Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-06-14
Buyer: South Lanarkshire Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 45112723
Estimated value: 12000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-07-12
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Council has an ongoing requirement to carry out outdoor infrastructure projects such as community play areas, landscape development, recreation and associated infrastructure works.
A number of the projects that will be procured from the framework will be subject to external funding applications by the Council. The framework will be awarded on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender (MEAT) and all call offs will be based on MEAT.
The framework duration will be 4 years with no option to extend and the Council are anticipating that a maximum of 8 contractors are appointed to the framework.
As part of this tender exercise the Council have provided a live Project at Lammermoor Allotments in East Kilbride, this project is subject to successful planning application and successful funding award.
The Council has an ongoing requirement to carry out outdoor infrastructure projects such as community play areas, landscape development, recreation and associated infrastructure works.
A number of the projects that will be procured from the framework will be subject to external funding applications by the Council.
The main objective of the framework will be to deliver contract compliance with both South Lanarkshire Council’s Standing Orders on contracts and the wider Scottish and EU procurement legislation.
The framework will be awarded on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender (MEAT) and all call-offs will be based on MEAT.
The framework duration will be 4 years with no option to extend and the Council are anticipating that a maximum of 8 contractors are appointed to the framework.
As part of this tender exercise the Council have provided a live Project at Lammermoor Allotments in East Kilbride, this project is subject to successful planning application and successful funding award.
There are a number of questions/statements that have been included in the Contract Notice and within the qualification envelope which detail the minimum requirements that bidders must be able to evidence for participation in this tender and ultimately will be required to evidence prior to any award being made. There are in addition further statements made that simply provide relevant information relating to the tender itself.
These questions and statements form an integral part of the European Single Procurement Document (the ESPD) which the Council has decided to implement for all tenders in excess of 50 000 GBP in value.
Bidders are required to complete a shortened version of the ESPD for each subcontractor on whose capacity the bidder does not rely on exclusion criteria.
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.
ESPD Questions 3A — 3C have been identified as mandatory exclusion grounds and ESPD Questions 3D have been identified as discretionary exclusion grounds. All the exclusion grounds will be assessed on a pass/fail basis. For the mandatory exclusion grounds a bid will be excluded where the bidder fails to provide either a positive response or to provide details to the satisfaction of the Council of the self cleansing measures undertaken. For the discretionary exclusion grounds a bid may be excluded where the bidder fails to provide either a positive response or if the Council is not satisfied as to the self cleansing measures undertaken.

Eligibility requirements: There are a number of questions/statements that have been included in the Contract Notice and within the qualification envelope which detail the minimum requirements that bidders must be able to evidence for participation in this tender and ultimately will be required to evidence prior to any award being made. There are in addition further statements made that simply provide relevant information relating to the tender itself. These questions and statements form an integral part of the European Single Procurement Document (the ESPD) which the Council has decided to implement for all tenders in excess of 50 000 GBP in value. ESPD Question 2.C.1 Reliance on the capacities of other entities: Bidders are required to complete a full ESPD for each of the entities whose capacity they rely upon. ESPD Question 2.D.1 Subcontractors on whose capacity the bidder does not rely: Bidders are required to complete a shortened version of the ESPD for each subcontractor on whose capacity the bidder does not rely on exclusion criteria. 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. ESPD Questions 3A — 3C have been identified as mandatory exclusion grounds and ESPD Questions 3D have been identified as discretionary exclusion grounds. All the exclusion grounds will be assessed on a pass/fail basis. For the mandatory exclusion grounds a bid will be excluded where the bidder fails to provide either a positive response or to provide details to the satisfaction of the Council of the self cleansing measures undertaken. For the discretionary exclusion grounds a bid may be excluded where the bidder fails to provide either a positive response or if the Council is not satisfied as to the self cleansing measures undertaken. ESPD Question 4A.1 Trade Registers: It is a requirement of this tender that if the bidder is UK based they must hold a valid registration with Companies House. Where the bidder is UK based but not registered at Companies House they must be able to verify to the Councils satisfaction that they are trading from the address provided in the tender and under the company name given. If the bidder is based out-with the UK they must be enrolled in the relevant professional or trade register appropriate to their country as described in Schedule 5 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

Award value: 12000000