•  Competitive Tendering

o  Where this paragraph 7 applies, the Contractor shall, in preparing the Contractor Stage 2 Response, structure the works and/or services required by the High Value Change into a number of discrete work packages, and shall invite at least three (3) competitive tenders for each work package.

o  The Contractor and the Authority shall agree:

  the work packages to be priced through competitive tendering based on what is judged to provide best value for money;

  the evaluation criteria;

  any additional interface risks between the carrying out of any additional works and/or services, and the Facilities and/or carrying out of the Works and/or the delivery of the Services; and

  that the preferred tenderer shall be selected on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender.

o  The Contractor shall be responsible for:

  running the competition for the work packages;

  evaluating and selecting the preferred tenderers;

  negotiating and finalising appointment of the preferred tenderers; and

  managing the implementation of the works and services required as part of the High Value Change,

provided that the Authority shall approve the preferred tenderer(s) following the conclusion of the tendering process but no sub-contractor shall be appointed, until or unless, an Authority Stage 2 Confirmation is issued.

o  On conclusion of the tendering process, the Contractor shall submit with the Contractor Stage 2 Response a Tendering Report and the Change in Project Costs shall be based on the prices determined through the tendering process.

o  The Tendering Report shall include, but not be limited to, the following information.

  details of the companies which were asked to tender for each work package, indicating whether a compliant bid was in fact submitted;

  the basis upon which each company was invited to tender including their appropriate experience and expertise;

  how details of how the evaluation process was carried out including the scoring for each tenderer;

  the basis of the recommendation of the successful tenderer for each work package;

  confirmation that the tendered price is a fixed price which includes all costs, overheads, risks and contingencies and will not be liable to change or adjustment; and

  any other relevant information.