Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-07-18
Buyer: North Ayrshire Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 35113000: Safety equipment | 71317200
Submission deadline: 2017-08-29
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: North Ayrshire Council seeks to procure a Hand Arm Vibration Monitoring System. The system must measure, record and provide reports on the vibration exposure to workers using tools associated with road maintenance, ground maintenance and property maintenance.
North Ayrshire Council (NAC) requires the provision of a Hand Arm Vibration Reporting System. The system must measure, record and provide reports on the vibration exposure to workers using tools associated with road maintenance, ground maintenance and property maintenance.
The contract may be extended by up to a further 24 months, at the sole discretion of North Ayrshire Council.
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.
Bidders will be required to have a minimum ‘general’ yearly turnover of 270 000 GBP for the last 3 years.
Bidders will be required to have a minimum yearly turnover of 270 000 GBP for the last 3 years in the business area covered by the contract.
Where turnover information is not available for the time period requested, the bidder will be required to state the date which they were set up/started trading.
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 examples that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience over the pat 3 years to deliver the supplies as described in part II.2.4 of this Contract Notice.
Bidders must provide 2 satisfactory references on the reference templates provided in the Instruction to Tenders document. References should be completed and signed by previous customers for contracts of a similar nature, value scope and size. Completed reference templates must be uploaded into the general attachments area of the qualification envelope. If any of the referees score the bidder less than 3 the bidder will be excluded from the tender process.
Bidders will be required to confirm details of the technicians or technical bodies who they can call upon, especially those responsible for quality control.
Bidders will be required to confirm that they have (or have access to) the relevant supply chain management and tracking systems used by them to deliver the types of requirements detailed in II.2.4 in this Contract Notice.
Bidders will be required to confirm that they will allow checks to be conducted on their production and technical capacities and where necessary on the means of study and research facilities available to it and on the quality control measures employed.
Bidders will be required to demonstrate that they have (or have access to) the relevant tools, plant or technical equipment to deliver the types of requirements detailed in II in this Contract Notice.
Bidders will be required to confirm whether they intend to subcontract and, if so, for what proportion of the contract.

Eligibility requirements: For Completion by Non-UK Businesses Only: 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. Bidders must confirm if they hold the particular authorisation or memberships.