Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Shetland Islands Council
8 North Ness, Lerwick
Shetland
ZE1 0LZ
UK
Contact person: Megan Taylor - Procurement Officer
Telephone: +44 1595744595
E-mail: contract.admin@shetland.gov.uk
NUTS: UKM66
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.shetland.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00402
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
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
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
Operation of Inter-Island Ferry Service between Shetland Mainland and Foula
Reference number: ED/13/23
II.1.2) Main CPV code
60610000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The type of contract proposed to be awarded by the Council is a contract for services for the provision of a scheduled ferry service on the Foula to Shetland Mainland route. Subject to the Conditions of Contract, the agreement will operate from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2027 both dates inclusive. The contract may be extended for up to another two 12 month periods at the Council’s request.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
1 750 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
60610000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM66
Main site or place of performance:
Mainland Shetland and Foula.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The procurement procedure being followed for the Operation of Inter-Island Ferry Service between Shetland Mainland and Foula, is the Open Procedure in accordance with Regulation 28 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 10
Price
/ Weighting:
90
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 36
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
Option for two x 12 month extensions.
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
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
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria:
Single Procurement Document (SPD) part IV Section E: Global Question for the selection criteria must be completed and returned.
Three years accounts and business reports for the contracting entity;
A current bank reference to a minimum value of 350,000 GBP;
Evidence of or confirmation of ability to obtain:
Current Employers Liability Insurance to the minimum extent of 10,000,000 GBP;
Current Public Liability Insurance to the minimum extent of 5,0000,000 GBP;
Hull and Machinery Insurance for no less than 250,000 GBP; and
Protection and Indemnity Insurance for 500,000,000 USD.
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
List and brief description of selection criteria:
Evidence of previous experience and / or technical capability to deliver passenger and freight ferry services or to operate Workboats.
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
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.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
24/01/2024
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 3 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
24/01/2024
Local time: 12:00
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
Yes
Estimated timing for further notices to be published:
Included in Tender Documents
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.3) Additional information
- GBP means Great British Pounds.
- Section III The economic, financial and technical information detailed must be submitted in addition to any other information detailed in the Single Procurement Document (SPD).
- The SPD must be fully completed, including all information concerning the bidder and exclusion grounds.
- A Bank Reference Mandate Form is included for completion by economic operators where a Bank Reference is not submitted directly by the economic operator.
- The UK has left the EU and the transition period after EU came to an end on 31 December 2020. From 1 January 2021, relevant references to the EU and EU procurement legislation will either be updated or removed from the Public Contracts Scotland site where appropriate.
Despite the reference to the EU Directives embedded in the header of the Contract Notice, the EU Directives do not apply to this procurement.
- V1.4.1 - Review body. The review body noted is Lerwick Sheriff Court but economic operators should contact the Contracting Authority in the first instance if any issue needs to be addressed. The court may be contacted where legal proceedings are contemplated.
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VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Lerwick Sheriff Court
King Erik Street
Lerwick
ZE1 0DH
UK
Telephone: +44 1595693914
E-mail: Lerwick@scotcourts.gov.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/the-courts/court-locations/lerwick-sheriff-court
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
15/12/2023