Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-05-10
Buyer: Hanover (Scotland) Housing Association
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71200000 | 71220000 | 71311000: Civil engineering consultancy services | 71311100 | 71312000: Structural engineering consultancy services
Submission deadline: 2019-06-10
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Hanover seeks to establish a Framework Agreement for the provision of professional services for planned maintenance projects across Scotland.
ESPD 4A.1 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.
ESPD 4A.2 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 services. Bidders must confirm if they hold the particular authorisation or memberships.
ESPD B.5.1 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.
ESPD 4C.1.2 Bidders are required to provide examples of services carried out in the past 3 years that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the work as described in part II.2.4 of the Contract Notice.
ESPD 4C.1.2 Bidders are required to provide 2 examples demonstrating experience in providing the relevant services on projects of a similar scope, size and nature. Answers should be no more than 3 A4 pages/1 500 words.
ESPD 4D.1 The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS EN ISO 9001 (or equivalent), or the bidder must have a documented policy regarding quality management. The policy must set out responsibilities for quality management demonstrating that the bidder has, and continues to implement, a quality management policy that is authorised by their chief executive, or equivalent, which is periodically reviewed at a senior management level. The policy must be relevant to the nature and scale of the work to be undertaken and set out responsibilities for quality management throughout the organisation.
4D.1 The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent), accredited independent third party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS OHSAS 18001 (or equivalent) or have, 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) forum or the bidder must have a regularly reviewed and documented policy for Health and Safety (H&S) management, endorsed by the chief executive officer, or equivalent. The policy must be relevant to the nature and scale of the work and set out responsibilities for H&S management at all levels within the organisation. The policy must be relevant to the nature and scale of your operations and set out your company’s responsibilities of health and safety management and compliance with legislation.
Note: organisations with fewer than 5 employees are not required by law to have a documented policy statement.
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.
ITT: Tenderers should ensure their submissions clearly identify which lots(s) are being tendered for and a separate response submitted for criteria B-D for each lot(s) being tendered for.
Note: to register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=578551.
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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.

Eligibility requirements: ESPD 4A.1 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. ESPD 4A.2 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 services. Bidders must confirm if they hold the particular authorisation or memberships.