Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
East Dunbartonshire Council
Civic & Corporate Headquarters, Southbank Marina,12 Strathkelvin Place
Kirkintilloch
G66 1TJ
Contact
Richard Horbury
richard.horbury@eastdunbarton.gov.uk
Telephone
+44 1415745750
Fax
+44 1415745529
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKM81 - East Dunbartonshire, West Dunbartonshire and Helensburgh & Lomond
Internet address(es)
Main address
http://www.eastdunbarton.gov.uk
Buyer's address
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00225
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
Other activity
Glasgow City Region City Deal
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
EDC/2021/3224 - City Deal - Outline Business Case Coordination
Reference number
EDC/2021/3224
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 71000000 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Under this procurement, East Dunbartonshire Council (EDC) is seeking to appoint a suitably experienced and qualified Consultant to provide all necessary resources, including, without limitation, all necessary management, staff, supervision, labour and equipment, to undertake specialist services in relation to Outline Business Case production and coordination for each of the three Glasgow City Region City Deal projects under the EDC Place and Growth Programme.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 71240000 - Architectural, engineering and planning services
- 71400000 - Urban planning and landscape architectural services
- 71200000 - Architectural and related services
- 71410000 - Urban planning services
- 79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services
- 79410000 - Business and management consultancy services
- 71321100 - Construction economics services
- 79311400 - Economic research services
- 79311410 - Economic impact assessment
- 71311300 - Infrastructure works consultancy services
- 79411100 - Business development consultancy services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKM81 - East Dunbartonshire, West Dunbartonshire and Helensburgh & Lomond
Main site or place of performance
Local Government area of East Dunbartonshire
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
East Dunbartonshire Council (EDC) is seeking to appoint a suitably experienced and qualified Consultant to provide all necessary resources, including, without limitation, all necessary management, staff, supervision, labour and equipment, to undertake specialist services in relation to Outline Business Case production and coordination for each of the three Glasgow City Region City Deal projects under the EDC Place and Growth Programme.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Management of the Contract / Weighting: 25%
Quality criterion - Name: Recent Participation / Weighting: 20%
Quality criterion - Name: Providing the Services / Weighting: 30%
Quality criterion - Name: Quality Management / Weighting: 10%
Quality criterion - Name: Fair Work First / Weighting: 5%
Quality criterion - Name: Community Benefits / Weighting: 10%
Price - Weighting: 40%
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
30
This contract is subject to renewal
No
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
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 three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information
three.1) Conditions for participation
three.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
List and brief description of conditions
The relevant selection criteria for Suitability is included in the online SPD (Scotland) module linked to this Contract Notice.
Minimum level(s) of standards:
Responses to the SPD (Scotland) questions for Suitability will be assessed on a PASS/FAIL basis by East Dunbartonshire Council as follows:
FAIL = Response fails to meet the selection criteria of East Dunbartonshire Council.
PASS = Response meets the selection criteria of East Dunbartonshire Council.
Failure of a bidder to achieve a PASS against any of the assessed questions will automatically result in his exclusion from the procurement exercise.
three.1.2) Economic and financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria
The relevant selection criteria for Economic and Financial Standing is included in the online SPD (Scotland) module linked to this Contract Notice and outlined below:
SPD 4B.1.1 Bidders will be required to have a minimum “general” yearly turnover of 400,000 GBP for the last three years.
SPD 4B.3 Where turnover information is not available for the time period requested, the bidder will be required to state the date which they were set up or started trading.
SPD 4B.5. It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commence of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:
Professional Risk Indemnity Insurance = 1,000,000 [one million] GBP in respect of each claim without limit to the number of claims.
Employer’s (Compulsory) Liability Insurance = 5,000,000 [five million] GBP in respect of each claim without limit to the number of claims.
Public Liability Insurance = 5,000,000 [five million] GBP in respect of each claim without limit to the number of claims.
In addition, bidders are required to complete the financial information and ratios in the 'Financial Vetting Questionnaire' in Volume 0 of the procurement documents, and submit as part of the overall tender submission.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required
Responses to the SPD (Scotland) questions for Economic and Financial Standing will be assessed on a PASS/FAIL basis by East Dunbartonshire Council as follows:
FAIL = Response fails to meet the selection criteria of East Dunbartonshire Council.
PASS = Response meets the selection criteria of East Dunbartonshire Council.
Failure of a bidder to achieve a PASS against any of the assessed questions will automatically result in his exclusion from the procurement exercise.
The minimum level(s) of standard required for the financial ratios in the Financial Vetting Questionnaire' are as follows:
[Ratio 1] Acid Test: (Current Assets - Stock)/Current Liabilities. To pass the Acid Test Ratio question the bidder must have a score of greater than 1.
[Ratio 2] Return on Capital Employed %: Operating Profit/Capital employed. To pass the ROCE ratio the bidder must score a positive figure/percentage.
[Ratio 3] Current Ratio: Current Assets/Current Liabilities. To pass Current Ratio the bidder must achieve a score of greater than 1.
East Dunbartonshire Council will consider a PASS in any two of the above three ratios as an overall pass for this part of the assessment. Failure of a bidder to achieve a PASS for this part of the assessment will automatically result in his exclusion from the procurement exercise.
three.1.3) Technical and professional ability
List and brief description of selection criteria
The relevant selection criteria for Technical and Professional Ability is included in the online SPD (Scotland) module linked to this Contract Notice.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required
Responses to the SPD question 4C.2 will be assessed by East Dunbartonshire Council as follows:
FAIL = Nil or inadequate response which fails to demonstrate previous experience/capacity/capability relevant to this criterion or the response is partially relevant but generally poor with the response showing some elements of relevance to the criterion but contains insufficient/limited detail or explanation to demonstrate previous relevant experience/capacity/capability.
PASS = Response is relevant and good. The response is sufficiently detailed to demonstrate a good amount of experience, knowledge or skills/capacity/capability relevant to providing similar services to similar clients.
Responses to SPD question 4C.10 will not be assessed as part of the selection criteria but East Dunbartonshire Council reserve the right to clarify the percentage stated by a bidder.
Failure of a bidder to achieve a PASS against any of the assessed questions will automatically result in his exclusion from the procurement exercise.
three.2) Conditions related to the contract
three.2.3) Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract
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.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Originally published as:
Date
7 January 2022
Local time
12:00pm
Changed to:
Date
14 January 2022
Local time
5:00pm
See the change notice.
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
four.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Tender must be valid until: 9 May 2022
four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date
7 January 2022
Local time
12:00pm
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: No
six.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
six.3) Additional information
NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=674802.
The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx.
Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.
A sub-contract clause has been included in this contract. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2363
Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/
A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows:
Community benefit requirements are in the Community Benefits Approach set out in Annex D of Volume 0 of the procurement documents.
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Download the ESPD document here: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ESPD/ESPD_Download.aspx?id=674802
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Sheriff Clerks Office
PO Box 23, 1 Charlton Place
Glasgow
G5 9DA
Country
United Kingdom