Utility Infrastructure Procurement — Graven Hill.

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Graven Hill is a large plot of land that currently forms part of MOD Bicester. As part of the MOD'S mandate to increase operational efficiency, lower costs and rationalise its estates, Graven Hill and the neighbouring C site have been proposed for redevelopment into a large residential community and employment land, located south of Bicester.The proposed redevelopment scheme has been awarded Outline Planning Permission from the local planning authority, Cherwell District Council (CDC). The existing site consists mainly of brownfield and military storage facilities. The proposed re-development of the North end of the site includes approximately 1 713 dwellings, consisting of mixed sized houses, apartments and a community school. Dwellings are proposed to be built to Passive House standards.The majority of the residential Graven Hill site is proposed to be self-build. Plots of land with agreed development areas and build heights will be provided for people to design and build their own homes on the site. However, it is envisaged that all self-build dwellings will be required to meet a set of agreed design criteria, which will form part of the development's central strategy.The South part of the Graven Hill Site, which is proposed to be developed as a later phase, will include commercial buildings, amenity space, offices, light industrial units, A1/A3 retail outlets, a hotel and warehouse/storage buildings, totalling 91 996 m² of commercial space and 2.82 f>m² of amenity space.The MOD will retain the St David Barracks and a number of key distribution buildings and an associated supporting rail head, all of which need to remain operational and fully functional in terms of utility supplies and interconnectivity of data between buildings.The proposed new housing development and its new road network, together with supporting utility services will impact on the existing site infrastructure. The first 10 homes are part of the ‘My Grand Designs’ for a televised build production and are due to commence on site in November 2015.Graven Hill Village Development Company Ltd (the Company) is looking to maximise opportunities to reduce the up-front capital required to deliver the required utilities infrastructure. In particular, the Company is seeking proposals from Utility Infrastructure Providers (i.e. Independent Gas Transporters/Independent Distribution Network Operators), Inset Licensees, or similar providers that will find and install the necessary infrastructure and minimise any connection charges for the Company.This procurement covers:— Lot 1 — Water— Lot 2 — Gas— Lot 3 — Electricity— Lot 4 — Telecommunications; or— Lot 5 — Multi Utility Provider for the Provision of Lots 1-4The contract duration will be determined with tenderers during dialogue.Information about bidding for Lots.The Company are inviting individual bids for Lots 1 — 4. Although tenderers are welcome to bid for more than one lot, lots will be evaluated individually at ITT and there is no guarantee that they will be awarded multiple lots. Tenderers should not base their bids on a presumption of winning more than 1 Lot. Subject to there being a successful Lot 5 bid, each Lot ( 1 — 4) will be awarded to the tender which is the most economically advantageous as determined in accordance with the evaluation criteria that will be published alongside the Invitation to Tender document.Lot 5 — tenderers are also invited to bid for all 4 lots together and the Company reserves the right to award all 4 lots to one provider who has bid for Lot 5. Lot 5 is for all 4 lots and a bid based on a combination of any other lots will not be permitted.Further detail on how Lots will be evaluated and the evaluation criteria will be available in the Invitation to Tender document.Tenderers are asked to submit a separate PQQ for each Lot that they are bidding for.