Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-04-06
Buyer: Glasgow City Council
Country: UK
Region: Glasgow City
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 72221000: Business analysis consultancy services | 73220000
Estimated value: 6000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-05-02
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: At the 2013 State of the City Economy Conference, the Leader of the Council made a commitment to increase the Glasgow Business base by 2 000 by 2017. Economic Development, within Development and Regeneration Service are responsible for delivering this.
To support the delivery of these objectives Economic Development have spent the past 2 years undertaking a wholesale Service Reform to review activity and resource allocation. This reform and subsequent Service Re-design has led to significant change in service provision within Economic Development and has led the development of a New Approach to Enterprise support, which articulates the strategy and blueprint for delivery of a comprehensive business support programme for Glasgow. This will fundamentally change the way in which Glasgow City Council engages with, and supports, businesses in the city. As a mechanism to this change, Glasgow City Council, via delivery of Business Gateway, is seeking to contract for business consultancy through the delivery of master-class (1-to-many) programmes and 1-to-1 professional support in 6 key business areas: Growth, Structure, Skills and Resource Capacity, Finance, Resilience and Innovation.
The main purpose of both the master-class programme and 1-to-1 support, will be to increase knowledge and improve capacity among SMEs in Glasgow, helping them achieve aspirations and improve the city's economic well being.
Businesses supported through this programme of intervention will be referred to both the master-class programme and 1-to-1 professional support by a team of dedicated Business Advisers, who will conduct an in-depth Business Diagnostic.
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The framework will run for 24 months and GCC reserves the right to extend the framework by 24 months via 2 X 12 month extensions. The extension will be subject to further external funding becoming available.
(1) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they are not bankrupt or the subject of an administration order, are not being wound-up, have not granted a trust deed, are not the subject of a petition presented for sequestration of their estate, have not had a receiver, manager or administrator appointed and are not otherwise apparently insolvent.
(2) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that the candidate, their directors, or any other person who has powers of representation, decision or control of the candidate has not been convicted of conspiracy, corruption, bribery or money laundering. Failure to provide such a declaration will result in the candidate being declared ineligible and they will not be selected to participate in this procurement process.
(3) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have not been convicted of a criminal offence relating to the conduct of their business or profession.
(4) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have not committed an act of grave misconduct in the course of their business or profession.
(5) Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in providing any information required, may be declared ineligible and not selected to continue with this procurement process.
(6) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions under the law of any part of the United Kingdom or of the relevant State in which the candidate is established.

Eligibility requirements: (1) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they are not bankrupt or the subject of an administration order, are not being wound-up, have not granted a trust deed, are not the subject of a petition presented for sequestration of their estate, have not had a receiver, manager or administrator appointed and are not otherwise apparently insolvent. (2) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that the candidate, their directors, or any other person who has powers of representation, decision or control of the candidate has not been convicted of conspiracy, corruption, bribery or money laundering. Failure to provide such a declaration will result in the candidate being declared ineligible and they will not be selected to participate in this procurement process. (3) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have not been convicted of a criminal offence relating to the conduct of their business or profession. (4) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have not committed an act of grave misconduct in the course of their business or profession. (5) Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in providing any information required, may be declared ineligible and not selected to continue with this procurement process. (6) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions under the law of any part of the United Kingdom or of the relevant State in which the candidate is established. (7) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes under the law of any part of the United Kingdom or of the relevant State in which the economic operator is established. As detailed within the ITT. (1) All candidates will be required to provide evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance. (1) All candidates will be required to provide certification from an independent body attesting conformity to environmental management standards in accordance with the Community Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) or the European standard BS EN ISO 14001. As detailed within the ITT. As detailed within the ITT.
(1) All candidates will be required to provide evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance.
(1) All candidates will be required to provide certification from an independent body attesting conformity to environmental management standards in accordance with the Community Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) or the European standard BS EN ISO 14001. As detailed within the ITT. As detailed within the ITT.
(1) All candidates will be required to provide certification from an independent body attesting conformity to environmental management standards in accordance with the Community Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) or the European standard BS EN ISO 14001. As detailed within the ITT.
As detailed within the ITT.