Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body
The Scottish Parliament, Procurement Services
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKM75 - Edinburgh, City of
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA10284
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Other type
Devolved Parliament
one.5) Main activity
Other activity
Legislative Body
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Resilience Training
Reference number
NIC-SER-485
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 80000000 - Education and training services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body (SPCB) requires a contractor to support the design and delivery of a training programme aimed at developing skills and knowledge around resilience.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £180,000
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 80500000 - Training services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKM - Scotland
Main site or place of performance
Holyrood, Edinburgh and remotely
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The SPCB recognises that there are a range of risks which could potentially affect the ability of the organisation to fulfil its role. As part of the mitigation for and response to these risks we provide training opportunities for our staff and other stakeholders to help develop expertise and experience across a range of resilience topics including, but not limited to:
- Business Continuity
- Emergency Response
- Incident/Critical Event Management (Strategic, Tactical and Operational and Secretariat)
- Cyber Security (end-user and incident management, not technical)
- Incident Communications
- Risk Management
To assist with the delivery of this approach the SPCB requires a Contractor (possibly with the support of subcontractors) to:
- take a resilience-related business need identified by the Parliament and design and deliver a development programme to meet that business need
- evaluate the success of programme delivery
- ensure that programmes are consistent with and build on those previously delivered
Methods of delivery may include, but are not limited to: workshops (classroom/virtual), e-learning and exercises (table top or live).
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Technical / Weighting: 60
Cost criterion - Name: Cost / Weighting: 40
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
two.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 four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2022/S 000-030634
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
NIC-SER-485
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
4 April 2023
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 4
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 4
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 4
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
CHEMTREC
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory,, Building R104
Didcot
OX110QX
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKJ14 - Oxfordshire
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £180,000
Total value of the contract/lot: £180,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
Please note there are minimum requirements at tender stage concerning:
1. Cyber Security - Tenderers will be required to complete an online Supplier Assurance Questionnaire using the Cyber Security Procurement Support Tool (CSPST). A link to CSPST can be found here:
https://cyberassessment.gov.scot/
The questionnaire will be aligned to a Cyber Risk Profile that has been established for the contract, based on the Contracting Authority’s assessment of cyber risk.
Further details will be set out in the procurement documents. A contract condition for this procurement requires the Tenderer to comply with the minimum cyber security requirements.
2. Prompt Payment in the Supply Chain - Tenderers must confirm their acceptance of obligations relating to prompt payment within the supply chain.
3. Approach to Key Personnel/Subcontactors - Tenderers must achieve a score or 2 or above in relation to their approach to identifying Key Personnel and/or subcontractors. Full details and scoring matrix will be provided in the tender documents.
The tender stage for this procurement will be conducted through PCS-Tender.
If the bidder relies on the capacities of other entities in order to meet the selection criteria, completed SPDs must be provided for these other entities. Please review the guidance available in the Suppliers Area of the Public Contracts Scotland website for how to download a copy of the SPD.
In relation to 4C.1.2 of the SPD, this question is split into 6 sections with individual subweighting as follows:
(i) Summary of the client brief, 10%, (ii) How you worked with the client to develop the approach, 20%, (iii) How you selected appropriate subject matter experts,15%, (iv) Description of the delivered output (e.g. contents of designed programme or number, format, and duration of events, number of delegates at each event), 20%, (v) How you evaluated success against objectives, 20%, (vi) Feedback from delegates/client, 15%.
In relation to question 4C6 of the SPD, this will be evaluated on a pass/fail basis.
(SC Ref:728965)
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Edinburgh Sheriff Court
27 Chambers Street
Edinburgh
EH1 1LB
Country
United Kingdom