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Published 3 May 2021, 17:14 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Lift Consultant · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: University Of Edinburgh (Education)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£320,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 7 Jun 2021awarded 10 Aug 2021
Awarded to Lerch Bates Europe Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The University of Edinburgh wishes to appoint a single supplier to provide all Lift Consultancy services across the University estate.

The appointed Lift Consultant will be required to manage the following;

a) The existing Lift Term Maintenance Contract

b) Lift Insurer Health Safety Inspection Reports

c) New Lift Installations

The Lift Consultant Engineer would on behalf of the UOE Estates Department, overview In-House and External Design Teams proposals on New Lift Installations.

d) The Lift Consultant would on behalf of the UOE Estates Department attend all new lift installation handover meetings and produce a written report any issues arising.

e) The Lift Consultant to provide Contract Administrator Services from RIBA stages 1-7 for the installation of replacement lifts.

f) The Lift Consultant to provide CDM/Principal Designer Role for the installation of replacement lifts.

g) The Lift consultant will assist the University with procuring a new lift maintenance contract. This will include inputting into the specification/tender documents and they may be asked to form part of the evaluation panel.

Proposed contract duration is 2 years with 3 x 1-year extension options (2+1+1+1).

This contract is being tendered on behalf of the University of Edinburgh and all University of Edinburgh Subsidiary Companies may access and utilize this contract at any time during the life of the contract.

This procurement will be conducted via the Public Contracts Scotland - Tender portal (PCS-T). We will apply a one stage open procedure.Bidders must self-certify their adherence to the conditions of participation via the SPD (Scotland) in PCST, and may be required to submit means of proof before contract award. Bidders must refer to the specific requirements listed in the Section III in this Contract Notice when competing the SPD in PCST.

  • Recurrence: Approximately 12 months prior to the expiration of this agreement.

CPV: Lift-maintenance services · Lifts

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1The University of Edinburgh wishes to appoint a Lift Consultant Engineer to manage the…AwardedRenewal

The University of Edinburgh wishes to appoint a Lift Consultant Engineer to manage the Lift Term Maintenance Contract and Lift Insurer Health Safety Inspection Reports.

New Lift Installations. The Lift Consultant Engineer would on behalf of the UOE Estates Department, overview In-House and external Design Teams New Lift Installation proposals.

The Lift Consultant would on behalf of the UOE Estates Department attend all new lift installation handover meetings and produce a written report any issues arising.

The Lift Consultant would act as Contract Administrator and Principal Designer for the Installation of new Lift Installations.

There will also be a requirement for the lift consultant to input into any procurement for a new lift maintenance contract. This may include writing the specification/tender documents and may require the consultant to form part of the evaluation panel.

Delivery: Scotland · University of Edinburgh estate
Extensions: 2 years with the option to extend for a further 3 in total (2+1+1+1)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: 60%Price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 60
  • Price: 40
Conditions of participation1
  • Economic & financial standing

    List and brief description of selection criteria:

    SPD 4B.1.1 Statement - Bidders will be required to have a minimum “general” yearly turnover of 128,000 GBP for the last 3 years

    SPD 4B.3 Statement - Where turnover information is not available for the time period requested, the bidder will be required to state the date which they were set up/started trading.

    SPD 4B.5.1a and 4B.5.1b and 4B.5.2 Statement

    It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:

    Employer’s (Compulsory) Liability Insurance = 5,000,000 GBP

    Public Liability Insurance = 10,000,000 GBP

    Professional Risk Indemnity Insurance = 5,000,000 GBP

    www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/hse40.pdf ↗

    SPD 4B.6 Statements

    Bidders 4B.6 Statement 1: Where the bidder is providing a submission on behalf of a subsidiary company, upon request, the bidder must obtain a Parent Company Guarantee prior to commencement of any subsequently awarded contract.

    4B.6 Statement 2: Bidders will be required to provide adequate assurance of financial strength to successfully complete their contractual obligations.

    Bidders must be able to provide upon request, their 3 most recent sets of annual audited accounts, including profit and loss information, and the following ratios:

    • Current Ratio
    • Quick Ratio
    • Debtors Turnover Ratio
    • Return on Assets
    • Working Capital
    • Debt to Equity Ratio
    • Gross Profit Ratio

    A rev…

Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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 · Approximately 12 months prior to the expiration of this agreement.
First published
3 May 2021, 17:14 BST
Last source update
30 Aug 2021, 12:44 BST
Award evaluation window
7 Jun 2021 – …
Authority reference
EC0946
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-021380
Classification (CPV)
Lift-maintenance servicesLifts
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM75)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02ac97 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Performance terms

Service Requirement - minimum requirement

The consultant must meet the requirement to have a member/s of their team available for both in and out of hours contact for 365 days a year. Emergency contact number and call out service is required.

The consultant must meet the requirement to respond to any emergencies within 24 hours of the University (or third party) contacting them Emergency contact number and call out service is required.

All other contract management requirements detailed within the ITT

Publisher note: The value of the award is based on annual consultancy for lift maintenance only as it is difficult to know how much of the contract will be for new lift installations. NOTE: Bidders and subcontractors engaged in the delivery of this contract may be excluded if they have not met applicable social, environmental and labour obligations under national, EU, and international law (as indicated in ESPD section 3D). Without prejudice to any relevant obligations, suppliers should note that this includes obligations for certain organisations under: -the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (available at http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/30/contents/enacted), -the ILO conventions and other measures listed in Annex X of Directive 2014/24/EU (available at http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32014L0024&from=EN) - the Equality Act 2010, in regards to the protected characteristics of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation (available at https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/contents) -the Employment Relations Act 1999 (Blacklists) Regulations 2010 (http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/493/contents/made) - this is grounds for mandatory exclusion or termination at any procurement or contract stage At any stage, bidders and/or relevant subcontractors may be required to provide statements and means of proof demonstrating their compliance with these obligations or the reliability of their self-cleansing measures, including the annu (SC Ref:665487)

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

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗

Submission deadline
7 Jun 2021, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
7 Jun 2021, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

7 Jun 2021 → 30 Aug 2021 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    7 Jun 2021, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    7 Jun 2021, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    30 Aug 2021, 12:44 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    30 Aug 2021, 12:44 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £101,2501 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 74 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 10 Aug 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Lerch Bates Europe LtdSME£101,250 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
7bids · 7 electronic4——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

University Of Edinburgh

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Charles Stewart House, 9-16 Chambers Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH1 1HTContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Edinburgh Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body Edinburgh
  • The University of EdinburghReview body Edinburgh

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Dewar Partnership LimitedAwarded supplier Ground Floor Unit 501Centennial Park, Centennial Avenue Elstree, Borehamwood, Scotland, WD6 3FgContact phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.