Social and other specific services – public contracts
Contract award notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
The Skills Development Scotland Co. Ltd
Monteith House, First Floor, 11 George Square
Glasgow
G2 1DY
UK
Telephone: +44 1412256710
E-mail: katie.buchanan@sds.co.uk
NUTS: UKM
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA12862
I.1) Name and addresses
Welsh Government
Cathays Park
Cardiff
CF10 3NQ
UK
E-mail: customerhelp@gov.wales
NUTS: UKL
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://gov.wales/?lang=en
I.1) Name and addresses
The Northern Ireland Executive
Stormont Castle, Stormont Estate
Belfast
BT4 3TT
UK
E-mail: eis.webmaster@executiveoffice-ni.gov.uk
NUTS: UKN
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.northernireland.gov.uk/
I.1) Name and addresses
The Scottish Government
5, Atlantic Quay, 150 Broomielaw
Glasgow
G2 8LU
UK
E-mail: ceu@gov.scot
NUTS: UKM
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.gov.scot/
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Other: NDPB
I.5) Main activity
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Standards and Frameworks — Framework
Reference number: P18-100
II.1.2) Main CPV code
80000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Skills Development Scotland requires to establish a multi supplier framework to provide development of standards and frameworks. The scope of tendered services covers provision of development and review of:
— National Occupational Standards (NOS) including cleansing of NOS,
— Welsh Translation for NOS where required,
— Scottish Vocational Qualifications (SVQs) or alternative Competency-Based Qualifications (CBQs) for use in apprenticeship frameworks,
— apprenticeship Frameworks in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
The scope of services to be provided under this contract falls within definition of social and other specific services in Schedule 3 to Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (“the regulations”) and therefore procurement process shall in accordance with Regulation 74 of the Regulation be subject to the requirement of Section 7 of the Regulations. By virtue of Regulation 76(3) of the regulations, bidders in any of the situations listed in Regulation 58 of the regulation may be excluded.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
4 166 667.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
80400000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
SDS is inviting bids for a place on the framework. The framework will be for 2 years from 15.4.2019 to 14.4.2021 with the option of 2 x 1 year extensions.
The scope of services to be provided under this contract falls within the definition of social and other specific services in Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts (Regulations 2015 (“the regulations”) and therefore the procurement process shall in accordance with Regulation 74 of the Regulation be subject to the requirement of Section 7 of the Regulations. By virtue of regulation 76(3) of the regulations, bidders in any of the situations listed in Regulation 58 of the regulation may be excluded.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
IV.1.11) Main features of the award procedure:
The scope of services to be provided under this contract falls within the definition of social and other specific services in Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts (Regulations 2015 (“the regulations”) and therefore the procurement process shall in accordance with Regulation 74 of the Regulation be subject to the requirement of Section 7 of the Regulations. By virtue of regulation 76(3) of the regulations, bidders in any of the situations listed in Regulation 58 of the Regulation may be excluded.
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2019/S 013-027361
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
16/04/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 23
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 19
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
CITB NI
17 Dundrod Road
Crumlin
BT29 4SR
UK
Telephone: +44 2890824245
NUTS: UKN
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
CITB
Building 49, Bircham Newton
King's Lynn
PE31 6RH
UK
Telephone: +44 3004567744
NUTS: UKH16
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
CLD Standards Council Scotland
9th Floor, 58 Robertson Street
Glasgow
G2 8DU
UK
Telephone: +44 7872416049
NUTS: UKM82
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
UKFT
3, Queen Square, Bloomsbury
London
WC1N 3AR
UK
Telephone: +44 7786265219
NUTS: UKI
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
AlphaPlus Consultancy Ltd
12th Floor, Manchester One, 53 Portland Street
Manchester
M1 3LD
UK
Telephone: +44 1612384928
NUTS: UKD33
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Institute of the Motor Industry
Fanshaws, Brickendon
Hertford
SG13 8PQ
UK
Telephone: +44 1992519039
NUTS: UKG1
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
GQA Qualifications Ltd
Unit 1, 12 O'clock Court
Sheffield
S4 7WW
UK
Telephone: +44 7884433626
NUTS: UKE3
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Lantra
Lantra House, Stoneleigh Park
Coventry
CV8 2LG
UK
Telephone: +44 7867908163
NUTS: UKG33
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Instructus Group
Unit 3 Unit 3 Cherry Hall Road, North Kettering Business Park
Kettering
NN14 1UE
UK
Telephone: +44 1536738631
NUTS: UKF25
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
National Skills Academy for Food and Drink
The Catalyst, Baird Lane, Heslington
York
YO10 5GA
UK
Telephone: +44 8456440558
NUTS: UKE21
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
SC003435
Unit 5 Mandarin Court Centre Park
Warrington
WA1 1GG
UK
Telephone: +44 1925515203
NUTS: UKD
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Habia
Habia Styrrup Hall Golf and Country Club, Main Street
Styrrup
DN11 8NB
UK
Telephone: +44 1302774925
NUTS: UKF1
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
