Social and other specific services – public contracts
Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
The Skills Development Scotland Co. Limited
Monteith House, First Floor, 11 George Square
Glasgow
G2 1DY
UK
Telephone: +44 1412256710
E-mail: Janice.mcguinness@sds.co.uk
NUTS: UKM
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA12862
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
Electronic communication requires the use of tools and devices that are not generally available. Unrestricted and full direct access to these tools and devices is possible, free of charge, at:
www.pubicconrtactsscotland.gov.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Other: Non-Departmental Public Body (NDPB)
I.5) Main activity
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Foundation Apprenticeships 2019-21
Reference number: P18-012
II.1.2) Main CPV code
80000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
SDS invites proposals to deliver Foundation Apprenticeships (FA) across Scotland for participants commencing in academic year 2019. On behalf of Scottish Government, SDS has an ambitious target of 5 000 FA starts by 2019. The estimated value in this notice is for 5 000 FA starts, however, in line with standard practice SDS may contract for a higher volume to ensure achievement of the 5 000 target. Delivery of each framework will require a partnership/sub-contractor or consortium approach to ensure delivery in line with regional demand. All arrangements will need to bring together Colleges, Local Authorities, Schools, Training Providers and Employers to support the ambitions of FA delivery across regions and frameworks for academic year 2019/21 for 2 year delivery and 2019/20 for shorter duration delivery FA programmes. The target group is young people in senior phase of school/education in Scotland and there are 12 frameworks currently available for delivery.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
22 100 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
Yes
Tenders may be submitted for all lots
II.2) Description
Lot No: 1
II.2.1) Title
Foundation Apprenticeships 2019-21 — Lot 1 — Aberdeen City and Shire
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
80000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM
Main site or place of performance:
Aberdeen City and Shire
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
SDS invites proposals to deliver Foundation Apprenticeships across Scotland for participants (young people in senior phase of education in Scotland) commencing in academic year 2019 for each of the 13 regions. Bids can be for a 2 year delivery and/or a shorter duration delivery.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
Yes
II.2.14) Additional information
The contract value and/or volumes may vary depending on the delivery achieved.
Lot No: 2
II.2.1) Title
Foundation Apprenticeships 2019-21 — Lot 2 — Ayrshire
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
80000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM93
UKM94
Main site or place of performance:
Ayrshire
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
SDS invites proposals to deliver Foundation Apprenticeships across Scotland for participants (young people in senior phase of education in Scotland) commencing in academic year 2019 for each of the 13 regions. Bids can be for a 2 year delivery and/or a shorter duration delivery.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
Yes
II.2.14) Additional information
The contract value and/or volumes may vary depending on the delivery achieved.
Lot No: 3
II.2.1) Title
Foundation Apprenticeships 2019-21 — Lot 3 — Borders
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
80000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM91
Main site or place of performance:
Borders
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
SDS invites proposals to deliver Foundation Apprenticeships across Scotland for participants (young people in senior phase of education in Scotland) commencing in academic year 2019 for each of the 13 regions. Bids can be for a 2 year delivery and/or a shorter duration delivery.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
Yes
II.2.14) Additional information
The contract value and/or volumes may vary depending on the delivery achieved.
Lot No: 4
II.2.1) Title
Foundation Apprenticeships 2019-21 — Lot 4 — Dumfries and Galloway
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
80000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM92
Main site or place of performance:
Dumfries & Galloway
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
SDS invites proposals to deliver Foundation Apprenticeships across Scotland for participants (young people in senior phase of education in Scotland) commencing in academic year 2019 for each of the 13 regions. Bids can be for a 2 year delivery and/or a shorter duration delivery.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
Yes
II.2.14) Additional information
The contract value and/or volumes may vary depending on the delivery achieved.
Lot No: 5
II.2.1) Title
Foundation Apprenticeships 2019-21 — Lot 5 — Edinburgh, East and Midlothian
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
80000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM75
UKM73
Main site or place of performance:
Edinburgh, East and Midlothian
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
SDS invites proposals to deliver Foundation Apprenticeships across Scotland for participants (young people in senior phase of education in Scotland) commencing in academic year 2019 for each of the 13 regions. Bids can be for a 2 year delivery and/or a shorter duration delivery.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
Yes
II.2.14) Additional information
The contract value and/or volumes may vary depending on the delivery achieved.
