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Published 1 Apr 2021, 15:32 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Engineering and Technical Consultancy

Official notice

Authority: Scotland Excel

Framework agreement9 lotsServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Framework ceiling (notional)Value not publishedframework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Awarded 25 Feb 2021
Lots 9see the lot list below

What is being bought9 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

This framework is for engineering and technical consultancy services. These service will primarily relate to civil engineering and other associated discipline which includes:

  • Roads and Structures Engineering and Technical Related Consultancy services
  • Transportation and Traffic Engineering and Technical Related Consultancy services
  • Environmental Engineering and Technical Related Consultancy services
  • Land Surveying Engineering and Technical Related Consultancy services
  • Drainage and Flooding Engineering and Technical Related Consultancy services
  • Geoenvironmental and Geotechnical Engineering and Technical Related Consultancy services
  • Coastal and Maritime Structures Engineering and Technical Related Consultancy services
  • Master Planning Relating to Engineering and Technical Related Consultancy services
  • Project and Commercial Management Relating to Engineering and Technical Related Consultancy services

CPV: Advisory and consultative engineering services · Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services · Architectural, engineering and planning services · Architectural, engineering and surveying services · Building surveying services · Civil engineering consultancy services · Civil engineering support services · Construction project management services · Consultative engineering and construction services · Corrosion engineering services · Design-modelling services · Dimensional surveying services · +53 more

How this framework works

From the published notice
Bids received
34 bids on the busiest of 9 lots · 31 suppliers appointed

Lots and requirements (9)Procurement structure

9 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lot
Lot #1Roads and Structures Engineering and Technical Related Consultancy servicesAwarded

The services encompass a range of roads and structures related consultancy services, which may include:

Transport related work for the development of road schemes

Roads and infrastructure

Structures and structural

Bridges and quay walls

Drainage

Earthworks

Water supply

Lighting and electrical

Cycleway and footpath

Streetscape

Delivery: Scotland · Various locations throughout the geographical boundaries of the participating councils and associate members within Scotland.
Lot #2Transportation and Traffic Engineering and Technical Related Consultancy servicesAwarded

The services encompass a range of transportation and traffic related consultancy services, which may include:

Transport and travel

Transport and traffic management

Transport and traffic signals

Road safety and accident investigation and prevention

Preparation of traffic orders – may also include undertaking statutory consultation process

Carrying out appraisals - Scottish Transport Appraisal Guidance (STAG)

Street engineering

Electric vehicle charging points

Development control for planning applications and roads construction consent

Reviews, strategies, etc. in relation to parking

Waterborne transport

Freight and logistics

Public transport

Active travel (walking, cycling, etc)

Delivery: Scotland · Various locations throughout the geographical boundaries of the participating councils and associate members within Scotland.
Lot #3Environmental Engineering and Technical Related Consultancy servicesAwarded

The services encompass a range of environmental consultancy services, primarily in relation to engineering and construction services, which may include:

Noise and sound

Vibration

Atmospheric

Light

Acoustic

Water quality

Land quality

Air quality

Environmental

Ecology and biodiversity

Habitat

Rot and damp

Vegetation

Contamination

Hydrographic

Arboriculture

Landscape design

Delivery: Scotland · Various locations throughout the geographical boundaries of the participating councils and associate members within Scotland.
Lot #4Land Surveying Engineering and Technical Related Consultancy servicesAwarded

The services encompass a range of land survey consultancy services, primarily in relation to engineering and construction services, which may include:

Topographical

Building facade

Aerial

Ground penetration radar

Delivery: Scotland · Various locations throughout the geographical boundaries of the participating councils and associate members within Scotland.
Lot #5Drainage and Flooding Engineering and Technical Related Consultancy servicesAwarded

The services encompass a range of drainage and flooding related consultancy services, primarily in relation to engineering and construction services, which may include:

Flood risk management

Flood protection and prevention

Requirements emerging from the Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009

Hydrology and hydraulic

Water and watercourses

Sewer

Weather and asset

Drainage

Sustainable drainage systems (SuDS)

Dams and reservoirs

Coastal

Catchment area

Delivery: Scotland · Various locations throughout the geographical boundaries of the participating councils and associate members within Scotland.
Lot #6Geoenvironmental and Geotechnical Engineering and Technical Related Consultancy servicesAwarded

The services encompass a range of geoenvironmental/ geotechnical and testing related consultancy services, which may include:

Geotechnical

Geo-environmental (including Part IIA Inspections)

Hydrogeology

Site and ground

Scientific services

Delivery: Scotland · Various locations throughout the geographical boundaries of the participating councils and associate members within Scotland.
Lot #7Coastal and Maritime Structures Engineering and Technical Related Consultancy servicesAwarded

The services encompass a range of coastal and maritime related consultancy services, primarily in relation to engineering and construction services, which may include:

Breakwaters

Seawalls

Piers

Jetties

Slipways

Groynes

Offshore Breakwaters

Revetments

Delivery: Scotland · Various locations throughout the geographical boundaries of the participating councils and associate members within Scotland.
Lot #8Master Planning Relating to Engineering and Technical Related Consultancy servicesAwarded

The services encompass a range of master planning services, in relation to work generally associated with the subject matter of the contract, which may include:

Neighbourhood character and heritage

Housing and commercial areas

Open space and public realm

Community facilities

Biodiversity

Transport and traffic

Coastal and maritime

Urban planning

Land use

Planning advice

Urban and green planning

Delivery: Scotland · Various locations throughout the geographical boundaries of the participating councils and associate members within Scotland.
Lot #9Project and Commercial Management Relating to Engineering and Technical Related Consultancy servicesAwarded

The services encompass a range of project and commercial management services, in relation to work generally associated with the subject matter of the contract.

