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Published 18 Jan 2023, 11:01 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

NAC/5123 Void Garden Works and Gardening Services at Temporary Accommodation Framework

Official notice

Authority: North Ayrshire Council (Local council)

Framework agreement2 lotsServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Framework ceiling (notional)£429,988total for 2 lots · framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 20 Feb 2023awarded 4 Jul 2023
Lots 2see the lot list below

What is being bought2 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

Building Services require a framework of sub-contractors to support the operations team in completing void housing garden works to ensure works are completed to appointment/target dates.

North Ayrshire Council Housing Services require the provision of Gardening Services, at approximately 190 council properties across mainland North Ayrshire.

CPV: Landscape gardening services · Landscaping work for gardens

How this framework works

From the published notice
Places
up to 4 suppliers · 2 bids on the busiest of 2 lots (0.5 per place) · 2 appointed

Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure

2 lots · all with a published value · same evaluation weights on every lot
Lot #1Void Garden WorksAwardedRenewalPublished value£300,000

North Ayrshire Council Building Services require the Provision of Gardening works, as summarised below, at Void Council properties across North Ayrshire. Properties require 1 visit and the works shall include but not be limited to initial grass cuts, strimming borders, cutting hedges, trim/pruning of flower bed areas, removal of all rubbish, debris (including dog fouling’s, where not excessive). The target timescale of these works is 10 working days from NAC processing the purchase order to contractor completion.

Delivery: Scotland
Extensions: Extension of up to 12 months availableVariant bids: not allowed
Lot #2Gardening Services at Temporary AccommodationAwardedRenewalPublished value£129,988

North Ayrshire Council Housing Services require the provision of Gardening Services, at approximately 190 council properties across mainland North Ayrshire. Properties require a minimum of 1 visit per month with intervals between of no more than 30 days. The works shall include, but not be limited to, initial grass cuts, strimming borders, applying weed killer, and removal of all rubbish, debris, and arisings.

Delivery: Scotland
Extensions: Extension of up to 12 months availableVariant 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 · same split on all 2 lots
Quality: 20%Price: 80%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 20
  • Price: 80
Conditions of participation3
  • Suitability

    Where it is required, within a bidder’s country of establishment they must confirm which authorisation or memberships of the relevant organisation(s) are required in order to perform this service.

    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 150,000 GBP for Lot 1 and 64,994 for Lot 2 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 = 5m GBP in respect of any one event

    www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/hse40.pdf ↗

    Public Liability Insurance 5m GBP in respect of any one event

  • Technical & professional ability

    Bidders are required to provide 2 examples of services carried out in the past 3 years that demonstrates they have the relevant experience to deliver the services described in the Contract Notice. The services 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 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 are required to confirm their average annual manpower for the last 3 years.

    Bidders are required to demonstrate they have (or have access to) the relevant tools, plant or technical equipment to deliver the requirements detailed in the Contract Notice.

    Bidders are required to confirm whether they intend to subcontract and, if so, for what proportion of the contract.

    Bidders who intend to subcontract more than 25% to any individual organisation must ensure the SPD (Scotland) - Subcontractors Supplier Response is completed and uploaded at question 2C.1 of the qualification envelope.

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.
  • “NAC/5123 Void Garden Works and Gardening Services at Temporary…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 4 suppliers, not a single contract.

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
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
18 Jan 2023, 11:01 GMT
Last source update
3 Aug 2023, 10:37 BST
Award evaluation window
20 Feb 2023 – …
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-022559
Classification (CPV)
Landscape gardening servicesLandscaping work for gardens
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM93)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03986c Find a Tender

Publisher note: Health and Safety Procedures 1. The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third-party certificate of compliance in accordance with 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:740564)

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
Appointment period ends
20 Feb 2023, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
20 Feb 2023, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

20 Feb 2023 → 3 Aug 2023 · 3 dates
  1. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    20 Feb 2023, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    20 Feb 2023, 12:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    3 Aug 2023, 10:37 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    3 Aug 2023, 10:37 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 2admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 22 from SMEs · busiest of 2 lots
Contracts signed 2latest 4 Jul 2023

2 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

  • Gardening Services at Temporary Accommodation

    Signed
    4 Jul 2023
    Value
    £143,620
    Status
    active
  • Void Garden Works

    Signed
    4 Jul 2023
    Value
    £108,630
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1 · Void Garden Works2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad2——
2 · Gardening Services at Temporary Accommodation2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad2——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

North Ayrshire Council

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

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Kilmarnock Sheriff CourtReview body KilmarnockContact phone

Framework contractors & participating bidders

2 commercial parties on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.