Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-05-03
Buyer: Highlands and Islands Enterprise
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71317200 | 79342300 | 79900000 | 79992000 | 79993000
Estimated value: 287000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-06-11
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Horizon Scotland is a property owned by HIE and located at the Enterprise Park Forres in Moray. It operates as an innovation and incubation centre. HIE requires a supplier to provide management services for Horizon Scotland to support the activities of the various tenants and visitors within the building.
The services will be required from 26.8.2019 for an initial period of 3 years, with HIE having the option to extend for a period or periods together not exceeding 1 calendar year following the initial term.
The estimated initial 3-year budget currently available to deliver this service is between 190 000 GBP and 215 000 GBP (excluding VAT).
HIE requires a supplier to provide management services for Horizon Scotland to support the activities of the various tenants and visitors within the building.
The contract will be awarded for an initial period of 3 years with HIE having the option to extend for a period or periods together not exceeding 1 calendar year following the initial term.
HIE may require the supplier to provide additional services. Any such modification shall be in terms of Regulation 72 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
— expansion of usable office space requires additional/increased services or decrease of usable office space/vacant offices require reduced services,
— new equipment/set-up require additional service contracts to be put in place and managed by the supplier.
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.
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:
HIE as a public body must comply with HMRC IR35 provisions. Therefore, where you are bidding as a personal service company (PSC) or will be using a personal service company to provide services under the contract please identify these PSC (s) in your response to 4B.6.
The contract will include Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), which can be found within the tender documentation.
HIE reserves the right to re-tender for these services upon termination of the contract or at the end of the contract period, including any extension period.
It is estimated that the total value of the services over the maximum duration of 4 years (including any potential extension) will be between 240 000 GBP and 287 000 GBP (excluding VAT). This is the figure which has been used in II.1.5) and II.2.6).
— where relevant, bidders are required to provide information relating to consortia (Q2C1 of ESPD) and/or sub-contractors (Qs 2C1 and — 2D.1 of the ESPD) with the relevant supporting ESPD documentation being submitted,

Eligibility requirements: Not applicable to this procurement exercise.

Award value: 287000