North Lanarkshire Council

Civic Centre, Windmillhill Street

Motherwell

ML1 1AB

UK

Contact person: Scott Walker

E-mail: walkersc@northlan.gov.uk

NUTS: UKM84

Internet address(es)

Main address: http://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk

Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00010

II.1.1) Title

Reference number: NLC-CPT-23-093

II.1.2) Main CPV code

71600000

II.1.3) Type of contract

Services

II.1.4) Short description

To engage the services of a Consultant to undertake the recording of laying and compaction practices of Contractors working on North Lanarkshire Council’s Road Works Contracts

II.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: 170 000.00  GBP

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

III.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

List and brief description of conditions:

List and brief description of conditions:

4A.1 If required by the member state, bidders are required to be enrolled in the relevant professional or trade registers within the country in which they are established.

4A.2 Where it is required, within a bidder’s country of establishment they must confirm which authorisation or memberships of the relevant organisation(s) are required in order to perform this service.

Bidders must confirm if they hold the particular authorisation or memberships.

III.1.2) Economic and financial standing

List and brief description of selection criteria:

Bidders must respond to SPD Questions 4B.4, 4B.4.1, 4B.5.1b, 4B.5.2 and 4B.5.3

The Bidder response to these questions for Economic and Financial Standing will be evaluated as follows:

Pass = response is compliant with the minimum requirement stated in the Contract Notice section III.1.2) Economic and financial standing

Fail = response is not compliant with the minimum requirement stated in the Contract Notice section III.1.2) Economic and financial standing.

Minimum level(s) of standards required:

4B.4 - Where turnover information is not available for the time period requested, the bidder will be required to state the date which they were set up or started trading. Minimum standard required is acid test ratio score of 1.00 from latest published accounts.

4B.5.1b and 4B.5.2 - It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commence of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:

Employer’s (Compulsory) Liability Insurance = 10M GBP

Public Liability Insurance = 5M GBP

Professional Indemnity Insurance = 1M GBP

http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/hse40.pdf

III.1.3) Technical and professional ability

List and brief description of selection criteria:

Bidders must respond to SPD Questions 4C.1.2, 4C.10.

The Bidder response to question 4C.1.2 for Technical and professional ability will be scored by an evaluation panel; Bidders must achieve a pass to proceed to the award stage. If the bidder achieves a fail this will be deemed a failure to meet the Council's minimum standards for Technical and professional Ability.

4D.1; - Scoring criteria is Pass/Fail - bidders must hold the specified requirements

Minimum level(s) of standards required:

4C.1.2 - Bidders will be required to provide 1 example that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the services/supplies as described in part II.2.4 of the Contract Notice or the relevant section of the Site Notice.

The example will be of a similar size, scope and value to the project being tendered for.

4C.10 - Bidders will be required to confirm whether they intend to subcontract and, if so, for what proportion of the contract.

4D.1 - The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS EN ISO 9001 (or equivalent).

III.2.2) Contract performance conditions

See Tender Documents

III.2.3) Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract

Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract

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.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date: 23/02/2024

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: 4 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)

IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders

Date: 23/02/2024

Local time: 12:30

Place:

Remote (on microsoft teams)

Information about authorised persons and opening procedure:

Members of corporate procurement team

VI.4.1) Review body

VI.4.3) Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:

An economic operator that suffers, or is at risk of suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 or the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014, may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session.