Official UK procurement notice
NHSScotland Lead Advisor Consultant Framework (2023)
Authority: The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS") (NHS & healthcare)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought4 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThis Framework will provide Lead Advisor services to Framework Customers (as further described in the
Statement of Requirement). The role of the Lead Advisor is varied and may include
a range of advisory, design discipline, inspection and supervision services and building surveying inputs to health and social care
programmes of work and projects to be delivered via a variety of procurement routes. It will be a key requirement of this Framework
to provide an integrated Advisor service for construction projects procured under the NEC4 suite of contracts.
The authority is not able to guarantee the volume, type or value of any work called off under the framework however the current estimate
of the total potential value over the term of the framework is noted within the contract notice. The current realistic anticipated framework expenditure is circa 10 million GBP, however the maximum anticipated expenditure for the framework is 20million GBP given the potential for additional funding to be allocated to the NHSScotland Capital Programme over the life of the framework.
CPV: Advisory architectural services · Architectural and related services · Architectural design services · Architectural services for buildings · Architectural services for outdoor areas · Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services · Calculation of costs, monitoring of costs · Civil engineering consultancy services · Construction consultancy services · Construction management services · Construction project management services · Construction supervision services · +19 more
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 10 bids received · 5 suppliers appointed
Lots and requirements (4)Procurement structure
4 lots · all with a published value · win at most 3 of them · evaluation weights differ by lotEvery one of these 3 lots carries the same published figure, £2,800,000: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.
Lot #1NHSScotland Cost Advisor Framework (2023) - CAN1 NationalAwardedPublished value£20,000,000
As per the procurement documents uploaded to the Public Contact Scotland Tender portal.
Lot #2NHSScotland Cost Advisor Framework (2023) - CAR1 Regionalceiling above
As per the procurement documents uploaded to the Public Contact Scotland Tender portal.
Lot #3NHSScotland Cost Advisor Framework (2023) - CAR2 Regionalceiling above
As per the procurement documents uploaded to the Public Contact Scotland Tender portal.
Lot #4NHSScotland Cost Advisor Framework (2023) - CAR3 Regionalceiling above
As per the procurement documents uploaded to the Public Contact Scotland Tender portal.
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Lots publish different evaluation splits; there is no single procedure weighting.
- Suitability
Details of the required services to be delivered as part of the Cost Advisor services are detailed within the Tender documentation.
- Economic & financial standing
Bidders are required to complete tender document P3EA - CAN1 Economic and Financial Standing and /or P3EB CAR123 Economic and Financial Standing document as part of their Tender Response.
This document outlines the evaluation requirements which bidders will be required to meet to enable their Tender Response to be evaluated further in the process. All bidders who fails the Economic and Financial Standing requirements, including the qualitative moderation and creditsafe checks will receive a Fail will be excluded from the Tender process.
Please refer to P3EA - CAN1 Economic and Financial Standing and /or P3EB CAR123 Economic and Financial Standing documents for full details on the requirements.
Minimum: Each bidder must pass a minimum financial threshold test. The maximum score that can be achieved for each of the sections over the last 3 years (Operating Profit, Interest Cover Ratio, Current Ratio and Net Assets (excluding intangible assets)) is a score of 2. In order to meet t… - Technical & professional ability
Please refer to the Tender documents which provides a full breakdown of the professional services to be delivered via the Cost Advisor frameworks. This also includes minimum requirements for staff grade qualifications expected. App P2A1 Evaluation Guidance Notes - Staff Grade Descriptions tab.
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 30 points on every lot: a 10% discount moves about 3 points.
- “NHSScotland Lead Advisor Consultant Framework (2023)” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, 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
- 24 Oct 2022, 10:51 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Oct 2024, 14:55 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 12 Dec 2023 – …
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-033005- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-037839Find a Tender
- Performance terms
Bidders must have the ability to deliver all key services outlined in the Tender document to provide the Cost Advisor services.
Publisher note: Please refer to Tender documentation on PCS-Tender for further information in relation to this Tender. (SC Ref:780547)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 12 Dec 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 12 Dec 2023, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
6 Jan 2023 → 14 Oct 2024 · 4 dates- Next notice expected6 Jan 2023
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown12 Dec 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened12 Dec 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published14 Oct 2024, 14:55 BST
Notice history
9 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 9 Jun 2023- Published value updated to £20,000,0009 Jun 2023, 16:46 BSTwas £10,000,000
- Status changed to active9 Jun 2023, 16:46 BST
- Procurement method changed9 Jun 2023, 16:46 BST
- Deadline published: 24 Jul 2023, 12:00 BST9 Jun 2023, 16:46 BST
- Published value updated to £28,400,0003 Nov 2023, 15:48 GMTwas £20,000,000
- Deadline moved to 12 Dec 2023, 12:00 GMT3 Nov 2023, 15:48 GMT+141 days · was 24 Jul 2023, 12:00 BST
- Buyer details updated3 Nov 2023, 15:48 GMT
- Status changed to complete14 Oct 2024, 14:55 BST
- Buyer details updated14 Oct 2024, 14:55 BST
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2022-10: 1 release · 24 Oct 2022
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 033005-2024-1
- Signed
- 21 May 2024
- Value
- £20,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · NHSScotland Cost Advisor Framework (2023) - CAN1 National | 10bids · 10 electronic | 2 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- Scottish Courts and Tribunals ServiceReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
5 commercial parties on the notice- AECOMFramework contractor
- Currie & Brown UK LimitedFramework contractor
- Mott MacdonaldFramework contractor
- Thomas & Adamson International LimitedFramework contractor
- Thomson GrayFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria