Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-12-20
Buyer: West Dunbartonshire Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 79710000: Security services
Estimated value: 165000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-01-23
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: West Dunbartonshire Council wishes to establish a contract for the provision of a secure and reliable collection, reconciliation and banking service to deal with cash and cheques, together with a service to provide change. The service will be provided to both West Dunbartonshire Council (Lot 1) and West Dunbartonshire Leisure Trust (Lot 2). Suppliers must bid for both Lots 1 and 2.
West Dunbartonshire Council wishes to establish a contract for the provision of a secure and reliable collection, reconciliation and banking service to deal with cash and cheques, together with a service to provide change. The service will be provided to West Dunbartonshire Leisure Trust(WDLT)(Lot 2). Suppliers must bid for both Lots 1 and 2.
West Dunbartonshire Council wishes to establish a contract for the provision of a secure and reliable collection, reconciliation and banking service to deal with cash and cheques, together with a service to provide change. The service will be provided to both West Dunbartonshire Council (Lot 1). Suppliers must bid for both Lots 1 and 2.
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.
Tenderers are requested to confirm that all personnel involved in the delivery of this contract have a current Security Industry Association (SIA) license for Cash and Valuables in Transit (CVIT).
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.
— Turnover — supplier must demonstrate an annual turnover for each of the 2 previous years of greater than 2 times the annual value of the contract on offer estimated at 33 000 GBP, therefore a turnover of 66 000 GBP is required,
—— (Ratio 1) Acid test – (Current assets-stock)/Current liabilities. To pass the acid test ratio question, the bidder must have a score of greater than 1,
—— (Ratio 2) Return on capital employed % — Profit/Capital employed. To pass this question, the Council require the bidder to score a positive figure/percentage,
—— (Ratio 3) Current ratio — Current assets/Liabilities. To pass this question, the Council require the bidder to achieve a score of greater than 1.
WDC will use template WD09 — WDC Financial Vetting Questionnaire v1.0, it is recommended that candidates review their own ratio scores in advance of submitting their tender. In the event that a firm does not meet the financial criteria for consideration but has a parent company that does, the firm may still be eligible for consideration where their tender submission is supported by a Parent Company Guarantee WD04 — Parent Company Guarantee refers. Should after review of the financial evaluation of tenderer fail, then the tender submission may be rejected.
It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtaining prior to the commence of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:
— Third Party Motor Insurance, statutory third party motor vehicle cover in accordance with the provisions of the current Road Traffic 1988 (as amended) — please provide a valid MV certificate in the contractor's name.
These question will be scored in line with “Evaluation Methodology” as detailed in WD01; however, a minimum “pass” threshold of 2 acceptable (50 %) must be achieved or the tenderer will have failed to meet the Councils requirements and, therefore, will not progress to stage 2 “award criteria" (technical & commercial envelopes).
With reference to ESPD question 4C.1.2, bidders will be required to provide 2 examples that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the cash in transit services as described in Part II.2.4 of this contract notice or the relevant section of the site notice.

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. Tenderers are requested to confirm that all personnel involved in the delivery of this contract have a current Security Industry Association (SIA) license for Cash and Valuables in Transit (CVIT).

Award value: 165000