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Published 25 May 2022, 15:28 BST

Official UK procurement notice

NatureScot - Great Glen House, Inverness ~ TFM Tender

Official notice

Authority: NatureScot, Great Glen House

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£1,250,000≈ £250k / year5.7% below published estimate
Submissions closed 1 Jul 2022awarded 5 Aug 2022
Awarded to Robertson Facilities Management
Contract term 5 yrsends 30 Sept 2027 · starts 1 Oct 2022

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The successful Supplier will be required to provide TFM Services for NatureScot’s Headquarters in Inverness. NatureScot, Great Glen House, Leachkin Road, Inverness, IV3 8NW

Please note: the Site Visit for this tender will be taking place Wednesday 1st June 2022 at 10am. Please confirm your attendee names (max 2) by 30th May.

Please note: This is running as an Open Tender Procedure, via the Litmus Tender Management System (LTMS). Bidders will be required to submit both their SQ response and also their Tender Response by the same deadline of : 1st July 2022 at 17:00.

Please use the following links to submit your SQ and your Tender responses via LTMS portal:

SQ Response : To submit your SQ Response, please click here: litmustms.co.uk/respond/32S953CRV3 ↗

Tender Response : To submit your Tender Response, please click here: litmustms.co.uk/respond/EP4K49DZBZ ↗

Please note that The Litmus Partnership Ltd is publishing this Contract Notice on behalf of our client, NatureScot.

CPV: Building and facilities management services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1The successful Supplier will be required to provide TFM Services for NatureScot’s…Awarded 5 yrs

The successful Supplier will be required to provide TFM Services for NatureScot’s Headquarters in Inverness

NatureScot, Great Glen House, Leachkin Road, Inverness, IV3 8NW

The agreement term will be 3 years from October 2022 with an option to extend annually for up to a further 2 x 1 years.

Turnover estimated at 250,000 GBP per annum. With total potential contract turnover over full lifetime of the contract 1.25 million GBP.

NatureScot is the Scottish Governments nature agency. They work to improve the natural environment in Scotland and to inspire everyone to care. Their work focuses heavily on environmental and sustainability, and the tender responses must consider the clients commitment to environmental and sustainability in Scotland.

NatureScot is based in Great Glen House, Inverness, and shares its building with tenants from other Government departments. The building has a capacity of 365 people. NatureScot now seeks to tender their Total facilities Management services at Great Glen House, as their current contract comes to a natural end.

More information on NatureScot can be found here www.nature.scot/about-naturescot ↗

A site visit for bidders has been arranged for Wednesday 1st June at 10am. Location Nature Scot, Great Glen House, Inverness IV3 8NW. The bidders may have 2 representatives at the bidders meeting. Please advise names of the attendees by Monday 30th May at 12.00pm through the LTMS portal message centre.

Google maps goo.gl/maps/VmJkfSUuzfmYWncY8 ↗

Please note: This is running as an Open Tender Procedure. Bidders will be required to submit both their SQ response and also their Tender Response by the same deadline of : 1st July 2022 at 17:00.

Please use the following links to submit your SQ and your Tender responses:

SQ Response : To submit your SQ Response, please click here: litmustms.co.uk/respond/32S953CRV3 ↗

Tender Response : To submit your Tender Response, please click here: litmustms.co.uk/respond/EP4K49DZBZ ↗

Tender Objectives

NatureScot are seeking to procure the delivery of FM services to their Inverness Headquarters building. NatureScot are seeking a service delivery solution for the provision of FM services to the building which will include both hard and soft FM services.

The objectives of the proposed FM service delivery solution, are as follows:

The creation of a partnership between NatureScot and the successful Service Provider

  1. A truly integrated approach to service delivery model, to ensure full statutory and legislative compliance in the delivery of FM services to the HQ facilities.
  2. To provide a level of consistency of service delivery against service level agreements, to the facilities.
  3. Professional leadership, management and supervision of the FM staff to ensure a continuity of staffing i.e. the deployment of appropriately trained staff at all times including periods of absence cover.
  4. Provide the flexibility to respond to changing service requirements as the NatureScot facilities develop.
  5. Deliver a solution that as environmentally friendly, and sustainable as possible.

Please see SQ Document (available to download via LTMS - litmustms.co.uk/respond/32S953CRV3 ↗ ) for further information. Additional information: Please note that The Litmus Partnership Ltd is publishing this Contract Notice on behalf of our client, NatureScot.

Contract period: 1 Oct 2022 – 30 Sept 2027 (5 yrs)
Delivery: Scotland · Inverness, Scotland
Variant bids: 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: 60Price: 80
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Quality: 60
  • Price: 40
  • price: 40
Published award criteria (3)
  • Price: 40
  • Quality: 60
  • Price: 40
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 80 of 140 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
Services
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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
25 May 2022, 15:28 BST
Last source update
23 Sept 2022, 16:51 BST
Award evaluation window
1 Jul 2022 – …
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-026766
Classification (CPV)
Building and facilities management services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-033fea Find a Tender

Publisher note: Please note that The Litmus Partnership Ltd is publishing this Contract Notice on behalf of our client, NatureScot. It will be the supplier's responsibility to obtain any necessary documents in order to submit a response by the closing date and time. The contracting authority reserves the right not to award any or part of the contract which is the subject of this contract notice and reserves the right to terminate the procurement process at any time. The contracting authority will not be liable for any costs incurred by those expressing an interest in tendering for this contract opportunity. The contracting authority will consider variant bids, evaluating them (so far as the variant or the evaluation of the variant is in the opinion of the contracting authority practicable) on the same basis as a conforming bid, but shall not be obliged to accept any such bid in preference to a conforming bid even if the variant bid scores more highly. No variant will be considered unless the bidder simultaneously submits a conforming bid. (SC Ref:707849)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Litmus TMS
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free
Submission deadline
1 Jul 2022, 17:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
1 Jul 2022, 17:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

1 Jul 2022 → 1 Oct 2022 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    1 Jul 2022, 17:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    1 Jul 2022, 17:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    23 Sept 2022, 16:51 BST
  4. Contract starts
    1 Oct 2022, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    23 Sept 2022, 16:51 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,178,4151 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 3
Contracts signed 1latest 5 Aug 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Robertson Facilities Management£1,178,415 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad0——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NatureScot, Great Glen House

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawEnvironmental protection Leachkin Road, Inverness, UK, IV3 8NWContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Inverness Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body Inverness

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria