Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-05-30
Buyer: North Lanarkshire Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 80000000
Estimated value: 4000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-06-13

Technical requirements: Cohorts for Social Services (Children and Young People), Social Services Health and Social Care and Engineering will run in 2018-2020 and potentially 2019-2021, 2020- 2022, 2021-2023 subject to funding and interest level.
Cohorts for the other subjects mentioned above could potentially run in 2019-2021, 2020- 2022, 2021-2023 subject to funding and interest level.
Cohorts for Social Services (Children and Young People), Social Services Health and Social Care and Engineering will run in 2018-2020 and potentially 2019-2021, 2020- 2022, 2021-2023 subject to funding and interest level.
Cohorts for the other subjects mentioned above could potentially run in 2019-2021, 2020- 2022, 2021-2023 subject to funding and interest level.
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.
Selection Stage — tenderers must complete the electronic ESPD document within the Public Contracts Scotland Portal for this notice. The minimum requirement is to have or be able to obtain the necessary insurances as stated within 4B.5.1, 4B.5.2, and to provide one relevant example for 4C.1.2. scoring convention is contained in the contract notice and electronic ESPD.
Award Stage — tenderers must complete a price schedule, quality questionnaire and form of tender; as detailed in the main ITT document. scoring conventions are contained within the Main ITT document.
The training provider/college must be accredited with Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) to delivery any Foundation Apprenticeship they are bidding for.
Appointment to the framework will be made on basis of satisfaction of minimum tender requirements. Framework ranking will be made on the basis of most economically advantageous tender score (price 30 %, Quality 70 %) — this is explained within the Main ITT document.
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=544328.
The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://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.
The Contracting Authority does not intend to include a sub-contract clause as part of community benefits (as per Section 25 of the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014) in this contract for the following reason:
Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2361.
The following Community Benefit initiatives will be explored through the tender exercise and evaluated as part of tender proposals:


Award value: 4000000