Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-06-13
Buyer: Midlothian Council
Country: UK
Region: East Lothian and Midlothian
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 71317210 | 71324000: Quantity surveying services | 71530000: Construction consultancy services | 71541000: Construction project management services
Submission deadline: 2017-07-10
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The purpose of this tender is to procure a multi disciplinary team to provide support services to the Lead Consultant (Procured as a separate contract), specifically the provision of multi-disciplinary services associated with the construction of primary school in Midlothian.
The scope of works embraces the provision of multi-disciplinary services associated with the construction of primary schools in Midlothian consisting of General School building with community space and the possibility of playing fields, plant, car parking, landscaping and other works and services associated with the construction of buildings of this type. It is the intention to procure these services through a single Term Contract
Midlothian Council will procure all of their new build primary schools through a design and build contract where the design team are novated to the main contractor following a competitive tender process undertaken following RIBA stage D (Including M&E).
The design information noted above is developed in conjunction with a Lead Consultant and their multi disciplinary team of sub-consultants (Procured as a separate contract). The purpose of this tender is to procure a multi disciplinary team to provide support services to the Lead Consultant.
Due to the level of development within the primary school estate the Council have decided to set up a Term Contract for the performance of the Project Manager, QS, Principal Designer(CDM) and Clerk of Works role.
Scoring in relation to the responses provided by applicants to the ESPD Part IV: Section C — Technical and Professional Ability.
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.
— If required by the member state, bidders are required to be enrolled in the relevant professional or trade registers within the country in which they are established.
— Where it is required, within a bidder's country of establishment they must confirm which authorisation or memberships of the relevant organisation(s) are required in order to perform this service.
— Bidders will be required to have a minimum yearly ‘specific’ turnover of GBP 600 000 for the last three years in the business area covered by the contract. Specifically this should cover multi-disciplinary design services in relation to educational facilities.
— 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:
— The Authority will use Experian to check the financial stability / risk associated with a Tenderer, and require that they have at least a score of 51 out of 100, or ‘Below Average Risk’. Failing that, the Authority will use reasonable measures to ensure that appointing the Tenderer does not provide an elevated risk in terms of their financial stability and will request such information as may be reasonable necessary to ascertain that.
— Bidders will be required to provide examples that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the services/supplies as described in part II.2.4 of the OJEU Contract Notice or the relevant section of the Site Notice. This should specifically relate to Educational Facilities/New Schools.
— Bidders will be required to confirm details of the technicians or technical bodies who they can call upon, especially those responsible for quality control.
— Bidders will be required to demonstrate that they have (or have access to) the appropriate technical facilities, study and research facilities and quality measures to deliver the types of requirements detailed in II.2.4 in the OJEU Contract Notice or the relevant section of the Site Notice.

Eligibility requirements: — If required by the member state, bidders are required to be enrolled in the relevant professional or trade registers within the country in which they are established. — Where it is required, within a bidder's country of establishment they must confirm which authorisation or memberships of the relevant organisation(s) are required in order to perform this service. — Bidders must confirm if they hold the particular authorisation or memberships.