Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-06-13
Buyer: Stirling Council
Country: UK
Region: Perth & Kinross and Stirling
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 45259000 | 50111000: Fleet management and maintenance services | 50118200
Estimated value: 1300000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-07-14
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Lot 1 — Stirling Council wishes to award a framework contract with suitable contractors for the provision of maintenance services for its Council owned Large Goods Vehicle fleet, Trailers, Mobile and Fixed Plant. The Services required include MOT, LOLER, Maintenance, Servicing, Inspection and Repair.
Lot 2 — Stirling Council wishes to award a framework contract with suitable contractors for the provision of a 24 hours, 365 days a year national breakdown and recovery service.
Stirling Council wishes to award a framework contract with suitable contractors for the provision of maintenance services for its Council owned Large Goods Vehicle fleet, Trailers, Mobile and Fixed Plant. The Services required include MOT, LOLER, Maintenance, Servicing, Inspection and Repair.
Stirling Council wishes to award a framework contract with suitable contractors for the provision of a 24 hours, 365 days a year national breakdown and recovery service.
4B.1 — Tenderers are required to have a minimum ‘general’ annual turnover of 350 000 GBP for the last 2 financial years. Where a Tenderer does not have an annual turnover of this value, the Council may exclude the Tenderer from the competition or may apply discretion seeking supporting evidence to determine the Tenderer's suitability to proceed in the competition. Where this information is not available due to a new company being established a business plan should be provided demonstrating how the organisation will meet the annual turnover requirement.
The formula for calculating a Tenderer's liquidity ratio is (current assets — stock or work in progress) divided by current liabilities. The acceptable range for each financial ratio is greater than 0.8. Where a Tenderer's Liquidity ratio is less than the acceptable value, the Council may exclude the Tenderer from the competition or may apply discretion seeking supporting evidence to determine the Tenderer's suitability to proceed in the competition.
4B.5 — Tenderers are required to hold, or commit to obtaining prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:
Where a Tenderer does not hold or commit to obtaining the types and levels of insurance indicated, the Council will exclude the Tenderer from the competition.
The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent), accredited independent third party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS OHSAS 18001 (or equivalent) or have, within the last 12 months, successfully met the assessment requirements of a construction-related scheme in registered membership of the Safety Schemes in Procurement (SSIP) forum.
4a The bidder must have a regularly reviewed and documented policy for Health and Safety (H&S) management, endorsed by the Chief Executive Officer, or equivalent. The policy must be relevant to the nature and scale of the work and set out responsibilities for H&S management at all levels within the organisation. The policy must be relevant to the nature and scale of your operations and set out your company's responsibilities of health and safety management and compliance with legislation.
Note: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=498441
The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx
Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.
Download the ESPD document here: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ESPD/ESPD_Download.aspx?id=498441


Award value: 1300000