NAC/5115 Enabling Works in Relation to Ardrossan North Shore Development

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 “general” turnover of 43,531,499 GBP for the last 3 years in the business area covered by the contract.

North Ayrshire Council reserve the right to review the bidder's financial information using company watch financial analytics at tender stage and throughout the life of the contract. If the bidder’s financial health score (H-Score) is 25 or less further information/clarifications will be requested to ensure the equivalent economic and financial standing is adhered too. If this information or the clarifications are not satisfactory, the bidder will 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 = 10m GBP in respect of any one event

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Public Liability Insurance 10m GBP in respect of any one event

Professional Indemnity Insurance 2m GBP in the aggregate for 12 years

Contractors All Risk Insurance - Project value as determined by the contractor

Third-Party Motor Vehicle Insurance

Bidders are required to provide two examples of works carried out in the past 5 years, one with a minimum value of 20m GBP, that demonstrate they have the relevant experience to deliver the works as described in this Contract Notice. The works 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 two of the contracts used as experience example 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. There are 5 technical questions which will be scored, and these can be found within the procurement documents.

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…