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Lot No: 1
II.2.1) Title
Quantity Surveying Consultancy Services
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
71324000
71315200
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM
Main site or place of performance:
Glasgow.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Lot 1 — Quantity Surveying:
The provision of quantity surveying consultancy services including, but not limited to, the following areas:
— tender preparation,
— tender analysis and evaluation
— contracts negotiation,
— drafting contract conditions,
— contract administration,
— commercial management,
— cost estimating and cost planning.
The consultant will also be capable of carrying out the following roles:
— employer's agent,
— principal designer, which includes managing and mitigating any potential health and safety risks throughout the process,
— contract administrator,
— procurement consultant.
Further services as mutually agreed between the Contracting Authority and Consultant will be required.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Experience; execution of services; staff and resourcing
/ Weighting: 70
Price
/ Weighting:
30
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
It is intended that a total number of 5 candidates be invited to tender stage for this Framework Agreement. The selection criteria is set out below.
These candidates shall be those who have:
— submitted a compliant submission, comprising the completed ESPD,
— satisfied the relevant selection criteria under the exclusion grounds,
— gained PASSES in respect of the economic and financial criteria in ESPD Part IV Section 4B,
— gained PASSES in respect of the suitability and technical and professional ability and management systems criteria in ESPD Part IV Sections 4A, 4C and 4D,
— scored at least 2 in respect of the examples provided for ESPD Part IV Section 4C1.1/4C1.2,
— achieved the first, second, third, fourth or fifth highest ranked Total Score for ESPD, Part IV, Section 4C1.1/4C1.2.
Any submission which fails to comply with the first 5 conditions shall be excluded from the ranking of scores for the final condition.
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
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
Lot No: 2
II.2.1) Title
Structural and Civil Engineers Consultancy Services
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
71311000
71312000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM
Main site or place of performance:
Glasgow.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Lot 2 — Structural and Civil Engineers:
The provision of engineering consultancy services specifically in the following disciplines:
— structural engineers,
— civil engineers.
The consultant will also have the capability and capacity to fulfil the roles of contract administrator and principal designer in order to plan, manage, monitor and coordinate the pre-construction phase. This includes managing and mitigating any potential health and safety risks throughout the design process.
Further services as mutually agreed between the Contracting Authority and consultant will be required.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Experience; execution of services; staff and resourcing
/ Weighting: 70
Price
/ Weighting:
30
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
It is intended that a total number of 5 candidates be invited to tender stage for this Framework Agreement. The selection criteria is set out below.
These candidates shall be those who have:
— submitted a compliant submission, comprising the completed ESPD,
— satisfied the relevant selection criteria under the exclusion grounds,
— gained PASSES in respect of the economic and financial criteria in ESPD Part IV Section 4B,
— gained PASSES in respect of the suitability and technical and professional ability and management systems criteria in ESPD Part IV Sections 4A, 4C and 4D,
— scored at least 2 in respect of the examples provided for ESPD Part IV Section 4C1.1/4C1.2,
— achieved the first, second, third, fourth or fifth highest ranked Total Score for ESPD, Part IV, Section 4C1.1/4C1.2.
Any submission which fails to comply with the first 5 conditions shall be excluded from the ranking of scores for the final condition.
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
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
Lot No: 3
II.2.1) Title
Architectural Consultancy Services
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
71220000
71210000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM
Main site or place of performance:
Glasgow.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Lot 3: Architects.
The provision of Architectural consultancy services including, but not limited to, the following areas:
— design and documentation services compatible with the RIBA plan of work 2013 — production of architectural drawings, engineering drawings, design drawings,
— construction administration services.
The consultant will also have the capability and capacity to fulfil the roles of contract administrator and principal designer in order to plan, manage, monitor and coordinate the pre-construction phase. This includes managing and mitigating any potential health and safety risks throughout the design process.
Further services as mutually agreed between the Contracting Authority and Consultant will be required.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Experience; execution of services; staff and resourcing
/ Weighting: 70
Price
/ Weighting:
30
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
It is intended that a total number of 5 candidates be invited to tender stage for this Framework Agreement. The selection criteria is set out below.
These candidates shall be those who have:
— submitted a compliant submission, comprising the completed ESPD,
— satisfied the relevant selection criteria under the exclusion grounds,
— gained PASSES in respect of the economic and financial criteria in ESPD Part IV Section 4B,
— gained PASSES in respect of the suitability and technical and professional ability and management systems criteria in ESPD Part IV Sections 4A, 4C and 4D,
— scored at least 2 in respect of the examples provided for ESPD Part IV Section 4C1.1/4C1.2,
— achieved the first, second, third, fourth or fifth highest ranked Total Score for ESPD, Part IV, Section 4C1.1/4C1.2.
Any submission which fails to comply with the first 5 conditions shall be excluded from the ranking of scores for the final condition.
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
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
Lot No: 4
II.2.1) Title
Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Consultancy Services
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
71310000
71334000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM
Main site or place of performance:
Glasgow.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Lot 4: Mechanical and Electrical Engineers.
