Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Section I: Contracting entity

I.1) Name and addresses

I.4) Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local agency/office

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

Lot No: 1

Title: Finance and Corporate Resources — Benefits and Revenue Services

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

V.2 Award of contract

V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

11/02/2020

V.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 3

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 3

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: 3

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)

Total value of the contract/lot: : 450 000.00  GBP

V.2.5) Information about subcontracting

Section V: Award of contract

Lot No: 2

Title: Community and Enterprrise Resources — Parking and Streetwork Services

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

V.2 Award of contract

V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

11/02/2020

V.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 3

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 3

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: 3

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)

Total value of the contract/lot: : 10 000.00  GBP

V.2.5) Information about subcontracting

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3) Additional information

ESPD Question 2A.18 lots.

This tender is split into the following lots:

Lot 1: Debt recovery and diligence services in respect of Council Tax, Non Domestic Rates, Former Tenant Rent Arrears and Sundry Debts (including factoring, lock-ups and housing benefit overpayments);

Lot 2: Debt recovery and diligence services in respect of parking fines and streetworks fixed penalty offences.

Bidders may submit a tender for 1, several or all lots. The maximum number of lots that may be awarded to 1 bidder is 2. The following lots or groups of lots may be combined – lots 1 and 2.

ESPD Question 2.C.1 Reliance on the capacities of other entities.

Bidders are required to complete a full ESPD for each of the entities whose capacity they rely upon.

ESPD Question 2.D.1 Subcontractors on whose capacity the bidder does not rely.

Bidders are required to complete a shortened version of the ESPD for each subcontractor on whose capacity the bidder does not rely on.

Exclusion criteria

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 cleansing 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 cleansing measures undertaken.

Declarations and certificates

In an open tendering procedure prior to any award being made the successful bidder will provide the undernoted 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;

ESPD Question 3D.3 Human Rights Act Declaration.

Declaration section form of offer to tender

ESPD Question 3D.11 Non-Collusion Certificate;

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 4C.6 Proof of Membership of the Society of Messengers at Arms and Sheriff Officers as follows:

Lot 1: commissions for the Sheriffdoms of Glasgow and Strathkelvin and South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway,

Lot 2: commissions for the whole of Scotland.

Proof that their organisation adheres to the Office of Fair Trading’s Debt Collection Guidance.

*The ‘Form of Offer to Tender’ must be completed and uploaded within the relevant question in the commercial envelope.

In the case of an open tender, the other declarations listed above 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 within 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:614503)

VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice

12/02/2020