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: https://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
Scottish SME Energy Efficiency Advice and Support Service
Reference number: 19-RE-090-OJ
II.1.2) Main CPV code
71314300
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Zero Waste Scotland wishes to appoint a contractor for the provision of a free-to-use energy efficiency advice and support service for small to medium-sized enterprises in Scotland, prioritised to identifying potential carbon savings and enabling implementation to realise CO2e reduction.
The service will be delivered on behalf of Zero Waste Scotland and as part of the Energy Efficiency Scotland programme.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
2 400 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
71314300
80540000
90713000
90714000
90714400
79512000
79410000
79413000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM
Main site or place of performance:
Various locations across Scotland, including the Highlands and Islands, as well as the contractor's premises as relevant.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Zero Waste Scotland is seeking to procure a free-to-use technical and behaviour change advice and support service (‘the Service’) designed to provide advice and support on energy efficiency measures and opportunities for small to medium-sized enterprises across the whole of Scotland and covering all sectors.
The Service will help customers to identify the economic and environmental benefits to be achieved through energy efficiency, by building business cases that lead to the practical implementation of energy efficiency measures.
The Service will build upon the success of the previous Resource Efficient Scotland Advice and support service, retaining and improving where practicable current service and customer satisfaction levels while continuing to grow the Service in terms of support provided (volume and range), and both the carbon and cost savings identified.
The Service will be a key element of the Energy Efficient Scotland programme and will comprise the following core elements:
(a) a central hub service
(b) light-touch activity
(c) In-depth activity.
The Service must be designed flexibly to allow reprioritisation of workload and activity as necessary to respond to changes in business and/or policy requirements, including target sectors, and with the potential to increase capacity where and when interest in the Service is likely to peak – for example, following a major event or promotional activity – or where additional funding is made available to support further delivery.
Further information on the Service requirements can be found in the procurement documents.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 70
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:
Yes
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.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2019/S 184-448487
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 19-RE-090
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
03/03/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
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: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Ricardo-AEA
2nd Floor, 18 Blythswood Square
Glasgow
G2 4BG
UK
Telephone: +44 123553167
Fax: +44 8701905240
NUTS: UKM77
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:
: 2 400 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Please note that the contract title and estimated value have been amended since the publication of the PIN, to more accurately reflect the contract requirements and value. Clarifications may be sought through the Q&A facility for this procurement exercise on the PCS web portal. ZWS is not using the ESPD module on the Public Contracts Scotland (PCS) web portal for this procurement exercise. Tenderers must therefore download the ESPD (Scotland) provided for this procurement exercise as an additional document to prepare a response. Further information and instructions relating to the ESPD (Scotland) for this procurement exercise are provided in both this contract notice and the ‘Supporting Information for Selection Criteria’ document. This includes details of the questions used, their weightings and the scoring methodology that will be used to evaluate responses. Tenderers should read the information and instructions provided carefully before submitting a response, as failure to follow instructions may result in your ESPD (Scotland) response being ruled non-compliant. Tenderers should note that ZWS will carry out due diligence checking on statements made within ESPD (Scotland) responses. A request from ZWS to provide evidence in support of statements made by a tenderer in their ESPD (Scotland) response does not infer that the tender or the Tenderer has been successful.
Quality submissions will be scored using the Scottish Government's recommended scoring convention: (Please see within the tender document).
Zero Waste Scotland is unable and unwilling to respond to any questions raised by tenderers after the deadline for tender submissions and while the procurement exercise remains live.
All tenderers will be informed of decisions or delays by ZWS at the same time, electronically by email to the nominated contact only, as identified in your response or submission.
(SC Ref:618676)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Stirling Sheriff Court
Viewfield Place
Stirling
FK8 1NQ
UK
Telephone: +44 17861462191
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Court of Session
Parliament House, Parliament Square
Edinburgh
EH1 1RQ
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
20/03/2020