Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-10-30
Buyer: Scottish Water
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 43310000
Estimated value: 60000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-11-29
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Scottish Water is seeking a contractor(s) to provide a comprehensive end-to-end managed hire desk service 24/7, 365 days a year. Contractor(s) will be required to provide small tools and plant hire and also engage with Scottish Water’s supply chain for all operated plant hire and car and commercial vehicle hire to support its capital and operational delivery programmes.
The successful contractor will be required to engage with current Scottish Water suppliers for the provision of operated plant but provide their own equipment for all major self-drive plant items including excavators, road rollers, dumpers, access equipment, air tools, compressors, cleaning, compaction, concreting, ground care, heating, lighting, material handling, painting, maintenance, plumbing, power, road working, safety, security fencing, sawing, surveying, communication, consumables, diamond cutting, non-mechanical generators below 10 KV and small tools.
It will be the responsibility of the successful contractor to provide access to data recordings, storage and management of all records that are associated with any equipment supplied.
The above listings are only indicated as a guideline and Scottish Water reserves the right to expand the listing in relation to any type of Self-drive plant hire equipment that is associated with the water industry and would be deemed relevant in any working environment. Scottish Water will require that all contractors or suppliers who contract through this procurement will gain or hold a minimum health and safety and quality standard to Scottish Water Requirements.
Applicants will be expected to be of sufficient financial and economic standing to support the anticipated contract value. All applicants must complete the financial questions within the pre-qualification questionnaire and tender documents. Financial standing relevant to the anticipated contract value will be determined by Scottish Water based on the response to the pre-qualification questionnaire and any further financial checks deemed necessary.
Scottish Water reserves the right to require deposits, guarantees, bonds or other forms of appropriate security.
All prices quoted shall be in Sterling (UK) and all payments shall be made in Sterling (UK). Payment shall be made on the basis of completed services in accordance with the agreed contract rates, schedules and conditions of contract.
In the event of a group of companies submitting an accepted offer it will be necessary for each member of the group to sign an undertaking that each company in the group will be jointly and severally liable for the satisfactory performance of the contract.
Scottish Water will not accept the ESPD. We will only accept a completed Scottish Water PQQ document. This Notice does not preclude Scottish Water from issuing other notices for specific requirements. Responses to the OJEU Notice will be evaluated and only successful applicants following PQQ evaluation will be invited to submit a tender. Scottish Water reserves the right to divide the scope of the contract into lots at tender and contract award stages as it deems appropriate. Applicants who fail to supply all of the information requested in response to this Notice or any resulting tender exercise may risk elimination.


Award value: 60000000