Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
North Lanarkshire Council
Civic Centre, Windmillhill Street
Motherwell
ML1 1AB
UK
Contact person: Natalie Taggart
Telephone: +44 1698520418
E-mail: TaggartNa@northlan.gov.uk
NUTS: UKM84
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00010
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Banking Services and Merchant Acquiring Solution.
Reference number: CPT-NT-FS-17-244
II.1.2) Main CPV code
66110000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Authority wishes to establish a contract for the provision of Banking Services and Merchant Acquiring Services.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
Yes
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
1 060 179.91
GBP
II.2) Description
Lot No: 1
II.2.1) Title
Banking Services
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
66110000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM84
Main site or place of performance:
North Lanarkshire.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Authority requires a range of general banking services including, but not limited to:
Bank account facilities/Access to branch network;
Direct Debit payment system e.g. BACS;
Cashing/opening credit facilities; and,
Internet banking.
Other notable Requirements:
The suite of bank accounts required by the Authority are required to be located within the same branch of a potential providers banking service, that is, unless the potential provider can otherwise demonstrate to the Authority advantages for using different branches for various and/or specific accounts.
The Authority will specify Authorised Signatories who may instruct the Banking Services Provider. The potential provider must have controls in place to support this.
The Authority will require assistance by telephone and/or e-mail with general banking queries or issues. An SLA will be required to govern this.
The Authority requires BACS (Bankers Automated Credit Services) credit facility for paying its creditors, and payroll costs. A facility of around GBP 30M is required.
The Authority requires an overdraft facility
The Authority requires an intra-day (settlement risk) of around GBP 20M for the initiation of CHAPS/Faster payments.
The potential providers should be able to demonstrate relative experience with Local Authorities for the aforementioned requirements.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Overall Quality
/ Weighting: 70
Price
/ Weighting:
30
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
Exclusion Grounds:
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.
Should a potential provider intend to use subcontractor for key Rqts the same exclusion grounds apply to subcontractors. An ESPD must be completed for the subcontractor for Part III Exclusion Grounds.
Lot No: 2
II.2.1) Title
Merchant Acquiring Services
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
66110000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM84
Main site or place of performance:
North Lanarkshire.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Merchant acquiring services required is the facility for card payments, which allows users of the Council and/or the ALEOs services to pay charges with a range of payment cards, including:
Maestro;
Visa Debit/Electron;
MasterCard/Visa Credit cards; and,
various Commercial and other Business Credit cards available from card issuing banks.
The Merchant Acquirer must facilitate an electronic card acquiring solution that enables such payments to be made by the following methods:
Swipe;
Chip and Pin;
Cardholder not present;
Internet; and,
Touch Tone Payments (Automated Phone).
The potential providers should be able to demonstrate relative experience with Local Authorities or organisation with similar profile for the aforementioned requirements.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Overall quality
/ Weighting: 10
Price
/ Weighting:
90
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
Exclusion Grounds:
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.
Should a potential provider intend to use subcontractor for key Rqts the same exclusion grounds apply to subcontractors. An ESPD must be completed for the subcontractor for Part III Exclusion Grounds.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open 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:
2017/S 174-356608
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 1
Title: Banking Services
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
23/11/2017
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
The Royal Bank of scotland
2nd Floor, 24 St Andrew Square
Edinburgh
EH29JN
UK
Telephone: +44 7765417937
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 304 857.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 2
Title: Merchant Acquiring Services
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
23/11/2017
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Lloyds Cardnet
The Mound
Edinburgh
EH1 1YZ
UK
Telephone: +44 7584263149
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 755 322.91
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Potential Providers will be required to include in their ESPD response, a list of subcontractors they intent to use, in so far as they are known.
If the bidder relies on the capacities of any other entity AND/OR If the bidder has decided to subcontract a part of the contract and relies on the subcontractor's capacities to perform that part of the Contract, then a separate ESPD for this entity / subcontractor must be completed for sections:
Part II Information concerning the bidder
A: Information about the bidder
B: Information about representatives of the bidder
Part III Exclusions Grounds
A: Grounds Relating to Criminal Convictions
B: Grounds Relating to the payment of taxes or social security contributions
C: Blacklisting
D: Grounds Relating to insolvency, conflicts of interests or professional misconduct.
The Invitation To Tender and supporting documentation may be accessed and downloaded from the Public Contracts Scotland Portal at http//www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
To access these documents Tenderers will firstly need to register (if they have not already done so) on the Public Contracts Scotland Portal and then express interest in this particular procurement.
Tenders must be returned using the PCS submission post-box by the date and time specified in this Contract Notice and/or documentation. Late tenders will not be accepted. The council reserves the right not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process initiated by this Contract Notice and in such event will not be liable for any costs incurred by any party.
(SC Ref:521019).
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
North Lanarkshire Council
Civic Centre, Windmillhill Street
Motherwell
ML1 1AB
UK
Telephone: +44 1698403876
E-mail: corporateprocurement@northlan.gov.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
30/11/2017