Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2018-08-24
Buyer: The Common Services Agency (more commonly referred to as NHS National Services Scotland (hereinafter referred to as the "Authority")
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 45000000: Construction work | 71000000 | 71200000 | 71248000 | 71310000
Estimated value: 4000000 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: This Framework will provide Cost Advisor services to Framework customers (as further described in the Statement of requirement) on a call-off basis. Please note the content of all of this SOR which specifies the full requirements which are relevant to the performance of a prospective Cost Advisor duties under the proposed CA Framework. The role of CA is varied and may include inputs to projects to be delivered via a variety of procurement routes as indicated above. It will be a key requirement of this framework to provide Cost Advisor services for construction projects procured under the NEC4 suite of contracts. The Cost Advisor will be required to be conversant with all procurement routes used to deliver NHS Scotland projects. The authority is not able to guarantee the volume, type or value of any work called off under the framework however the current estimate of the total potential value over the term of the framework is noted below.
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. This procurement is not suitable to be divided into lots as that is not considered to be cost effective or time efficient for the type and range of work anticipated.
Please refer to the Statement of requirement for further details together with the Tender documentation and ESPD (Scotland) questionnaire. This Framework is a procurement method for publicly funded Health and social care projects. Under this procurement all economic operators will be required to support the Authority's economic and social regeneration activities. The Cost Advisor Framework is intended to provide accessible independent consultancy support to the Framework Customers on a call-off basis.
The estimated Contract notice value is an approximate amount for the framework and is not a guaranteed value which will be achieved through this framework.
Legal form to be taken by the grouping of suppliers, contractors or service providers to whom the contract is to be awarded:
Contracts will be entered into with the economic operator only. Whilst a "partnership" or consortium model may, in practice be adopted by the economic operator from a contractual perspective the economic operator will be required to assume the role of a "prime contractor" in respect of any subcontractors and will be required to assume liability and responsibility for the acts and omissions of any subcontractors utilised by them to deliver services under the framework.
A sub-contract clause has been included in this contract. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2363
Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2361


Winner: Aecom
Award value: 4000000
Number of bids: 7