Lot No: 6
II.2.1) Title
Foundation Apprenticeshipds 2019-21 — Lot 6 — Fife
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
80000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM72
Main site or place of performance:
Fife
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
SDS invites proposals to deliver Foundation Apprenticeships across Scotland for participants (young people in senior phase of education in Scotland) commencing in academic year 2019 for each of the 13 regions. Bids can be for a 2 year delivery and/or a shorter duration delivery.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
Yes
II.2.14) Additional information
The contract value and/or volumes may vary depending on the delivery achieved.
Lot No: 7
II.2.1) Title
Foundation Apprenticeships 2019-21 — Lot 7 — Forth Valley
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
80000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM76
Main site or place of performance:
Forth Valley
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
SDS invites proposals to deliver Foundation Apprenticeships across Scotland for participants (young people in senior phase of education in Scotland) commencing in academic year 2019 for each of the 13 regions. Bids can be for a 2 year delivery and/or a shorter duration delivery.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
Yes
II.2.14) Additional information
The contract value and/or volumes may vary depending on the delivery achieved.
Lot No: 8
II.2.1) Title
Foundation Apprenticeships 2019-21 — Lot 8 — Glasgow
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
80000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM82
Main site or place of performance:
Glasgow
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
SDS invites proposals to deliver Foundation Apprenticeships across Scotland for participants (young people in senior phase of education in Scotland) commencing in academic year 2019 for each of the 13 regions. Bids can be for a 2 year delivery and/or a shorter duration delivery.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
Yes
II.2.14) Additional information
The contract value and/or volumes may vary depending on the delivery achieved.
Lot No: 9
II.2.1) Title
Foundation Apprenticeships 2019-21 — Lot 9 — Highlands and Islands
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
80000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM6
Main site or place of performance:
Highlands and Islands
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
SDS invites proposals to deliver Foundation Apprenticeships across Scotland for participants (young people in senior phase of education in Scotland) commencing in academic year 2019 for each of the 13 regions. Bids can be for a 2 year delivery and/or a shorter duration delivery.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
Yes
II.2.14) Additional information
The contract value and/or volumes may vary depending on the delivery achieved.
Lot No: 10
II.2.1) Title
Foundation Apprenticeships 2019-21 — Lot 10 — Lanarkshire
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
80000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM95
UKM84
Main site or place of performance:
Lanarkshire
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
SDS invites proposals to deliver Foundation Apprenticeships across Scotland for participants (young people in senior phase of education in Scotland) commencing in academic year 2019 for each of the 13 regions. Bids can be for a 2 year delivery and/or a shorter duration delivery.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
Yes
II.2.14) Additional information
The contract value and/or volumes may vary depending on the delivery achieved.
Lot No: 11
II.2.1) Title
Foundation Apprenticeships 2019-21 — Lot 11 — Tayside
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
80000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM71
UKM77
Main site or place of performance:
Tayside
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
SDS invites proposals to deliver Foundation Apprenticeships across Scotland for participants (young people in senior phase of education in Scotland) commencing in academic year 2019 for each of the 13 regions. Bids can be for a 2 year delivery and/or a shorter duration delivery.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
Yes
II.2.14) Additional information
The contract value and/or volumes may vary depending on the delivery achieved.
Lot No: 12
II.2.1) Title
Foundation Apprenticeships 2019-21 — Lot 12 — West Lothian
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
80000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM78
Main site or place of performance:
West Lothian
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
SDS invites proposals to deliver Foundation Apprenticeships across Scotland for participants (young people in senior phase of education in Scotland) commencing in academic year 2019 for each of the 13 regions. Bids can be for a 2 year delivery and/or a shorter duration delivery.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
Yes
II.2.14) Additional information
The contract value and/or volumes may vary depending on the delivery achieved.
