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Published 12 Apr 2021, 09:15 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Grounds Maintenance and Grounds Works Service

Official notice

Authority: Edinburgh Napier University (Education)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£220,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 12 May 2021awarded 29 Jun 2021
Awarded to Glendale Grounds Management Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Contractor for Ground Team Maintenance Services which will consist of both Summer grounds services and Emergency Call Out services at detailed locations within the University’s Estates portfolio at both Campuses and Student Accommodation Residential sites

  • Recurrence: March 2024

CPV: Grounds maintenance services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal
Delivery: Scotland · Edinburgh
Extensions: up to 12 monthsVariant 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: 43%Price: 25%Environmental: 32%
Published sub-criteria (20)
  • Operational :Resource and Structure: 4%
  • Operational :Equipment: 4%
  • Operational :Equipment Maintenance: 4%
  • Operational :Processes: 4%
  • Operational: Sub-Contracting :: 3%
  • Operational : Implementation:: 3%
  • Capability/Resource To Emergency Situations :: 5%
  • Suppliers Quality Control/Staff Supervision Procedures And Competence: Contract Manager: 4%
  • Suppliers Quality Control/Staff Supervision Procedures And Competence: Daily Works Supervisor: 4%
  • Suppliers Quality Control/Staff Supervision Procedures And Competence: Quality: 4%
  • Health & Safety:Policy and Health & Safety Management Structure: 4%
  • price: 25%
  • Health & Safety/Legislative And Environmental Sustainability Policies/Compliance :Risk Assessments and Method Statements: 4%
  • Health & Safety/Legislative And Environmental Sustainability Policies/Compliance: Training: 4%
  • Environmental & Sustainability : Biodiversity: 4%
  • Environmental & Sustainability: Chemical Management: 4%
  • Environmental &Sustainability :Compliance: 4%
  • Environmental & Sustainability :Volunteers: 4%
  • Environmental & Sustainability: Strategies & Policies: 4%
  • Environmental &Sustainability: Waste: 4%
Published award criteria (20)
  • Operational :Resource and Structure: 4
  • Operational :Equipment: 4
  • Operational :Equipment Maintenance: 4
  • Operational :Processes: 4
  • Operational: Sub-Contracting :: 3
  • Operational : Implementation:: 3
  • Capability/Resource To Emergency Situations :: 5
  • Suppliers Quality Control/Staff Supervision Procedures And Competence: Contract Manager: 4
  • Suppliers Quality Control/Staff Supervision Procedures And Competence: Daily Works Supervisor: 4
  • Suppliers Quality Control/Staff Supervision Procedures And Competence: Quality: 4
  • Health & Safety:Policy and Health & Safety Management Structure: 4
  • Health & Safety/Legislative And Environmental Sustainability Policies/Compliance :Risk Assessments and Method Statements: 4
  • Health & Safety/Legislative And Environmental Sustainability Policies/Compliance: Training: 4
  • Environmental & Sustainability : Biodiversity: 4
  • Environmental & Sustainability: Chemical Management: 4
  • Environmental &Sustainability :Compliance: 4
  • Environmental & Sustainability :Volunteers: 4
  • Environmental & Sustainability: Strategies & Policies: 4
  • Environmental &Sustainability: Waste: 4
  • Price: 25
Conditions of participation2
  • Economic & financial standing

    Tenderers will be required to have a minimum “specific” yearly turnover of 80,000 GBP for each of the last 2 years in the business area covered by the Contract

    The Tenderer(s), if requested, will be required to provide 2 years audited accounts, or equivalent prior to the award of Contract.

    Insurance: Employer's (Compulsory) Liability Insurance: GBP 5 Million.

    Insurance – Public and Product Indemnity Insurance cover of: GBP 5 Million.

  • Technical & professional ability

    Quality Assurance 4D1.1 Quality Management In PCS-T Qualification Envelope: Mandatory

    Tenderers must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third party certificate of compliance with BS EN ISO 9001(or equivalent)

    If bidder does not hold UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent 3rd party certificate of compliance with BS EN ISO 9001 (or equivalent), then Tenderer must have the following:

    a) A documented policy to be provided regarding Quality Management, which must set out responsibilities for Quality Management demonstrating that the Tenderer has and continues to implement a Quality Management policy that is authorised by their Chief Executive, or equivalent, and is periodically reviewed at a senior management level. Policy must be relevant to the nature and scale of the work to be undertaken.

