Official UK procurement notice
Economic Consultancy Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Scottish Water
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis notice seeks offers for economic consultancy services and support of Scottish Water’s Business & Economics team from February 2022, in a significant change programme that is central to our business’ plans and aspirations. This will lead to setting up a long-term contract for at least 3 years, with up to 3 economic consultancies. The main design, build, testing and delivery of the work will be undertaken with the internal teams and these consultancies. However, we will also seek support from others for supplementary niche and bespoke input requirements.
CPV: Research and development consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£6,000,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- Condition of participationno text publishedMinimum: Applicants will be expected to be of sufficient financial and economic standing to support the anticipated contract value. All applicants must complete the financial questions within the pre-qualification questionnaire and tender documents. Financial standing relevant to the anti…
- Legal form for consortia
- In the event of a group of companies submitting an accepted offer it will be necessary for each member of the group to sign an undertaking that each company in the group will be jointly and severally liable for the satisfactory performance of the contract
- “Economic Consultancy Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 22 Nov 2021, 16:14 GMT
- Last source update
- 6 May 2022, 12:05 BST
- Authority reference
SW21/ACP/1382- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-011822- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02f8f8Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
All prices quoted shall be in Sterling (UK) and all payments shall be made in Sterling (UK). Payment shall be made on the basis of completed services in accordance with the agreed contract rates, schedules and conditions of contract
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
Bidders must comply with modern slavery act and operate an ethical supply chain
Publisher note: Scottish Water will not accept the SPD. We will only accept a completed Scottish Water PQQ document. This Notice does not preclude Scottish Water from issuing other notices for specific requirements. Responses to the FTS Notice will be evaluated and only successful applicants following PQQ evaluation will be invited to submit a tender. Scottish Water reserves the right to divide the scope of the contract into lots at tender and contract award stages as it deems appropriate. Applicants who fail to supply all of the information requested in response to this Notice or any resulting tender exercise may risk elimination To view this notice, please click here: https://scottishwater.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=688464430 GO Reference: GO-202256-PRO-20095990
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 22 Dec 2021, 16:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Deposits and guarantees
Scottish Water reserves the right to require deposits, guarantees, bonds or other forms of appropriate security
Timeline
22 Dec 2021 → 6 May 2022 · 2 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown22 Dec 2021, 16:00 GMT
- Notice published6 May 2022, 12:05 BST
Notice history
1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete6 May 2022, 12:05 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast2 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 011821-2022-1
- Signed
- 25 Apr 2022
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contract 011822-2022-1
- Signed
- 25 Apr 2022
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Glasgow Sheriff CourtReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
2 commercial parties on the notice- Oxera Consulting LLPFramework contractor
- Vivid Economics LimitedFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria