Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-07-12
Buyer: Scottish Government
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71240000 | 71313000: Environmental engineering consultancy services | 71314000: Energy and related services | 71318000: Lighting engineering services | 71350000
Estimated value: 1000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-08-14
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: This procurement is for the re-let of the 2014 Scottish Government “Framework Agreement for the Provision of Strategic Environmental Assessment, Appropriate Assessment and Marine Planning Services and Advice to Support Sustainable Economic Development in Scottish Marine Waters” which expires on 30.9.2018. For the forthcoming call-off framework, it is envisaged that there will be a continued focus on community engagement and economic development in relation to offshore renewable energy, as well as a growing focus on strategic planning projects relating to grid infrastructure in support of offshore renewables. There will also be a focus on ensuring that sectoral plans are updated to cover any new leasing rounds and consider new technologies, such as floating wind.
This section refers to Section B of Part IV of the ESPD (Scotland) and covers questions 4B.2-6 of the ESPD (Scotland).
4B.1.1: bidders will be required to have a minimum “specific” yearly turnover of 500 000 GBP for the last 2 years.
In the event that the bidder does not comply with this requirement, they will not be considered any further in this tendering exercise.
As evidence for the ESPD (Scotland) question 4B.1.1, the procurement officer may ask for annual accounts from the bidder.
4B.3: where turnover information is not available for the time period requested, the bidder will be required to state the date which they were set up /started trading, a parent company guarantee may be requested.
There must be no qualification or contra-indication from any evidence provided in support of the bidders economic and financial standing.
4B.5: it is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the types of insurance indicated below:
4C.1.2: bidders will be required to provide examples that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the services /supplies as described in the contract notice or the relevant section of the site notice.
4C.2: bidders will be required to provide details of the technicians or technical bodies the bidder can call upon, especially those responsible for quality control in relation to this procurement exercise,
4C.3: bidders will be required to provide details of the technical facilities and measures for ensuring quality and the study and research facilities used,
4C.4: bidders are required to provide a statement of the relevant supply chain management and /or tracking systems used,
4C.7: bidders will be required to confirm that they will employ environmental management measures as detailed in 4C.12,
4C.9: bidders should provide details of relevant tools, plant or technical equipment available to you in relation to this procurement exercise,


Award value: 1000000