Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Scottish Government
Victoria Quay, Leith
Edinburgh
EH6 6QQ
UK
Telephone: +44 1312445485
E-mail: procurement_utilities@gov.scot
NUTS: UKM
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.scotland.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA10482
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Water and Waste Water Billing Services
Reference number: SP-18-040
II.1.2) Main CPV code
41110000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
The Scottish Ministers through the Collaborative and Scottish Government Procurement Division are seeking to establish a single operator framework for water and waste water billing services for the Scottish Public Sector and third sector organisations. The duration of the framework agreement will be for 3 years with the option to extend for a further 12-month period.
Please refer to Section VI.3) Additional Information for eligible public bodies.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
264 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
41110000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM
Main site or place of performance:
Scotland.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The framework agreement is for water and waste water billing services.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Technical
/ Weighting: 50
Price
/ Weighting:
50
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 IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
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:
2019/S 154-379471
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: SP-18-040
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
16/01/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
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
Scottish Water Business Stream Ltd
7 Lochside View
Edinburgh
EH12 9DH
UK
Telephone: +44 7825844009
NUTS: UKM73
The contractor is an SME:
No
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:
: 264 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The framework agreement will be available for use by the Scottish Ministers (including Agencies), Scottish Non-Departmental Public Bodies, offices in the Scottish Administration which are not ministerial offices, cross- border public authorities within the meaning of section 88(5) of the Scotland Act 1998, the Scotland Office, the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body, Councils constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, the Scottish Police Authority, Scottish health boards or special health boards, all NHS Scotland, The Integrated Joint Boards established further to the Public Bodies (Joint Working) Act 2014, bodies registered as social landlords under the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001, Student Loans Company Ltd, the Commissioner of Northern Lighthouse operating as the Northern Lighthouse Board, Equality and Human Rights Commission, Business Stream Ltd, the Business Gateway National Unit at the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, further or higher education institutions being fundable bodies within the meaning of section 6 of the further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005, any public body established by or under the Scotland Act 1998 or any Act of the Scottish Parliament, any association of or formed by one or more of the foregoing, bodies financed wholly or mainly by one or more of the foregoing, bodies subject to management supervision by one or more of the foregoing and bodies more than half of the board of directors or members of which, or, in the case of a group of individuals, more than half of those individuals, being appointed by one or more of the foregoing. In addition to the contracting authorities listed, the framework agreement will be available to charities entered on the Scottish Charity Register, voluntary organisations entered on the Membership Database of the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations and departments of UK Government facilities operating in Scotland.
Information about Scottish Public Bodies is available at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/public-bodies/about
Information about the Review of Public Procurement in Scotland and links to the other Centres of Expertise are available at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/Procurement
In addition to the previous publication concerning this procedure referenced above (Notice Number in the OJ S: 2019/S 154-379471)
Two other previous publications were issued (Notice Numbers in the OJ S: 2018/2 019-038739, 2019/S 127-309979).
(SC Ref:613139).
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Edinburgh Sheriff Court
Sherriff Court House, 27 Chambers Street
Edinburgh
EH1 1LB
UK
Telephone: +44 1312252525
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.scotland.gov.uk
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
Scottish Government will incorporate the required minimum 10 day standstill period commencing the day after information on the award is communicated to tenderers. The Public Contract (Scotland) Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or risk being harmed by breach of the rules to take legal action. Any such action must be brought within the applicable limitation period.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
21/02/2020