Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-10-23
Buyer: The City of Edinburgh Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71242000 | 71248000 | 71541000: Construction project management services | 72224000: Project management consultancy services
Estimated value: 4800000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-11-23
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Housing Development team require a single supplier to act as a delivery partner for a range of energy efficiency retrofit and low carbon technology projects across both City of Edinburgh Council and private homes throughout Edinburgh. These projects will help improve the energy efficiency of Edinburgh’s housing stock, reduce carbon emissions and contribute to the improvement in the quality of the housing stock.
The successful supplier will work in partnership with the Council to identify opportunities for Grant funding from the Scottish Government and other agencies. The supplier will also lead the project delivery and management of successfully grant funded schemes. This includes full managing agent and programme management services.
A single supplier framework agreement is required to provide full programme management services for the delivery of energy efficiency and low carbon technology grant funded programmes to Council and private housing stock in the city of Edinburgh. This will include grant applications, tendering for works to be carried out, works supervision on site and full contract management, administration, quality assurance and householder engagement support.
Suppliers proposed as part of contractor recommendations must be appropriately qualified to complete works.
GBP 5 million professional indemnity insurance for any one occurrence or series of occurrences arising out of any one event.
GBP 5 million employers liability insurance for any one occurrence or series of occurrences arising out of any one event.
GBP 10 million public liability insurance for any one occurrence or series of occurrences arising out of any one event.
Disclosure Scotland certification for any members of staff who will engage in public consultation activities.
It should be noted that this requirement relies on grant funds for fulfilment so cannot be viewed as definitely recurrent.
Note: to register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland website at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=632598
The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx
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.
A subcontract 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
The Council is committed to maximising social, economic and environmental benefits through the delivery of Council Contracts. As part of this requirement the successful supplier will be required to provide a minimum of one community benefit per project from the list of example community benefits detailed in the tender documentation.

Eligibility requirements: Suppliers proposed as part of contractor recommendations must be appropriately qualified to complete works.

Award value: 4800000