The provision of mechanical and electrical consultancy services including, but not limited to, the following areas:
— provision of engineering design and guidance regarding materials selection and installation options,
— upgrades to housing including rewiring, heating, lighting, fire and smoke detection, water pumps, door entry systems,
— replacement systems must comply with current building standards.
The consultant will also have the capability and capacity to fulfil the roles of contract administrator and principal designer in order to plan, manage, monitor and coordinate the pre-construction phase. This includes managing and mitigating any potential health and safety risks throughout the design process.
Further services as mutually agreed between the Contracting Authority and consultant will be required.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Experience; execution of services; staff and resourcing
/ Weighting: 70
Price
/ Weighting:
30
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
It is intended that a total number of 5 candidates be invited to tender stage for this Framework Agreement. The selection criteria is set out below.
These candidates shall be those who have:
— submitted a compliant submission, comprising the completed ESPD,
— satisfied the relevant selection criteria under the exclusion grounds,
— gained PASSES in respect of the economic and financial criteria in ESPD Part IV Section 4B,
— gained PASSES in respect of the suitability and technical and professional ability and management systems criteria in ESPD Part IV Sections 4A, 4C and 4D,
— scored at least 2 in respect of the examples provided for ESPD Part IV Section 4C1.1/4C1.2,
— achieved the first, second, third, fourth or fifth highest ranked Total Score for ESPD, Part IV, Section 4C1.1/4C1.2.
Any submission which fails to comply with the first 5 conditions shall be excluded from the ranking of scores for the final condition.
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
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
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:
The relevant requirement is set out in the ESPD, Part IV Selection Criteria [4A1a] Enrolment in a relevant professional register. The following statement clarifies the requirement:
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.
The relevant trade register in the UK is the Companies House register: //www.gov.uk/government/organisations/companies-house or equivalent in other countries.
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria:
The relevant requirements are set out in the ESPD, Part IV Selection Criteria, Section 4B.
Bidders shall provide:
— ESPD [4B1a] — a copy of their audited accounts or equivalent for the most recent 2 years, along with details of any significant changes since the last year end,
— confirmation that they currently hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of the framework agreement, the required levels of insurances.
Minimum level(s) of standards required:
Bidders are required to satisfy minimum standards of economic and financial standing as described in the ESPD, Part 4B6.
The following evaluation criteria are scored:
— operating profit ratio,
— gearing ratio.
The scoring mechanism can be downloaded from the additional documents, located within the additional notice options of the Public Contracts Scotland portal.
The 2 evaluation criteria will be individually scored and given a total aggregated score out of a possible 30 marks, for each year of trading. Each year's score will be weighted with the most recent (Year 1) weighted at 50 % and the previous year (Year 2) weighted at 50 %, and then aggregated to form an overall score for the for the 2 years out of 30 marks.
If the bidder is trading for less than 2 years, their financial ratios for the most recent full year of trading will be weighted at 2/3rds scored out of the total 30 marks.
The Contracting Authority reserves the right to fail any submission that scores less than 15 marks out of the potential aggregated score of 30 marks.
Required levels of insurances:
— employer's (compulsory) liability: 10 000 000 GBP,
— professional indemnity insurance: 5 000 000 GBP,
— public liability insurance: 5 000 000 GBP.
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
List and brief description of selection criteria:
ESPD: Question 4C1.1/4C1.2 — bidders are required to provide 3 relevant examples addressing the areas covered in the ESPD. Such examples will be scored based on the following scoring mechanism:
0 — Unacceptable, nil or inadequate response. Fails to demonstrate previous experience/capacity/capability relevant to the scope.
1 — Poor. response is partially relevant but generally poor. The response shows some elements or relevance to the criterion but contains insufficient/limited detail or explanation to demonstrate previous relevant experience/capacity/capability.
2 — Acceptable response. Answer is relevant and acceptable. The response demonstrates broad previous experience, knowledge and skills/capacity/capability but may lack in some aspects e.g. previous experience, knowledge or skills may not be of a similar nature.
3 — Good response. Answer is relevant and good, sufficiently detailed and demonstrates a good amount of experience, knowledge or skills/capacity/capability.
4 — Excellent response. Answer is completely relevant and excellent overall. The response is comprehensive, unambiguous and demonstrated thorough experience, knowledge or skills/capacity/capability.
Submissions will be marked as a fail and will not be considered if the score for this section is less than 2 — Acceptable.
After the bidder's response has been scored it will receive a score out of 100 marks based on the evaluators' scores.
Words in excess of 800 words per example will not be considered or scored.
Minimum level(s) of standards required:
ESPD: Question 4C6 — bidders will have to confirm their managerial staff and staff generally hold the required professional qualifications for each lot. Full details found in the ESPD Question 4C6.
Evidence will be requested on award of the Framework Agreement. If bidders cannot confirm that they meet the requirement their submission will be marked as a fail.
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