Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-07-12
Buyer: Scottish Government
Country: UK
Region: SCOTLAND
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 22200000 | 72310000: Data processing services | 72416000: Application service providers | 79310000 | 79330000
Estimated value: 2668000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-08-12
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Scottish Ministers wish to award a Framework Agreement for the provision of Media Services. The Framework will be tendered over 2 Lots, with a single Contractor appointed to each Lot. The Authority is seeking to appoint a single Contractor per Lot, who will be in a position to provide these Media Services via a web based portal. Contractors may seek to do this using their own resources or with the help of consortia partners or sub-contractor(s). If elements of the service are provided through a consortia or sub-contracting arrangement, it is important that the portal is fully integrated and offers Framework Public Bodies seamless access to the services.
The Scottish Ministers wish to award a Framework Agreement for the provision of Media Services. The Framework will be tendered over 2 Lots, with a single Contractor appointed to each Lot.
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.
Award Criteria — please note that further information on award criteria can be found in the Invitation to Tender documentation.
1. The Scottish Ministers wish to award a Framework Agreement for the provision of Media Services. The Framework will be tendered over 2 Lots, with a single Contractor appointed to each Lot.
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.
Award Criteria — please note that further information on the award criteria can be found in the Invitation to Tender documentation.
This section refers to Section B of Part IV of the ESPD (Scotland) and covers questions 4B.4 and 4B.5.
4B.5 It is a requirement of this Framework/contract that bidders hold or can commit to obtain prior to the commence of any subsequently awarded Framework/contract the types and levels of insurance indicated below:
(a) Employers' Liability insurance in respect of Staff in accordance with any legal requirement from time-to-time in force;
Lot 1 — The Contractor is required to recognise, understand and follow all legal requirements in place concerning the provision of press cuttings; e.g. as set by the Newspaper Licensing Agency (NLA) or Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA). E.g. where required to provide these services, the Contractor must ensure they hold the necessary NLA or CLA licenses. Bidders must confirm that their business will be fully compliant with the requirements of the Newspaper Licensing Agency (NLA) and the Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) by the service trial date (8 weeks prior to Framework Commencement), in accordance with Schedule 1A — Statement of Requirements and in the provision of all services in Lot 1.
Note: The buyer is using PCS-Tender to carry out this procurement process. Please note this is a separate website and if you are not already registered, registration will be required.
To access PCS-Tender, record your interest in this notice and access the tender documentation please visit https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk and search for project Code project_5938 under ITTs Open to All Suppliers. Please use the Search/Filter function, then select Project Code from the drop-down. Please note that once you have expressed interest in the ITT it will move to your My ITTs area.
For further information on using PCS-Tender, please read the Supplier Response Guide: https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/esop/pts-host/public/pts/supplierhelppage/PCS-TSupplierResponseGuide.pdf
If you have already registered on Public Contracts Scotland and PCS-Tender and paired your accounts you can access PCS-Tender through your Public Contracts Scotland Control Panel.


Award value: 2668000