Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-06-07
Buyer: Transport Scotland
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 71311000: Civil engineering consultancy services | 71311210 | 71311300
Estimated value: 2000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-07-20
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Multiple Framework Agreement for Asset Management will enable the continuation of Transport Scotland’s Asset Management Improvement Programme (AMIP). The AMIP delivers a number of tangible benefits to the practices of the organisation and it's supply chain and has been instrumental in delivering increased funding for trunk road maintenance.
Specialist asset management consultancy support is therefore required for activities including lifecycle planning; network resilience; scheme identification, prioritisation and optimisation; updates to road asset management policy, strategy and plan; information management; performance management; staff support and training. It is expected that these services will be delivered through a combination of external support and secondment.
The framework agreement will be in place for a period of 4 years to award tasks and continue beyond that period until the satisfactory completion of tasks awarded.
Transport Scotland is an agency of the Scottish Government and contracts in the name of and on behalf of the Scottish Ministers. Transport Scotland has identified the requirement to appoint consultants to undertake specialist asset management consultancy to support Transport Scotland's ongoing Asset Management Improvement Programme.
It has been concluded that this requirement would be best met through the use of a multiple supplier framework agreement.
The intent of this competition is to procure 3 suitably experienced service providers (“Framework Participants”) that will permit the execution of services in relation to projects of varying size, complexity and value.
Having three Framework Participants allows Transport Scotland to select consultants based on the availability of the most appropriate technical skills and ability. In addition, this arrangement provides flexibility to cover situations where potential conflicts of interest or capacity issues arise.
The services will generally be called off from the framework agreement on the basis of the technical ability of framework participants based on the assessment of the quality criteria of the tender. In addition, the Employer will have the option to run mini-competitions as an alternative where it considered advantageous to do so.
The Contractor will be procured through a competitive tender procedure, in accordance with the restricted procedure as provided for in the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
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). The scope of works will include, but not limited to:
— identifying and developing procedures for improved value for money and efficiency in trunk road asset management and maintenance contracts,
— enhancing the Trunk Road and Bus Operations (TRBO)Customer Strategy to set out how we identify, engage with, inform and respond to customers. The Customer Strategy sets out how TRBO identifies, engages with, informs and responds to stakeholders in order to provide a positive customer experience.
The service provider may be required to provide seconded staff to be located in the offices of Transport Scotland.
It is intended that a minimum of five economic operators be taken forward to tender stage. These economic operators shall be those who have:

Eligibility requirements: Economic operators must be enrolled in the relevant professional or trade registers kept in the Member state of its establishment (as described in Schedule 5 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015) (i.e. registered under Companies House). Economic operators should provide details under Question Ref. 4A.1. Qualifications and Experience. It is a requirement of the Contract that staff employed under the Contract shall have minimum levels of experience, education and professional qualifications. In particular, the top management of the frameworks appointee shall be a Chartered Professional or equivalent with considerable experience at a senior level of managing integrated teams and other specialisms relevant to the provision and performance of the services. The Framework Director shall be a Chartered Professional or equivalent with recognised professional qualifications relevant to road infrastructure. They will have significant experience in providing strategic advice and support in all aspects of infrastructure asset management to clients in the public and / or regulated sector. In addition, they will have demonstrable experience in quality management and ensuring the delivery of outputs in line with the client's requirements for projects of a similar scope and value proposed to be undertaken through this framework agreement. The Framework Manager shall be a Chartered Professional or equivalent with recognised professional qualifications relevant to road infrastructure with considerable post chartered experience in a senior position of managing teams relevant to the provision and performance of similar Services to public and / or regulated sector clients. Asset Management Specialists shall have a degree and relevant professional qualification with considerable experience in the development and embedment of strategic asset management policies, plans and regimes.

Award value: 2000000