Construction of Extra Care Apartments at the former Edinburgh House site, Portsmouth

Portsmouth City Council the "Council" - is inviting expressions of interest from suitably experienced contractors to undertake design and construction of a 50 unit extra care apartment community at the former Edinburgh House site in Sundridge Close, Cosham, Portsmouth.

The development will be the first of its type in Portsmouth, catering for residents with varied levels of dementia and providing them with the additional support they require to lead fulfilling independent lives.

The Council is targeting to have awarded this contract by October 2022, commencing works on site by the end of November 2022, completing late 2023/early 2024.

The Council will run the procurement process in line with the Restricted Procedure as set out within the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and establish a shortlist of 5 - 6 contractors who will subsequently be invited to tender for the design and construction of the new extra care facility.

The successful contractor with the responsibility for finalising the design and delivering the new building and landscaping works, will be expected to co-ordinate and take on the role of Principal Contractor under the CDM Regulations for the various design and works activities.

The new extras care home project works has an estimated design and construction cost in the region of £13.7m. The construction works will be let on the basis of a single stage JCT Design and Build Contract 2016 with the Council project team issuing a completed RIBA 3 design, including foundation, structure, mech & electrical design together with an NBS specification. The Contractor will be responsible for the final deliverable design, including but not limited to the architectural, structural, landscape and mechanical and electrical services design.

Application is via submission of a completed supplier selection questionnaire by Thursday 7th July 2022 at 10:00. All associated documents can be obtained from the Council's InTend e-sourcing solution. via: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/portsmouthcc/aspx/home