Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-02-27
Buyer: Scottish Government
Country: UK
Region: SCOTLAND
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 30200000 | 30213200 | 30237000 | 72500000
Estimated value: 40000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-04-14
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Scottish Ministers, acting through Scottish Procurement seek to establish a single supplier Framework Agreement for the provision of Tablet Client Devices and associated services. The duration of the Framework Agreement will be up to 4 years. The estimated value range quoted in this notice are for a 4 year period. The Framework Agreement will be available for use by the Scottish Ministers (including Agencies), Scottish Non-Departmental Public Bodies, offices in the Scottish Administration which are not ministerial offices, cross- border public authorities within the meaning of section 88(5) of the Scotland Act 1998, the Scotland Office, the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body, councils constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, the Scottish Police Authority, Scottish health boards or special health boards, all NHS Scotland, The Integrated Joint Boards established further to the Public Bodies (Joint Working) Act 2014, bodies registered as social landlords under the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001, Student Loans Company Limited, the Forestry Commission, the Commissioner of Northern Lighthouse operating as the Northern Lighthouse Board, Equality and Human Rights Commission, Business Stream Ltd, the Business Gateway National Unit at the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, further or higher education institutions being fundable bodies within the meaning of section 6 of the further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005, any public body established by or under the Scotland Act 1998 or any Act of the Scottish Parliament, any association of or formed by one or more of the foregoing, bodies financed wholly or mainly by one or more of the foregoing, bodies subject to management supervision by one or more of the foregoing and bodies more than half of the board of directors or members of which, or, in the case of a group of individuals, more than half of those individuals, being appointed by 1 or more of the foregoing. In addition to the contracting authorities listed, the framework agreement will be available to charities entered on the Scottish Charity Register and voluntary organisations entered on the Membership Database of the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations.
Information about the Review of Public Procurement in Scotland and links to the other Centres of Expertise are available at:
NOTE: The buyer is using PCS-Tender to carry out this procurement process. Please note this is a separate website and if you are not already registered, registration will be required.
To access PCS-Tender, record your interest in this notice and access the tender documentation please visit https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk and search for project Code 11288 under ITTs Open to All Suppliers. Please use the Search/Filter function, then select Project Code from the drop-down. Please note that once you have expressed interest in the ITT it will move to your My ITTs area.
For further information on using PCS-Tender, please read the Supplier Response Guide: https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/esop/pts-host/public/pts/supplierhelppage/PCS-TSupplierResponseGuide.pdf
If you have already registered on Public Contracts Scotland and PCS-Tender and paired your accounts you can access PCS-Tender through your Public Contracts Scotland Control Panel.
The scope of the framework is for the provision of Tablet Client Devices, accessories and all services associated with the deployment of these devices.
The initial contract duration will be 24 months. There will be the option to extend for a further period, or periods, up to a maximum of 24 months, giving a maximum contract duration of 48 months.
Parent Company and/or other guarantees of performance and financial liability may be required by Scottish Procurement. Participants will be advised during the procurement process if these are required.
Where consortia or other groupings of organisations submit a bid, they must be bound jointly and severally. Such consortia or other groupings of organisations must nominate a lead member to deal with the Scottish Government on all matters relating to this procurement exercise.
As stated in the tender documentation, candidates may be excluded in accordance with Regulation 23 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2012.
(1) All candidates will be required to provide statements of accounts or extracts from those accounts relating to their business.
There will be a mandatory requirement to submit evaluation tablet client devices which meet the technical requirements detailed in the tender documentation. These devices will be subject to a rigorous technical evaluation to ensure they meet the minimum requirements of the framework in terms of specification, functionality, performance and lifespan. Evaluation devices must be submitted no later than 14:00 GMT on Thursday 14.4.2016. There is a minimum requirement to provide tablet client devices which meet the minimum technical specification, for the duration of the Framework Agreement.
The document titled ‘ITT — Minimum Specification — Tablet Client Devices’ refers and is located within the General Attachments area of PCS-Tender.
An economic operator that suffers or risks suffering loss or damage attributable to breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2012 may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or Court of Session.

Eligibility requirements: As stated in the tender documentation, candidates may be excluded in accordance with Regulation 23 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2012. (1) All candidates will be required to provide statements of accounts or extracts from those accounts relating to their business. There will be a mandatory requirement to submit evaluation tablet client devices which meet the technical requirements detailed in the tender documentation. These devices will be subject to a rigorous technical evaluation to ensure they meet the minimum requirements of the framework in terms of specification, functionality, performance and lifespan. Evaluation devices must be submitted no later than 14:00 GMT on Thursday 14.4.2016. There is a minimum requirement to provide tablet client devices which meet the minimum technical specification, for the duration of the Framework Agreement. The document titled ‘ITT — Minimum Specification — Tablet Client Devices’ refers and is located within the General Attachments area of PCS-Tender.
(1) All candidates will be required to provide statements of accounts or extracts from those accounts relating to their business.
There will be a mandatory requirement to submit evaluation tablet client devices which meet the technical requirements detailed in the tender documentation. These devices will be subject to a rigorous technical evaluation to ensure they meet the minimum requirements of the framework in terms of specification, functionality, performance and lifespan. Evaluation devices must be submitted no later than 14:00 GMT on Thursday 14.4.2016. There is a minimum requirement to provide tablet client devices which meet the minimum technical specification, for the duration of the Framework Agreement. The document titled ‘ITT — Minimum Specification — Tablet Client Devices’ refers and is located within the General Attachments area of PCS-Tender.