HMRC Inland Border Facility Holyhead - SR523575787

In 2019, HMRC set up 3 EU Exit sites in South East of England (Ashford, Ebbsfleet and North Weald) as part of Governments contingency planning for Day 1 No Deal.

In addition to the 3 existing sites, HMRC will require the Principal Contractor to develop and deliver new inland sites across UK, including Holyhead, that will be part of UK Border Infrastructure comprising multiple government departments including BEIS, DEFRA, DFT and HMRC.

These sites will include offices temporary buildings, security storage and seizure facilities including refrigeration, facilities to enable the checking of vehicles entering and exiting the sites, staff welfare amenities and driver welfare facilities as well as the parking areas for HGVs and other vehicles and sanitary and phytosanitary checks (SPS) on plants and animals.

The appointed Principal Contractor will be required to work with our principle designer to develop, plan and deliver the site works needed by our site operator to provide front and back office facilities for administrative work, install examination facilities to manage the necessary checks required by each department including full statutory compliance with health and safety and animal welfare regulations as well as ground works, utilities and required civil engineering

The process will be a 2-stage design and build arrangement with Stage 1 being a competitive tender of overheads, profit, prelims and design costs in order to agree and put in place a Pre-Construction Services Agreement (PCSA) with a preferred Main Contractor. These usual equate to c 10% of the overall construction budget.

Following the Stage 1 sign off, the contractor will develop the design, engage the supply chain and provide a fixed price lump sum for them to deliver the construction works. The fixed priced lump sum and proposal will be the subject of the Stage 2 sign off. Value for money will be challenged at each stage. The costs submitted by the contractor will be tested against current market rates, other HMRC construction projects and industry averages. The costs will be managed by external cost consultants.

The Stage 2 will be the negotiation of the final lump sum price following tendering of packages in an open book model by the contractor.