Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2018-02-27
Buyer: National Galleries of Scotland
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 60000000 | 60100000 | 60400000: Air transport services | 63100000 | 92521000
Estimated value: 200000 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Provision of specialised fine art transport services for the packing, transport and storage of works of art for temporary exhibition. Services will include transport arrangements for lenders accompanying works of art. The suppliers will be expected to provide high security, environmentally controlled storage and warehousing for works of art for exhibition loans from UK and international private lenders and institutions. Contractors are responsible for collection from lenders, including crating and packing where required, and dispersal after the end of the exhibition. This service will require contractors to have a range of facilities and appropriate expertise in road transport services, air transport services, cargo handling and storage services for fine art consignments. More details can be found in the description of works summary attached to this notice.
This is a two stage procurement process. A shortlist of contractors will be made from the evaluation of the submitted ESPD's. These contractors will then be sent the tender documents. From the completed tender documents a contractor will be selected based on price and quality.
The shortlisted contractors will need to demonstrate that they have the required skills and experience in specialised fine art transport services. They must demonstrate that they have carried out work as described in II.1.4 and the attached description of works.
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.
2D.1.1 Bidders are required to list the subcontractors they propose to use in so far as they are known
The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third party certificate of compliance with BS EN ISO 14001 (or equivalent) or a valid EMAS (or equivalent) certificate.
a) A regularly reviewed documented policy regarding environmental management, authorised by the Chief Executive or equivalent. This policy must include and describe the bidder's environmental emergency response procedures including the preparedness and response procedures for potential accidents and emergency response situations that give rise to significant environmental impacts (for example hazardous substances spill control).
b) Documented arrangements for ensuring that the bidder's environmental management procedures are effective in reducing/preventing significant impacts on the environment. This should evidence the bidder's organisation's environmental policy and implementation plan provides the information as to how the organisation aims to discharge relevant legal responsibilities and provides clear indication of how these arrangements are communicated to the workforce, in relation to environmental matters including: sustainable materials procurement; waste management; energy management. This should include the arrangements for responding to, monitoring and recording environmental incidents and emergencies and complaints.


Winner: Constantine Limited
Award value: 200000
Number of bids: 2