Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-03-10
Buyer: West of Scotland Housing Association Ltd
Country: UK
Region: SCOTLAND
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 31625200 | 35110000: Fire-fighting and safety equipment
Submission deadline: 2017-04-10
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Association intend to enter into a three year contract with a suitable contractor to carry out inspections, testing, maintenance and repairs to their fire warning, evacuation and firefighting equipment in accordance with the Fire (Scotland ) Act 20015 and the Fire Safety (Scotland) Regulations 2006.
The work to be carried out under this Contract consists of Planned Servicing and Reactive Maintenance to Fire Safety System installations within various residential properties.
The contract is to be let for a period of 3 years with an option to extend the contract on a yearly basis for a further 2 years.
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.
In response to 4A.1 the Bidder should indicate if he is registered at Companies House as described in Schedule 5 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Question reference 4B.1.1: Bidders will require to have an average yearly turnover of 180 000 GBP for the last 3 years in the business area covered by the Contract. As evidence for this West of Scotland Housing Association Ltd. may ask for annual accounts from the bidder.
Question reference 4B.3: Where turnover information is not available for the period requested, the bidder will be required to state the date which they were setup/started trading.
Question reference 4B.5.1: It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:
In response to Question 4C.1.2 Bidders will be required to provide no more than 4 examples of contracts which demonstrate the contractor's ability to perform contracts of the scope, size and nature similar to the Works as described in part II.1.4 of this Contract Notice. The example contracts must have been worked on in the last three years and demonstrate (over the 4 examples) the relevant experience to deliver the works. The example projects must therefore be within a housing environment and the Bidder must have been appointed as the Main Contractor. The servicing works required within the contract must be carried out by directly employed operatives. The example contracts must have been on-going for at least 12 months and the Bidder must be able to provide evidence of this.
In response to 4C.6 Bidders will be required to confirm that their directly employed operatives have the following relevant educational and professional qualifications;
If the certification cannot be provided the Contractor will require to demonstrate their competence and ability to the satisfaction of West of Scotland Housing Association by providing alternative evidence.
All operatives engaged in site works must have UKATA asbestos awareness training and be cleared under the Disclosure and Barring Service checking system or equivalent.
In response to 4C.6.1 Bidders will be required to confirm that all supervisors must be trade qualified, within their respective trade to NVQ level 4 or hold formal supervisor training certification or equivalent.
In response to 4D.1 (1.1 and 1.2) — Quality Assurance Schemes and Environmental Management Standards — the Bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS EN 19001 AND BS OHSAS 18001 (or equivalent) or have, within the last 12 months, successfully met the assessment requirements of a construction related scheme in registered membership of the Safety Schemes in Procurement (SSIP) forum.
4D.2 (2.1 and 2.2) the Bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third party certificate of compliance with BS EN ISO 14001 (or equivalent) or a valid EMAS (or equivalent) certificate.

Eligibility requirements: In response to 4A.1 the Bidder should indicate if he is registered at Companies House as described in Schedule 5 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.