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Published 8 Oct 2021, 17:05 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Hire and Maintenance of Small Plant including Independent Hand Arm Vibration and Noise Testing

Official notice

Authority: South Lanarkshire Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£2,400,000exc. VAT39.2% below published estimate
Submissions closed 8 Nov 2021awarded 10 Jan 2022
Awarded to Fraser Tool Hire Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

South Lanarkshire Council has an ongoing requirement for a suitably qualified contractor for the provision of the Hire and Maintenance of Small Plant including Independent Hand Arm Vibration and Noise Testing for use by Community and Enterprise Resources, Roads and Transportation Services. However the contract can be accessed by other Council services where required.

All Plant supplied under this contract shall at all times comply with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 – Section 6, the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER) and the Supply of Machinery (Safety Regulations) 2008 (as amended). All Plant supplied under this Contract shall at all times comply with the common minimum British safety requirements and must be CE-Marked to show it complies with these requirements.

The contract period is 3 years with the option to extend for a further period of up to 36 months.

CPV: Other services · Repair and maintenance of plant

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1The Contract will be procured via the Open route with a proposed contract period of 3…AwardedRenewalPublished value£2,400,000

The Contract will be procured via the Open route with a proposed contract period of 3 years with the option to extend for up to 36 months years to achieve Best Value.

All Plant supplied will be designed and constructed in such a way as to reduce o the lowest level, all risks resulting from vibration, noise and other sources. Vibration will be measured in accordance with British Standard EN ISO 4142:2014.

The requirement includes fixed core hire, short term hire, , HAVS testing and maintenance of small plant. The service is required on an ongoing basis.

The requirement comprises of the Hire and Maintenance of Core plant required by Contracting Services on a full time “contract hire” basis, with all included items being retained by the Council for the full contract duration with no break in the hire period. There is also a requirement to Short Term Hire items of small plant and purchase plant consumables.

Delivery: Scotland
Extensions: An option to extend for a further period of up to 36 months.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: 30%Price: 70%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Technical: 30%
  • price: 70%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Technical: 30
  • Price: 70
Conditions of participation2
  • Suitability

    There are a number of questions/statements that have been included in the Contract Notice and within the Qualification Envelope which detail the minimum requirements that Bidders must be able to evidence for participation in this tender and ultimately will be required to evidence prior to any award being made. There are in addition further statements made that simply provide relevant information relating to the tender itself.

    These questions and statements form an integral part of the Single Procurement Document (the SPD) which the Council has decided to implement for all tenders in excess of 50K GBP in value.

    SPD Question 2.C.1 Reliance on the capacities of other entities

    Bidders are required to complete a full SPD for each of the entities whose capacity they rely upon

    SPD Question 2.D.1 Subcontractors on whose capacity the bidder does not rely

    Bidders are required to complete a shortened version of the SPD for each Subcontractor on whose capacity the bidder does not rely on

    Exclusion Criteria

    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.

    SPD Questions 3A – 3C have been identified as mandatory exclusion grounds and SPD Questions 3D have been identified as discretionary exclusion grounds. All the exclusion grounds will be assessed on a PASS/FAIL basis. For the mandatory exclusion grounds a bid will be excluded where the bidder fails to provide eith…

  • Condition of participation
    no text published
    Minimum: SPD Question 4B.4 Economic and Financial Standing The Council will use the following ratios to evaluate a bidders financial status: Profitability – this is taken as profit after tax but before dividends and minority interests. If a company makes a profit then it is a pass for thi…
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 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
8 Oct 2021, 17:05 BST
Last source update
18 Jan 2022, 13:55 GMT
Award evaluation window
8 Nov 2021 – …
Authority reference
SLC/PS/COMENT/21/003
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-001472
Classification (CPV)
Other servicesRepair and maintenance of plant
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM95)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02ea1c Find a Tender
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

Court of Session

Parliament House

Parliament Square

Edinburgh

EH1 1RQ

+44 1312252595

[email protected]

Publisher note: Declarations and Certificates In an open tendering procedure prior to any award being made the successful bidder will provide the undernoted certificates, declarations and/or completed questionnaires to evidence their compliance with the relevant questions within the Qualification Envelope. All certificates, declarations and questionnaires can be found within the Attachment area of PCS-T. SPD Question 2D.1 Prompt Payment Certificate SPD Question 3D.3 Human Rights Act Declaration Declaration Section *Form of Tender SPD Question 3D.11 Non-Collusion Certificate SPD Question 4B.5.1 Insurance Certificates SPD Questions 3A.1 to 3A.8 Serious and Organised Crime Declaration SPD Question 3A.6 Modern Slavery Act 2015 Declaration *The ‘Form of Offer to Tender’ must be completed and uploaded within the relevant question in the Commercial Envelope. In the case of an open procedure, the other Declarations listed above will not be required to be uploaded and submitted with the bid, but will instead be requested by the Council following the conclusion of the evaluation of the Qualification, Technical and Commercial Envelopes and prior to the award of the tender. Failure to provide this information or in the event that the information provided does not support or evidence the statements made within the SPD will invalidate the bid. In this scenario the Council will seek to obtain the relevant information and evidence from the second highest scoring bidder and so on until a fully compliant bidder is identified. (SC Ref:680014)

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
8 Nov 2021, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Bids opened
8 Nov 2021, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

8 Nov 2021 → 18 Jan 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    8 Nov 2021, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    8 Nov 2021, 12:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    18 Jan 2022, 13:55 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    18 Jan 2022, 13:55 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,458,7681 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 22 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 10 Jan 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Fraser Tool Hire LtdSME£1,458,768 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 001472-2022-SLC/PS/COMENT/21/003-1 · Fraser Tool Hire LtdSME

    Signed
    10 Jan 2022
    Value
    £1,458,768
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

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

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

South Lanarkshire Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Council Headquarters, Almada Street, Hamilton, Scotland, ML3 0AAContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Hamilton Sheriff CourtReview body HamiltonContact email, phone

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.