Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2020-05-29
Buyer: Zero Waste Scotland Ltd
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 66171000 | 72224000: Project management consultancy services | 79111000 | 79310000 | 79400000
Estimated value: 5000000 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender
EU fund: ERDF

Technical requirements: Zero waste scotland wishes to appoint a contractor/s for the provision of technical, specialist and general business support functions to support the delivery of the circular economy business support service. This will be through a multi-lot, multiple supplier framework agreement.
Support may be provided at locations across Scotland, including the Highlands and Islands, dependent upon the location of the support recipient.
The technical services provided will support the Circular Economy Primer workstream by helping ensure that supported SMEs are better developed and equipped in terms of knowledge, guidance and understanding necessary to identify and implement circular economy approaches that incentivise sustainable consumption and deliver sustainable production in fulfilment of the SMEs services and/or products.
It is essential that the range of support services provided through this Lot are delivered in ways that are innovative, flexible and sufficiently adaptable to a range of SME types primarily across (but not limited to) the priority sectors.
Zero Waste Scotland anticipates appointing up to three suppliers (the ‘Framework Contractor(s)’) to this Lot, however this is subject to the number of eligible tender submissions received.
Scottish Government ERDF Programme 2015-2020, Strategic Intervention: Resource Efficient Circular Economy Accelerator Programme.
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.
Support may be provided at locations across Scotland, including the Highlands and Islands, dependent upon the location of the support recipient.
The technical services provided will support the circular economy implementation support workstream by helping ensure that supported SMEs have access to the range of additional resources necessary to implement changes to products and service models as identified within their support plan. This includes the provision of interns and / or interim managers.
It is essential that the range of resources available through this lot are appropriate for the types of task that may be required, capable and have some experience of working within a range of SME types primarily across (but not limited to) the priority sectors.
Zero Waste Scotland anticipates appointing three Suppliers (the ‘Framework Contractor(s)’) to this lot, however this is subject to the number of eligible tender submissions received.
Scottish Government ERDF Programme 2015-2020, Strategic Intervention: Resource Efficient Circular Economy Accelerator Programme.
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.
Support may be provided at locations across Scotland, including the Highlands and Islands, dependent upon the location of the support recipient.
The technical services provided will primarily support the circular economy activator workstream by helping ensure that supported SMEs have access to specialist sectoral and/or market knowledge to help with proof of concept and market validation that enables a more robust and demonstrable understanding of their anticipated market. This may include demand, barriers to entry, regulatory and permitting requirements, and the optimum route to market.


Winner: Ricardo-AEA
Award value: 5000000
Number of bids: 8