British Embassy Paris, France - Chancery Office Refurbishment

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office is seeking to place a contract with an experience contractor for the delivery of this project in Paris, France. This is the pre-qualification questionnaire for the General Contractor (hereinafter called the GC) for the refurbishment of the Chancery Building in Paris.

The GC's work scope includes refurbishing the Chancery building, providing a modern 21st century working environment for staff and future expansion. It involves a level of structural alteration to the building, internal remodelling and redecoration throughout and the complete replacement of all electrical services within the building. There is the opportunity for a partial decant of staff, but the project will be phased and elements of the building will need to remain operational at all times during the project. Although being undertaken in France, the project will be expected to substantially comply with UK building regulations.

The Contractor's roles and responsibilities will be fully detailed in the tender documents but are summarised as follows (full specification and drawings will be issued with the ITT, there will be some fairly small elements of Contractor's design required which will be highlighted.):

- Completion of the project on time, to the agreed quality standard as set out in contract documentation. - Preparation, implementation and maintenance of a construction programme. - Issue of regular progress reports to an agreed format. - Management and responsibility for site health and safety. - Management, responsibility and co-ordination of site logistics including site delivery access and egress. - Preparation of a handover plan for agreement by the Project Manager and implementation of the agreed plan. - Provision of satisfactory operation and maintenance documentation. - Preparation and maintenance of a Health & Safety Plan. - Preparation of a proposed final account for agreement with the Cost Manager. - Making good all defects. - Attending/chairing meetings (e.g. progress meeting, site meetings, quality control meetings, defect Inspections, etc.).

Additional information: In order to be considered for this project it and receive pre-qualification and/or tender information it is necessary that you register your company (including any relevant information requested) on the Foreign & Commonwealth Office Procurement Portal, e-Bravo. Failure to do this will mean your company may not receive a Tender; no tenders will be issued via open e-mail.

Project 1782, PQQ 602: British Embassy Paris, France - Chancery Office Refurbishment How to Register Your Company/Express Interest in this Project:

1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once) - Browse to the eSourcing Portal: https://fco.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register. - Accept the terms and conditions and click "continue" - Enter your correct business and user details - Note the username you chose and click "Save" when complete - you will shortly receive an e-mail with your unique password (please keep this secure).

2. When you are notified that the project is live - Login to the portal with the username/password - Click on the relevant Selection Questionnaire (SQ) or Invitation to Tender (ITT) to access the content - You can now access any attachments by clicking the "Settings and Buyer Attachments" in the "Actions" box;

Responding to the SQ/ITT - You can choose to "Reply" or "Reject" (please give a reason if rejecting) - You can now use the 'Messages' function to communicate with the buyer and seek clarification - Note the deadline for completion, - There may be a mixture of online & offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available), You must then publish your reply using the publish button in the "Actions" box on the left-hand side of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the the online help or contact the eTendering help desk.

Potential Providers should answer all questions as accurately and concisely as possible in the same order as the questions are presented. Where a question is not relevant to the Potential Provider's organisation, this should be indicated, with an explanation. Where attachments are requested to be submitted within the electronic SQ/ITT, these shall be submitted in a PDF format (Adobe or similar). SQ/ITT or Bids not submitted via the FCO's eProcurement portal will not be considered.

SQ Return Date: 12:00 Hrs 31st August 2018 (BST) - Please note that any SQ's submitted after the deadline has closed will be considered 'late' and may not be entered for shortlisting.