Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2018-02-20
Buyer: The Common Services Agency (more commonly referred to as NHS National Services Scotland (hereinafter referred to as the "Authority")
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 45000000: Construction work | 71000000 | 71200000 | 71248000 | 71310000
Estimated value: 800000 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: This Framework will provide Construction Health and Safety/CDM Advisor services to Framework Customers (as further described in the Statement of Requirement) on a call-off basis. The role of the Construction Health and Safety / CDM Advisor is varied and may include inputs to health and social care projects to be delivered via a variety of procurement routes. It will be a key requirement of this Framework to provide Construction Health and Safety / CDM Advisor services for construction projects procured under the NEC3 suite of contracts, ensuring that the Framework Customers are supported and advised in their duties under CDM 2015 Regulations together with providing other Construction Health and Safety advice that may be required.
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. This procurement is not suitable to be divided into lots as that is not considered to be cost effective or time efficient for the type and range of work anticipated.
Please refer to the statement of requirement for further details together with the ESPD (Scotland) questionnaire. This framework is a procurement method for publicaly funded health and social care projects. Under this procurement all economic operators will be required to support the authority's economic and social regeneration activities. The construction health and safety / CDM advisor framework is intended to provide accessible independent consultancy support to the framework customers on a call-off basis.
The role of the construction health and safety / CDM Advisor is to provide support to Framework Customers to provide Health and Safety / CDM advice relating to projects involving construction works which can include: new build; refurbishment; demolition / down-takings; repair and replacement of plant equipment and building services; building fabric and finishes and also related inspection services carried out by consultants, contractors and NHS staff and when required assist and provide guidance on the CDM Clients duties and responsibilities by ensuring the organisation’s compliance with the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 (CDM 2015) as specified in the Statement of Requirement.
The Authority reserves the right, if and when this requirement is offered to tender, to conduct the selection or award stages by various means such as electronic submissions via the internet, by interview / presentation and formal documentation review. Under the terms of this Framework successful suppliers will be required to deliver community benefits in support of the Authority's considerations. The community benefits included in this contract are further described in the Statement of Requirement.


Winner: Thomson Gray Construction Consultants
Award value: 800000
Number of bids: 5