Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Scottish Government
4 Atlantic Quay, 70 York St
Glasgow
G2 8EA
Telephone
+44 1412420133
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKM - Scotland
Internet address(es)
Main address
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