Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Scottish Government
4 Atlantic Quay
Glasgow
G2 8AE
UK
Telephone: +44 1312443126
E-mail: julia.kerr@gov.scot
NUTS: UKM
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.scotland.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA10482
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
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Farm Business Survey
Reference number: Case 431056
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79212100
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Provision of farm business survey 1.2.2020 to 31.1.2021 with the option to extend for a period of up to 24 months arranged on an annual basis. The requirement will be awarded to a single supplier.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
2 325 904.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79211000
73110000
79311300
79311000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Case 431056 farm business survey for the period 1.2.2020 to 31.1.2021 with the option to extend for a period of up to 24 months arranged on an annual basis.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 70
Price
/ Weighting:
30
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
Tenderer to provide information for optional additional services, enhancements and ad-hoc services:
— provide additional farms to the minimum sample -defined in the specification,
— provide carbon audit data for farms in the survey from the core sample of farms,
— provide enterprise gross margin data for farms in the survey from the core sample of farms,
— pilot test to expand the scope to include farms producing predominantly; pigs, poultry, horticulture (per unit), as defined in the specification,
— pilot test to expand the scope to include farms with a SLR less than 0.5 (per unit), as defined in the specification,
— provide data linkage with FBS and other data sources as defined in the specification,
— ad-hoc service requirements as defined in the specification.
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:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2019/S 109-265791
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: Case 431056
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
23/10/2019
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
SAC Commercial Ltd
King's Buildings, West Mains Road
Edinburgh
EH9 3JG
UK
Telephone: +44 1315354074
NUTS: UKM75
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:
: 2 325 904.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be subcontracted
Value or proportion likely to be subcontracted to third parties
Proportion: 4 %
Short description of the part of the contract to be subcontracted:
Back up survey services.
Analysis service to cover Caithness, Sutherland and Orkney
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
(SC Ref:604235)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Scottish Government
Victoria Quay, Leith
Edinburgh
EH6 6QQ
UK
Telephone: +44 1312447556
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.scotland.gov.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
12/11/2019