Find a TenderCancelled
Published 24 Feb 2023, 15:13 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Low Voltage Emergency Generator Maintenance

Official notice

Authority: NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHS & healthcare)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£1,250,000≈ £417k / year
Submissions closed 24 Mar 2023
Contract term 3 yrsends 14 May 2026 · extension options published · starts 15 May 2023
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

There is a requirement for an NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde-wide contract to be in place for Low Voltage Emergency Generator Maintenance. The contract is for the routine maintenance to emergency electrical generators located throughout NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde (GG&C), including both minor (interim) and major (full) services. The service contractor must provide a 24/7 365 day breakdown repair. The service contractor will also be required to provide additional services in relation to temporary hire sets to cover failures or servicing and load banks for testing. The contract will initially be for a period of 36 months with estimated value of GBP 750,000 (with the options of extending for 2 periods of 12 months).

What is being bought

Published requirement description

There is a requirement for an NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde-wide contract to be in place for Low Voltage Emergency Generator Maintenance.

The contract is for the routine maintenance to emergency electrical generators located throughout NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde (GG&C), including both minor (interim) and major (full) services. The service contractor must provide a 24/7 365 day breakdown repair. The service contractor will also be required to provide additional services in relation to temporary hire sets to cover failures or servicing and load banks for testing. The service contractor will be expected to provide expert advice to local Estates Managers on the maintenance and management of generator services to the hospitals, electronic reports on plant condition and actions required to ensure the reliability of the standby service.

CPV: Repair and maintenance services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1CancelledRenewal 3 yrs
Contract period: 15 May 2023 – 14 May 2026 (3 yrs)
Delivery: Scotland · NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde wide contract.
Extensions: 2 x 12 Month ExtensionsVariant 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: 40%Price: 60%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Technical/Quality: 40%
  • price: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Technical/Quality: 40
  • Price: 60
Conditions of participation2
  • Economic & financial standing

    With Reference to SPD Question 4B1.1, turnover for the last three (3) financial years to be stated. Mandatory criteria: Turnover for each year stated must be at least twice the estimated contract value stated in the Contract Notice i.e. turnover must be at least 250,000 GBP in each year specified. Evidence: copies of accounts or equivalent for the number of years stated.

    With reference to SPD question 4B.4, tenderer are required to state the value for the following financial ratio:

    Current Ratio (Liquidity Ratio)

    (Total Current Assets divided by total current liabilities)

    The acceptable range for this financial ratio is:

    >0.99

    With reference to SPD question 4B.4, tenderer are required to state the value for the following financial ratio:

    Net Profit Margin

    (Net profits divided by revenue x 100)

    The acceptable range for this financial ratio is:

    >0 (i.e positive) Minimum level(s) of standards required:

    With reference to ESPD question 4B.5 Insurances, please confirm the following:

    4B.5.1a - Employers Liability Insurance, hold a policy providing as a minimum GBP 5 million cover Pass/Fail

    4B.5.1b - Public Liability Cover, hold a policy providing as a minimum GBP 5 million cover Pass/Fail

    4B.5.2 - Professional Indemnity Insurance, hold a policy provided as a minimum GB 5 million cover Pass/Fail

    Any supplier unable to meet, or unwilling to commit to obtaining the required insurance levels, will be deemed non-compliant and their submission will not be evaluated any further.

  • Technical & professional ability

    With reference to SPD Question 4C.1.2 Provide three (3) examples from the last five (3) years of providing services outlined in the Specification & document. Examples provided must demonstration of working with SHTM 00: Best practice guidance for healthcare engineering, SHTM 06-02: Electrical safety guidance for low voltage systems and within NHS or Healthcare Environment. Tenderers should ensure to highlight the relevancy of their case study, giving detailed account of the services carried out. Pass/Fail

    With reference to SPD Question 4C.7 Bidders will be required to confirm that they will employ environmental management measures that meet the following requirements:

    -The supplier should eliminate all non-essential packaging, and where packaging is essential, the supplier should remove this from site for their own recycling.

    -If an item is required for repair, remove damaged item from NHSGGC site and take for own recycling, including all packaging associated.

    -Any vehicles to be turned off while on NHSGGC sites to reduce carbon emissions.

    -Number of visits/deliveries limited where possible? Operational alarms to sound when maintenance is required to save unnecessary trips.

    -Are materials used supporting circular economy (are they designed to last a long time – less pollution and less maintenance required).

    b)The contractor must hold a Special Waste Licence from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA)

    Pass/Fail

    With reference to SPD Question 4C8.1

    i)Please provide a…

Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 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.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1

1 further award records carry no date or value.

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
Cancelled
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
24 Feb 2023, 15:13 GMT
Last source update
30 Jun 2023, 09:19 BST
Award evaluation window
24 Mar 2023 – …
Authority reference
GGC0565
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-018618
Classification (CPV)
Repair and maintenance services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM82)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03abdc Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: Further to the estimated contract value noted in II.1.5 section of this contract notice there will be no guarantee as to the volume of business that the contractor may receive by virtue of being appointed. NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=722952. The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx. Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/ A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: It is a mandatory requirement that the potential contract participant agree to support the concept, provision and ongoing development of community benefits provision in relation to this contract. Potential contract participant is required to agree to this mandatory requirement. They are also requested to provide a brief summary of the community benefits that have recently been delivered within Scotland, if at all, and also what impact and outcomes these have achieved. Potential framework participants are required to summarise any proposed community benefits that will be developed and delivered as part of this contract if successful or, alternatively, potential framework participants confirm that they will engage with the NHS Scotland’s Community Benefits Gateway (CBG). This gateway, developed through requests from suppliers seeking opportunities to support the delivery of community benefits within the contracting region, provides information on community benefit opportunities. The CBG is a free and easy to use online service that connects NHS Scotland suppliers with third sector community organisations within Scotland and will be used for tracking and reporting and is an approved compliant route to the realisation of community benefits. (SC Ref:722952) (SC Ref:737197)

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: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗

Submission deadline
24 Mar 2023, 16:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
24 Mar 2023, 16:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

24 Mar 2023 → 30 Jun 2023 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    24 Mar 2023, 16:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    24 Mar 2023, 16:00 GMT
  3. Contract starts
    15 May 2023, 00:00 BST
  4. Notice published
    30 Jun 2023, 09:19 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to cancelled
    30 Jun 2023, 09:19 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

Contracting authorityNHS & healthcareBody governed by public lawHealth Procurement Department, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, 84 Castle Street, Glasgow, Scotland, G4 0SFContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Glasgow Sheriff Court 1Review body GLASGOW

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.