Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-12-06
Buyer: Heriot Watt University
Country: UK
Region: Edinburgh, City of
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72224000: Project management consultancy services
Estimated value: 168229 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-01-16
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The University is seeking a Consultant for Project Management Services for the New Research and Innovation Building on its Edinburgh Campus.
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 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. This includes the requirement of particular authorisation or memberships of either RICS, RIBA, CIOB, APM or equivalent.
Bidders will be required to have a minimum general yearly turnover of 336 000 GBP for the last 2 years.
Bidders are not required to produce supporting documentary evidence at the time of submitting the ESPD (Scotland)/bid submission. However, the University will request 2 year's financial accounts as evidence prior to award.
It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any contract, the types and levels of insurance listed below. Bidders also must confirm they can provide the following supporting evidence at point of award.
(i) Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
(iv) The ratio for this procurement exercise is Technical 70 % and Commercial 30 %. Detail on this award criteria can be found in Section 3 of the ITT.
100 — Value Add: The Tenderer has provided a strong methodology addressing all the key points requested and has also provided detail of relevant value add that they can provide.
75 — Good: The Tenderer response is relevant and good. The response is sufficiently detailed to demonstrate a good understanding and provide details on how the requirements will be fulfilled.
50 — Acceptable: The Tenderer has provided an acceptable methodology addressing most of the key points listed above in detail OR the Tenderer has provided all the key points listed above but lacks detail in answering the question fully. The response provides confidence that the requirements can be met.
25 — Minor Concerns: The Tenderer has provided a methodology addressing some of the key points listed above in detail OR the Tenderer has provided most of the key points listed above but lacks detail. The response provided does not provide confidence fully that the requirements can be met.
0 — Major Concerns: The Tenderer has failed to address the question, submitted a nil response or any element of the response gives cause for major concern.
(v) Tenderers will be asked to confirm that they will be in a position to complete the following forms in the Technical Questionnaire in PCS-Tender: Appendix A_Form of Tender; Appendix B_Bona Fide Tender; Appendix C_Freedom of Information; Appendix D_Supply Chain Code of Conduct; and Appendix E_Parent Company Guarantee. Please note that these forms are for information only and will not be scored.

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. This includes the requirement of particular authorisation or memberships of either RICS, RIBA, CIOB, APM or equivalent. Please refer to Selection Criteria: Question 4A.1 of Part IV of the ESPD.

Award value: 168229