Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-09-05
Buyer: East Lothian Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services | 85142100 | 85312320
Estimated value: 635000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-10-07
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The provision and management of an occupational health, employee counselling and physiotherapy services for East Lothian Council.
Lot 2 is for the provision and management of an employee counselling service for East Lothian Council, as detailed in Lot 2 service specification.
Option to extend the initial 3-year period (36 months) for a further 2 periods of up to 12 months on each occasion.
Lot 3 is for the provision and management of a physiotherapy service for East Lothian Council, as detailed in Lot 3 service specification.
Option to extend the initial 3-year (36 months) period for a further 2 periods of up to 12 months on each occasion.
Lot 1 is for the provision and management of an occupational health service for East Lothian Council, as detailed in Lot 1 service specification.
Option to extend the 3-year period (36 months) for a further 2 periods of up to (12 months) on each occasion.
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 2016.
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.
(a) a copy of your audited accounts or equivalent for the most recent 2 years (2 sets of signed, audited accounts), along with details of any significant changes since the last year end.
(b) a statement of your organisation's turnover; profit and cash flow for the most recent full year of trading or where a full year trading has not been completed the same information for the period applicable. Note: if this information is not available in an audited format please provide an end of period balance sheet or make the response specified in option (c) below.
(c) If you are unable to provide the information requested above, please provide additional information and documentation that will give the authority the assurance that you are capable of carrying out any subsequent awarded contract. For example, a statement of your organisation's cash flow forecast for the current year and a letter from your bank outlining the current cash and credit position or other alternative means of demonstrating financial standing.
The financial information will be evaluated using the East Lothian Council financial health evaluation flowchart (available in the attachments section on PCS-Tenders). The financial information provided will require to meet the following criteria.
Where the information provided does not meet item (i) but there is an improving trend East Lothian Council may consider items (ii) and (iii) and will have discretion, with regard to the evidence provided and taking into account the level of risk to East Lothian Council, as to whether a bidder will pass this requirement. East Lothian Council may also request a parent company guarantee where this is appropriate.
Bidders will be required to provide 3 examples from last 3 years that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience and capacity to deliver the contract. These examples will be for projects which are similar to East Lothian Council's requirements. The Council reserves the right to contract any or all of the companies provided in the previous examples to ascertain performance, the bidder should ensure that companies listed would be willing to discuss the bidders performance with the Council.

Eligibility requirements: 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 2016. 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: 635000