Multi-supplier Framework Agreement for proposed utility diversions and/or protection audit and advice services

Economic Operators must be enrolled in the relevant professional or trade registers kept in the member state of its establishment (as described in Schedule 5 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015) (i.e. registered under Companies House). Economic operators should provide details under Question Ref. 4A.1.

Economic Operators should provide details of their certifications/accreditations/registrations under Question Ref. 4C.6. Subsequently, under SPD, Question Ref 4D.1 Economic Operators are required to confirm their compliance and be able to provide the appropriate certification.

Accreditation / Registration & Staff

It is a requirement of the Contract that staff employed under the Contract shall have minimum levels of experience, education and professional qualifications. In particular, the Consultant shall have staff who are Chartered professionals (or equivalent) who will review and technically appraise designs (and processes applied) to ensure compliance with Employers requirements, appropriate standards, Statutory Undertakers requirements, Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 and the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991. This should be coupled with relevant experience of Design and Build contract types and Design Build Finance Operate contract types and trunk road/ highway construction projects.

It is not envisaged that the successful tenderer shall fulfil any named duties under Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015.

Sub-Contractors

SPD …

Economic operators shall be required to satisfy minimum standards of economic and financial standing. To determine these standards, economic operators shall:

(a) in response to SPD, Question Ref. 4B.1.a provide the specified annual turnover for the last two years of trading, or for the period which is available if trading for less than two years;

(b) in response to SPD Question Ref 4B6 provide the name, range and score of nine financial criteria for each year for the last two years of trading, or for the period which is available if trading for less than two years; and

(c) in response to SPD, Question Ref. 4B.5 confirm they already have or can commit to obtain, prior to commencement of the contract the required levels of insurance.

In addition to the information requested under (a) to (c), economic operators must provide a link/ copies of the associated annual accounts as filed at Companies House (or equivalent if not a UK registered company). For the avoidance of doubt, if an economic operator fails to provide accounts relating to its last two full years of trading that are due to have been filed, that economic operator will be excluded from this procurement competition.

Where Economic Operators have not yet been trading for a full two year period, such that filed accounts are not yet due and available, and limited only to that circumstance, the required information to support (a) to (c) above may take the form of appropriate third party / statements setting out turnover, pr…

For 4C1.2 economic operators shall be required to insert suitable responses to Statements (a) to (h) set out below, demonstrating that they have the required minimum standards of eligibility and technical and professional ability. Answers to these statements shall be provided by single economic operators and by groups of economic operators (group members should not respond individually).

Response to (a), (g) and (h) shall be assessed on the basis of PASS or FAIL. Economic operators who fail to satisfy this minimum standard (either they answer ‘No’ or fail to provide an acceptable answer) shall be excluded from the procurement competition.

Statement (b) is not scored but is required to be completed.

The responses to (c), (d), (e) and (f) shall be assessed on the basis of a score from 0 – 5, with a minimum threshold. The scoring criteria can be downloaded via the Additional Documents, located within the Additional Notice Options of the Public Contracts Scotland portal (www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗).

A submission shall be marked as FAIL and will not be considered further if the score achieved for any statement is less than 2. Where a response is 2 or greater it shall be weighted in accordance with the following weightings: Statement (c) = 40%; Statement (d) = 30%; Statement (e) = 15%; Statement (f) = 15%. The weighted scores shall be aggregated to calculate a score out of 100 for the 4 statements. Words in excess of the maximum word limit for each statement will neither be…

Participation is reserved to a particular profession: Yes

Reference to the relevant law, regulation or administrative provision:

Subject to the other provisions of the framework agreement, the legislation, policy, standards and specifications with which the Consultant shall comply will include:

• Scottish Government policies and plans as they relate to the services
• Roads (Scotland) Act 1984
• The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2017
• UK Department for Transport Standards for Highways, specifically:
• Design Manual for Roads and Bridges (DMRB)
• Manual of Contract Documents for Highway Works (MCHW)
• Transport Scotland Interim Amendments (TSIA)
• Eurocodes
• BS EN and BS EN ISO standards
• BS Codes of Practice
• Local Authority Design Standards and guidance

Furthermore, it is the intention that, if awarded a call-off contract under the framework agreement, the Consultant shall be required to undertake the role of principal designer under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015.