Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-06-11
Buyer: East Ayrshire Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 44113800 | 44113810 | 44113900 | 45233100: Construction work for highways | 45233120: Road construction works
Submission deadline: 2020-07-09
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: 1.2 Ayrshire Roads Alliance (ARA) is a shared integrated roads and transportation service established in 2014 and provides the combined roads service for East and South Ayrshire Councils. The Service is delivered with the overall objective of improving the road and transportation service in both Council areas.
1.3 The framework contract scope is supply and application of carriageway surface dressing or supply and application of binder only at sites within East Ayrshire and South Ayrshire. These works may include pre patching, ironwork repairs, white lining and minor screeding works etc.
The framework contract scope is supply and application of carriageway surface dressing or supply and application of binder only at sites within East Ayrshire and South Ayrshire. These works may include pre patching, ironwork repairs, white lining and minor screeding works etc.
The first works order (2020) shall be included in this invitation to tender and shall form the basis of the framework contract/first package of works evaluation.
The framework contract shall be in accordance with the rights and obligations of the employer (Client) and the contractor (Supplier) as regulated by the NEC4 framework contract (June 2017). Contracts awarded through the framework will be subject to the conditions of the NEC4 Engineering and Construction Short Contract (June 2017).
The framework contract is for a period to 2 years initially with the option to extend annually for a further 2 years.
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): 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 i.e. Companies House.
Bidders will be required to have a minimum ‘general’ yearly turnover of GBP 1 million for the last 3 years:
EAC reserve the right to review the bidders financial information including information from the credit reference agency Experian at tender stage and throughout the life of the contract, and seek clarifications if necessary. If clarifications are not satisfactory the bidder may be excluded from the tender process.
It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commence of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:
Bidders will be required to provide 2 examples of works carried out in the past 5 years that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the work as described in part II.2.4 of this contract notice. The works must be of a similar value, size and scope. EAC reserve the right to contact the named referees to discuss contractor performance.
Bidders will be required to confirm that they and/or the service provider have the following relevant educational and professional qualifications:
Bidders will be required to confirm whether they intend to subcontract and, if so, for what proportion of the contract. This is not evaluated and is for information purposes only.
Quality management procedures 1. The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS EN ISO 9001 (or equivalent).
1) the bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third party certificate of compliance with BS EN ISO 14001 (or equivalent) or a valid EMAS (or equivalent) certificate;

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): 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 i.e. Companies House.