NAC/5110 Biomass Boiler Operation, Maintenance and Fuel Supply for North Ayrshire Sites

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.

Bidders will be required to have a minimum yearly “specific” turnover of 1,821,990 GBP for the last 3 years in the business area covered by the contract.

North Ayrshire Council reserve the right to review the bidders financial information including information from credit reference agencies at tender stage and throughout the life of the contract, and seek clarifications if necessary. If clarifications are not satisfactory the bidder may be excluded from the tender process.

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 = [x]GBP in respect of any one event

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Public Liability Insurance [x]GBP in respect of any one event

Product Liability Insurance [x]GBP in the aggregate

Professional Indemnity Insurance [x]GBP in the aggregate

Contractors All Risk Insurance [x]GBP in the aggregate

Medical Malpractice Insurance [x]GBP in respect of any one event

Cyber Security Insurance [x]GBP in respect of any one event

Third-Party Motor Vehicle Insurance [x]GBP

Bidders are required to provide a minimum of 2 examples of supply contracts carried out in the past 3 years that demonstrates they have the relevant experience to deliver the supplies described in the Contract Notice. The supplies must be of a similar value, size and scope. 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 must 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, signed by their Director, which improv…