Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2020-09-15
Buyer: Transport Scotland
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 71242000 | 71244000 | 71246000 | 71310000 | 71311000: Civil engineering consultancy services
Estimated value: 3000000 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Transport Scotland, an agency of Scottish Government, contracts in the name of and on behalf of the Scottish Ministers. It has identified a requirement to appoint suitably experienced and qualified economic operators (consultants) to provide specialist advice and services relative to its trunk road projects.
It has been concluded that this requirement would be best met with a multi-supplier framework agreement over a 4-year period, whereby works of varied size, value and complexity can be individually called-off as required.
The framework agreement shall be procured through a competitive tender procedure in accordance with the restricted procedure as detailed in the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015
Transport Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Ministers wish to progress a procurement competition to obtain the services of suitably qualified and experienced consultants, capable of providing specialist dispute and claims advice services to support dispute/claim resolution during scheme development and/or construction stages.
Transport Scotland has identified a need for dispute and claims advice to support the delivery teams of our transport related contracts. Due to the complexity and length (in some cases up to 30 years) of some contract forms procured and managed within Transport Scotland, there is a high risk to Scottish Ministers that disputes leading to claims may have long term implications, significant impact on budgets and potentially reputational threat.
— preparation of reports as necessary to support the preparation for and the legal/ dispute resolution processes,
— liaison with other parties (including other consultants and Legal Counsel) involved in the processes as necessary,
— critical assessment of claims quantification to establish appropriateness, factual basis etc. as may be appropriate,
— review and provide recommendation relating to valuation, delay, disruption, loss and expense type claims,
It is envisaged that the services can be provided remotely at the organisations offices with attendance required on an ad-hoc basis at Transport Scotland’s offices. However, on occasion, the provider may be required to undertake the following duties:
(ii) attend meetings at Transport Scotland’s main office in Buchanan House, Glasgow or site offices as required;
The framework participants will be procured through a competitive tender procedure, in accordance with the restricted procedure as provided for in the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. The framework agreement will be for a period of 4 years. Contracts called off the framework will be of varying length depending on individual project requirements.
To be considered for this contract, economic operators are required to complete the European Single Procurement Document (ESPD) in accordance with this contract notice. Economic operators shall be evaluated in accordance with the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015, on the basis of information they have provided within the ESPD.
The ESPD can be downloaded via the Public Contracts Scotland portal (www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk).
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.


Winner: Turner and Townsend
Award value: 3000000
Number of bids: 5