Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-08-09
Buyer: Zero Waste Scotland Ltd
Country: UK
Region: Perth & Kinross and Stirling
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72253000: Helpdesk and support services
Estimated value: 312000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-09-05
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: 2 possible extension options of 12 months each. The estimated contract value is inclusive of the optional extensions.
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.
Where it is required within a bidder's country of establishment they must confirm which authorisation or memberships of the relevant organisation(s) are required in order to perform this service.
Bidders will be required to have a minimum ‘general’ yearly turnover of 70 000 GBP for the last 3 years.
It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commence of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:
Bidders will be required to confirm that they and/or the service provider have the following relevant educational and professional qualifications: Relevant technical, professional and / or managerial qualifications.
Bidders will be required to confirm that they will employ environmental management measures that meet the following requirements: Environmental Management Policy Statement and reporting on effectiveness of measures taken.
Bidders will be required to demonstrate that they have (or have access to) the relevant tools, plant or technical equipment to deliver the types of requirements detailed in II.2.4) in the OJEU Contract Notice or the relevant section of the Site Notice.
Bidders will be required to confirm whether they intend to subcontract and, if so, for what proportion of the contract.
Bidders will be required to provide examples of works carried out in the past 5 years that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the work as described in part II.2.4) of the OJEU Contract Notice or the relevant section of the Site Notice.
Bidders will be required to provide examples that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the services/supplies as described in part II.2.4) of the OJEU Contract Notice or the relevant section of the Site Notice.
Re-tendering may commence in advance of the contract end date of 31.10.2018, or later, should the extension options be taken up.
A national contract notice was previously published for this requirement on 17.9.2015 on the procurement portal Public Contracts Scotland. The Notice was cancelled on 11.1.2016 as the bids received breached the OJEU threshold. The requirement is now being tendered, with revised specification and documentation.
Note: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=456388

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. Where it is required within a bidder's country of establishment they must confirm which authorisation or memberships of the relevant organisation(s) are required in order to perform this service. Bidders must confirm if they hold the particular authorisation or memberships.

Award value: 312000