Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-02-02
Buyer: Scottish Enterprise
Country: UK
Region: Glasgow City
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 48610000: Database systems | 48612000: Database-management system | 72320000
Estimated value: 200000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-03-13
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Scottish Enterprise seeks to appoint a single supplier to provide licences to an international investment database that enables individuals within SE to have access to data on international investment markets.
The contract will provide licences to an international investment database that enables individuals within SE (an estimated 10) to have access to data on international investment markets. This specifically includes knowledge of the following: Global investment activity, particularly Venture Capital investment; Investors that have completed the investment deals; Companies that have received the investment, across the Globe and from a range of sectors.
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.
Q4B. 1.2 — Bidders will be required to have an average yearly turnover of a minimum of 100 000 GBP for the last 2 years.
Q4B. 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.
Q4B. 4 — Bidders will be required to state the value for the liquidity ratio. The liquidity ratio should be equal to or greater than 0.8
Q4B. 5.1 — Please confirm whether you already have or can commit to obtain, prior to the commencement of this contract, appropriate levels of insurance for this contract. Bidders that do not already have or cannot commit to obtain insurances may be excluded from further participation in this procurement exercise.
Public Liability Insurance — Bidders should state the value they consider to be appropriate for the contract.
Professional Indemnity Insurance — Bidders should state the value they consider to be appropriate for the contract.
Bidders will be required to 2 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. Examples will be evaluated on a 'Pass/Fail' basis. Pass equals 2 examples detailing relevant experience to deliver the service. Fail equals failure to provide 2 examples detailing the relevant experience to deliver the service. Bidders can submit examples in a separate document to allow room to provide details of the service provided.
Note: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=479285
The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at http://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.
Download the ESPD document here: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ESPD/ESPD_Download.aspx?id=479285
In the first instance contact the Senior Director of Facilities Management and Procurement at Scottish Enterprise, with any concerns or queries.


Award value: 200000