Contract

Trade Body Services

  • Scottish Government

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2022/S 000-024359

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-036496

Published 31 August 2022, 4:47pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Scottish Government

4 Atlantic Quay, 70 York St

Glasgow

G2 8EA

Email

Paul.packett@gov.scot

Telephone

+44 1412420133

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKM - Scotland

Internet address(es)

Main address

http://www.scotland.gov.uk

Buyer's address

https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA10482

one.2) Information about joint procurement

The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Ministry or any other national or federal authority

one.5) Main activity

General public services


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Trade Body Services

Reference number

582949

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 66122000 - Corporate finance and venture capital services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

The Scottish Government wishes to procure a Trade Body to improve the capacity and capability of Scotland’s informal investment market by enhancing the professionalism and sustainability of Scotland’s business angels and business angel syndicates. This will include the design, build and delivery of a new digital platform to draw new private capital to Scotland’s informal investment market by creating a secure environment where angel groups can offer curated co-investment opportunities to certified High Net Worth individuals.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 79412000 - Financial management consultancy services
  • 66171000 - Financial consultancy services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKM - Scotland

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

The Scottish Government wishes to procure a Trade Body to improve the capacity and capability of Scotland’s informal investment market by enhancing the professionalism and sustainability of Scotland’s business angels and business angel syndicates. This will include the design, build and delivery of a new digital platform to draw new private capital to Scotland’s informal investment market by creating a secure environment where angel groups can offer curated co-investment opportunities to certified High Net Worth individuals.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Technical / 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: 2022/S 022-190674


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

582949

A contract/lot is awarded: No

five.1) Information on non-award

The contract/lot is not awarded

Other reasons (discontinuation of procedure)


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

SPD will be scored on a pass/fail basis.

Requirement not suitable for lotting.

Statement for 4B.5

It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded

contract, the types of insurance indicated below:

Employer's (compulsory) liability insurance = 5 000 000 GBP.

Public liability insurance = 1 000 000 GBP.

Professional indemnity insurance = 5 000 000 GBP.

4C.1, please include examples of your experience in dealing with similar types of services as detailed in the specification

The contract award criteria will be price 30%/quality 70%.

Question scoring methodology for award criteria outlined in Invitation to Tender:

0 = Unacceptable. Nil or inadequate response. Fails to demonstrate an ability to meet the requirement

1 = Poor. Response is partially relevant but generally poor. The response addresses some elements of the requirement but contains

insufficient/limited detail or explanation to demonstrate how the requirement will be fulfilled.

2 = Acceptable. Response is relevant and acceptable. The response addresses a broad understanding of the requirement but may lack details

on how the requirement will be fulfilled in certain areas.

3 = Good. Response is relevant and good. The response is sufficiently detailed to demonstrate a good understanding and provides details on

how the requirements will be fulfilled.

4 = Excellent. Response is completely relevant and excellent overall. The response is comprehensive, unambiguous and demonstrates a

thorough understanding of the requirement and provides details of how the requirement will be met in full.

Bidders must complete the SPD (Scotland) to demonstrate adherence to the exclusion and selection criteria for this procurement. If there

are named subcontractors/technicians upon which the bidder will rely to meet the selection criteria, these named parties must complete and

reattach the SPD Supplier Response Form attached to SPD questions 2C.1.1(Reliance on the capacity of others) and 2D.1.2

(Subcontractors) on PCS-T.

These parties must complete the first 3 sections of the SPD form, as well as any part of the Section 4 selection criteria that the main bidder

will rely upon the parties to fulfil. If parties have not yet been identified, this information may be required at a later date. Scottish

Government reserves the right to request this information from relevant parties upon whom the main bidder will not rely to fulfil selection

criteria.

4C.10 Bidders will be required to confirm whether they intend to sub-contract and if so, for what proportion of the contract.

The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 21477. For more information see:

http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343

(SC Ref:705319)

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Edinburgh Sheriff Court

Edinburgh

Country

United Kingdom