Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-10-14
Buyer: The City of Edinburgh Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 34114000: Special-purpose vehicles
Submission deadline: 2019-11-14
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Part IV: Selection criteria — B: economic and financial standing — Question 4B.5 — Tenderers are required to hold, or commit to obtaining prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:
Part III): Section A, B, C and D — 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.
Part IV): Selection criteria — B: economic and financial standing — Question 4B.1 — tenderers are required to have a minimum ‘general’ annual turnover of 1 000 000 GBP for the last 2 financial years. Where a tenderer does not have an annual turnover of this value, the Council may exclude the tenderer from the competition or may apply discretion seeking supporting evidence to determine the tenderer’s suitability to proceed in the competition.
Part IV): Selection criteria — B: economic and financial standing — Question 4B.4 — tenderers will be required to provide the following information in response to 4B.4:
The formula for calculating a tenderer’s current ratio is current assets divided by current liabilities. The acceptable range for each financial ratio is greater than 1,10. Where a tenderer’s current ratio is less than the acceptable value, the Council may exclude the tenderer from the competition or may apply discretion seeking supporting evidence to determine the tenderer’s suitability to proceed in the competition.
Part IV): Selection criteria — D: quality assurance schemes and environmental management — Question 4D.1 — It is a mandatory requirement that tendering organisations with more than 5 employees have in place a health and safety policy which is approved at a senior level within the organisation and is reviewed regularly. Bidders should confirm that this condition has been met within the response to this question. Where a bidder does not have a health and safety policy and is required to do so, the Council may exclude the bidder from the competition.
Tenderers must fulfill the vehicle specification laid out in Appendix A within the tender documents to the Council's satisfaction. Please see tenderers submission document for the full technical specification.
Note: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland website at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=600574
The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx
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.
Download the ESPD document here: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ESPD/ESPD_Download.aspx?id=600574