Delivery: Scotland · Various locations throughout the geographical boundaries of the participating councils and associate members within Scotland.

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored · same split on all 9 lots
Quality: 60%Price: 40%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Technical: 60%
  • price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Technical: 60
  • Price: 40
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
  • “Engineering and Technical Consultancy” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/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
Unspecified in notice
First published
1 Apr 2021, 15:32 BST
Last source update
1 Apr 2021, 15:32 BST
Authority reference
0820
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-006860
Classification (CPV)
Advisory and consultative engineering servicesArchitectural, construction, engineering and inspection servicesArchitectural, engineering and planning servicesArchitectural, engineering and surveying servicesBuilding surveying servicesCivil engineering consultancy servicesCivil engineering support servicesConstruction project management servicesConsultative engineering and construction servicesCorrosion engineering services
+55 moreDesign-modelling servicesDimensional surveying services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02a23d Find a Tender
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

An economic operator that suffers, or risks suffering, loss or damage attributable to breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland)

Regulations 2015 (SSI 2015/446, as amended) may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session in accordance with

Regulation 88 of the 2015 Regulations.

Publisher note: Scotland Excel is a central purchasing body and is procuring this framework on behalf of the following contracting authorities(and successor bodies): A) The 32 local authorities in Scotland as listed at http://www.scotland-excel.org.uk/home/aboutus/ourmembers.aspx B) Scotland Excel associate members as listed at http://www.scotland-excel.org.uk/home/Aboutus/Ourmembers/Associate-members.aspx C) any Integration Authority, or other body, established pursuant to the Public Bodies (Joint Working)(Scotland)Act 2014. D) Any Scottish Registered Social Landlords listed on the public register of the Scottish Housing Regulator: http://directory.scottishhousingregulator.gov.uk/Documents/Landlord%20Register.pdf as at the date of publication of this notice. E) Tayside Contracts F) Advanced Procurement for Universities and Colleges (APUC Ltd) and their member organisations across the higher and further education sector in Scotland and their associated and affiliated bodies. G) Scottish Prison Service (SPS) H) Scottish National Health Service Authorities and Trusts I) Transport Scotland J) Scottish Government The above is subject to each contracting authority entering into and maintaining a relevant membership agreement or other access agreement with Scotland Excel. All 31 awarded suppliers have committed to deliver community benefits, in a consistent manner with one another. That manner being that community benefits will be delivered in areas relevant to framework users’ local communities and the benefits delivered will include: -opportunities for local small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) or voluntary sector organisations to provide goods and/or services as part of a contract, -local public consultation opportunities as part of a project design, -educational presentations to local school children, -financial donations towards local projects or initiatives that the community considers to be a priority, -consultancy support to a local community project Each delivery will be proportionate to the value of the individual appointment. Suppliers will report ongoing delivery of community benefits to Scotland Excel on a six-monthly basis. (SC Ref:642262)

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 31admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 3415 from SMEs · busiest of 9 lots
Contracts signed 9latest 25 Feb 2021

9 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

All 3 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £1,450,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.

  • Transportation and Traffic Engineering and Technical Related Consultancy services

    Signed
    25 Feb 2021
    Value
    £18,125,000
    Status
    active
  • Project and Commercial Management Relating to Engineering and Technical Related Consultancy services

    Signed
    25 Feb 2021
    Value
    £4,350,000
    Status
    active
  • Land Surveying Engineering and Technical Related Consultancy services

    Signed
    25 Feb 2021
    Value
    £725,000
    Status
    active
  • Drainage and Flooding Engineering and Technical Related Consultancy services

    Signed
    25 Feb 2021
    Value
    £15,950,000
    Status
    active
  • Geoenvironmental and Geotechnical Engineering and Technical Related Consultancy services

    Signed
    25 Feb 2021
    Value
    £7,250,000
    Status
    active
  • Coastal and Maritime Structures Engineering and Technical Related Consultancy services

    Signed
    25 Feb 2021
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active
  • Master Planning Relating to Engineering and Technical Related Consultancy services

    Signed
    25 Feb 2021
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active
  • Environmental Engineering and Technical Related Consultancy services

    Signed
    18 Feb 2021
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active
  • Roads and Structures Engineering and Technical Related Consultancy services

    Signed
    27 Jan 2021
    Value
    £21,750,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1 · Roads and Structures Engineering and Technical Related Consultancy services34bids · 34 electronic15——
2 · Transportation and Traffic Engineering and Technical Related Consultancy services28bids · 28 electronic · 28 from abroad9——
3 · Environmental Engineering and Technical Related Consultancy services28bids · 28 electronic · 28 from abroad9——
4 · Land Surveying Engineering and Technical Related Consultancy services15bids · 15 electronic · 15 from abroad5——
5 · Drainage and Flooding Engineering and Technical Related Consultancy services31bids · 31 electronic · 31 from abroad12——
6 · Geoenvironmental and Geotechnical Engineering and Technical Related Consultancy services30bids · 30 electronic · 30 from abroad10——
7 · Coastal and Maritime Structures Engineering and Technical Related Consultancy services16bids · 16 electronic · 16 from abroad4——
8 · Master Planning Relating to Engineering and Technical Related Consultancy services16bids · 16 electronic · 16 from abroad3——
9 · Project and Commercial Management Relating to Engineering and Technical Related Consultancy services23bids · 23 electronic · 23 from abroad8——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Scotland Excel

Contracting authorityRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Renfrewshire House, Cotton Street, Paisley, Scotland, PA1 1ARContact email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Court of SessionReview bodyReview contact point Edinburgh
  • Please refer to VI.4.3 belowMediation body UK

Framework contractors & participating bidders

31 commercial parties on the notice
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Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.