Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
The Common Services Agency (more commonly referred to as NHS National Services Scotland (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Authority’)
Gyle Square, 1 South Gyle Crescent
Edinburgh
EH12 9EB
UK
Contact person: Steven Sanzone
Telephone: +44 1412071820
E-mail: nss.hfsframeworkscotland@nhs.net
NUTS: UKM
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.hfs.scot.nhs.uk
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA10442
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
Health
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
NHSScotland Cost Advisor Framework
II.1.2) Main CPV code
71000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
This framework will provide cost advisor services to framework customers (as further described in the statement of requirement) on a call-off basis.
Please note the content of all of this SOR which specifies the full requirements which are relevant to the performance of a prospective cost advisors duties under the proposed CA Framework.
The role of cost advisor is varied and may include inputs to projects to be delivered via a variety of procurement routes as indicated above. It will be a key requirement of this framework to provide cost advisor services for construction projects procured under the NEC3/ NEC4 suite of contracts. The cost advisor will be required to be conversant with all procurement routes used to deliver NHS Scotland projects.
The authority is not able to guarantee the volume, type or value of any work called off under the framework however the current estimate of the total potential value over the term of the framework is noted below.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Lowest offer:
80 083.00
GBP/ Highest offer:
95 841.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
71000000
71200000
71310000
71500000
71530000
71248000
79420000
45000000
71317200
71317210
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
As per the procurement documents
All procurement documents can be accessed from the Public Contract Scotland — Tender portal
Project Code — 8024
PQQ Code — 2586
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Written and interview quality
/ Weighting: 60
Price
/ Weighting:
40
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. This procurement is not suitable to be divided into lots as that is not considered to be cost effective or time efficient for the type and range of work anticipated.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted 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:
2017/S 146-301831
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
12/06/2018
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 7
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 3
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: 7
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
AECOM
1 Tanfield
Edinburgh
EH3 5DA
UK
Telephone: +44 1313018600
NUTS: UKM
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Currie and Brown UK Ltd
150 St Vincent Street, Fourth Floor
Glasgow
G2 5NE
UK
Telephone: +44 1413422120
NUTS: UKM
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Gardiner and Theobald LLP
Clarendon House, 5th Floor, 114-116 George Street
Edinburgh
EH2 4LH
UK
Telephone: +44 1312402600
NUTS: UKM
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Thomson Gray
Prospect House, 5 Thistle Street
Edinburgh
EH2 1DF
UK
Telephone: +44 1312265076
NUTS: UKM
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Turner and Townsend
Osbourne House, 1 Osbourne Terrace
Edinburgh
EH12 5HG
UK
Telephone: +44 1313473400
NUTS: UKM75
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:
Lowest offer:
80 083.00
GBP
/ Highest offer:
95 841.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Please refer to the statement of requirement for further details together with the ESPD (Scotland) Questionnaire. This framework is a procurement method for publicly funded health and social care projects. Under this procurement all economic operators will be required to support the authority's economic and social regeneration activities. The cost advisor framework is intended to provide accessible independent consultancy support to the framework customers on a call-off basis.
The estimated contract notice value is an approximate amount for the framework and is not a guaranteed value which will be achieved
Through this framework.
Legal form to be taken by the grouping of suppliers, contractors or service providers to whom the contract is to be awarded:
Contracts will be entered into with the economic operator only. Whilst a ‘partnership’ or consortium model may, in practice, be adopted by the economic operator from a contractual perspective the economic operator will be required to assume the role of a ‘prime contractor’ in respect of any subcontractors and will be required to assume liability and responsibility for the acts and omissions of any sub-contractors utilised by them to deliver services under the framework.
A sub-contract clause has been included in this contract. For more information see:
http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2363
Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see:
http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2361
A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows:
As indicated in the Statement of Requirement
(SC Ref:625064)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Health Facilities Scotland
Gyle Square, 1 South Gyle Crescent
Edinburgh
EH12 9EB
UK
Telephone: +44 1312756778
E-mail: nss.hfsframeworkscotland@nhs.net
Fax: +44 1313140727
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.frameworks-scotland2.scot.nhs.uk/
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
07/07/2020