Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-02-15
Buyer: Helmsdale and District Development Trust
Country: UK
Region: Caithness & Sutherland and Ross & Cromarty
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 32400000 | 32412100 | 32521000 | 32522000 | 64200000
Estimated value: 260000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-03-17
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Provision of Next Generation Broadband infrastructure and services to the Helmsdale and District community areas within the Strath of Kildonan and parts of Strath Halladale.
Helmsdale & District Development Trust a company limited by guarantee with charitable status (Company SC 420622, Charity Number SC 043078) established under the Companies Act 2006 and regulated by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, working in partnership with Community Broadband Scotland (CBS), a Scottish Government initiative led by Highlands and Islands Enterprise wishes to identify a supplier procured under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015, who can provide a Next Generation Access (NGA) State Aid compliant (SA. 40720 2016/N) infrastructure that will enable access to NGA services at greater than 30 Mbps to all premises in the project area (subject to any technical and funding constraints). The successful bidder will contract with the Helmsdale & District Development Trust.
This contract will not be divided into lots as this would make the execution of the contract excessively technically difficult.
Statements including the specific requirements can be found within Section III.1.1, III.1.2 and III.1.3 of the Contract Notice.
Bidders must pass the minimum standards sections of the ESPD and Part III (Exclusion Grounds). Section B of Part IV will be scored on a pass/fail basis. Section C of Part IV of the ESPD will be scored in the following way:
0 — Unacceptable. Nil or inadequate response. Fails to demonstrate previous experience/capacity/capability relevant to this criterion. No Documented Quality, Safety & Environmental processes.
1 — Poor. Response is partially relevant but generally poor. The response shows some elements of relevance to the criterion but contains insufficient/ limited detail or explanation to demonstrate previous relevant experience/ capacity/capability.
2 — Acceptable. Response is relevant and acceptable. The response demonstrates broad previous experience, knowledge and skills/ capacity/ adaptability but may lack in some aspects of similarity e.g. previous experience, knowledge or skills may not be of a similar nature. Documented Quality, Safety & Environmental processes and/or working towards Quality, Safety & Environmental certification.
3 — Good. Response is relevant and good. The response is sufficiently detailed to demonstrate a good amount of experience, knowledge or skills/ capacity/ capability relevant to providing similar services to similar clients.
4 — Excellent. Response is completely relevant and excellent overall. The response is comprehensive, unambiguous and demonstrates thorough experience, knowledge or skills/capacity/capability relevant to providing similar services to similar clients. Quality, Safety & Environmental certification held.
The questions to be addressed at Section B of Part IV and Section C of Part IV of the ESPD are set out at Section III.1.2 and III 1.3 of this Contract Notice and will be weighted the following way:
Technical and Professional Ability Question 4C.1.2: 60 %, Question 4C.8.1: 20 % and Question 4C.8.2: 20 %.
For Section C of Part IV of the ESPD the score obtained for each answer will be divided by the maximum possible score (of 4) and multiplied by the relevant weighting to derive the weighted score for each answer. The aggregate of all weighted scores shall deliver a total weighted score out of 100. We will take the five highest scoring bidders through and they will be invited to submit an initial tender (subject always to their meeting the minimum requirements set out elsewhere in this Contract Notice).
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/524806/Use_of_Existing_Infrastructure_Code_of_Conduct.pdf. The Code of Conduct must be completed and returned with the Bidders response to this ESPD.
Bidders are also subject to a separate Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) as a condition of access to key information required to participate in the tender process. This key information includes Ordnance Survey Premises data which Bidders cannot access until proof that an Ordnance Survey User License is held or until the One Scotland Mapping Agreement (OSMA) Ordnance Survey End User License is completed.

Eligibility requirements: Not applicable.

Award value: 260000