Official UK procurement notice
Evidence for Offshore Wind
Authority: Scottish Government (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionEvidence for Offshore Wind;1). Seabird foraging and avian flu
CPV: Environmental issues consultancy services · Marine research services · Research and development services and related consultancy services · Research services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Evidence for Offshore Wind; Potential changes in seabird foraging range and…CancelledPublished value£2,045,000
Evidence for Offshore Wind; Potential changes in seabird foraging range and distribution in response to Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI)", will use tagging data collected by the contractor and existing data collected by others to examine the potential effects of changes in colony size on foraging behaviour and ranges to improve evidence for offshore wind environmental assessments. Data will be collected across as much of the breeding season as is feasible i.e., incubation and chick rearing periods. Data analysis will focus on obtaining information on foraging distributions, ranges, and behaviour and the use of the marine environment. Data on seabird flight heights will also be extracted, analysed, and presented. The project will investigate the relationship between foraging ranges, colony size and prey availability and (where data allow) consider how these may have changed since the HPAI outbreak. Particular attention must be paid to assessing how the results of this study should be reflected in the apportioning approaches used in environmental impact assessments, and any changes to the existing models or parameters used for apportioning. The focus of the project will be the east coast of Scotland, but consideration should be given to other regions of Scotland for inclusion. Additional information: 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.
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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).
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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).
Published sub-criteria (9)
- Understanding of Requirement: 45
- Project Resource: 30
- Schedule of Work: 5
- Quality and Risk: 5
- Climate Emergency: 5
- Community Benefits: 2.5
- Fair Work First: 5
- Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery: 2.5
- price: 30
Published award criteria (9)
- Understanding of Requirement: 45
- Project Resource: 30
- Schedule of Work: 5
- Quality and Risk: 5
- Climate Emergency: 5
- Community Benefits: 2.5
- Fair Work First: 5
- Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery: 2.5
- Price: 30
- Economic & financial standing
Financial Ratios (ESPD 4B6) - Bidders must demonstrate a Current Ratio of 1.2 or more.
Current Ratio will be calculated as follows: Total Current Assets divided by Total Current Liabilities.
Minimum: Minimum level(s) of standards required: - Public Liability Insurance (In the sum not less) - 1,000,000 GBP; - Professional Indemnity Insurance (In the sum not less) - 2,000,000 GBP; - Employer’s Liability Insurance - employer’s liability insurance in accordance with any legal obl…
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 30 of 130 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
- Cancelled
- 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
- 26 Sept 2023, 14:15 BST
- Last source update
- 2 Nov 2023, 09:39 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 26 Oct 2023 – …
- Authority reference
Case/681805- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-032390- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0403d9Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
Publisher note: 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. Tenderers are required to respond to Q4C.1.2 - Examples of similar service contracts, Q4C.4 relating to Supply Chain Management and Q4C.7 - Environmental Management and will also be asked to confirm that they will pay staff that are involved in the delivery of services under the contract, at least the real Living Wage. Tenderers who do not pass these questions will not be subject to Commercial Analysis. As a result the tender will not be considered further. 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. (SC Ref:749165)
How it was run
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- Submission deadline
- 26 Oct 2023, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 26 Oct 2023, 12:00 BST
Timeline
26 Oct 2023 → 2 Nov 2023 · 3 dates- Submission deadline26 Oct 2023, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened26 Oct 2023, 12:00 BST
- Notice published2 Nov 2023, 09:39 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to unsuccessful2 Nov 2023, 09:39 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 further award records carry no date or value.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.