The Workforce Development Trust
4th Floor, 1 Temple Way
Bristol
BS2 0BY
UK
Telephone: +44 7796056703
NUTS: UKK11
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Energy and Utility Skills
Friars Gate, 1011 Stratford Road, Shirley
Solihull
B90 4BN
UK
Telephone: +44 1217138269
NUTS: UKG32
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
National Skills Academy for Rail (NSAR) Ltd
11 Carteret Street
London
SW1H 9DJ
UK
Telephone: +44 2030210575
NUTS: UKI
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
ScreenSkills
94 Euston Street
London
NW1 2HA
UK
Telephone: +44 7974211259
NUTS: UKI
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
SEMTA
Unti 2, The Orient Centre, Greycain Road
Watford
WD24 7GP
UK
Telephone: +44 7483143166
NUTS: UKG1
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
ODAG Consultants Ltd
14 Barmoor Drive, Newcastle Great Park
Newcastle
NE3 5RG
UK
Telephone: +44 7939540335
NUTS: UKC22
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
The Food and Drink Training and Education Council (FTC)
Pure Offices, 4100 Park Approach, Thorpe Park
Leeds
LS15 8GB
UK
Telephone: +44 7809395187
NUTS: UKE
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Netherlee Consulting Ltd
47 First Avenue, Netherlee
Glasgow
G44 3UA
UK
Telephone: +44 7808951799
NUTS: UKM82
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
II Aspire Ltd
51 Dennistoun Road, St Vincent's Gate
Port Glasgow
PA14 6XH
UK
Telephone: +44 1475540214
NUTS: UKM83
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
People 1st International
First Floor, Hospitality House, 11-59 High Road
London
N2 8AB
UK
Telephone: +44 7920870528
NUTS: UKI
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 4 166 667.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Section B Economic and Financial Standing.
4B.5)
It is a requirement of this framework that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commence of any subsequently awarded framework, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:
— employer’s (compulsory) liability insurance = 5 000 000 GBP,
— public/product liability insurance = 2 000 000 GBP.
4B.6 SDS shall carry out an assessment of your organisation’s economic and financial standing.
The checks undertaken shall provide SDS with information on your organisation’s risk rating and financial health.
The financial health of your organisation will be assessed in terms of the following elements:
— profitability (net profit margin),
— solvency (current ratio),
— gearing (debt ratio).
For each of the 3 performance indicators a score of zero to 25 will be awarded, based on performance. A further score of zero to 25 will be awarded for consistency of performance in the above measures.
The resultant total score, out of 100, will be graded as follows:
— outstanding: 80 – 100,
— good: 55 – 79,
— satisfactory: 30 – 54,
— weak: 0 – 29.
If your organisation’s score is graded as “weak” it shall be at SDS’ discretion whether we deem the risk to be unacceptable and therefore may exclude your organisation from further involvement in the procurement process.
The information required to assess financial health shall be taken from the latest available financial statements held within the credit rating system or within other publicly available resources, e.g. companies house. Where no information can be found, or the information is incomplete — for example if only abbreviated accounts have been filed at companies house — SDS reserves the right to request further information from the bidder.
If your organisation is not a Ltd Company, or does not have accounts listed on public register, please provide the following:
— for organisations who have accounts available online, e.g. an Association with financial accounts available on their website, please supply a web address where these can be found,
— for organisations who are not required to submit accounts to companies house. Please submit your most recent financial accounts, including a profit and loss account and balance sheet for the end of period, and relevant notes to the accounts,
— for organisations who, due to their legal form, are not required to produce statutory financial statements, please submit accounts in the format used for producing annual accounts containing the same minimum elements above,
— for newer organisations who have been trading less than a year, or do not yet have a full years’ trading accounts, please submit your management accounts to date, showing actual activity, along with forecast figures for the remaining period. The combined information must cover a period no less than 1 year, with the management accounts comprising at least 6 months of actual trading activity. As a minimum, these must consist of a profit and loss account covering a 12-month period, an end of period forecast balance sheet, a 12-month rolling cash flow statement and detailed narrative with supporting assumptions made for both management accounts and forecast information.
If your organisation has not been actively trading for at least 6 months, then it is ineligible to be part of the procurement process.
Section C technical and professional ability 4C 1.2.
Bidders will be required to provide 2 examples within the last 3 years that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the services as described in the relevant section of the site notice to meet the requirements. As more in-depth information is required in the responses to question 4.C.1.2, this specific question, will be scored out of “4”. Bidders will be required to be allocated a score of at least “2”, an “Acceptable” score to achieve a pass for these specific questions.
Please see Appendix 5 Additional Information document for more information.
(SC Ref:582829)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The Skills Development Scotland Co. Ltd
Monteith House, First Floor, 11 George Square
Glasgow
G2 1DY
UK
Telephone: +44 1412256710
Internet address(es)
URL: www.skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
07/05/2019