Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Argyll Community Housing Association Limited
Menzies House, Glenshellach Business Park
Oban
PA34 4RY
UK
Contact person: Lachie Wood
Telephone: +44 1546605832
E-mail: lachie.wood@acha.co.uk
NUTS: UKM6
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.acha.co.uk
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA10562
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
Electronic communication requires the use of tools and devices that are not generally available. Unrestricted and full direct access to these tools and devices is possible, free of charge, at:
http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Other: Registered Social Landlord
I.5) Main activity
Housing and community amenities
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Legionella Water Testing and Tank Disinfection.
Reference number: 6751
II.1.2) Main CPV code
45332200
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
ACHA are looking to appoint a suitably qualified Contractor to carry out Legionella water testing, tank cleaning and disinfection within our sheltered housing complexes, amenity housing and office accommodation in line with the independently produced Risk assessments for each property at various locations throughout Argyll and Bute as listed in the contract document, this contract would be carried out over 147 weeks starting June 2017 with an optional 52-week extension period.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
120 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
45332200
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM6
Main site or place of performance:
Various locations throughout Argyll and Bute, including sheltered housing complexes.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
ACHA are looking to appoint a suitably qualified Contractor to carry out Legionella water testing, tank cleaning and disinfection within our sheltered housing complexes, amenity housing and office accommodation in line with the independently produced Risk assessments for each property at various locations throughout Argyll and Bute as listed in the contract document, this contract would be carried out over 147 weeks starting June 2017 with an optional 52-week extension period.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Proposed service delivery
/ Weighting: 1.5
Quality criterion: Draft programme of works showing key stages to include initial contact method and appointment system which will be employed to contact our Tenants.
/ Weighting: 1.2
Quality criterion: Details of your project delivery team, its structure, qualifications held, training records
/ Weighting: 1.1
Quality criterion: We will require the Bidder to demonstrate how they will respond to Emergency situations with a list of on call personnel
/ Weighting: 1.1
Quality criterion: Referee letters from 3 or more local authorities, Registered Social Landlords, or other relevant housing organisations for recent commissions of similar contracts.
/ Weighting: 1.1
Price
/ Weighting:
40 %
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
120 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 36
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
Optional 1 year extension included.
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
The process we will apply will be:
Stage 1 — Pre-Qualification via the ESPD. The ESPD asks bidders general questions; when completing, bidders must have regard for the statements in this Notice that detail specific requirements.
Bidder's must pass the minimum standards sections of the ESPD (Scotland). Statements including the specific requirements for these questions can be found within Section III.1.1, III.1.2 and III.1.3 of the Contract Notice.
Sections A and B of Part IV of the EPSD will be scored on a pass/fail basis.
Section D of Part IV of the EPSD will be scored as per the scoring methodology detailed below. Please complete the scored ESPD Section 4C Technical and Professional ability. Statements for these scored questions can be found in Section III.1.3) of this Notice.
Section D of Part IV of the EPSD will be scored as per the scoring methodology detailed below. The requirements are described in the attachment named ‘4D1 Quality Assurances Schemes and Environmental Management Standards’.
Scoring Methodology:
0 — Unacceptable. Nil or inadequate response. Fails to demonstrate previous experience/ capacity/ capability relevant to this criterion.
25 — Poor. Response is partially relevant but generally poor. The response shows some elements of relevance to the criterion but contains insufficient/limited detail or explanation to demonstrate previous relevant experience/ capacity/capability.
50 — Acceptable. Response is relevant and acceptable. The response demonstrates broad previous experience, knowledge and skills/ capacity/ capability but may lack in some aspects of similarity e.g. previous experience, knowledge or skills may not be of a similar nature.
75 — Good. Response is relevant and good. The response is sufficiently detailed to demonstrate a good amount of experience, knowledge or skills/ capacity/ capability relevant to providing similar services to similar clients.
100 — Excellent. Response is completely relevant and excellent overall. The response is comprehensive, unambiguous and demonstrates thorough experience, knowledge or skills/ capacity/ capability relevant to providing similar services to similar clients.
Weighting
The responses to the questions of Section III.1.3 of the Contract Notice will be weighted the following way:
Question 4C.1.2: 30 %, 4C.6: 10 %, 4C.6.1: 20 %, 4C.8.1 10 % 4C.8.2: 10 %, and 4C.10: 10 % 4D.1: 10 %
We will take the 5 highest scoring bidders through and they will be invited to submit a tender.
Stage 2 — Invitation to Tender (ITT) and submission of shortlisted bidder tender returns.
These must be received no later than the date and time detailed within the Invitation to Tender (ITT) documentation. We will evaluate shortlisted tenderers' ITT submissions via a Quality/Cost evaluation. The quality and commercial scores will be combined to provide each supplier with an overall score.
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
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 III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria:
This section refers to section B of Part IV of the ESPD (Scotland) and covers questions 4B.1.1, 4B.2.1, 4B.3, 4B.4, 4B.5.1, 4B.5.2 and 4B.5.3 of the ESPD (Scotland).
4B.1.1 Bidders will be required to have a minimum ‘general’ yearly turnover of 240 000 GBP for the last 3 years.
4B.2.1 Bidders will be required to have a minimum yearly ‘specific’ turnover of 240 000 GBP for the last 3 years in the business area.
4B.3 Where turnover information is not available for the time period requested, the bidder will be required to state the date which they set-up or started trading.
4B.4 Ratios.
Bidders will be required to state the values for the following financial ratios from their most recent set of accounts:
Ratio 1 the Acid Test — (Current Assets-stock/Current Liabilities.) A company with an Acid Test Ration of less than 1 cannot currently pay back its current liabilities. To pass the Acid Test Ratio question the bidder must have a score of greater than 1.
Ratio 2 Return on Capital Employed % (Profit/Capital employed.) Return on capital employed or ROCE is used to prove the value the business gains from its assets and liabilities. To pass this test the bidder must score a positive figure/percentage.
4B.5.1, 4B.5.2, 4B.5.3 Insurance
It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:
Employers (Compulsory) Liability Insurance — minimum cover of 5 000 000 GBP.
Public Liability Insurance — minimum cover of 10 000 000 GBP.
4B.6.1 It is a requirement that the bidder is scored above ‘D’ on the Score Check Grade in their full report in Equifax.
Minimum level(s) of standards required:
4B.1.1 Turnover greater than 240 000 GBP.
4B.2.1 Turnover greater than 240 000 GBP in business area.
4B.4 Ratio 1 — score greater than 1,
Ratio 2 — positive result.
4b.5.1, 4B.5.2 and 4B.5.2 Insurance in place or able to provide.
4b.6.1 Score above ‘D’ on Equifax score check grade.
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
List and brief description of selection criteria:
4C.1.2 Bidders will be required to provide examples that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the services as described in part II.2.4 of the OJEU Contract Notice.
4C.6 Bidders will be required to confirm that their firm has appropriate qualifications to undertake the task. The minimum standard will be full Membership of the Legionella Control Association (LCA), that they have signed up to the recommended code of conduct as laid down by the LCA and all work carried out in accordance with the Approved Code of Practice L8. All operatives engaged in water testing works must hold the minimum of City and Guilds Disinfection of water systems and City and Guilds Managing Legionella in Building Water Systems or equivalent qualification with evidence of all formal training qualifications and competency of all staff members, including any sub-contractors, to be supplied to the employer's office annually. Please provide relevant trade bodies and technical support available and the frequency they are called upon.
4C.6.1 Bidders will be required to confirm that their managerial staff has appropriate qualifications to undertake the task. Each managerial staff member must be qualified to carry out Legionella work in compliance with L8 Approved code of practice is required as a minimum.
4C.8.1 Bidders will be required to confirm their average annual manpower for the last 3 years
4C.8.2 Bidders will be required to confirm the number of managerial staff for the last 3 years.
4C.10 Bidders will be required to confirm whether they intend to subcontract, and if so, for what percentage proportion of the contract.
For a description of selection criteria associated with Section D of Part IV of the ESPD (Scotland) (Quality Assurance Schemes and Environmental Management Standards) please refer to word file attached to this Contract Notice named ‘4D1 — Quality Assurances Schemes and Environmental Management Standards — Selection Criteria’.
Minimum level(s) of standards required:
Scoring will be as follows:
0 — Unacceptable. Nil or inadequate response. Fails to demonstrate capacity and capability relevant to this criterion.
25 — Poor. Response is partially relevant but generally poor. The response shows some elements of relevance to the criterion but contains insufficient/limited detail or explanation to demonstrate relevant capacity and capability.
50 — Acceptable. Response is relevant and acceptable. The response demonstrates broad knowledge and skills/ capacity/ capability but may lack in some aspects of similarity e.g. knowledge or skills may not be of a similar nature.
75 — Good. Response is relevant and good. The response is sufficiently detailed to demonstrate a good amount of knowledge or skills/ capacity/ capability relevant to providing similar services to similar clients.
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
III.2.3) Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted 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.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
07/04/2017
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
Date:
20/04/2017
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 3 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.3) Additional information
Note: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=484597
The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx
Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.
(SC Ref:484597)
Download the ESPD document here: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ESPD/ESPD_Download.aspx?id=484597
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Argyll Community Housing Association Limited
Menzies House, Glenshellach Business Park
Oban
PA34 4RY
UK
Telephone: +44 1546605829
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.acha.co.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
06/03/2017