Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-04-20
Buyer: West Lothian Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 44212100 | 44212120 | 45221100: Bridge construction works | 71631450
Estimated value: 180000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-05-21
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: West Lothian Council seek to appoint a suitably experienced and qualified contractor to monitor and report on cathodic protection systems at seven named structures within the West Lothian area for a maximum of 7 years contract period.
West Lothian Council seeks to appoint a suitably experiened and qualified contractor for the provision of monitoring of cathodic protection systems at seven named structures in the West Lothian area. Bidders must review all tender documents attached to the ITT prior to submitting a bid.
2— directly employ certified personnel to Level IV in the reinforced concrete sector in accordance with BS EN 15257:2006 cathodic protection – Competence levels of cathodic protection persons who shall undertake all of the works as described,
3— directly employ personnel certified to a minimum of MICorr as certified by the institute of corrosion.
West Lothian Council will use Dun and Bradstreet’s DBAi financial reporting system to assess the financial stability of tenderers. Tenderers with a failure score of 35 or above on the DBAi system will be deemed to have evidenced satisfactory financial stability. Please note that 35- (minus) will not be considered as having met this criteria. If a tenderer has a failure score of less than 35, the tenderer may be required to submit their last 3 years accounts.
In the event that the tenderer is not required to publish accounts and therefore does not have a Dun & Bradstreet or equivalent rating, tenderers should be able to provide financial accounts when requested. The council will then conduct an analysis of the accounts to ensure that there is no significant financial risk. Please note that if you intend on attaching 2 years accounts, these must include financial data over a 3 years period.
It is recommended that candidates review their own Dun & Bradstreet Score in advance of submitting their tender. If following this review tenderers consider that the Dun & Bradstreet Score does not reflect their current financial status, details of this should be provided, complete with evidence of a good high street credit rating (the equivalent of Dun & Bradstreet score 35) from a recognised credit referencing agency. The council will review any such information as part of the evaluation of tenderer’s financial status.
In the event that a firm does not meet the financial criteria for consideration but has a parent company that does, the firm may still be eligible for consideration where their tender submission is supported by a parent company guarantee.
Should after review of the financial evaluation the tenderer fail, then the tender submission may be rejected.
With reference to ESPD 4B.5, it is a requirement of the contract that bidders hold or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:
With reference to ESPD question 4C.1.2; Bidders will be required to provide examples that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the works /services as described in part II.2.4 of the OJEU notice.
With reference to ESPD question 4C.2; Bidders will be required to confirm details of the technicians or technical bodies who they can call upon, especially those responsible for quality control.
With reference to ESPD question 4C.3; Bidders will be required to demonstrate that they have, or have access to, the appropriate technical facilities, study and research facilities and quality measures to deliver the types of requirements detailed in II.2.4 in the OJEU contract notice.
With reference to ESPD question 4C.4; Bidders will be required to confirm that they have, or have access to, the relevant supply chain management and tracking systems used by them to deliver the types of requirements detailed in II.2.4 in the OJEU contract notice.
With reference to ESPD question 4C.7; Bidders will be required to confirm that they will employ environmental management measures.

Eligibility requirements: 1— Members of the corrosion prevention association, 2— directly employ certified personnel to Level IV in the reinforced concrete sector in accordance with BS EN 15257:2006 cathodic protection – Competence levels of cathodic protection persons who shall undertake all of the works as described, 3— directly employ personnel certified to a minimum of MICorr as certified by the institute of corrosion.

Award value: 180000