Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-08-21
Buyer: Inverness Campus Owners Association
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 79710000: Security services
Submission deadline: 2018-09-19
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The purpose of this contract is to provide a front of house customer facing role to all Campus users (employees based on site, visitors and members of the public) to provide a welcoming and safe environment, through regular foot patrols and CCTV monitoring. The Supplier shall provide a professionally-managed, high quality customer service and security guarding service, which complies with all mandatory requirements as identified in the Scope of Services and complies with all legislation governing the security industry. Through the use of industry best practice and the introduction of innovation, the service will achieve and demonstrate value for money on a continuous basis.
This new contract is expected to be awarded by November 2018 and will have a start date of 9.12.2018.
It will be let for an initial period of 3 years, unless terminated in accordance with the provisions of the Contract, with ICOA having the option to extend for a period or periods together not exceeding 12 calendar months following the Initial Term.
The 3 year budget currently available to deliver this service is between 300 000 GBP and GBP400,000 (excluding VAT).
The contract will be awarded for an initial period of 3 years with ICOA having the option to extend for a period or periods together not exceeding 1 calendar years following the Initial Term.
ICOA may require the supplier to provide additional services. Any such modification shall be in terms of Regulation 72 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
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.
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, for each and every claim:
— 4B5c Keys – minimum of 10 000 GBP on loss of keys and 10 000 GBP on any consequential loss following loss of keys.
4C6 In line with Scottish Government contracts the bidder and their subcontractors will be required to hold approved contractor status from the Security Industry Authority (SIA) for security guarding, key holding and CCTV by the date for receipt of bids. All personnel used to deliver this contract must have appropriate and valid Security Industry Authority Licences as well as a minimum of "Standard" disclosure from Disclosure Scotland. https://www.sia.homeoffice.gov.uk/Pages/acs-roac.aspx
Bidders will be required to provide their ACS reference number and expiry date of their SIA approved contractor status. This will be verified by ICOA against the online database and will be evaluated on a Pass/Fail basis.
ICOA reserves the right to re-tender for these services upon termination of the contract or at the end of the contract period, including any extension period.
In order to participate, bidders should register, for free, on the Public Contracts Scotland (PCS) website (www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk) and record their interest in this contract and download and complete all relevant documentation.
Tenders must be submitted via the PCS postbox and must be received by the published deadline. Late tenders will not be accepted and HIE will reject any submissions received after the deadline. Hard copy responses will not be accepted.
PCS also gives suppliers access to an on-line Question and Answer facility which allows queries to be submitted (anonymously) and answers published and shared with all potential bidders.