Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-05-30
Buyer: Fife Council
Country: UK
Region: Clackmannanshire and Fife
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 34210000 | 45310000 | 50117000: Motor vehicle conversion and maintenance services | 50117100
Submission deadline: 2017-06-28
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Fife Council require a contractor who can provide internal panelling, additional equipment, body/tipper conversions and modifications for Fife Council's vehicle fleet.
Economic Operators may be excluded from this completion if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
The bidder should provide its (‘general’) yearly turnover for the last 2 financial years. The minimum yearly turnover economic operators are required to have twice the estimated contract value / annual contract value.
Bidders will be required to state the value(s) for the following financial ratio(s) from the last 2 years:
The Current Ratio will be applied — Current Assets will be divided by Current Liabilities. Tenderers are to provide their current assets and Current liabilities in relation to their published accounts for the last 2 years. Tenderers are expected to achieve a ratio of 1 or more. Where a Tenderer does not meet this requirement further details should be provided to confirm why and the Council may undertake additional financial checks and a qualitative judgement shall be made as to the financial capacity of the Tenderer.
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 and levels of insurance indicated below:
Bidders will be required to confirm whether they intend to subcontract and, if so, for what proportion of the contract.
1 — Poor — response is partially relevant and poor. The response addresses some elements of the requirement but contains insufficient/limited detail or explanation to demonstrate how the requirement will be fulfilled.
2 — Acceptable — response is relevant and acceptable. The response addresses a broad understanding of the requirement but may lack details on how the requirement will be fulfilled in certain areas.
3 — Good — response is relevant and good. The response is sufficiently detailed to demonstrate a good understanding and provides details on how the requirements will be fulfilled.
4 — Excellent — response is completely relevant and excellent overall. The response is comprehensive, unambiguous and demonstrates a thorough understanding of the requirement and provides details of how the requirement will be met in full.
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Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2361