Art Handling, Installation, Transport and Storage

In relation to the SPD:

With reference to part 4A.1 -If required, bidders are required to be enrolled in the relevant professional or trade registers within the country in which they are established.

With reference to part 4A.2 - Where it is required, within a bidder’s country of establishment they must confirm which authorisation or memberships of the relevant organisation(s) are required in order to perform this service. Bidders must confirm if they hold the particular authorisation or memberships.

With reference to part 4C.1.2 - Bidders must provide one relevant example similar to the services described in II 2.4 of the Contract Notice.

Your example must be within the previous three years and must cover the full scope of art handling, installation, transport and storage

services.

A simple assertion will not be acceptable as evidence. Any submission that does not demonstrate experience in delivering art handling,

installation, transport and storage will be regarded as a fail and the bid will not be considered any further, bidders should provide detailed

evidence to demonstrate the breadth of their experience and capability. Should the bidder fail to demonstrate experience in all of the areas

outlined as a minimum, or provide insufficient evidence to back up their experience, at the SPCB’s discretion, then the SPCB reserve the

right to mark the SPD response a fail and not proceed to tender evaluation.

The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body (SPCB) uses Creditsafe, an independent provider of online business credit reports, to assess the financial standing of tenderers. Tenderers are encouraged to review their financial performance on Creditsafe and read information about

how that data is collected and used prior to submitting a tender. Information and the opportunity to run a free report can be found at www.creditsafe.com/products/business-cr… ↗

If a tenderer does not agree with the credit rating it has been given by Creditsafe it can provide supporting evidence to demonstrate its current position and this will be taken into account when the financial standing is being assessed.

If a tenderer is not listed on Creditsafe, for whatever reason, then it may be asked to submit equivalent accounts to enable the required assessment of financial standing to be carried out.

Tenderers should have a Creditsafe credit rating of 40 or higher to demonstrate satisfactory financial standing. If a tenderer has a lower credit rating score and has the backing of a parent company with a credit rating of 40 or higher, then the provision of a Parent Company

Guarantee prior to the award of any contract will be acceptable. If a tenderer has a lower credit rating score and no evidence to support a stable or improved financial standing then the tender may be rejected.

In relation to the SPD:

With reference to part 4C.1.2 - Bidders must provide one relevant example similar to the services described in II 2.4 of the Contract Notice.

Your example must be within the previous three years and must cover the full scope of art handling, installation, transport and storage services.

A simple assertion will not be acceptable as evidence. Any submission that does not demonstrate experience in delivering art handling, installation, transport and storage will be regarded as a fail and the bid will not be considered any further, bidders should provide detailed evidence to demonstrate the breadth of their experience and capability. Should the bidder fail to demonstrate experience in all of the areas outlined as a minimum, or provide insufficient evidence to back up their experience, at the SPCB’s discretion, then the SPCB reserve the right to mark the SPD response a fail and not proceed to tender evaluation.

Bidders will be required to confirm whether they intend to subcontract and , if so, for what proportion of the contract.