Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-08-25
Buyer: Midlothian Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 50710000 | 50712000
Submission deadline: 2018-09-24
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Midlothian Council is seeking a suitably skilled, resourced and experienced contractor to carry out pre-planned inspection, testing, maintenance and cleaning of all its mechanical and electrical (M and E) building engineering services and equipment including reactive maintenance and repairs where necessary.
The mechanical aspects may include elements of infrastructure, plant and machinery, green technology, heating and ventilation and so on. Electrical systems might include, power supply and distribution, telecommunications, computing instrumentation, building control systems, and so on.
Responses to the scored questions within the ESPD; “Part IV – C: Technical and professional ability”.
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.
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 service.
— Any Contractor undertaking any electrical works shall be an Approved Contractor on the roll of the National Inspection Council for Electrical Installation Contracting (NICEIC), the Electrical Contractors Association of Scotland (SELECT), or equivalent. These aspects shall not be sub-contracted,
— Any Contractor undertaking any works on mains gas services or LPG systems shall have the relevant Gas Safe registration. These aspects shall not be sub-contracted,
— Any Contractor or Sub-Contractor undertaking any works on oil fired systems shall be OFTEC registered,
— Any Contractor or Sub-Contractor undertaking plumbing works shall be a member of the Water Industry Approved Plumber Scheme (WIAPS), or an equivalent independent approval body,
— Any Contractor or Sub-Contractor undertaking works on Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, Refrigeration and associated equipment shall be BESA registered or equivalent,
— Any Contractor or Sub-Contractor undertaking works associated with installation and maintenance of Fire Alarm and security systems shall be NSI Gold or equivalent,
— Any Contractor or Sub-Contractor undertaking works associated with water quality and hygiene shall be members of the Legionella Control Association or equivalent.
Where the Tenderer will rely upon the accreditations of a sub-contractor in order to meet with the above, they must submit the appropriate sections of the provided ESPD as detailed in 2D.1.2 of that document.
— Bidders will be required to have an average yearly turnover of a minimum of 1 800 000 GBP in the business area covered by the contract for the last 3 years.

Eligibility requirements: 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. 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 service. Bidders must confirm if they hold the particular authorisation or memberships; — Any Contractor undertaking any electrical works shall be an Approved Contractor on the roll of the National Inspection Council for Electrical Installation Contracting (NICEIC), the Electrical Contractors Association of Scotland (SELECT), or equivalent. These aspects shall not be sub-contracted, — Any Contractor undertaking any works on mains gas services or LPG systems shall have the relevant Gas Safe registration. These aspects shall not be sub-contracted, — Any Contractor or Sub-Contractor undertaking any works on oil fired systems shall be OFTEC registered, — Any Contractor or Sub-Contractor undertaking plumbing works shall be a member of the Water Industry Approved Plumber Scheme (WIAPS), or an equivalent independent approval body, — Any Contractor or Sub-Contractor undertaking works on Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, Refrigeration and associated equipment shall be BESA registered or equivalent, — Any Contractor or Sub-Contractor undertaking works associated with installation and maintenance of Fire Alarm and security systems shall be NSI Gold or equivalent, — Any Contractor or Sub-Contractor undertaking works associated with water quality and hygiene shall be members of the Legionella Control Association or equivalent. Where the Tenderer will rely upon the accreditations of a sub-contractor in order to meet with the above, they must submit the appropriate sections of the provided ESPD as detailed in 2D.1.2 of that document.