000 - Development consultancy services
• 79411100 - Business development consultancy services
• 90712100 - Urban environmental development planning

Indicators

• This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
• Renewals are available.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** Bidders may wish to note that the Trust conducted a pre-market engagement exercise prior to launching this opportunity, which enabled the Trust to develop its thinking in terms of the key areas to be addressed during the procurement process and how the procedure should be structured. The Trust conducted a webinar, considered responses to a short questionnaire and one to one consultations with selected developers who responded to the questionnaire and whose response benefitted from further clarification. The Trust has considered the informative and helpful feedback provided by those who participated in this activity and has incorporated such feedback into the design of this process. Bidders may also wish to note that participation in the pre-market engagement exercise is not a pre-requisite for being considered for this opportunity and if of interest, copies of the documentation issued during this phase is available for download on the Portal. The Trust believes that face to face interaction with Bidders will be an important part of this procurement process, in light of some of the issues which will need to be further navigated with bidders. The Trust has therefore opted to utilise the Competitive Dialogue Procedure in respect of this procurement. However, the Trust would state that the procedure has been designed to operate a truncated and efficient negotiation process, with the aim of reducing the burden on bidders to the greatest extent possible. Bidders should refer to the procurement documents for further details in this regard. Bidders will remain responsible for all costs and expenses incurred by them or by any third party acting under instructions from bidders in connection with taking part in this procurement, regardless of whether such costs arise as a consequence direct or indirect of any amendments made to the procurement documents by the Trust at any time. The Trust reserves the right at any time to: i) reject any or all responses and to cancel or withdraw this procurement at any stage; ii) award a contract without prior notice; iii) change the basis, the procedures and the timescales set out or referred to within the procurement documents; iv) require a bidder to clarify any submissions in writing and/or provide additional information (failure to respond adequately may result in disqualification); v) terminate the procurement process; and vi) amend the terms and conditions of the selection and evaluation process. [2080 characters]