Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2017-06-03
Buyer: West Lothian Council
Country: UK
Region: West Lothian
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 35113000: Safety equipment
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: 3-year contract for supply and delivery of Ladder Harness kits and training on using these kits to WLC employees. Mainly to be used for Building and construction staff, but potentially for use by other areas across the council. There will be possibility to extend the contract for a further 2 years.
West Lothian Council seeks a single supplier for the supply of Ladder Harness Kits and Training for operatives working at height under a contract which will be open to all council divisions for participation.
The period of the contract shall be 3 years commencing December 2016 with the council option to extend for a further two one year extension periods. The continuation of the contract is subject to the agreed Key Performance Indicators being met throughout the period of the contract.
Typical Annual spend recently has been around 30 000 GBP but there is no guarantee as to the volume of business to be awarded under this contract.
The quantities stated in the tender documents are approximate and provisional and may be used for evaluation purposes only and are not to be held as binding on the Authority in any way.
A percentage discount will be added to the Commercial envelope of the tender to allow bidders to place any discounts that may apply to the purchase of 10 or more kits at one time. this will not form part of the contract evaluation as it is recognised that not all tenderers may be able to offer this option.
With reference to ESPD question 2B: All information to be complete using information for company director, using home address.
With reference to ESPD question 4D: Bidders must hold the certificates or comply with the questions noted in ESPD 4D attached to http://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/11428/changes-to-Public-Procurement-Rules
TUPE: the incoming contractor is responsible for obtaining legal and professional advice about relevant TUPE implications.
Confidentiality: All information supplied by the authority must be treated in confidence and not disclosed to third parties except insofar as this is necessary to obtain sureties or quotations for the purpose of submitting the tender. All information supplied by you to the Authority will similarly be treated in confidence except:
(i) for any information required to be disclosed or otherwise provided by the Authority to any person in order to comply with the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 and any codes of practice applicable from time to time relating to access to public authorities' information. The tenderer shall co-operate, facilitate, support and assist the Authority in the provision of this information. In the event the Authority is required to provide information to any person as a result of a request made to it under such Act and/or codes, the Authority shall adhere to the requirements of such Act and/or codes in disclosing information relating to this agreement, the Project Documents and the contractor.
(ii) that references may be sought from banks, existing or past clients, or other referees submitted by the tenderers;
(iii) for the disclosure of such information with regard to the outcome of the procurement process as may be required to be published in the Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union in accordance with EU directives or elsewhere in accordance with the requirements of UK government policy on the disclosure of information relating to government contracts.
The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The project code is PROJECT_6328 ITT_13521. For more information see:
Community Benefits proposals will not form part of the award criteria and will not be evaluated but will be contractual obligations. For further procurement information visit the link below.


Winner: Applus RTD UK Ltd
Number of bids: 6