Public procurement notice: Additional Information
Published: 2018-11-16
Buyer: Transport Scotland
Country: UK
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Competitive dialogue
CPV classification: 45220000 | 45221100: Bridge construction works | 45221110 | 45221111 | 45233000: Construction work for highways and roads
Submission deadline: 2018-11-28
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Servicios de reparación, mantenimiento y servicios asociados relacionados con carreteras y otros equipos
Services de réparation, d'entretien et services connexes relatifs au transport routier et à d'autres équipements
Serviços de reparação e manutenção e serviços conexos relacionados com estradas e outros equipamentos
Servicii de reparare şi de întreţinere şi servicii conexe pentru transportul rutier şi pentru alte echipamente
The provision of integrated network management; routine, winter and emergency maintenance; renewal and improvement works and other such works; design and supervision of renewal and improvement works and such other work on the specified trunk roads within the unit.
The contract will include indicative maximum value thresholds for categories of ordered work. These thresholds are subject to change during the contract based on the performance of the service provider.
Economic operators shall be required to satisfy minimum standards and to provide proof of economic and financial standing. To determine these standards each Economic Operator Ultimate Parent Company shall provide the information request below for the last 2 years of trading:
(a) in response to ESPD Question Ref. 4B.1.1 provide the specified annual turnover for the last 2 years of trading, or for the period which is available if trading for less than 2 years;
(b) in response to ESPD Question Ref. 4B.5a, 4B.5b and 4B.5c confirm they already have or can commit to obtain, prior to commencement of the contract the required levels of insurance;
(c) in response to ESPD Question Ref. 4B.6 provide a link to or copies of the associated annual accounts filed at Companies House (or equivalent if not a UK registered company) for the last 2 years of trading, or for the period which is available if less than 2 years. As an Ultimate Parent Company Guarantee is required for this Contract, the information requested should be provided for the Ultimate Parent Company only as it will be the Ultimate Parent Company for each economic operator who will be evaluated as a requirement for this Contract. In the case of a consortium bid, the Ultimate Parent Company of each economic operator is required to provide copies of its annual accounts. This information has been requested to enable Transport Scotland to perform their assessment as detailed in the attached supplementary document reference "III.1.2 Economic and Financial Standing Evaluation Criteria Ratios and Scoring — NMC"; and
(d) in response to ESPD Question Ref. 4B.6 confirm that not later than 30 days prior to the Commencements of Service Date, you will provide a validly executed Bond and Undertaking by an insurance company or bank which shall be jointly and severally bound with the operating company in the sum of 2 000 000 GBP for the due performance of this Contract under the terms of such Bond and Undertaking.
Economic operators shall be required to satisfy minimum standards and to provide proof of economic and financial standing. To determine these standards each Economic Operator shall provide the information requested below.
(a) in response to ESPD Question Ref. 4B.1.1 provide the specified annual turnover for the last 2 years of trading, or for the period which is available if trading for less than 2 years. For the purposes of financial standing assessment, bidders will submit annual turnover for the economic operator that is bidding, unless the bidder is relying on the capacity of another entity under and in terms of Regulation 64 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015;
(b) in response to ESPD Question Ref 4B.5a, 4B.5b and 4B.5c confirm they already have or can commit to obtain, prior to commencement of the contract the required levels of insurance;
(c) in response to ESPD Question Ref 4B.6 provide a link to or copies of the associated annual accounts filed at Companies House (or equivalent if not a UK registered company) for the last 2 years of trading, or for the period which is available if less than 2 years. For the purposes of financial standing assessment, bidders will submit copies of accounts for the economic operator that is bidding, unless the bidder is relying on the capacity of another entity under and in terms of Regulation 64 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. A parent company guarantee will be required for this Contract. Further detail will be set out in the procurement documents. The parent company guarantee will be required from a direct parent company or where appropriate (and at Transport Scotland’s discretion) the guarantor may be another group company of the economic operator submitting a bid or entity relied on in terms of Regulation 64 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. In the case of a joint venture or consortium, a guarantee will be required from the share/equity holders within the joint venture or consortium or where appropriate (and at Transport Scotland’s discretion) from another group company of the relevant share/equity holders).