Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
QUALITY MEAT SCOTLAND
The Rural Centre - West Mains
NEWBRIDGE
EH28 8NZ
UK
Contact person: Debbie Phillips
Telephone: +44 1315107920
E-mail: dphillips@qmscotland.co.uk
NUTS: UKM75
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.qmscotland.co.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA13202
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Provision of Assessment and Certification Services to the QMS Whole Chain Assurance Programme
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79132000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Provision of Assessment and Certification Services to the QMS Whole Chain Assurance Programme
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Lowest offer:
7 769 335.00
GBP/ Highest offer:
8 458 170.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
77100000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
QMS seeks to appoint a third party Certification Body (CB) contractor, to provide independent assessment and certification services to its
whole chain assurance programme. The programme provides reassurance to consumers that meat has been produced under stringent
standards of food safety, animal welfare, environmental protection and good farming practice.
The QMS Assurance Scheme Standards (available here www.qmscotland.co.uk/whole-chain-assurance) must be strictly and consistently
enforced and certified by an independent CB contractor. The scope of this contract includes all relevant activities related to the assessment
and certification of the schemes including assessment of any new and existing assurance scheme members and continuous development of
the six quality assurance schemes within the whole chain assurance programme, all as more specifically set out in the Specification of
Requirements and the Terms and Conditions of Contract.
The schemes relevant for these services are:
- Cattle & Sheep Assurance Scheme
- Pigs Assurance Scheme
- Feeds Assurance Scheme
- Haulage Assurance Scheme
- Auction Market and Collection Centres Assurance Scheme
- Processor Assurance Scheme
The contract will not be split into lots for reasons of operational and management efficiency.
The contract is for a period of 5 years commencing 1 April 2022 and has the ability to break after year 3 and year 4.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 80
Price
/ Weighting:
20
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
II.2.14) Additional information
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any one of the situations referred to in regulation 58 (1) of the
Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015
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.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2021/S 000-024012
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: SEP428808
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
06/01/2022
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
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
SAOS Ltd
The Rural Centre, Ingliston
Edinburgh
EH28 8NZ
UK
Telephone: +44 7384545281
NUTS: UKM73
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
Lowest offer:
7 769 335.00
GBP
/ Highest offer:
8 458 170.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
(SC Ref:678953)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Edinburght Sheriff Court
Edinburgh
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
10/01/2022