Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-02-14
Buyer: Cassiltoun Housing Association
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71314100: Electrical services
Submission deadline: 2019-03-14
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The work to be undertaken comprises the provision of a term maintenance contract for IEE electrical inspection services internally in flats and non-adopted external lighting systems, PAT testing in the employer’s offices and planned/ [provisional] consequential electrical replacement works (including consumer units; electrical accessories/fittings and rewiring; smoke/CO/Heat detectors, ventilation fans; common entry/rewiring and associated repairs) to the employer’s properties.
The submitted ESPD will assess the selection criteria as a pass or fail to identify contractors who pass by meeting the criteria. Only those contractors who achieve an ESPD pass will have their tender quality and cost considered/ evaluated.
Price (tender)- deducting 1 % from 100 for every percentage point each tender is in excess of the lowest tender, prior to weighting.
The initial contract period is from 1.4.2019 to 31.3.2020, with options to extend the contract solely at the employer’s discretion on an annual basis thereafter to 31.3.2024.
—tendering Contractors and their operatives delivering the services/ works must be NICEIC and/ or Select qualified/ registered,
— UKAS accredited for compliance in accordance with BS OHSAS 18001 (or equivalent) or if you have successfully met the assessment requirements of a construction-related scheme with registered membership of Safety Schemes in Procurement (SSIP) [or agree to do so],
— agreement to additional financial credit checks including an assessment of your annual turnover and profit over the last 3 financial years, supplemented by enquiries through credit reference agencies [Dunn and Bradstreet],
— an annual turnover more than 80 000,00 GBP, and annual net profit greater than zero in each of the past 3 years,
— the minimum insurance requirements, relevant to this contract, which the Candidate holds [and/ or confirms will be placed prior to date of contract where applicable] are:
— Contractors must include evidence of experience, directly or by in-house team(s), of completion of as many similar electrical term contracts as practicable in the past 5 years for [preferably] RSL’s. The threshold for experience is similar scope, quantity and value of works for a minimum of 2 completed term contracts and the provision of IEE inspections, PAT testing and planned/ consequential electrical repairs/replacements are a pre-requisite of this contract,
— the employer must be permitted to obtain references from any of the Candidate’s clients, whether listed or not, to evidence the quality of service the Candidate states has been previously provided to the employer and/or others,
—— measurement/reporting of KPIs, and providing bespoke reports in .xlsx or.csv format as agreed with the employer.
— operation of a quality management system to ensure there is a single, clearly identified local point of contact/quality controller and that quality is managed effectively.
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Eligibility requirements: —tendering Contractors and their operatives delivering the services/ works must be NICEIC and/ or Select qualified/ registered, — all operatives must be UKATA asbestos awareness trained, — UKAS accredited for compliance in accordance with BS OHSAS 18001 (or equivalent) or if you have successfully met the assessment requirements of a construction-related scheme with registered membership of Safety Schemes in Procurement (SSIP) [or agree to do so], — agreement to additional financial credit checks including an assessment of your annual turnover and profit over the last 3 financial years, supplemented by enquiries through credit reference agencies [Dunn and Bradstreet], — an annual turnover more than 80 000,00 GBP, and annual net profit greater than zero in each of the past 3 years, — the minimum insurance requirements, relevant to this contract, which the Candidate holds [and/ or confirms will be placed prior to date of contract where applicable] are: —— 5 000 000 GBP cover for public liability, —— 10 000 000 GBP cover for employer’s liability, and —— 200 000,00 GBP for contract works or all risks cover. — electrical testing or replacement works must not be sub-contracted, — Contractors must include evidence of experience, directly or by in-house team(s), of completion of as many similar electrical term contracts as practicable in the past 5 years for [preferably] RSL’s. The threshold for experience is similar scope, quantity and value of works for a minimum of 2 completed term contracts and the provision of IEE inspections, PAT testing and planned/ consequential electrical repairs/replacements are a pre-requisite of this contract, — the employer must be permitted to obtain references from any of the Candidate’s clients, whether listed or not, to evidence the quality of service the Candidate states has been previously provided to the employer and/or others, — operation of a management database system which includes: —— electronic communication, —— electronic documentation and certification issue, —— financial/ payment applications in an agreed format to facilitate component accounting, —— record photographs, —— reports on no-access, progress/completion, —— measurement/reporting of KPIs, and providing bespoke reports in .xlsx or.csv format as agreed with the employer. — operation of a quality management system to ensure there is a single, clearly identified local point of contact/quality controller and that quality is managed effectively.