Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-05-19
Buyer: West Lothian Council
Country: UK
Region: West Lothian
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 45210000: Building construction work | 45211350
Estimated value: 3800000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-06-19
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Council seeks the services of a Main Contractor for the construction of a new Council/Community Facility in Whitburn West Lothian.
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.
Re ESPD Q2B Police Scotland will be consulted for Serious and Organised Crime checks. Any links to this type of activity may cause your tender to be rejected.
Re ESPD question 4B.6 West Lothian Council will use Dun and Bradstreet's DBAi financial reporting system to assess the financial stability of tenderers. Tenderers with a Failure Score of 35 or above on the DBAi system will be deemed to have evidenced satisfactory financial stability. Please note that 35- (minus) will not be considered as having met this criteria. If a tenderer has a Failure Score of less than 35, the tenderer may be required to submit their last 3 years accounts.
In the event that the tenderer is not required to publish accounts and therefore does not have a Dun and Bradstreet or equivalent rating, tenderers should be able to provide financial accounts when requested. The council will then conduct an analysis of the accounts to ensure that there is no significant financial risk. Please note that if you intend on attaching 2 years accounts, these must include financial data over a 3 year period.
It is recommended that candidates review their own Dun and Bradstreet Score in advance of submitting their tender. If following this review tenderers consider that the Dun and Bradstreet Score does not reflect their current financial status, details of this should be provided, complete with evidence of a good high street credit rating (the equivalent of Dun and Bradstreet score 35) from a recognised credit referencing agency. The council will review any such information as part of the evaluation of Tenderer's financial status.
In the event that a firm does not meet the financial criteria for consideration but has a parent company that does, the firm may still be eligible for consideration where their Tender Submission is supported by a Parent Company Guarantee.
Should after review of the financial evaluation the tenderer fail, then the tender submission may be rejected.
Re ESPD question 4C.1 Provide 2 examples that demonstrate to the Authority experience that is relevant to this procurement exercise. Examples must be from within the last 5 years. Examples should include the following information:
A) New-build or extension delivered using SBCC form of contract which includes significant asbestos removals, partial demolition of existing building or façade retention in city/town centre location.
C) Initial contract start/completion dates and tender sum, actual completion dates and final account sum. Please also note all extension of time awards and certificates of non-completion issued.
Re: ESPD Q4D Bidders must hold the certificates or comply with the questions noted in ESPD 4D attached to
The HSE website will be checked for breaches. Should our H&S team not be satisfied with the outcome your tender will be rejected.
Re: ESPD Q2B, complete information for all company directors, using home address. Police Scotland will be consulted with regards to Serious and Organised Crime checks. Any links to this type of activity may cause your tender to be rejected.


Award value: 3800000