Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-08-10
Buyer: Falkirk Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 71311000: Civil engineering consultancy services | 71311210 | 71312000: Structural engineering consultancy services | 71313000: Environmental engineering consultancy services
Estimated value: 2000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-09-16
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Consultancy Services Term Commission for Roads, Transportation and Environmental Related Professional Services
Falkirk Council intend to engage a firm of consultants to undertake the provision of roads, transportation and environmental-related engineering and professional services through a term commission ‘call-off’ contract for an initial period of 2 years with possible extension of an additional 2 years.
The purpose of this ‘partnering’ arrangement is to augment the Councils’ in-house professional services capabilities and expertise, to cope with increases and peaks in workload and retain flexibility of resources.
Falkirk Council intend to engage a firm of consultants to undertake the provision of roads, transportation and environmental-related engineering and professional services through a term commission ‘call-off’ contract for an initial period of 2 years with possible extension of an additional 2 years.
The purpose of this ‘partnering’ arrangement is to augment the Councils’ in-house professional services capabilities and expertise, to cope with increases and peaks in workload, and retain flexibility of resources.
The duration of the term commission is to be for an initial period of 2 years from the starting date, with a possible extension of up to a maximum of 24 months. This extension may be granted as one 24-month period or two 12-month periods.
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.
Bidders must refer to the project particulars and community benefits documents attached to this notice.
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=626564
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
Under the terms of this commission, the successful bidder will be required to deliver community benefits as stated in the information attached to this notice. Bidders will be required to confirm that they will deliver community benefits on this commission.
Download the ESPD document here: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ESPD/ESPD_Download.aspx?id=626564

Eligibility requirements: Selection criteria is included in the ESPD Scotland module.

Award value: 2000000