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In relation to the SPD:

4A.1: not required

4A.2: not required

SPD question 4B.1 to 4B.4: not required

SPD question 4B.6: The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body (SPCB) uses Creditsafe, an independent provider of online business credit reports, to assess the financial standing of bidders. We recommend bidders review its financial performance on Creditsafe to understand their score rating which will be used by the SPCB to review the financial standing of bidders and that they read the information about how that data is collected and used prior to submitting a SPD.

Information and the opportunity to run a free report can be found at www.creditsafe.com/gb/en.html ↗

The SPCB requires bidders to have a Creditsafe Risk Score of 40 or higher to demonstrate satisfactory financial standing. If a bidder has a lower credit risk score than 40 on Creditsafe and has the backing of a parent company with a credit risk score of 40 or higher, then the provision of a parent company guarantee will be required prior to the award of any contract.

If a bidder has a lower credit risk score than 40 and cannot provide a parent company guarantee, they must submit evidence to support a stable and improved financial standing with their SPD or the SPD may be rejected. If no evidence is provided or the evidence provided is not sufficient to demonstrate a satisfactory financial position to the satisfaction of the SPCB (whose decision in this regard shall be final), then the SPD will be rejected and will not be evaluated further.

If a bidder is not listed on Cr…

SPD question 4C.1.2: Bidders are required to provide 2 examples that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the requirement as described in part II.2.4 of the Contract Notice or the relevant section of the Site Notice.

The SPCB reserve the right to exclude any submission that scores below 50% for question 4C.1.2 and not consider this submission further.

Further information can be found in the SPD.

Scores will be allocated to each weighted question according to the following matrix:

0 Unacceptable - Nil or inadequate response. Fails to demonstrate previous experience relevant to this criterion.

1 Poor - Response is partially relevant but generally poor. The response shows some elements of relevance to the criterion but contains insufficient/limited detail or explanation to demonstrate previous relevant experience.

2 Acceptable - Response is relevant and acceptable. The response demonstrates broad previous experience but lack detail in some aspects.

3 Good - Response is relevant and good. The response is sufficiently detailed to demonstrate a good amount of relevant experience.

4 Excellent - Response is completely relevant and excellent overall. The response is comprehensive, unambiguous and demonstrates thorough relevant experience.

SPD question 4C.2 to 4C.12: Not required

SPD question 4D.2 will be scored on a pass/fail basis: The Bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third-party certificate of compliance with BS EN ISO 14001 (or…