Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2021-08-27
Buyer: Renfrewshire Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 80000000 | 80500000 | 80510000 | 80522000
Estimated value: 198000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2021-09-23
Award criteria: The most economic tender
EU fund: ERDF

Technical requirements: Renfrewshire Council seek to engage a single service provider, with the competence and capability to deliver a package of services to support the delivery of the core programme of Business Gateway Services in Renfrewshire and elements of the Business Growth Renfrewshire programme. These additional services may include Core Start Up, Business Base, Specialist Workshops, Surgeries and Expert Help Consultations for growing businesses in areas such as Marketing, Finance, Innovation, Intellectual Property, Business Strategy, Procurement, Business Planning, Digital, Tourism, Exporting, Skills and Human Resource Management.   The specification is detailed in Section 4 of the ITT document located in PCS Tender portal.
The Council is seeking to contract with a single, suitably qualified and experienced service provider, who will organise and deliver, through core or subcontracted staff, the following range of services which are client demand led:-
COVID-19 has changed the way that we engage with our local businesses. Supporting the recovery of our local economy is a key priority and our workshops, surgeries and expert help are important elements of assistance available to support local business sectors and the wider community to move on from the impacts of COVID-19.  In the short term due to current COVID-19 constraints we have introduced local webinars, on-line surgeries and tutorials to provide new ways for us to provide advice and support to businesses through the pandemic. It is expected that any 1-2-1 specialist advice will be provided remotely through MS Teams, Zoom or equivalent platform, however this may change over the period of the contract depending on the restrictions and workshops and expert services will take place within a premise.
The Council has secured EU Structural Funds (European Regional Development Fund  (ERDF)) for our Business Growth Programme.
- Professional indemnity - minimum 100,000 GBP, each and every claim (however we can accept cover in the aggregate so long as at least one automatic.
fleet and employees use their own vehicles instead, a letter signed by a person of appropriate authority confirming that the provider has ongoing arrangements in
Financial standing - Please note tenderers are required to have minimum Dun and Bradstreet (D&B) failure score of 20
The Council will use Dun and Bradstreet (D&B) to assist in its determination of the organisations financial status and risk. It is recommended that Tenderers review their own D&B Failure Score in advance of submitting their Tender Submission. If, following this review, Tenderers consider that the D&B Failure Score does not reflect their current financial status, the Tenderer should attach a document to this section giving a detailed explanation, together with any relevant supporting independent evidence. The Council will review any such information as part of the evaluation of Tenderer’s financial status. Where the Tenderer is under no obligation to publish accounts and therefore does not have a D&B Failure Score or equivalent rating, they must provide their audited financial accounts for the previous 2 years as part of their Tender Submission in order that the Council may assess these to determine the suitability of the Tenderer to undertake a contract or contracts of this size. Where a consortium bid is received, the D&B Failure Score of each consortium member shall
Bidders will be required to provide 2 (two) examples that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the services/supplies as described in the relevant section of the SPD (Scotland).
Tenderers will be required to confirm whether they intend to subcontract and, if so, for what proportion of the contract.
2. The specification for this tender can be located in ITT Document located within the technical envelope of Public Contract
3. Any contract awarded as a result of this tender exercise will be subject to Scots Law and the exclusive jurisdiction of the Scottish Courts.
4. 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.
The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 19478. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343
A sub-contract clause has been included in this contract. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2363


Award value: 198000