Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-08-25
Buyer: Revenue Scotland
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 30200000 | 48000000 | 72000000 | 72100000 | 72200000
Submission deadline: 2017-09-25
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
Revenue Scotland intend to appoint a single supplier to deliver a tax administration and management solution for devolved taxes in Scotland.
Revenue Scotland intend to appoint a single supplier to deliver a tax administration and management solution for devolved taxes in Scotland. This solution will provide the primary administrative system for tax operations and also provide an external element to allow external users to interact with Revenue Scotland. This procurement exercise will replace this existing solution and provide the associated support and infrastructure for the duration of this contract. This exercise will also look to introduce additional capabilities into the organisation to meet the needs of a tax administration including workflow, secure communications, case management and enhanced compliance capabilities. This solution will form part of the technological landscape of Revenue Scotland. This contract will also provide the on-going support and maintenance and develop in line with Revenue Scotland's needs. This procurement is a substantial part of an existing service design project which aims to have the required functionality deployed by April 2019.
The initial contract period would consist of mobilisation time (<12 months) and a 5 year contract term, with two further optional extension periods of 3 years and 2 years.
In the event that Bidders overall scores are tied, Revenue Scotland reserves the right to invite more than the stated maximum number to participate in the tender.
This procurement will be conducted through the use of the Competitive Procedure with Negotiation. All queries about this procurement must be made via the PCS messaging system.
— Statements including the specific requirements can be found within Section III.1.1, III.1.2 and III.1.3 of the Contract Notice.
— Part III, Section B of Part IV and Part V of the ESPD (Scotland) will be scored on a pass/fail basis, and Section C of Part IV of the ESPD (Scotland) will be scored in the following way:
10 = Excellent Response — Bidder response has included all relevant information and exceeds expected response
The responses to the questions of Section III.1.3 of the Contract Notice will be weighted in the following way: Please see ESPD (Scotland)
Question 4C.1.2: 60 %, 4C.8.1: 20 %, 4C.8.2: 20 % and 4C.9: 0 % — We will take the six highest scoring bidders through and they will be invited to submit a tender.
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.
Statement for 4B.4 — Bidders must demonstrate Current Ratio values for the most recent two years and it is a minimum requirement that the ratios are within the acceptable range of not less than 0.65. The Ratio is to be calculated as follows: Net Current Assets/Net Current Liabilities.
Statement for 4B.6 — Bidders are required to submit copies of their 2 most recent sets of annual audited accounts including balance sheets and profit/loss accounts (transferred into GBP and English language) and, where appropriate, shall provide additional supporting information including eg. details of any significant differences since the last set of audited accounts.
Statement for 4B.5.1-3 — It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commence of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:

Eligibility requirements: III.1.1. of the notice is not applicable to this procurement exercise.