Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-05-13
Buyer: Scottish Government
Country: UK
Region: SCOTLAND
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 73000000 | 73110000 | 73200000 | 73210000 | 73300000
Estimated value: 296000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-06-20
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Appoint a suitably experienced research organisation to conduct an independent evaluation of the Distress Brief Intervention (DBI) Pilot programme. This programme has emerged in response to the need to improve the way that front line services deal with people presenting in distress, but who are not assessed as needing emergency medical or psychiatric treatment.
The contract will not be divided into lots as this would make the execution of the contract excessively technically difficult to manage and deliver.
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.
ESPD (Scotland) Selection Criteria Section, question Section B, part IV: 4B.2.2, 4B.2.3, 4B.3, 4B.5.1, 4B.5.2 & 4B.5.3.
ESPD (Scotland) Selection Criteria Section, question Section B, part IV: 4B.2.2, 4B.2.3, 4B.3, 4B.5.1, 4B.5.2 & 4B.5.3
Statement for 4B.2.2 — Bidders will be required to have an average yearly turnover of a minimum of 350,000 GBP in the business area covered for the last (three) 3 years.
Statement for 4B.3 — Where turnover information is not available for the time period, the bidder will be required to state the date which they were set up or started trading
Statement for 4B.5.1, 4B.5.2 & 4B.5.3 — 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
Statement for 4C.1.2 — 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.
Statement for 4C.3 — Bidders will be required to demonstrate that they have (or have access to) the appropriate technical facilities, study and research facilities and quality measures to deliver the types of requirements detailed in II.2.4 in the OJEU Contract Notice or the relevant section of the Site Notice.
Statement for 4C.10 — Bidders will be required to confirm whether they intend to subcontract and if so, for what proportion of the contract.
1 Poor Response is partially relevant but generally poor. The response addresses some elements of the requirement but contains insufficient/limited detail or explanation to demonstrate how the requirement will be fulfilled.
2 Acceptable Response is relevant and acceptable. The response addresses a broad understanding of the requirement but may lack details on how the requirement will be fulfilled in certain areas.
3 Good Response is relevant and good. The response is sufficiently detailed to demonstrate a good understanding and provides details on how the requirements will be fulfilled.
4 Excellent Response is completely relevant and excellent overall. The response is comprehensive, unambiguous and demonstrates a thorough understanding of the requirement and provides details of how the requirement will be met in full.

Eligibility requirements: III.1.1 is not applicable.

Award value: 296000