Contract

Provision of Independent Advice for Tenants

  • South Lanarkshire Council

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-015267

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-050345

Published 15 April 2025, 2:21pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

South Lanarkshire Council

Floor 12, Almada Street

Hamilton

ML3 0AA

Contact

Georgie Howley

Email

georgie.howley@southlanarkshire.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 1698454353

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKM95 - South Lanarkshire

Internet address(es)

Main address

http://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk

Buyer's address

http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00410

one.2) Information about joint procurement

The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

one.5) Main activity

General public services


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Provision of Independent Advice for Tenants

Reference number

SLC/PS/FINCOR/17/175

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 75123000 - Administrative housing services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

The Council wish to procure a service to provide independent impartial advice and guidance to support and help advance customer participation in South Lanarkshire with an increased focus on the development and implementation of the scrutiny agenda, support in key regeneration areas and support to staff/staff development

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: £350,000

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 75123000 - Administrative housing services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKM95 - South Lanarkshire

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

The Council wish to procure a service to provide independent impartial advice and guidance to support and help advance customer participation in South Lanarkshire with an increased focus on the development and implementation of the scrutiny agenda, support in key regeneration areas and support to staff/staff development

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 70

Price - Weighting: 30

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


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Open 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: 2018/S 065-144953


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

SLC/PS/FINCOR/17/175

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

1 June 2018

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1

Number of tenders received from tenderers from other 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

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Tenants Information Service

Clockwise, Savoy Tower 77 Renfrew Street

Glasgow

G2 3BZ

Telephone

+44 1412481242

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKM - Scotland
The contractor is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot: £350,000


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

Exclusion Criteria

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.

ESPD Questions 3A – 3C have been identified as mandatory exclusion grounds and ESPD Questions 3D have been identified as discretionary exclusion grounds. All the exclusion grounds will be assessed on a PASS/FAIL basis. For the mandatory exclusion grounds a bid will be excluded where the bidder fails to provide either a positive response or to provide details to the satisfaction of the Council of the self cleansing measures undertaken. For the discretionary exclusion grounds a bid may be excluded where the bidder fails to provide either a positive response or if the Council is not satisfied as to the self cleansing measures undertaken.

ESPD Questions 3A.1 to 3A.8 Serious and Organised Crime – Information Sharing Protocol

It is a requirement of this tender that the bidder recommended for award completes and submits, when requested to by the Council, the Serious and Organised Crime – Information Sharing Protocol form for evaluation prior to any award being made.

Declarations and Certificates

In an open tendering procedure prior to any award being made the successful bidder will provide the undernoted certificates, declarations and/or completed questionnaires to evidence their compliance with the relevant questions within the Qualification Envelope.

All certificates, declarations and questionnaires can be found within the Attachment area of PCS-T

ESPD Question 2D.1 Prompt Payment Certificate

Declaration Section *Form of Tender

ESPD Question 3D.11 Non-Collusion Certificate

ESPD Question 4B.5.1 Insurance Certificates

ESPD Questions 3A.1 to 3A.8 Serious and Organised Crime

Declaration

Question 3A.6 Modern Slavery Act 2015 Declaration

*The ‘Form of Offer to Tender’ must be completed and uploaded within the relevant question in the Commercial Envelope.

In the case of an open tender, the other Declarations listed above will not be required to be uploaded and submitted with the bid, but will instead be requested by the Council following the conclusion of the evaluation of the Qualification, Technical and Commercial Envelopes and prior to the award of the tender.

Failure to provide this information or in the event that the information provided does not support or evidence the statements made within the ESPD will invalidate the bid. In this scenario the Council will seek to obtain the relevant information and evidence from the second highest scoring bidder and so on until a fully compliant bidder is identified.

(SC Ref:796337)

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Hamilton Sheriff Court

Sheriff Court House, 4 Beckford Street,

Hamilton

ML3 0BT

Email

hamiltoncivil@scotcourts.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 1698282957

Country

United Kingdom

six.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures

Hamilton Sheriff Court

Sheriff Court House, 4 Beckford Street,

Hamilton

ML3 0BT

Email

hamiltoncivil@scotcourts.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 1698282957

Country

United Kingdom

six.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained

Court of Session

Parliament House

Edinburgh

EH1 1RQ

Email

supreme.courts@scotcourts.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 1312252595

Country

United Kingdom