Lot No: 13
II.2.1) Title
Foundation Apprenticehsips 2019-21 — Lot 13 — West
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
80000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM8
Main site or place of performance:
West
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
SDS invites proposals to deliver Foundation Apprenticeships across Scotland for participants (young people in senior phase of education in Scotland) commencing in academic year 2019 for each of the 13 regions. Bids can be for a 2 year delivery and/or a shorter duration delivery.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
Yes
II.2.14) Additional information
The contract value and/or volumes may vary depending on the delivery achieved.
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.4) Objective rules and criteria for participation
Part 1 — Section 7 — Economic and Financial Standing — Insurance
It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to commencement of any subsequently awarded contract the following Insurance cover: Employer's Liability insurance (5m GBP); Public Liability Insurance (2m GBP)
Part 1 — Section 11 — Economic and Financial Standing - Financial
SDS shall carry out independent Financial Credit checks on your organisation. The checks undertaken shall provide SDS with information on your organisation's risk rating. It shall be as SDS discretion whether we deem the risk to be unacceptable and therefore may exclude your organisation from being taken any further in the Procurement process. SDS also reserve the right to request further information, if no information can be found within the Credit rating system, of the information is incomplete.
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
III.2.2) Contract performance conditions
As stated in the Instructions to bidder, specification and terms and conditions of contract.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.11) Main features of the award procedure:
The scope of services to be provided under this contract falls within the definition of social and other specific services in Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ("the regulations") and therefore the procurement process shall be subject to the requirements of section 7 of the Regulations. By virtue of regulation 76(3) of the regulations, bidders in any of the situations listed in regulation 58 of the Regulations may be excluded.
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
11/09/2018
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic payment will be used
VI.3) Additional information
Part 1
Section 5 — Exclusion Grounds — This section is a pass/fail section
Section 7 — Insurance — as per III.1 Conditions for participation
Section 8 — Equal opportunities — pass/fail questions
Section 9 — Health and Safety Questions — pass/fail questions
Section 10 — Conflict of Interest — pass/fail questions
Section 11 — Economic and Financial Standing — as per III.1 Conditions for participation
Section 12 — Read/understand Appendix 5 National Rules — confirmation
Part 1 — Selection 13a Principal Business activities — pass/fail question
Part 1 — Section 13b Equalities — pass/fail questions
Part 1 — Section 14 Contract Examples — bidders are required to provide 2no. similar type contracts to FAs within the last 3 years — pass/fail question
Part 1 — Section 15 — Confirmation of Co-ordinated approach — Pass/Fail
If any of the questions in Part 1 are deemed a fail, your bid will not be taken any further in the procurement process.
Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid last minute problems.
Part 2 Evaluation/Award Criteria — 60 % Quality/40 % Price
Part 2A, B and C — Section 9 — 100 % Section scored
Q1 Stategic Partnerships — 10 %
Q2 Delivery Consortia Partnerships — 20 %
Q3 Employer Engagement — 20 %
Q4 Recruitment and Learner Experience — 15 %
Q5 Regional Demand & Articulation — 10 %
Q6 Delivery Model — 15 %
Q7 Fair Work Practices — 5 %
Q8 Advancing Equalities — 5 %
A minimum score of 2 must be achieved against each of Questions 3, 4 and 6
Any bidder who achieves a Nil score of ‘0’ on any question will be deemed as a fail.
NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=548974.
The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx.
Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.
The Contracting Authority does not intend to include a sub-contract clause as part of community benefits (as per Section 25 of the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014) in this contract for the following reason:
Bidders can include sub-contracting as part of the delivery model, but it is not the only delivery model available.
The Contracting Authority does not intend to include any community benefit requirements in this contract for the following reason:
Community benefits not relevant to this contract
(SC Ref:548974)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The Skills Development Scotland Co. Limited
Monteith House, First Floor, 11 George Square
Glasgow
G2 1DY
UK
Telephone: +44 1412256710
Internet address(es)
URL: www.skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
The Skills Development Scotland Co. Limited
Monteith House, First Floor, 11 George Square
Glasgow
G2 1DY
UK
Internet address(es)
URL: www.skllsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
30/07/2018