Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-10-26
Buyer: Scottish Prison Service
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 71324000: Quantity surveying services
Submission deadline: 2018-11-26
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The scope of the Framework Agreement is to provide quantity surveying services to support a wide range, type and complexity of construction, maintenance and refurbishment projects. These range in value from approximately 20 000 GBP to in excess of 50 000 000 GBP. The Services are required to be delivered in secure operational establishments, in locations across Scotland.
Following publication of the Contract Notice, a European Single Procurement Document (ESPD) will be published by SPS and will be made available to bidders, along with SPS's supporting guidance document.
Following the evaluation of the ESPD, shortlisted bidders will be provided with an Invitation to Tender (ITT). Tender responses will then be evaluated by SPS.
SPS is using an e-Tendering System for this procurement exercise. The system is called Public Contract Scotland-Tender (PCS-T) and can be accessed via the Procurement Contracts Scotland (PCS) website. All documentation, including the ESPD (Scotland), is only available in electronic form and can be accessed via your web browser.
Bidders are required to complete the Online Qualification and Technical ESPD (Scotland) Questionnaire on PCS-T.
It is intended to invite a maximum of 5 bidders to the invitation to tender stage. These bidders shall have:
(i) Minimum Standards of Eligibility — provided evidence of working on specified types of projects; and
(ii) Technical or Professional Ability — provided evidence demonstrating an acceptable level of technical or professional ability;
Bidders 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.
The bidder is enrolled in the relevant professional or trade registers kept in the Member State of its establishment (as described in Schedule 5 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015).
Bidders will be required to have a minimum yearly turnover of 250 000 GBP for the last 3 years in the business area covered by the contract.
Bidders shall demonstrate their ability to provide the full range of services as required in the contract. Where possible, the projects shall relate to relevant work on secure environment projects. As a minimum the projects shall cover the same type work required by the Collaborative Partners. Bidders shall provide a summary of 3 completed projects (delivered in the last three years). Ideally the projects selected would reflect a:
Maximum of 2 sides of A4 page per project example (including any photographs and illustrations).(Weighting 30 %).
Bidders shall provide a summary which demonstrates their ability to undertake and manage a quantity surveying service on a variety of type, size and complexity of construction projects on sites located throughout Scotland. Applicants should also identify any particular attribute that the organisation possesses that will add value to the effective cost delivery of the Collaborative Partner’s projects. The applicant’s response will be limited to one side of A4, including photographs/illustrations as appropriate. (Weighting 20 %)
Bidders are required to provide details of key personnel for the following roles, who would provide the services required under this Framework Agreement.

Eligibility requirements: The bidder is enrolled in the relevant professional or trade registers kept in the Member State of its establishment (as described in Schedule 5 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015).