Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1) Name and addresses

I.2) Joint procurement

The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body

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.2) Description

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

IV.2) Administrative information

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: SLC/H&TR/17/122

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

V.2 Award of contract

V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

09/11/2017

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: 0

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

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: : 480 000.00  GBP

V.2.5) Information about subcontracting

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3) 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.

ESPD Questions 3A – 3C have been identified as mandatory exclusion grounds and ESPD questions 3D have been identified as discretionary exclusion grounds. All the exclusion grounds will be assessed on a pass/fail basis. For the mandatory exclusion grounds, a bid will be excluded where the bidder fails to provide either a positive response or to provide details to the satisfaction of the Council of the self-cleaning measures undertaken for the discretionary exclusion grounds a bid may be excluded where the bidder fails to provide either a positive response or if the Council is not satisfied as to the self-cleaning measures undertaken.

ESPD Questions 3A.1 to 3A.8 serious and organised crime – Information sharing protocol.

It is a requirement of this tender that the bidder recommended for award completes and submits when requested to by the Council, the serious and organised crime – Information sharing protocol form for evaluation prior to any award being made.

Declarations and certificates.

In an open tendering procedure prior to any award being made the successful bidder will provide the under described certificates, declarations and/or completed questionnaires to evidence their compliance with the relevant questions within the qualification envelope.

All certificates, declarations and questionnaires can be found within the Attachment area of PCS-T.

ESPD Question 2D.1 Prompt Payment Certificate.

Declaration Section Form of Tender.

ESPD Question 3D.11 Non-Collusion Certificate.

ESPD Question 4C.6 Goods Vehicle Operator’s Licence Declaration.

ESPD Question 4B.5.1 Insurance Certificates.

ESPD Questions 3A.1 to 3A.8 Serious and Organised Crime Declaration.

ESPD Question 3A.6 Modern Slavery Act 2015 Declaration.

ESPD Question 4D.1 Health and Safety Questionnaire.

In the case of an open tender, this information will not be required to be uploaded and submitted with the bid, but will instead be requested by the Council following the conclusion of the evaluation of the qualification, technical and commercial envelopes and prior to the award of the tender.

Failure to provide this information or in the event that the information provided does not support or evidence the statements made by the ESPD will invalidate the bid. In this scenario, the Council will seek to obtain the relevant information and evidence from the second highest scoring bidder and so on until a fully compliant bidder is identified.

(SC Ref:524398).

VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice

29/12/2017