Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Glasgow City Council
Chief Executives Department, City Chambers
Glasgow
G2 1DU
UK
Telephone: +44 1412876845
E-mail: caroline.dougan@glasgow.gov.uk
Fax: +44 1412879399
NUTS: UKM82
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.glasgow.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00196
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Banking Services
Reference number: GCC004348CPU
II.1.2) Main CPV code
66110000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Council is seeking a comprehensive banking service which includes the maintenance of the Council’s bank accounts, electronic banking, BACS and CHAPS clearing, faster payments, cash processing, foreign payments and currency, provision of corporate credit cards, provision of pre-paid cards and other activities associated with local authority banking business.
In relation to this invitation to tender, bidders are asked to note that the following affiliated bodies will participate in this contract:
— Community Safety Glasgow Ltd,
— Culture and Sport Glasgow (Branded as Glasgow Life),
— Culture and Sport Glasgow (Trading) CIC,
— Cordia (Services) LLP,
— City Property (Glasgow) LLP,
— City Building(Glasgow) LLP. Full details of the ALEO's can be found within the ITT.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
89 300 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
66110000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM82
Main site or place of performance:
UK, Glasgow.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Council is seeking a comprehensive banking service which includes the maintenance of the Council’s bank accounts, electronic banking, BACS and CHAPS clearing, faster payments, cash processing, foreign payments and currency, provision of corporate credit cards, provision of pre-paid cards and other activities associated with local authority banking business.
The following affiliated bodies will participate in this contract:
— Community Safety Glasgow Ltd,
— Culture and Sport Glasgow (Branded as Glasgow Life),
— Culture and Sport Glasgow (Trading) CIC,
— Cordia (Services) LLP,
— City Property (Glasgow) LLP,
— City Building (Glasgow) LLP. Full detail can be found within the ITT.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Service delivery
/ Weighting: 65
Quality criterion: Fair work practice
/ Weighting: 5
Price
/ Weighting:
30
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 there are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the 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:
2018/S 098-223975
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: GCC004348CPU
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
10/09/2018
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Royal Bank of Scotland
24 St Andrew Square
Edinburgh
EH2 1AF
UK
Telephone: +44 1315233505
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:
: 89 300 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Re ESPD Questions 4D.1, 4D1.1, 4D1.2, 4D2, 4D2.1 and 4D2.2; applicants must hold the certificates for Qual. Control, H&S and Environ MNG. Standards or comply with all the questions noted in ESPD Sect. 4D. Please refer to the 'ESPD Statements Document' uploaded to the buyers attach. area on PCS-T.
Freedom of Info Act-Information on the FOI Act is contained in append A of the ITT applicants must note the implications of this legislation and ensure that any info they wish the Council to consider withholding is specifically indicated on the FOI certificate contained in the buyers attach area within the PCST portal (NB the Council does not bind itself to withhold this info). Tenderers amendments-applicants must enter any clause, condition, amendment to specification or any other Quals they may wish to make conditional to this offer. Applicants will be required to complete the tenderers amend certificate that is contained within the buyers attach area within PCST portal prompt payment — the successful tenderer shall, as a condition of being awarded the tender, be required to demonstrate to the Council's satisfaction that all funds due to the tenderer's permitted sub-contractors in respect of these works are paid timeously and that as a min invoices rendered by subcontractors shall (unless formally disputed by the tenderer) be paid within 30 days of receipt. The successful tenderer shall also impose this condition on its sub-contractors in respect of payments due to any sub-sub-contractors, if any. Applicants will be required to complete the prompt payment certificate contained in the buyers attach area within PCST portal. Non collusion-applicants will be required to complete the non collusion certificate contained in the buyers attach area within the PCS tender portal insurance mandate-all successful suppliers will be required to sign an insurance mandate, contained in the buyers attach area within the PCS tender portal authorising the Council to request copies of insurance docs from the supplier’s insurance provider. If the mandate is not signed and returned the Council reserves the right to request copies of insurance certificates from bidders at any point during the contract period. Draft T&C’s are located within the buyers attach area within the PCST portal. Additional info pertaining to this Contract Notice is contained in the ITT and ESPD statement documents situated within the buyers attach area of PCS-T. Bidders must ensure they read these docs in line with this Contract Notice.
(SC Ref:589744).
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Glasgow City Council
Chief Executives Department, City Chambers
Glasgow
G2 1DU
UK
Telephone: +44 1412876845
E-mail: caroline.dougan@glasgow.gov.uk
Fax: +44 1412879399
Internet address(es)
URL: www.glasgow.gov.uk
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
Glasgow City Council (‘the Council’) must, by notice in writing as soon as possible after the decision has been made, inform all tenderers and candidates concerned of its decision to award the contract, conclude the Framework Agreement or establish a dynamic purchasing system. The Council must allow a period of at least the relevant standstill period (where the notice is sent by facsimile or electronic means the period is 10 days ending at midnight at the end of the 10th day after that on which the last notice is sent, when sent by other means he period is 15 days) to elapse between the date of despatch of the notice referred to in Regulation 85(1) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (‘The Regulations’). The Council is obliged to comply with the regulations and any eligible economic operator can bring an action in the sheriff court or the court of session where as a consequence of a breach by the Council, suffers or risks suffering loss or damage. The bringing of court proceedings during the standstill period means that the Council must not enter into the contract, conclude the Framework Agreement or establish the dynamic purchasing system unless the proceedings are determined, discontinued or disposed of: or the court, by interim order, brings to an end the prohibition. The bringing of court proceedings after the standstill period has elapsed and the remedies that are available to the courts are detailed in the Regulations. Economic operators can write to the Council seeking further clarification on the notice, to which the Council must respond within 15 days. Economic operators should be mindful to seek their own independent legal advice when they consider appropriate to do so.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
02/07/2019