Official UK procurement notice
Management of Adaptation Scotland Programme
Authority: Scottish Government (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Scottish Government has a requirement to place a contract with an external service provider for the provision of Adaptation Scotland Programme.
Funded by the Scottish Government since 2005, the Adaptation Scotland Programme (formerly the Scottish Climate Change Impacts Partnership) has supported the delivery of the Scottish Government’s climate change adaptation objectives including though the delivery of capacity building, advice and support to help public sector, businesses and communities be prepared and resilient to the effects of climate change.
The contract will be for a period of 24 months with the option to extend for an additional period of up to 24 months. (2 x 12 month period of extensions).
CPV: Environmental services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The Contract is for the continuation and development of the Adaptation Scotland…AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,206,660
The Contract is for the continuation and development of the Adaptation Scotland Programme, which is currently delivered under a contract arrangement by a sustainability charity.
Through continuation and development of the Adaptation Scotland Programme, the Service Provider will deliver a programme of work that contributes to successful delivery of the statutory Scottish Climate Change Adaptation Programme 2019 – 2024 and its successor. The Service Provider is expected to respond flexibly to support the objectives of the successor statutory Programme, including during the successor Programme’s development period. Additional information: 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.
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (8)
- Skills Experience, Resources: 10
- Proposal for meeting requirement: 55
- Quality Management Proposals: 15
- Staffing: 5
- Cyber Security: 5
- Fair Work First: 5
- Business Recovery and Disaster Recovery: 5
- price: 40
Published award criteria (8)
- Skills Experience, Resources: 10
- Proposal for meeting requirement: 55
- Quality Management Proposals: 15
- Staffing: 5
- Cyber Security: 5
- Fair Work First: 5
- Business Recovery and Disaster Recovery: 5
- Price: 40
- Economic & financial standing
Financial Ratios (ESPD 4B6) - Bidders must demonstrate a Current Ratio of 1.0 or more.
Current Ratio will be calculated as follows: Total Current Assets divided by Total Current Liabilities.
Minimum level(s) of standards required:
- Public Liability Insurance (In the sum not less) - 5,000,000 GBP;
- Professional Indemnity Insurance (In the sum not less) - 2,000,000 GBP;
- Employer’s Liability Insurance - employer’s liability insurance in accordance with any legal obligation for the time being in force.
Such insurance must be maintained for the duration of the Contract and for a minimum of 5 years following the expiry or termination of the Contract.
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 40 of 140 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 11 Jan 2023, 13:45 GMT
- Last source update
- 29 Mar 2023, 10:31 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 13 Feb 2023 – …
- Authority reference
Case/612940- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-009096- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-039696Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: Question Scoring Methodology for Award Criteria outlined in invitation to tender 0 Unacceptable. Nil or inadequate response. Fails to demonstrate an ability to meet therequirement. 1 Poor. Response is partially relevant but generally poor. The response addresses some elements of the requirement but contains insufficient/limited detail or explanation to demonstrate how the requirement will be fulfilled. 2 Acceptable. Response is relevant and acceptable. The response addresses a broad understanding of the requirement but may lack details on how the requirement will be fulfilled in certain areas. 3 Good. Response is relevant and good. The response is sufficiently detailed to demonstrate a good understanding and provides details on how the requirements will be fulfilled. 4 Excellent. Response is completely relevant and excellent overall. Tenderers are also asked to confirm that they will pay staff that are involved in the delivery of services under the contract, at least the real Living Wage. Tenderers who do not pass these questions will not be subject to Commercial Analysis. As a result the tender will not be considered further. Bidders must complete the SPD (Scotland) to demonstrate adherence to the Exclusion and Selection Criteria for this procurement. If there are named subcontractors/technicians upon which the bidder will rely to meet the selection criteria, these named parties must complete and reattach the SPD Supplier Response Form attached to SPD. (SC Ref:727500)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 13 Feb 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 13 Feb 2023, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
13 Feb 2023 → 29 Mar 2023 · 3 dates- Submission deadline13 Feb 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened13 Feb 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published29 Mar 2023, 10:31 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete29 Mar 2023, 10:31 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SnifferSMESubcontracting: Economics and Finance expertise | £1,206,660 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 009096-2023-Case/612940-1 · SnifferSME
- Signed
- 3 Mar 2023
- Value
- £1,206,660
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- SnifferAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.