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Published 18 Dec 2024, 13:53 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Measured Term Contract for Replacement Central Heating and Electrical Re-Wiring Programme

Official notice

Authority: North Ayrshire Council (Local council)

WorksOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£11,086,430exc. VAT18% below published estimate
Submissions closed 3 Feb 2025awarded 8 Apr 2025
Awarded to McTear Contracts Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

NAC require to implement a Measured Term Contract for the Replacement Central Heating and Electrical Re-Wiring Programme to various domestic properties throughout North Ayrshire.

The Council is required to undertake and upgrade central heating & electrical rewiring installations to tenants of North Ayrshire to comply with Scottish Housing Quality Standards. Electrical re-wiring follows a 40-year cycle and central heating has a 15-year cycle.

  • Recurrence: Further notice expected in 4 years time before expiry of this contract.

CPV: Boiler installation work · Central-heating installation work · Electrical wiring and fitting work · Electrical wiring work · Plumbing and sanitary works

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1This procurement exercise seeks to appoint a suitably qualified contractor to…AwardedRenewal

This procurement exercise seeks to appoint a suitably qualified contractor to undertake Replacement Central Heating and Electrical Re-Wiring works as part of the Council’s set programme to upgrade domestic properties.

This will be measured term contract, using model form contract SBCC MTC/SCOT 2019.

Delivery: Scotland
Extensions: Option to extend for up to an additional 24 months at NAC's sole discretion.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: 20%Price: 80%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 20
  • Price: 80
Conditions of participation3
  • Suitability

    If required, bidders are required to be enrolled in the relevant professional or trade registers within the country in which they are established.

    Bidders must confirm if they hold the particular authorisation or memberships.

  • Economic & financial standing

    Bidders will be required to have a minimum yearly “specific” turnover of (4,434,572)GBP for the last 3 years in the business area covered by the contract.

    Bidders who cannot meet the required level of turnover will be excluded from this tender.

    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 or started trading.

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

    Employer’s (Compulsory) Liability Insurance = [5,000,000]GBP in respect of any one event

    www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/hse40.pdf ↗

    Public Liability Insurance [10,000,000]GBP in respect of any one event

    Third-Party Motor Vehicle Insurance

    A valid motor vehicle certificate must be held in the company name or (where there is no fleet but rather the company permits its employees to use their personal vehicles for business purposes), a letter signed by a person of appropriate authority - confirming that the company has ongoing arrangements in place to ensure their employees' vehicles are appropriately insured and maintained.

  • Technical & professional ability

    Bidders are required to provide 2 examples of works carried out in the past 5 years that demonstrates they have the relevant experience to deliver the works described in the Contract Notice. The works must be of a similar value, size and scope and be of a minimum value of 1,000,000 GBP over a 12 month period. Unsatisfactory experience will result in exclusion from the tender process.

    Bidders must also provide 2 satisfactory references for the same 2 contracts on the reference templates provided. References should be completed and signed by previous customers for contracts of a similar value, size and scope. If any of the referees score the bidder less than 2 the bidder will be excluded from the tender process.

    Completed experience and reference templates must be zipped and uploaded at question 4C.1 of the qualification envelope.

    Bidders who intend to use a supply chain to deliver the requirements detailed in the Contract Notice, must confirm they have (or have access to) the relevant supply chain management and tracking systems to ensure a resilient and sustainable supply chain. This will include confirmation that they have the systems in place to pay subcontractors through the supply chain promptly and effectively, and provide evidence when requested of:

    a) their standard payment terms.

    b) ≥95% of all supply chain invoices being paid on time (in accordance with the terms of contract) in the last financial year.

    Bidders unable to confirm (b) must provide an improvement plan, …

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 80 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 8 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.

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
Works
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 · Further notice expected in 4 years time before expiry of this contract.
First published
18 Dec 2024, 13:53 GMT
Last source update
9 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
Award evaluation window
3 Feb 2025 – …
Authority reference
NAC/5189
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-013922
Classification (CPV)
Boiler installation workCentral-heating installation workElectrical wiring and fitting workElectrical wiring workPlumbing and sanitary works
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM93)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04c925 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: Lots are not being used for this tender for the reason(s) stated below: Nature of the contract not suitable for lots. Quality Management Procedures 1. The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third-party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS EN ISO 9001 (or equivalent) or a documented policy regarding quality management, see attachment at SPD question 4D.1. Health and Safety Procedures 1. The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third-party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS OHSAS 18001 or ISO 45001 (or equivalent) or have, within the last 12 months, successfully met the assessment requirements of a construction-related scheme in registered membership of the Safety Schemes in Procurement (SSIP) forum or the bidder must have a regularly reviewed and documented policy for Health and Safety management, see attachment at SPD question 4D.1. Environmental Management Procedures 1. The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third-party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS EN ISO 14001 (or equivalent) or a valid EMAS (or equivalent) certificate or the bidder must have a regularly reviewed documented policy regarding environmental management, see attachment at SPD question 4D.2. Bidders 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. (SC Ref:795914)

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
Submission deadline
3 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
120 days from the deadline
Bids opened
3 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

3 Feb 2025 → 9 Apr 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    3 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    3 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    9 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    9 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £9,087,7921 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 54 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 8 Apr 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
McTear Contracts LtdSME£9,087,792 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 013922-2025-NAC/5189-1 · McTear Contracts LtdSME

    Signed
    8 Apr 2025
    Value
    £9,087,792
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
5bids · 4 electronic · 4 from abroad4——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

North Ayrshire Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Cunninghame House, Friars Croft, Irvine, Scotland, KA12 8EEContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Kilmarnock Sheriff CourtReview body KilmarnockContact phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • McTear Contracts Ltd.Awarded supplier 12 Canyon Road , Wishaw, WISHAW, Scotland, ML2 0EGContact phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.