Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-05-17
Buyer: West Lothian Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71000000 | 71200000 | 71242000 | 71244000 | 71250000
Estimated value: 4000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-06-15
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: This Framework is for the provision of Professional Technical Services to West Lothian Council from October 2018 when the current framework expires. The Framework is to be broken into 13 lots including architectural consultancy, various engineering consultancies and specialist services. Potential consultants may bid for one, more than one or all lots. The lots are divided by different services which will be required to supplement in-house services. It is intended that the Framework will be in place for 3 years with the option to extend up to 12 months up to a maximum of 4 years.
Civil/Structural engineering services to advise inhouse and external design teams on Construction projects.
Consultant to provide comprehensive and timely advice for West Lothian Council, as Landlord or Tenant, on the most appropriate course of action to be taken on a dilapidation liability. The Consultant shall undertake and manage negotiations and any subsequent works.
Re ESPD question 4B.6 West Lothian Council will use Dun and Bradstreet’s DBAi financial reporting system to assess the financial stability of tenderers. Tenderers with a Failure Score of 35 or above on the DBAi system will be deemed to have evidenced satisfactory financial stability. Please note that 35- (minus) will not be considered as having met this criteria. If a tenderer has a Failure Score of less than 35, the tenderer may be required to submit their last three years accounts.
In the event that the tenderer is not required to publish accounts and therefore does not have a Dun & Bradstreet or equivalent rating, tenderers should be able to provide financial accounts when requested. The council will then conduct an analysis of the accounts to ensure that there is no significant financial risk. Please note that if you intend on attaching 2 years accounts, these must include financial data over a 3 year period.
It is recommended that candidates review their own Dun and Bradstreet Score in advance of submitting their tender. If following this review tenderers consider that the Dun and Bradstreet Score does not reflect their current financial status, details of this should be provided, complete with evidence of a good high street credit rating (the equivalent of Dun and Bradstreet score 35) from a recognised credit referencing agency. The council will review any such information as part of the evaluation of Tenderer’s financial status.
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.
Should after review of the financial evaluation the tenderer fail, then the tender submission may be rejected.
Re ESPD question 4B.5 West Lothian Council require tenderers to have the following minimum insurances.
Re: ESPD Q4D Bidders must hold the certificates or comply with the questions noted in ESPD 4D attached to.
The HSE website will be checked for breaches. Should our H&S team not be satisfied with the outcome your tender will be rejected.
RE: ESPD Q4C.1.2 Please provide 2 examples per lot, that demonstrate to the Authority experience that is relevant to this procurement exercise. Your examples must be from within the last 5 years. If you apply for 2 lots you will upload 4 examples.
Your completed written response should be no more than one page of A4 per example; smallest font size should be 10. An additional sheet with images will be allowed per example.
Please provide your first relevant example that demonstrate your organisations, consortium members and / or named sub-contractors experience in delivering services to the requirements of this procurement exercise.
The following memberships will require to be held by a member of the team proposed for the framework.


Award value: 4000000