Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-03-04
Buyer: Renfrewshire Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 31600000 | 50300000 | 71314100: Electrical services | 71630000
Estimated value: 500000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-04-03
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The purpose of this contract is to formalise the Councils requirement to employ a contractor to carry out a planned programme of in-service inspection and testing of electrical equipment within the Councils public buildings.
To carry out a planned programme of in-service inspection and testing of electrical equipment in line with the IET Code of Practice.
It is estimated that approximately 110 000 to 115 000 tests are required on an annual basis on electrical equipment located in approximately 180 Council properties throughout the Councils area.
The Council will have the option to extend the contract for additional periods up to a total of 24 months (it is at the Councils sole discretion the period of any extension awarded but the total of all extension periods awarded will not exceed 24 months).
— Bidders will be required to state if any of the exclusion grounds as detailed within Regulation 58 (1) of The Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 apply to them.
— 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 (in the United Kingdom, the bidder is a company registered with the Registrar of Companies and can provide a certificate stating that he is certified as incorporated or registered or, where he is not so certified, a certificate stating that the person concerned has declared on oath that he is engaged in the profession in a specific place under a given business name).
— Bidders will be required to state if it is a requirement in the bidder’s country of establishment to hold a particular authorisation or membership of a particular organisation in order to be able to perform the service in question. 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 and also must confirm if they hold the particular authorisation or memberships.
Bidders will be required to have a minimum ‘general’ yearly turnover of GBP 200 000.00 for the last 3 years. Where turnover information is not available for the time period requested, the bidder will be required to state the date which they were set up/started trading. Where a bidder fails to meet the minimum financial turnover requirements in its own right but is a subsidiary of a group, the bidder must state if they are relying on a parent company guarantee (the parent company must meet the stipulated minimum financial requirements). The parent company guarantee will be in the form provided in the tender documentation (Appendix A1). Where a bidder is applying as part of a consortium the collective annual turnover of all consortium members will be utilised in the overall assessment of annual turnover.
Bidders will require to evidence the equivalent of a Dun and Bradstreet Failure Score of 20 or above. If a bidder considers that the D&B failure score does not reflect their current financial status, the bidder should give a detailed explanation and will be required to provide any relevant supporting independent evidence at request for documentation stage. Where the bidder is a subsidiary of a group but is applying as a separate legal entity and fails to meet the minimum D&B Failure Score (or equivalent) as a company, a parent company guarantee will be required. The parent company must meet the minimum financial requirements as assessed by the Council. The parent company guarantee will be in the form provided in the tender documentation (Appendix A1). Where a bidder is under no obligation to publish accounts and therefore does not have a D&B failure score, they will be required to provide their audited financial accounts for the previous 2 years as part of the request for documentation stage in order that the Council may assess these to determine the suitability of the bidder to undertake a contract of this size. Where a consortium bid is received, the D&B failure score of each consortium member shall be assessed.
Bidders must hold or can commit to obtain prior to the commence of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:
Public and product liability insurance — minimum GBP 10 million each and every claim but in the aggregate for products.
Employer’s (compulsory) liability insurance with a minimum indemnity limit of GBP 10 million each and every claim.
Public and Product Liability Insurance with a minimum indemnity limit of GBP 10 million each and every claim but in the aggregate for products.
Bidders will be required to provide examples that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the works/services required under this contract.
Bidders will require to confirm that the personnel to be used in the execution of this contract possess the City and Guilds Level 3 Certificate for in-service inspections and testing of electrical equipment or other equivalent qualification relevant to the country where the bidder’s registered office or place of business is based.

Eligibility requirements: — Bidders will be required to state if any of the exclusion grounds as detailed within Regulation 58 (1) of The Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 apply to them. — 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 (in the United Kingdom, the bidder is a company registered with the Registrar of Companies and can provide a certificate stating that he is certified as incorporated or registered or, where he is not so certified, a certificate stating that the person concerned has declared on oath that he is engaged in the profession in a specific place under a given business name). — Bidders will be required to state if it is a requirement in the bidder’s country of establishment to hold a particular authorisation or membership of a particular organisation in order to be able to perform the service in question. 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 and also must confirm if they hold the particular authorisation or memberships.

Award value: 500000