Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body
The Scottish Parliament, Procurement Services
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP
UK
E-mail: procurement@parliament.scot
NUTS: UKM75
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.parliament.scot
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA10284
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Other: Devolved Parliament
I.5) Main activity
Other: Legislative Body
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Resilience Training
Reference number: NIC-SER-485
II.1.2) Main CPV code
80000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body (SPCB) requires a contractor to support the design and delivery of a training programme aimed at developing skills and knowledge around resilience.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
180 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
80500000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM
Main site or place of performance:
Holyrood, Edinburgh and remotely
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The SPCB recognises that there are a range of risks which could potentially affect the ability of the organisation to fulfil its role. As part of the mitigation for and response to these risks we provide training opportunities for our staff and other stakeholders to help develop expertise and experience across a range of resilience topics including, but not limited to:
- Business Continuity
- Emergency Response
- Incident/Critical Event Management (Strategic, Tactical and Operational and Secretariat)
- Cyber Security (end-user and incident management, not technical)
- Incident Communications
- Risk Management
To assist with the delivery of this approach the SPCB requires a Contractor (possibly with the support of subcontractors) to:
- take a resilience-related business need identified by the Parliament and design and deliver a development programme to meet that business need
- evaluate the success of programme delivery
- ensure that programmes are consistent with and build on those previously delivered
Methods of delivery may include, but are not limited to: workshops (classroom/virtual), e-learning and exercises (table top or live).
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Technical
/ Weighting: 60
Cost criterion: Cost
/ Weighting: 40
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2022/S 000-030634
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: NIC-SER-485
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
04/04/2023
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 4
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 4
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 4
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
CHEMTREC
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory,, Building R104
Didcot
OX110QX
UK
NUTS: UKJ14
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 180 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Please note there are minimum requirements at tender stage concerning:
1. Cyber Security - Tenderers will be required to complete an online Supplier Assurance Questionnaire using the Cyber Security Procurement Support Tool (CSPST). A link to CSPST can be found here:
https://cyberassessment.gov.scot/
The questionnaire will be aligned to a Cyber Risk Profile that has been established for the contract, based on the Contracting Authority’s assessment of cyber risk.
Further details will be set out in the procurement documents. A contract condition for this procurement requires the Tenderer to comply with the minimum cyber security requirements.
2. Prompt Payment in the Supply Chain - Tenderers must confirm their acceptance of obligations relating to prompt payment within the supply chain.
3. Approach to Key Personnel/Subcontactors - Tenderers must achieve a score or 2 or above in relation to their approach to identifying Key Personnel and/or subcontractors. Full details and scoring matrix will be provided in the tender documents.
The tender stage for this procurement will be conducted through PCS-Tender.
If the bidder relies on the capacities of other entities in order to meet the selection criteria, completed SPDs must be provided for these other entities. Please review the guidance available in the Suppliers Area of the Public Contracts Scotland website for how to download a copy of the SPD.
In relation to 4C.1.2 of the SPD, this question is split into 6 sections with individual subweighting as follows:
(i) Summary of the client brief, 10%, (ii) How you worked with the client to develop the approach, 20%, (iii) How you selected appropriate subject matter experts,15%, (iv) Description of the delivered output (e.g. contents of designed programme or number, format, and duration of events, number of delegates at each event), 20%, (v) How you evaluated success against objectives, 20%, (vi) Feedback from delegates/client, 15%.
In relation to question 4C6 of the SPD, this will be evaluated on a pass/fail basis.
(SC Ref:728965)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Edinburgh Sheriff Court
27 Chambers Street
Edinburgh
EH1 1LB
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
12/04/2023