Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-03-06
Buyer: Fife Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 33000000
Estimated value: 600000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-04-06
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Lääketieteelliset laitteet, farmaseuttiset valmisteet ja henkilökohtaiseen hygieniaan liittyvät tuotteet
Fife Council is looking for suppliers who can supply medical aid equipment to our stores(FCES). Please see the attached lists of required medical aid equipment.
4B1.1 — tenderers are required to provide their annual turnover for their last two financial set of accounts.
4B.4 — the current ratio will be applied. Tenderers are to provide their current assets and current liabilities in relation to their audited published accounts for the last 2 years and to divide the current assets by the current liabilities figure. If a company does not have 2 years of audited published accounts an explanation should be given.
4B.5.1b — insurance — employer’s (compulsory) liability: bidders are required to hold or commit to obtaining GBP 10 000 000 of employer’s (compulsory) liability insurance.
4B.5.2: Insurance-all other types listed: bidders are required to hold or commit to obtaining, prior to the commencement of the contract, the levels of all other types of insurance cover indicated.The values of the policies must be as follows:
4B1.1: tenderers will be required to have a minimum ‘general’ yearly turnover of GBP 1.40 million for the last 2 years.
Tenderers shall be advised that where they do not currently meet the above requirements they shall require to confirm why and the Council may undertake additional financial checks checks using a tool such as Creditsafe and a qualitative judgement shall be made as to the financial capacity of the tenderer. Fife Council may require a parent company guarantee, a performance guarantee bond, a bank guarantee, and/or an advance payment bond.
4B.4: Tenderers are expected to achieve a ratio of 1 or more. Where a tenderer does not meet this requirement further details should be provided to confirm why and the Council may undertake additional financial checks using a tool such as Creditsafe and a qualitative judgement shall be made as to the financial capacity of the tenderer. Fife Council may require a parent company guarantee, a performance guarantee bond, a bank guarantee, and/or an advance payment bond.
4B.5.1b: Where a bidder does not confirm that they already have or can commit to obtaining, prior to the commencement of the contract, GBP 10 000 000 of employer’s (compulsory) liability insurance, the Council may exclude the bidder from the competition.
4B.5.2:  Where a bidder does not confirm that they already have or can commit to obtaining, prior to the commencement of the contract.
Can the bidder provide the required certificates drawn up by official quality control institutes agencies of recognised competence attesting the conformity of products clearly identified by references to the technical.
Note: to register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit PcsTender Web Site Project 15959, https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/
Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.
The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 15959. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343

Eligibility requirements: See the tender document.

Award value: 600000