Fuel Oil Testing

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  "date": "2025-08-18T14:38:56+01:00",
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        "description": "CFL operates fleet of vessels and is responsible for ensuring compliance with international marine fuel regulations which is currently being carried out on an ad-hoc basis.\nCFL requires testing of vessel fuel oil (marine gas oil) to ensure ongoing and verifiable compliance with the\nlatest applicable legislative standards, including but not limited to MARPOL Annex VI, the EU Sulphur Directive, Sulphur Emission Control Area (ECA) requirements, and any other international or regional environmental regulations. The objective is to confirm fuel quality, prevent machinery defects, and avoid non-compliance penalties.",
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    "description": "CalMac Ferries Ltd (CFL) is seeking to award a Framework Agreement for Fuel Oil Testing. This\nrequirement forms part of CFL’s commitment to ensuring compliance, operational efficiency, and costeffective\nservice delivery across its marine operations. The successful supplier will be expected to provide\na reliable, consistent, and compliant fuel oil testing service that supports both vessel and office-based\nteams.",
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          "minimum": "Minimum level(s) of standards required:\nCFL requires that Bidders are able to demonstrate via previous examples that a range of goods and services have been provided in the past to other organisations with similar requirements.\nBidders should note that evidence of meeting these criteria is expected in the response to each question.\nMinimum level(s) of standards required:\nQualification Envelope: Part 3, Section A, B, C, D will be scored on a pass/fail basis will be scored in line with the weighting shown above for all questions. If any question subject to ‘pass/fail’ scoring be scored ‘fail’ the entire submission may be set aside and take no further part in the competition.\nScored questions will be evaluated using the below methodology:\n100 - Excellent. Response is completely relevant and excellent overall. The response is comprehensive, unambiguous and demonstrates thorough experience, knowledge or skills/capacity/capability relevant to providing similar services to similar clients.\n75 - Good. Response is relevant and good. The response is sufficiently detailed to demonstrate a good amount of experience, knowledge or skills/capacity/capability relevant to providing similar services to similar clients.\n50 - Acceptable. Response is relevant and acceptable. The response demonstrates broad previous experience, knowledge and skills/capacity/capability but may lack in some aspects of similarity e.g. previous experience, knowledge or skills may not be of a similar nature.\n25 - Poor. Response is partially relevant but generally poor. The response shows some elements of relevance to the criterion but contains insufficient/limited detail or explanation to demonstrate previous relevant experience/ capacity/capability.\n0 - Unacceptable. Nil or inadequate response. Fails to demonstrate previous experience/capacity/capability relevant to this criterion.",
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        "locality": "Gourock",
        "postalCode": "PA19 1QP",
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        "streetAddress": "Ferry Terminal"
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        "name": "Wojciech Smagiel",
        "email": "wojciech.smagiel@calmac.co.uk",
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  "description": "The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 60415. For more information see:\nhttps://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/go/309471070198BCF670A9\nThe buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 60415. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343\n(SC Ref:807546)",
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