    Scoring Methodology for this question 4.D.1.1 (Quality Management) is as follows:

    Pass = The Tenderer has confirmed and provided evidence that UKAS (or equivalent)accredited independent third party certificate of compliance with BS EN ISO 9001(or equivalent) or provided evidence on a documented policy which sets out responsibilities for Quality Management demonstrating that the Tenderer has and continues to implement a Quality Management policy that is authorised by their Chief Executive, or an equivalent is in place and provided evidence that it is periodically reviewed at a senior management level and is relevant to the nature and scale of the works .

    Fail= The Te…

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 25 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.5 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
Yes · March 2024
First published
12 Apr 2021, 09:15 BST
Last source update
21 Jun 2022, 14:28 BST
Award evaluation window
12 May 2021 – …
Authority reference
ENU-2021-0136-00
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-016940
Classification (CPV)
Grounds maintenance services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM75)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02a4ce Find a Tender
Contract terms
Performance terms

See Tender documents and appendixes

Publisher note: Safety Accreditation: Mandatory: Question Number Part 4C.6 In PCS-T Qualification Envelope: Mandatory Tenderers wishing to be considered for this Tender exercise must have in place membership of a Safety Scheme such as CHAS or SafeContractor or certification in accordance with ISO 18001 or an equivalent accreditation. Tenderers should confirm in their response that they have membership of Safety Scheme or certification in accordance with ISO 18001 or an equivalent accreditation and provide details of certification of Safety Scheme, or other certification in accordance with ISO18001. If there is an equivalent accreditation being proposed by the Tenderer then details and evidence should be provided showing that it is a detailed and robust equivalent accreditation. Scoring Methodology for this question is as follows: Pass = The Tenderer has confirmed that a Safety Scheme or certification in accordance ISO18001 is in place and provided evidence. Where an equivalent accreditation is being proposed by the Tenderer, they have provided evidence to show that it the accreditation is both detailed and robust. Fail= The Tenderer does not confirm that a Safety Scheme or certification in accordance ISO18001 or an equivalent accreditation is in place or no evidence has been provided by the Tenderer or the evidence provided by the Tenderer does not provided sufficient evidence to show that the Safety/Scheme/Accreditation is robust and detailed enough to meet with the University’s Safety requirements. 8 Environmental Management Systems Question no 4D.2: Tenderers wishing to be considered for this project must have in place a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third party certificate of compliance with BS EN ISO 14001 (or equivalent) or a valid EMAS (or equivalent) certificate, or a detailed internal process that is documented and evaluated on a regular basis that addresses and provided evidence that that a robust internal organisational Environmental Management System is in place. Please ensure that you attach a copy of your certificates or other supporting information regarding an Environmental Management System . 4.D.2 Scoring Methodology for this question (Environmental Management Systems) is as follows: Pass = The Tenderer has confirmed that a place a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third party certificate of compliance with BS EN ISO 14001 (or equivalent) or a valid EMAS (or equivalent) certificate is in place and provided evidence. Where an equivalent accreditation is being proposed by the Tenderer, they have provided evidence to show that it the accreditation is both detailed and robust. Where the Tenderer an internal organisational Environmental Management System is being proposed by Tenderer, the evidence provided shows that a well-documented , robust Environmental Management System is in place. Fail= The Tenderer does not confirm that UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third party certificate of compliance with BS EN ISO 14001 (or equivalent) or a valid EMAS (or equivalent) certificate is in place or no evidence has been provided by the Tenderer or the evidence provided by the Tenderer does not provided sufficient evidence to show that a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third party certificate of compliance with BS EN ISO 14001 (or equivalent) or a valid EMAS (or equivalent) is in place or where an internal organisational Environmental Management System is being proposed by Tenderer, the evidence provided is not robust and detailed enough to meet with the University’s Environment Management System requirements (SC Ref:697772)

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
12 May 2021, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
12 May 2021, 13:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

12 May 2021 → 21 Jun 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    12 May 2021, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    12 May 2021, 13:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    21 Jun 2022, 14:28 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    21 Jun 2022, 14:28 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Bids received 61 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 29 Jun 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Glendale Grounds Management LtdSME——Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
Contractor for Ground Team Maintenance Services which will consist of both Summer…6bids · 6 electronic · 6 from abroad1—£78,837 – £321,101
Whole notice———£78,837 – £321,101

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Edinburgh Napier University

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Sighthill Campus, 9 Sighthill Court, EDINBURGH, Scotland, EH11 4BNContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Edinburgh Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body Edinburgh

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Glendale Grounds Management LtdAwarded supplier Unit 3, West Craigs Industrial Estate, Turnhouse Road, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH12 0BDContact phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.