Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-08-01
Buyer: Scottish Government
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72222300: Information technology services | 75100000 | 79620000
Estimated value: 84000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-09-06
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: This Framework Agreement is for the provision of Interim professional staff services on a National basis (throughout the whole of Scotland). The Framework Agreement will be for a maximum period of 48 months. Contractors must be capable of supplying suitably qualified interim workers covering a diverse range of skill sets that have been through the relevant disclosure/security processes. Interim workers should be suitably trained and experienced to perform the duties required of them and must be eligible to work in the United Kingdom.
This Framework Agreement is for the provision of Interim professional staff services on a National basis (throughout the whole of Scotland). The Framework Agreement will be for a maximum period of 48 months. Contractors must be capable of supplying suitably qualified interim workers covering a diverse range of skill sets that have been through the relevant disclosure/security processes. Interim workers should be suitably trained and experienced to perform the duties required of them and must be eligible to work in the United Kingdom. The contractor must be able to provide coverage Nationally (whole of Scotland), with consistent levels of service for varied assignment types and terms as required by the Framework public bodies, on a cost effective and best value basis. Contractors will be able to provide interim workers to meet requirements at the Framework public bodies’ premises as and when required. Contractors must provide comprehensive management information throughout the duration of the Framework Agreement and any Call-Off Contract awarded under the Framework, to all participating Framework public bodies.
There must be no qualification or contra-indication from any evidence provided in support of the bidders economic and financial standing.
In the event that the bidder does not meet the financial criteria for consideration but has a parent company that does, the tenderer may still be eligible for consideration where their Tender submission is supported by a Parent company guarantee.
It is a requirement of this Framework 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 must provide a separate ESPD response from entities upon whose capability / capacity they rely on in order to meet any selection criteria including Economic and Financial standing.
Bidders will be required to confirm whether they intend to subcontract and, if so, for what proportion of the contract.
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 2015.
Technical envelope — Tenderers who provide a ‘NO’ answer to Q 2.1.2 or fail to achieve a moderated average score of ‘2’ or more against questions 2.3.1, 2.3.3, 2.4.1, 2.4.2 and 2.6.1 will result in their tender not being considered further and will not be included in the price/quality ratio calculation.
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.
The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 11382. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343
A sub-contract clause has been included in this contract. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2363
Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2361
— consider opportunities for the involvement of SMEs and/or third sector organisations in delivery of this Framework,
An economic operator that suffers or risks suffering loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court of Session.


Award value: 84000000