Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Scottish Fire and Rescue Service
Headquarters, Westburn Driv
Cambuslang
G72 7NA
Contact
Ashley Gould
ashley.gould@firescotland.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKM95 - South Lanarkshire
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA19543
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Public order and safety
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Fire Appliance Annual Inspections and Related Services
Reference number
V4C-042-2324
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 71631200 - Technical automobile inspection services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Annual inspections of fire appliances equivalent to MOT inspections on light and commercial vehicles
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: £750,000
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 71630000 - Technical inspection and testing services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKM - Scotland
Main site or place of performance
Throughout Scotland
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
A single unified service across Scotland including its islands is required whereby a service provider will send out its own staff to fire stations to carry out inspections. Appliances must be inspected at their home operational stations as they cannot be removed from operational service for this purpose
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
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations
Explanation:
No other potential service provider capable of providing the entire service on demand across Scotland has been found.
“33.— (1) A contracting authority may award a public contract following negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice or prior information notice in any of the following cases…….
(b) where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic
operator for any of the following reasons…….
(ii) competition is absent for technical reasons”
………………. where no reasonable alternative or substitute exists and the absence of competition is not the result of an artificial narrowing down of the parameters of the procurement”
four.1.3) Information about a framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
Section five. Award of contract/concession
Contract No
V4C-042-2324
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract/concession
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
8 September 2023
five.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Freight Transport Association TA Logistics UK
Hermes House , St Johns Road
Tunbridge Wells
TN4 9UZ
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot/concession: £750,000
Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £750,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
(SC Ref:744276)
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Glasgow Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
1 Carlton Place
Glasgow
G5 9TW
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) must, by notice in writing as soon as possible after the decision has been made, inform all
tenderers and candidates of its decision to award the contract, conclude the framework agreement or establish a dynamic purchasing
system. The SFRS is obliged to comply with the regulations and any eligible economic operator can bring an action in the Sheriff Court
or the Court of Session where as a consequence of a breach by the SFRS, they suffer or risk suffering loss or damage. The bringing of court
proceedings and the remedies that are available to the courts are detailed in the regulations