Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-09-29
Buyer: East Lothian Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 79631000
Estimated value: 425000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-11-15
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in the regulation 58 of the Public Contracts(Scotland)Regulation 2015.
ESPD Question 4B4 — Bidders will be required to provide evidence of their financial standing which will be require to meet the following criteria:
i) The ratio of total assets to total liabilities (net assets) should be positive in 2 out of 3 years.
Where the information provided does not meet item (i) but there is an improving trend East Lothian Council may consider items (ii) and (iii) and will have discretion, with regard to the evidence provided and taking into account the level of risk to East Lothian Council, as to whether a bidder will pass this requirement. East Lothian Council may also request a parent company guarantee where this is appropriate.
ESPD Question 4B5 — 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:
Where a bidder does not hold or commit to obtaining the types of insurance indicated, the Council may exclude the Tenderer from the competition.
Bidders will be required to provide examples that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the services/supplies as described in part II.2.4 of the OJEU Contract Notice or the relevant section of the Site Notice.
Bidders will be required to confirm whether they intend to subcontract and, if so, for what proportion of the contract.
1. The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS EN ISO 9001 (or equivalent),
a. A documented policy regarding quality management. The policy must set out responsibilities for quality management demonstrating that the bidder has, and continues to implement, a quality management policy that is authorised by their Chief Executive, or equivalent, which is periodically reviewed at a senior management level. The policy must be relevant to the nature and scale of the work to be undertaken and set out responsibilities for quality management throughout the organisation.
b. Documented procedures for periodically reviewing, correcting and improving quality performance including processes for ensuring that the bidder's quality management is effective in reducing/preventing incidents of sub-standard delivery. This must include the quality of output and general performance.
c. A documented process for ensuring that quality management is effective in reducing/preventing incidents of sub-standard delivery. This must include the quality of output and general performance. The bidder must be able to provide copies of their organisation's documentation procedures that meet current agreed good practice. These must include the arrangements for quality management throughout the bidder's organisation. They must set out how the bidder's organisation will carry out its policy, with a clear indication of how the arrangements are communicated to the workforce.
d. Documented arrangements for providing the bidder's workforce with quality related training and information appropriate to the type of work for which this organisation is likely to bid. This will demonstrate that the organisation has in place, and implements, training arrangements to ensure that its workforce has sufficient skills and understanding to discharge their various responsibilities. These must include a programme of training that will keep the workforce up to date with required knowledge about quality related issues, including copies of job profiles; training manuals and records.
e. Documented arrangements that the organisation has a system for monitoring quality management procedures on an on-going basis. The bidder's organisation must be able to provide evidence of systematic, periodic review and improvement of quality in respect of output and general performance
f. Documented arrangements for ensuring that the bidders apply quality management measures that are appropriate to the work for which they are being engaged.


Award value: 425000