Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-02-28
Buyer: Transport Scotland
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 09310000 | 30162000 | 31000000 | 31158000: Battery chargers | 31610000
Estimated value: 2500000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-03-27
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Scottish Ministers have invested in the region of 30 000 000 GBP since 2011 to establish a comprehensive electric vehicle charging network across Scotland which now consists of over 1 000 publically available charge points across the mainland and islands. This investment supports the ambition to phase out the need for new petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2032.
Transport Scotland, on behalf of the Scottish Ministers, are now seeking to appoint a new Charge Point Network Operator (CPNO) (‘single supplier’) for the management of the publically available electric vehicle charging network, known as ChargePlace Scotland.
It has been concluded that these services would be best met through the procurement of a single-supplier framework agreement, which offers both the required flexibility and prompt response mechanism to meet demand, which is required for the ad-hoc nature of these services.
It is intended that the framework agreement shall be for a period of 2 years, with the option for 2 further year long extensions, during which the Scottish Ministers shall be entitled to call-off services from the framework agreement. It is estimated the value of services to be called-off over the 2-year period, will be in the order of 2 500 000,00 GBP.
(i) provision and quality assured operation of a robust and reliable charge point management system, open charge point protocol (OCPP) compatible with all types of charge point currently installed on the ChargePlace Scotland network;
(iii) provision of an active fault management capability including fault reporting and liaison with both host/owners and maintenance contractors;
(iv) provision and operation of a fully staffed 24/7 customer service facility with capabilities of customer contact via various modes including social media;
(v) provision and operation of a publically accessible website, providing an interactive, real time status mapping system of the ChargePlace Scotland network;
(vii) provision of a reliable and efficient communications strategy to inform users of the status of the network, and to promote the benefits of the network and electro-mobility to the general public.
It is envisaged that the services can be provided remotely at the economic operator’s offices with attendance required on an ad-hoc basis at Transport Scotland’s offices. However, on occasion, the provider may be required to undertake the following duties:
(ii) attend meetings at Transport Scotland’s main office in Buchanan House, Glasgow or other offices as and when may be required;
(iii) liaison with other Transport Scotland advisers/consultants/contractors at their specific offices.
The supplier will be procured through the restricted procedure, a procedure under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. This is a 2-stage procedure, comprising a pre-qualification stage and a tender stage. Section II.2.9 of this contract notice describes the criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates.
In order to be considered for this procurement competition, economic operators must complete and submit an ESPD, which can be downloaded via the Public Contracts Scotland portal (www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk).
It is intended that a total of 5 economic operators be invited to tender stage for this contract. The selection criteria is set out below, (i) to (vi) inclusive.

Eligibility requirements: Under Question Ref. 4A1a of the ESPD, if appropriate economic operators must be enrolled in the relevant professional registers kept in the Member State of its establishment (as described in Schedule 5 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015) (i.e. registered under Companies House or equivalent if not a UK registered company). Staff It is a requirement of the contract that the economic operator shall possess the necessary human resources who shall be qualified appropriately and have the requisite experience to perform the requirement as described under Section III.1.3) of this contract notice. Management systems Under ESPD, Question Ref. 4D.1 and 4D.2 economic operators shall be required to demonstrate that they have in place appropriate quality, environmental and health and safety management systems. Quality management system This may be European Foundation Quality Model (EFQM) or equivalent; BS EN ISO 9001:2015 (Quality Management Systems); other accredited management system; or own non-accredited management system. Health and safety management system This may be BS OHSAS 18001:2007 (Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems) and associated standards; other accredited management system; or own non-accredited management system. Environmental management system This may be BS EN ISO 14001:2015 (Environmental Management Systems); other accredited management systems; or own non-accredited management system. Economic operators should specify their recognised accredited system or own non-accredited system, which shall ultimately be adopted under the framework agreement. Responses shall each be assessed on the basis of pass or fail. Economic operators who obtain a fail in any of their responses shall be excluded from this procurement competition.

Award value: 2500000