Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-01-30
Buyer: Transport Scotland
Country: UK
Region: UNITED KINGDOM
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 48170000 | 63515000 | 63516000 | 71242000 | 71244000
Estimated value: 1200000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-03-04
Award criteria: The most economic tender
EU fund: ERDF

Technical requirements: As part of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) 2014-2020 programme Transport Scotland is now seeking to appoint an organisation to design, develop and deliver a Low carbon Travel and Transport Challenge Fund which aims to facilitate the delivery of active and low carbon travel hubs.
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A parent company guarantee may be required as part of the tender. Details shall be provided with the tender documents in respect of any parent company guarantee requirement, bond and undertaking or otherwise.
Details of remuneration and payment terms shall be provided in the tender documents and the Single-Supplier Framework Agreement for LCTT Challenge Fund Services.
If the successful is a consortium, the Scottish Ministers shall require each consortium member to be jointly and severally liable pursuant to the terms of the Framework Agreement. The Scottish Ministers may require the consortium to form a legal entity before entering into the Framework Agreement.
Economic operators shall be evaluated in accordance with the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2012, on the basis of information provided in response to a pre-qualification questionnaire (‘PQQ’), which forms part of the pre-qualification document (Refer to VI.3).
Economic operators shall be required to satisfy minimum standards of economic and financial standing. These are described in detail in the PQQ. The financial information received as part of the PQQ submission shall be evaluated and scored out of 50 by allocating a score against 9 individual economic and financial standing evaluation criteria ratios. The maximum cumulative score resulting from the summative of the 9 economic and financial standing evaluation criteria ratios is 50 marks. A PQQ submission shall be marked as a FAIL and will not be considered further if the score achieved is less than 50 % of the available marks (i.e. less than 25 marks).
Economic operators shall be required to satisfy minimum standards of technical capacity or professional ability. These are described in the pre-qualification document and can be summarised as:
(a) demonstration of experience of working on different types of projects (the requirements are set out in full in the PQQ); and
(b) demonstration of use of quality, environmental and health and safety management systems (the requirements are set out in full in the PQQ); and
(c) in respect of the questions on demonstration of relevant experience in Section 4.3 of the PQQ, economic operators are required to score 50 % or more of the available maximum weighted evaluation score for each question.
The Scottish Ministers intend to invite 5 economic operators to tender. These economic operators shall be those 5 economic operators who have:
(b) gained a Pass in respect of the eligibility and minimum standards of technical or professional ability conducted pursuant to the Pre-qualification Prospectus; and
(c) gained a Pass in respect of the financial evaluation conducted pursuant to the Pre-qualification Prospectus; and
(d) scored 50 % or more of the available maximum weighted evaluation score for each question in Section 4.3 of the PQQ; and

Eligibility requirements: Economic operators shall be evaluated in accordance with the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2012, on the basis of information provided in response to a pre-qualification questionnaire (‘PQQ’), which forms part of the pre-qualification document (Refer to VI.3). Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: As in III.2.1). Economic operators shall be required to satisfy minimum standards of economic and financial standing. These are described in detail in the PQQ. The financial information received as part of the PQQ submission shall be evaluated and scored out of 50 by allocating a score against 9 individual economic and financial standing evaluation criteria ratios. The maximum cumulative score resulting from the summative of the 9 economic and financial standing evaluation criteria ratios is 50 marks. A PQQ submission shall be marked as a FAIL and will not be considered further if the score achieved is less than 50 % of the available marks (i.e. less than 25 marks). As in III.2.1. Economic operators shall be required to satisfy minimum standards of technical capacity or professional ability. These are described in the pre-qualification document and can be summarised as: (a) demonstration of experience of working on different types of projects (the requirements are set out in full in the PQQ); and (b) demonstration of use of quality, environmental and health and safety management systems (the requirements are set out in full in the PQQ); and (c) in respect of the questions on demonstration of relevant experience in Section 4.3 of the PQQ, economic operators are required to score 50 % or more of the available maximum weighted evaluation score for each question.
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: As in III.2.1). Economic operators shall be required to satisfy minimum standards of economic and financial standing. These are described in detail in the PQQ. The financial information received as part of the PQQ submission shall be evaluated and scored out of 50 by allocating a score against 9 individual economic and financial standing evaluation criteria ratios. The maximum cumulative score resulting from the summative of the 9 economic and financial standing evaluation criteria ratios is 50 marks. A PQQ submission shall be marked as a FAIL and will not be considered further if the score achieved is less than 50 % of the available marks (i.e. less than 25 marks).
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: As in III.2.1).
Economic operators shall be required to satisfy minimum standards of economic and financial standing. These are described in detail in the PQQ. The financial information received as part of the PQQ submission shall be evaluated and scored out of 50 by allocating a score against 9 individual economic and financial standing evaluation criteria ratios. The maximum cumulative score resulting from the summative of the 9 economic and financial standing evaluation criteria ratios is 50 marks. A PQQ submission shall be marked as a FAIL and will not be considered further if the score achieved is less than 50 % of the available marks (i.e. less than 25 marks).
As in III.2.1. Economic operators shall be required to satisfy minimum standards of technical capacity or professional ability. These are described in the pre-qualification document and can be summarised as: (a) demonstration of experience of working on different types of projects (the requirements are set out in full in the PQQ); and (b) demonstration of use of quality, environmental and health and safety management systems (the requirements are set out in full in the PQQ); and (c) in respect of the questions on demonstration of relevant experience in Section 4.3 of the PQQ, economic operators are required to score 50 % or more of the available maximum weighted evaluation score for each question.
As in III.2.1.
Economic operators shall be required to satisfy minimum standards of technical capacity or professional ability. These are described in the pre-qualification document and can be summarised as: (a) demonstration of experience of working on different types of projects (the requirements are set out in full in the PQQ); and (b) demonstration of use of quality, environmental and health and safety management systems (the requirements are set out in full in the PQQ); and (c) in respect of the questions on demonstration of relevant experience in Section 4.3 of the PQQ, economic operators are required to score 50 % or more of the available maximum weighted evaluation score for each question.