Income maximisation, money, debt and energy advice service

It is mandatory requirement of this contract that the Contractor and any proposed sub-contractor provide have achieved or demonstrably be working Competency Levels as laid out by the Scottish National Standards for Information and Advice Providers (SNSIAP).

-The Income Maximisation service will be delivered to SNSIAP Type II

-Money advice will be delivered to a standard of SNSIAP Type II

-Generalist advice service will be delivered to standard of SNSIAP Type I

-Energy Advice to a standard of SNSIAP Type II

Part 4C: Environmental Management Measures

Bidders will be required to provide evidence that their organisation has taken steps to build their awareness of the climate change emergency and how they will respond. Accepted evidence includes but is not limited to:

A completed copy of “Schedule 6- Climate Change” including planned projects and actions to reduce the bidder’s carbon emissions. This does not need to contain calculated carbon emissions. Please note Schedule 6- Climate Change is supplied as an individual document for completion. Where a Tenderer’s response is of a less than the acceptable standard, the Council may exclude the Tenderer from the competition or may apply discretion seeking supporting evidence to determine the Tenderer’s suitability to proceed in the competition.

Part 4D: Quality Assurance Schemes

It is a mandatory requirement that Tendering Organisations with more than 5 employees have in place a Health & Safety Policy which is approved at a senior level within the Organisation and is reviewed regularly. Bidders should confirm that this condition has been met within the response to this question. Where a Bidder does not have a Health & Safety Policy and is required to do so, the Council may exclude the Bidder from the competition.