Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-03-31
Buyer: North Lanarkshire Council
Country: UK
Region: North Lanarkshire
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71313000: Environmental engineering consultancy services
Estimated value: 400000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-04-28
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: North Lanarkshire Council are currently inviting tenders, from suitably qualified companies for the provision of Landfill Consultancy services.
— Liaison with the Regulatory Authorities including the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency and the Health and Safety Executive.
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.
4A.1. If required by the member state, bidders are required to be enrolled in the relevant professional or trade registers within the country in which they are established.
The Bidder response to these questions for Economic and Financial Standing will be evaluated as follows:
Pass = response is compliant with the minimum requirement stated in the Contract Notice section III.1.2) Economic and financial standing.
Fail = response is not compliant with the minimum requirement stated in the Contract Notice section III.1.2) Economic and financial standing.
4B.1.2 Bidders will be required to have an average yearly turnover of a minimum of 160 000 GBP for the last 3 years.
4B.5.1, 4B.5.2 and 4B.5.3. It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:
Professional Indemnity — 5 000 000 GBP each and every claim or in the annual aggregate. Where in the aggregate, the policy should allow for a minimum of 1 automatic reinstatement of the sum insured in any one period. PI insurance should be maintained for the period of the contract including any optional extensions.
4B.6 Concerning any other economic or financial requirements, that may have been specified in the relevant Contract Notice, the bidder declares that: It has an Equifax Score Check Grade of D or above.
It is recommended that Bidders review their own Equifax Score Check Grade in advance of returning their Bidders Submission. If, following this review, Bidders consider that the Equifax Score Check Grade does not reflect their current financial status; the Bidder should give a detailed explanation in response to question 4B.6, together with any relevant supporting independent evidence. The Council will review any such information as part of the evaluation of Bidder's financial status.
Where the Bidder is under no obligation to publish accounts and therefore does not have a Equifax Score Check Grade or equivalent rating, they must provide their audited financial accounts for the previous 2 years as part of their Bidders Submission in order that the Council may assess these to determine the suitability of the Bidder to undertake a contract or contracts of this size. This assessment will consider whether or not the there is any significant financial risk identified.
4C.1.2 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 this Contract Notice.
The contract duration will be for a period of 3 years from the date stated on the Letter of Acceptance. The Authority reserves the right to extend this for a further period of 2 x twelve (12) month periods at its sole discretion. Thereafter a new procurement exercise will be advertised through Public Contracts Scotland.

Eligibility requirements: 4A.1. If required by the member state, bidders are required to be enrolled in the relevant professional or trade registers within the country in which they are established.

Award value: 400000