Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Zero Waste Scotland Ltd
Ground Floor, Moray House, Forthside Way
Stirling
FK8 1QZ
UK
Telephone: +44 1786433930
E-mail: procurement@zerowastescotland.org.uk
NUTS: UKM
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.zerowastescotland.org.uk/content/tenders
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA20802
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Environment
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Technical Evaluation for Low Carbon Heating and District Heating Networks
II.1.2) Main CPV code
90713000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Supplier appointed to this Framework Agreement will be capable of providing advice and support on a Call Off basis for the assessment of the technical, economic and environmental feasibility of low carbon technologies and district heat networks and systems.
The Framework covers a range of potential support requirements, including all aspects of technical, economic and environmental advice and support that may be required by Zero Waste Scotland and/or our Clients for the development of low carbon and district heat network options and opportunities. It includes the ability to provide subject experts to lead on, support or provide training to key staff within Client organisations for the development of pre-feasibility / feasibility studies, business cases, impact assessments, environmental action plans or similar, including analysis and appraisal of options and calculation of environmental and/or economic benefits.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
333 333.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM
Main site or place of performance:
Place of performance to be identified and agreed at time of Call-off.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Supplier appointed to this Framework Agreement will have a firm understanding of the subject matter and policy environment, along with relevant technical, environmental and economic skills and expertise to be capable of providing analysis and support on a Call-off basis for the assessment of the technical, economic and environmental feasibility of low carbon technologies heat systems and district heating networks.
The Framework covers a range of potential support requirements, including all aspects of technical, economic and environmental analysis and support that may be required by Zero Waste Scotland and/or our Clients for the development of low carbon heat projects and district heating network opportunities. It includes the ability to provide subject experts to lead on, support or provide training to key staff within Client organisations for the development of pre-feasibility / feasibility studies, including analysis and appraisal of options and calculation of project benefits.
Where the analysis includes a heat network, successful bidders will be required to conduct a feasibility to CIBSE CP1: Heat Networks: Code of Practice for the UK (2015) standards.
Further details are provided in the Tender document.
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 of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
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:
2018/S 069-153154
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
28/06/2018
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 11
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Buro Happold Ltd
Camden Mill, Lower Bristol Road
Bath
BA2 3DQ
UK
Telephone: +44 1225320600
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 333 333.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The Framework Agreement will conclude no later than 24 months from the date of commencement, unless we are required to discontinue the provision in accordance with Clause 16.2.12 of Section 4 (Terms and Conditions of Contract).
The quality submission will be scored using the Scottish Government's recommended scoring convention, reproduced below:
4 — Excellent: Response is completely relevant and excellent overall. The response is comprehensive, unambiguous and demonstrates a thorough understanding of the requirement and provides details of how the requirement will be met in full.
3 — Good: Response is relevant and good. The response is sufficiently detailed to demonstrate a good understanding and provides details on how the requirements will be fulfilled.
2 — Acceptable: Response is relevant and acceptable. The response addresses a broad understanding of the requirement but may lack details on how the requirement will be fulfilled in certain areas.
1 — Poor: Response is partially relevant but generally poor. The response addresses some elements of the requirement but contains insufficient / limited detail or explanation to demonstrate how the requirement will be fulfilled.
0 — Unacceptable: Nil or inadequate response. Fails to demonstrate an ability to meet the requirement.
(SC Ref:549436)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Zero Waste Scotland Ltd
Ground Floor, Moray House, Forthside Way
Stirling
FK8 1QZ
UK
Telephone: +44 1786433930
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.zerowastescotland.org.uk/content/tenders
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
06/07/2018