Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Scottish Prison Service
Calton House, 5 Redheughs Rigg
Edinburgh
EH12 9HW
UK
Contact person: SPS Procurement
Telephone: +44 1313303778
E-mail: spsprocurementcmt@sps.pnn.gov.uk
NUTS: UKM75
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.sps.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00384
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local agency/office
I.5) Main activity
Public order and safety
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
01674 Framework Agreement for the Provision of a Quantity Surveying Service
Reference number: 01674
II.1.2) Main CPV code
71324000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The scope of the framework agreement is to provide quantity surveying services to support a wide range, type and complexity of construction, maintenance and refurbishment projects. These range in value from approximately 20 000 GBP to in excess of 50 000 000 GBP. The services are required to be delivered in secure operational establishments, in locations across Scotland.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Lowest offer:
432 000.00
GBP/ Highest offer:
583 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
71324000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The procurement will follow the restricted procedure:
Following publication of the contract notice, a European Single Procurement Document (ESPD) will be published by SPS and will be made available to bidders, along with SPS's supporting guidance document.
Following the evaluation of the ESPD, shortlisted bidders will be provided with an invitation to tender (ITT). Tender responses will then be evaluated by SPS.
SPS is using an e-tendering system for this procurement exercise. The system is called Public Contract Scotland-Tender (PCS-T) and can be accessed via the Procurement Contracts Scotland (PCS) website. All documentation, including the ESPD (Scotland), is only available in electronic form and can be accessed via your web browser.
Bidders are required to complete the online qualification and technical ESPD (Scotland) Questionnaire on PCS-T.
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:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
Bidders 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
Restricted procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
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:
2018/S 207-472792
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 01674
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
08/08/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Currie and Brown
140 West George Street
Glasgow
G2 2HG
UK
Telephone: +44 1413422120
NUTS: UKM82
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Thomson Gray
5 Thistle Street
Edinburgh
EH2 1DF
UK
Telephone: +44 7740871420
NUTS: UKM75
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Faithful+Gould
200 Broomielaw
Glasgow
G1 4RU
UK
Telephone: +44 1412202393
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
Lowest offer:
432 000.00
GBP
/ Highest offer:
583 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The quantity surveyor will be required to assist and provide advice on financial aspects of building projects from inception to completion across a wide range of building project types and values.
The core service required is to:
(a) provide initial and robust cost estimates;
(b) provide detailed cost plans;
(c) monitor and challenge design development against cost plan;
(d) produce accurate and comprehensive financial reports;
(e) undertake interim valuations; and
(f) produce, negotiate and agree final accounts.
In addition, assistance, input and advice will also be required with regard to:
(a) provide strategic advice (e.g. clustering of work requirements, contract approach, etc.;)
(b) value management;
(c) risk assessments;
(d) whole life cycle costs; and
(e) cost analysis and benchmark costs.
The framework agreement will be available for use by the Scottish Prison Service and Highlands and Islands Enterprise.
Bidders will also be required to comply with and ensure that their operational instructions processes and procedures and the delivery of the services comply with the relative regulatory legislative obligations including, but not limited to, those relating to health and safety, employment, data protection, quality legislation, human rights, construction (design and management) Regulations 2015, General Data Protection Regulations and, if applicable, Cyber Resillience. These will also be evaluated as part of the award criteria.
Technical and professional ability scoring criteria:
For all questions except those which are ‘For information only’ or are indicated to be ‘Pass/Fail’ the technical scores for individual questions will be awarded on a sliding scale of 0 to 10 where 0 is non-compliant and 10 is an answer which is deemed to be fully compliant:
0 = Inadequate: Nil or wholly inadequate response to some or all of the stated requirements.
Bidder fails to meet stated minimum criteria for the requirement (this may include not meeting minimum qualifying requirements from the contract notice).
The lack of clarity within the bid is assessed to present an unacceptable level of risk to the SPS.
1-3 = Low: overall the bidder’s response is limited and/or only partly relevant, and generally weak/poor against the stated requirements.
The response fails to address some elements of the stated requirements, and/or contains insufficient/limited detail or explanation to demonstrate how the requirement will be fulfilled in an SPS operating context.
4-7 = Medium: the bidder has provided a relevant and generally acceptable response which demonstrates capability against the stated requirement.
Bid is sufficiently detailed to demonstrate a good understanding of the SPS requirements. Provides assurance that the bidder could reasonably deliver the requirement however some lack of clarity and weaker responses.
8-10 = High: the bidder has provided a very good response which is fully relevant and captures the SPS’s requirement.
Bid is comprehensive, unambiguous and demonstrates a thorough understanding of the requirement. Provides a very good level of explanation.
(SC Ref:596696).
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Scottish Prison Service
Calton House, 5 Redheughs Rigg
Edinburgh
EH12 9HW
UK
Telephone: +44 1313303778
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.sps.gov.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
04/09/2019