Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-11-02
Buyer: Renfrewshire Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 45260000
Estimated value: 40000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-12-05
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: To manage and carry out external envelope works to residential (mixed tenure) properties throughout the Renfrewshire locale.
If required by the member state, bidders are required to be enrolled in the relevant professional or trade registers within the country in which they are established.
B.5.1) 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:
— statutory third party motor vehicle insurance: unlimited for death/injury and minimum 5 000 000 GBP for property damage.
4B.6) The Council will utilise Dun and Bradstreet (D&B) to calculate a Failure Score. Candidates (including all participants in a group) are required to have a Failure Score of 30 or above in order to demonstrate its financial strength and stability.
4B.5.1) Candidates must self-declare as part of the ESPD (Scotland), as contained in the qualification envelope that they will have the requested insurance cover as detailed in the ITP document, the ESPD and Contract Notice, or commit to obtain the insurance prior to the commencement of the Contract. Candidates will be required to provide evidence of this cover in the form of the following:
a letter from their company’s insurance broker confirming the insurances the insurance broker has arranged on behalf of their company. This is normally referred to as a “to whom it may concern“ letter and includes summary details of the insurance cover held including the name of the insurer or underwriter, the policy number, the date cover begins and ends, the extent of the cover, including indemnity limits, excess levels and any special conditions or warranties applicable. The letter must be provided in electronic format.
If Candidates do not currently hold this level of cover they may in the ESPD (Scotland) state that in the event of being successful in the procurement process for a contract, the required insurance cover will be put in place. Evidence of the required insurance cover will be a condition of entering into a contract. It is condition of the Contract that these minimum indemnity levels be held for the duration of the Contract and updated evidence will be required on the insurance renewal date.
Candidates unable to commit to obtain the levels of insurance detailed above will be assessed as a fail and be excluded from the competition.
4B.6) Candidates who do not achieve a minimum D&B failure score of 30 and above and fail to provide any additional explanation or supporting information may be assessed as a fail and excluded from the competition.
The contract will include performance conditions relating to fair working practices and community benefits.
A subcontract clause has been included in this contract. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2363
Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2361
Please refer to the Invitation to Tender document for more information on Community Benefit requirements.

Eligibility requirements: If required by the member state, bidders are required to be enrolled in the relevant professional or trade registers within the country in which they are established.

Award value: 40000000