Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-06-16
Buyer: North Ayrshire Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71314200: Energy management services | 71314300: Energy-efficiency consultancy services | 79993000
Estimated value: 483885 GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-07-22
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: North Ayrshire Council require a managing agent to ensure successful delivery of the Home Energy Efficiency Programme for Scotland: Area Based Scheme (HEEPS:ABS).
The role of the managing agent will be to ensure the Council meets the Scottish Government targets by carrying out projects with government funding provided to the Council.
— assist with the HEEPS: ABS programme development and future bids, accessing additional funding from external sources for the duration of the contract;
— the procurement, appointment, management and quality assurance of suitably qualified energy efficiency installers/subcontractors, energy surveyors;
— leverage of Energy Company Obligation (ECO) ensuring that Scotland levers in its share of ECO funding and helping householders install a range of energy efficiency measures;
For Completion by Non-UK Businesses Only — 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.
Bidders will be required to have a minimum yearly turnover of GBP 323 000 for the last 3 years in the business area covered by the contract.
Where turnover information is not available for the time period requested, the bidder will be required to state the date which they were set up/started trading.
NAC reserve the right to review the bidders’ financial information including information from credit reference agencies at tender stage and throughout the life of the contract and seek clarifications if necessary. If clarifications are not satisfactory the bidder may be excluded from the tender process.
It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold or can commit to obtain prior to the commence of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:
Bidders will be required to provide two examples, within the last 3 years that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the services as described in part II.2.4) of this contract notice. The experience provided will be for projects of a similar value, size and scope
Bidders must provide two satisfactory references from two different contracts within the last 3 years on the reference templates provided in the instruction to tenders document. References should be completed and signed by previous customers for contracts of a similar nature, value scope and size. If any of the referees score the bidder less than two the bidder will be excluded from the tender process. Completed reference templates must be uploaded into the general attachments area of the qualification envelope in PCS-T.
Bidders will be required to confirm that they and/or the service provider have the following relevant educational and professional qualifications:
Bidders will be required to confirm whether they intend to subcontract and, if so, for what proportion of the contract.
The managing agent must provide services and energy efficiency installations in line the following standards and guidance documents:

Eligibility requirements: For Completion by Non-UK Businesses Only — 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: 483885