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Published 27 Sept 2022, 14:36 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Glasgow Taxis · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS") (NHS & healthcare)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Sectors: Transport & Passenger Services (60) Delivery: Scotland (UKM82)
Awarded value£200,000published contract · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 2 Nov 2022awarded 23 Feb 2023
Awarded to Spring Radio Cars Ltd T/A GlasGO Cars

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (SNBTS) require a contract to be put in place in respect of collection and delivery of staff, patients, blood components, samples, tissues and cells by taxi.

CPV: Taxi services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal
Delivery: Scotland
Extensions: The Authority shall be entitled, at its option, to continue this Agreement beyond the Initial Term for three (3) twelve (12) Contract Month periods subject to giving not less than nine (9) Contract Months’ notice to the Contractor.Variant bids: not allowed

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: 40%Price: 60%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Technical: 40%
  • price: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Technical: 40
  • Price: 60
Conditions of participation1
  • Economic & financial standing

    As per Section 4B of the ESPD Bidders Must provide information on Economic and Financial Standing in the section of the ESPD relating to this.

    4B (1.76.2) – Last 3 years’ turnover.

    Insurance Requirements:

    4B (1.72.12)

    Employer's (Compulsory) Liability: Five Million Pounds Sterling (GBP 5,000,000)

    Public Liability: Five Million Pounds Sterling (GBP 5,000,000)

    Product Liability: Five Million Pounds Sterling (GBP 5,000,000)

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

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
27 Sept 2022, 14:36 BST
Last source update
22 Mar 2023, 08:53 GMT
Award evaluation window
2 Nov 2022 – …
Authority reference
NSS222308
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-008243
Classification (CPV)
Taxi services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM82)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-036bd9 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
electronic ordering

Publisher note: (SC Ref:726721)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding
Submission deadline
2 Nov 2022, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
2 Nov 2022, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗

Timeline

2 Nov 2022 → 22 Mar 2023 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    2 Nov 2022, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    2 Nov 2022, 12:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    22 Mar 2023, 08:53 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    22 Mar 2023, 08:53 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £200,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 22 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 23 Feb 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Spring Radio Cars Ltd T/A GlasGO CarsSME£200,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad2——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS")

Contracting authorityNHS & healthcareBody governed by public lawHealth Gyle Square (NSS Head Office), 1 South Gyle Crescent, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH12 9EBContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Court of SessionReview body Edinburgh

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.