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Published 16 Jan 2024, 08:47 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Evaluation Of R100 · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Scottish Government (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Awarded value£84,835published contract · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 12 Feb 2024awarded 9 Apr 2024
Awarded to Stantec UK Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Scottish Government Office of the Chief Economic Advisor (OCEA) is commissioning an evaluation exploring the performance of the Reaching 100% (R100) programme against Investment Objectives to assess Value for Money of this programme in terms of understanding the social, economic, environmental and other benefits to households, businesses and communities of improvements in broadband connectivity and speed.

CPV: Economic research services · Research consultancy services · Research services · Social research services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

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
Quality: 70%Price: 30%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Technical: 70%
  • price: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Technical: 70
  • Price: 30
Conditions of participation1
  • Economic & financial standing

    List and brief description of selection criteria:

    List and brief description of selection criteria Statement for 4B.4: Bidders must demonstrate a current ratio of no less than 1. Current ratio

    will be calculated as follows: total current assets divided by total current liabilities.

    There must be no qualification or contra-indication from any evidence provided in support of the bidders economic and financial standing.

    Bidders who do not comply with the above financial requirements but are part of a group, can provide a parent guarantee if the parent

    company satisfies the financial requirements stipulated above.

Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

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
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
16 Jan 2024, 08:47 GMT
Last source update
9 Apr 2024, 15:30 BST
Award evaluation window
13 Feb 2024 – …
Authority reference
637806
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-011494
Classification (CPV)
Economic research servicesResearch consultancy servicesResearch servicesSocial research services
Delivery area
UKScotland (UKM)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-042d63 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment

Publisher note: SPD will be scored on a pass/fail basis. Requirement not suitable for lotting. Statement for 4B.5 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 of insurance indicated below: Employer's (compulsory) liability insurance = 5 000 000 GBP. Public liability insurance = 1 000 000 GBP. Professional indemnity insurance = 1 000 000 GBP. 4C.1, please include examples of your experience in dealing with similar types of services as detailed in the specification The contract award criteria will be price 30%/quality 70%. Bidders must complete the SPD (Scotland) to demonstrate adherence to the exclusion and selection criteria for this procurement. If there are named subcontractors/technicians upon which the bidder will rely to meet the selection criteria, these named parties must complete and reattach the SPD Supplier Response Form attached to SPD questions 2C.1.1(Reliance on the capacity of others) and 2D.1.2 (Subcontractors) on PCS-T. These parties must complete the first 3 sections of the SPD form, as well as any part of the Section 4 selection criteria that the main bidder will rely upon the parties to fulfil. If parties have not yet been identified, this information may be required at a later date. Scottish Government reserves the right to request this information from relevant parties upon whom the main bidder will not rely to fulfil selection criteria. 4C.10 Bidders will be required to confirm whether they intend to sub-contract and if so, for what proportion of the contract. Question scoring methodology for award criteria outlined in Invitation to Tender: 0 = Unacceptable. Nil or inadequate response. Fails to demonstrate an ability to meet the requirement 1 = Poor. Response is partially relevant but generally poor. The response addresses some elements of the requirement but contains insufficient/limited detail or explanation to demonstrate how the requirement will be fulfilled. 2 = Acceptable. Response is relevant and acceptable. The response addresses a broad understanding of the requirement but may lack details on how the requirement will be fulfilled in certain areas. 3 = Good. Response is relevant and good. The response is sufficiently detailed to demonstrate a good understanding and provides details on how the requirements will be fulfilled. 4 = Excellent. Response is completely relevant and excellent overall. The response is comprehensive, unambiguous and demonstrates a thorough understanding of the requirement and provides details of how the requirement will be met in full. The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 24728. The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 24728. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 (SC Ref:739197) (SC Ref:763333)

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
12 Feb 2024, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
13 Feb 2024, 12:00 GMT

Timeline

12 Feb 2024 → 9 Apr 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    12 Feb 2024, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    13 Feb 2024, 12:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    9 Apr 2024, 15:30 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    9 Apr 2024, 15:30 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £84,8351 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 72 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 9 Apr 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Stantec UK Limited£84,835 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 011494-2024-63706-1 · Stantec UK Limited

    Signed
    9 Apr 2024
    Value
    £84,835
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
7bids · 7 electronic · 7 from abroad2——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Scottish Government

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsGeneral public services 4 Atlantic Quay, 70 York St, Glasgow, Scotland, G2 8EAContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Edinburgh High CourtReview body Edinburgh

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Stantec UK LtdAwarded supplier Third Floor, Randolph House , 4 Charlotte Lane, Edinburgh, UK, EH2 4QZContact phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.