Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-07-03
Buyer: Highlands and Islands Enterprise
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 66171000 | 72221000: Business analysis consultancy services | 79211000 | 79411100 | 79412000
Estimated value: 960000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-08-12
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The diversity of projects HIE deals with from clients or delivered directly requires us to undertake due diligence which necessitate a wide range of skillsets to understand the proposals, appraise the merits and understand the investment risks. In most cases, due diligence is undertaken by HIE staff themselves, but from time to time there can be more complex challenges or resourcing issues which lead to a requirement for HIE to seek external support.
It is expected that the framework will be awarded in October 2020 for an initial period of 3 years, with HIE having the option to extend for a period or periods together not exceeding 1 year following the initial term.
The initial 3 year budget currently available to deliver this service is between GBP 540 000 and GBP 720 000 (excluding VAT).
It is expected that the framework will be awarded in October 2020 for an initial period of 3 years, with HIE having the option to extend for a period or periods together not exceeding 1 year following the initial term.
HIE reserves the right to order any variation to any quantity or specification of any part of the services that for any reason shall in HIE's opinion be desirable. Any such variation may include (but shall not be restricted to) additions, omissions, alterations, substitutions to the services and changes in quality, form, character, kind, timing, method or sequence of the provision of services. The conditions under which such variations may be required are as a result of changes to HIE and/or Scottish Government policy or strategy in relation to which the services and support HIE provides or is to provide, or a change to the nature of the services or the enterprises which HIE supports.
Any such modification shall be in terms of Regulation 72 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
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.
HIE as a public body must comply with HMRC IR35 provisions. Therefore, where you are bidding as a personal service company (PSC) or will be using a personal service company to provide services under the framework please identify these PSC (s) in your response to 4B.6.
4B.5 It is a requirement of this Framework that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commence of any subsequently awarded framework, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:
Employer’s (compulsory) liability insurance = GBP 5 000 000 for each and every claim (see http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/hse40.pdf)
The contract will include Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) and/or Service Level Agreements (SLAs) which can be found within the Tender documentation.
HIE reserves the right to re-tender for these services upon termination of the framework or at the end of the framework period, including any extension period.
It is estimated that the total value of the services over the 4 years will be GBP 960 000 (ex VAT). This is the figure used in II.1.5) and II.2.6).
Where relevant, bidders are required to provide information relating to consortia (2C1 of ESPD) and/or sub-contractors (2C1 and 2D.1 of the ESPD) with the relevant supporting ESPD documentation submitted.
National identification number (not scored) where relevant, bidders are required to insert details of their Companies House (or equivalent) registration number.

Eligibility requirements: Not applicable to this procurement exercise.

Award value: 960000