Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-04-27
Buyer: Procurement for Housing Ltd (t/a PfH Scotland)
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71241000 | 71242000 | 71313410 | 71314100: Electrical services | 71315200
Submission deadline: 2020-05-27
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: PfH Scotland wish to establish a framework agreement for fire safety consultancy services over three lots — fire risk assessments, fire safety consultancy, fire safety engineering consultancy services. The framework will be divided into six geographic regions across Scotland.
The provision of fire risk assessments to be carried out in compliance with the principles and methodology of PAS 79: 2012. The framework will be divided into six geographic regions. PFH Scotland anticipate awarding places to five suppliers per region but reserve the right to award a greater or fewer number of suppliers depending on the bids received.
Organisations applying for lot 1 must be able to provide at least Type 1 and Type 3 fire risk assessments.
The provision of fire safety consultancy services including, but not limited to, compliance reviews, review of policy and strategy, fire safety training, advice following fire risk assessments, advice on legislative requirements, project management services, support for fire risk management systems and other services as set out in the tender documentation. The framework will be awarded on a national basis. PfH intends to award places on the framework to five (5) suppliers but reserves the right to award places to a greater or fewer number of suppliers depending on the bids received.
The provision of fire safety engineering consultancy services including, but not limited to, mechanical and electrical engineering services in respect of fire safety, design of sprinkler systems and fire suppression systems, fire safety and protection systems, project management, procurement services and other fire safety engineering services in new or existing buildings. The framework will be awarded on a national basis. PfH intends to award places on the framework to five (5) suppliers but reserves the right to award places to a greater or fewer number of suppliers depending on the bids received.
1) Bidders must have the following minimum levels of general annual turnover for the lots and value bands they are applying for:
PfH will obtain an independent third-party risk report from experian using the company registration number supplied by the bidder. Any bidder who does not meet the minimum threshold of 50 out of 100 (Average Risk) will be subject to further investigation. This may entail a review of recent accounts and PfH reserves the right to request additional information to satisfy itself that the organisation is financially secure. PfH reserves the right to reject a bidder where it has doubts over the financial position of an organisation. It is the bidder’s responsibility to ensure that all information held by Experian is accurate when submitting their tender.
1) Bidders are required to be able to supply at least three contract examples for each lot they are bidding for. Such examples must be within the last three years and must provide sufficient detail to enable PfH to be able to identify and assess the relevance of the contract examples to the services required under the framework agreement. Bidders should use question 4C.1.2 to respond to the requirement. Bidders that are unable to provide three relevant and appropriate examples demonstrating sufficient experience (or provide a justification why they are unable to do so) will be excluded from the procurement process.
2) For lot 1: bidders are required to self-certify that they hold membership of at least one of the following: BAFE Life Safety Risk Assessment SP205 or IFCC0099 or Fire Risk Assessor’s Accreditation Scheme (FRACS). Bidders must be able to provide evidence of membership if requested. Where equivalent national memberships are held, bidders must be able to demonstrate equivalence with those memberships.
3) For Lot 1: bidders are required to be able to provide at least Type 1 and Type 3 fire risk assessments.
4. For lot 2: bidders are required to self-certify that they are registered on the BAFE fire safety register. Bidders must be able to provide evidence of membership if requested. Where equivalent national memberships are held, bidders must be able to demonstrate equivalence with those memberships.
1) Bidders may be excluded if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the PCSR 2015;
2) If required by the member state, bidders are required to be enrolled in the relevant professional or trade registers in the country where they are established;
4) Quality assurance. Bidders must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third-party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS EN ISO 9001 or demonstrate they have robust equivalent quality standards in operation in accordance with the ESPD Scoring Methodology;
5) Health and safety. Bidders are required to hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third-party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS OHSAS 18001 or has within the last 12 months successfully met the assessment requirements of a construction related scheme in registered membership of the Safety Schemes in Procurement (SSIP) or can demonstrate they have robust health and safety standards within the organisation in accordance with the ESPD Scoring Methodology;