Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (Utilities)

131, St Vincent Street

Glasgow

G2 5JF

UK

Contact person: Anne Finlay

Telephone: +44 1413333786

E-mail: procurement@spt.co.uk

Fax: +44 1413333224

NUTS: UKM82

Internet address(es)

Main address: http://www.spt.co.uk

Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA17342

II.1.1) Title

II.1.2) Main CPV code

79620000

II.1.3) Type of contract

Services

II.1.4) Short description

SPT are seeking to set up a framework for temporary worker support across the various rail based disciplines.

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: 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 bidder is enrolled in the relevant professional or trade register kept in the Member State of its establishment.

III.1.2) Economic and financial standing

List and brief description of selection criteria:

With regards ESPD question 4B.6 Strathclyde Partnership for Transport intends to use Dun and Bradstreet's DBAi financial reporting system to assess the financial stability of tenderers. Tenderers with a Failure Score of 51 or above on the DBAi system will be deemed to have evidenced satisfactory financial stability and will be taken forward to the technical evaluation within the ESPD.

Candidates must review and submit a copy of their own Dun and Bradstreet Score. If following this review tenderers consider that the Dun and Bradstreet Score does not reflect their current financial status, details of this should be provided, complete with evidence of a good high street credit rating (the equivalent of Dun and Bradstreet score 51) from a recognised credit referencing agency.

In the event that the tenderer is not required to publish accounts and therefore does not have a Dun and Bradstreet or equivalent rating, tenderers must provide 2 years financial accounts. SPT will then conduct an analysis of the accounts to ensure that there is no significant financial risk.

Please note the 2 years accounts, must include financial data over a 3 year period. SPT will review any such information as part of the evaluation of the tenderer's financial status.

In the event that a tenderer does not meet the financial criteria for consideration but has a parent company that does, the tenderer may still be eligible for consideration where their Tender Submission is supported by a Parent Company Guarantee.

Please note that a score below 51 or equivalent or where SPT have reviewed your accounts and evidence and deemed this to be a high risk of failure your submission will not be considered as having met this criteria and will therefore be discounted at ESPD stage and will not be taken forward for further ESPD evaluation.

Minimum level(s) of standards required:

Tenderers with a failure score of 51 or above on the DBAi system will be deemed to have evidenced satisfactory financial stability and will be taken forward to the technical evaluation within the ESPD.

For those who don't achieve the failure score and provides 2 years accounts, which must include financial data over a 3 year period. SPT will review any such information as part of the evaluation of the tenderer's financial status. In the event that the bidder does not have a Dun and Bradstreet rating or they consider that the rating has been adversely affected by factors which they can offer mitigating evidence for, we will use the following ratios to evaluate a bidder’s financial status. Bidders must confirm within their response to the relevant question within the qualification envelope, the name and value of the 3 financial ratios listed below as taken from their own accounts.

1) Profitability – this is taken as profit after tax but before dividends and minority interests. If a company makes a profit then it is a pass for this ratio;

2) Liquidity – this value is calculated as current assets less stock and work in progress, divided by current liabilities. If the answer is greater than or equal to one then it is a pass for this ratio;

3) Gearing – this value is calculated as the total external secured borrowing (short term and long term) divided by shareholder funds expressed as a percentage. If the answer is less than or equal to 100 % it is considered a pass for this ratio.

Financial ratios: Where 2 out of the 3 ratios cannot be met, we may then take account of other factors (including those listed below) when assessing financial viability and the risk to the organisation, providing that the Bidder can submit acceptable evidence to substantiate any of the mitigating criteria.

With reference to ESPD 4B.5, it is a requirement of the contract that bidders hold or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:

The contractor shall effect with an insurance company or companies acceptable to SPT a policy or policies of insurance in respect of all of the services and the matters which are the subject of the indemnities on the part of the contractor contained in this contract and such insurance will provide cover for the actions of all of the contractor's personnel, without prejudice to the generality of this paragraph, the policies will include; professional liability Insurance in the sum of no less than GBP 1 000 000 public liability insurance in the sum of no less than GBP 10 000 000 and employers' liability insurance in the sum of no less than GBP 5 000 000 at least, each in respect of any one incident and unlimited in total, unless otherwise agreed by SPT in writing.

III.1.3) Technical and professional ability

List and brief description of selection criteria:

In respect of Question 4.C.1

Two examples of other frameworks of similar size, value and nature in the past 5 years in respect of question 4D.1 the tenderers must provide:

1) Description of how customer relationships were managed in framework contracts of a similar nature to ensure contractual disputes did not occur; and

2) State whether your organisation has been involved in contractual disputes in framework contracts of a similar nature in the past five years and if so describe how your organisation strived to resolve them amicably.

Minimum level(s) of standards required:

Each example will be scored from 0-4. SPT reserve the right to discards any submission scores less than two in either example.

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 with several operators.

Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement: 5

IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date: 27/04/2020

Local time: 10:00

IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

Date: 11/05/2020

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

Tender must be valid until: 30/09/2020

VI.4.1) Review body

VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures