Official UK procurement notice
North Lanarkshire Council – Enterprise Strategic Commercial Partnership
Authority: North Lanarkshire Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNorth Lanarkshire Council (the Council) has an ambitious vision to re-invent North Lanarkshire as the place to Live, Learn, Work, Invest and Visit. The Council aims to implement its vision that enables inclusive economic growth and prosperity through an ambitious programme of regeneration and infrastructure investment.
The Council is seeking a private sector partner (the Commercial Partner or PSP) to create a long term strategic commercial place shaping partnership to provide an innovative new approach to the delivery of a full range of interconnected property, community asset and infrastructure investment to support its ambitions to revitalise its communities.
Due to the complex nature of the requirement, the Council will be using the competitive dialogue procedure for this procurement.
- Recurrence: The Council currently envisages deciding whether to invoke the available options to extend the contract or to procure a new contract approximately eighteen (18) months prior to the expiry of the initial contract term.
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The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The Council is proposing to establish an Enterprise Strategic Commercial Partnership…CancelledRenewalPublished value£5,737,000,000
The Council is proposing to establish an Enterprise Strategic Commercial Partnership (ESCP) with a PSP to provide strategic advice and services (the Partnering Services), delivery of asset maintenance services (the Core Services), management and delivery of projects ancillary to the delivery of Core Services (the Core Projects & Programmes) for 20 years (plus up to 5 years extension).
The ESCP is expected to drive efficiencies, bring innovation, deliver value for money and continuous improvement to support the Council in meeting and exceeding its objectives.
It is envisaged that the Council and the PSP will each be a member of the ESCP entity, with the PSP owning the majority stake. The PSP will be required to enter into a joint venture agreement with the Council to establish the ESCP (the Members Agreement). The ESCP will also enter into a partnering agreement with the Council through which the Partnering Services, Core Services, and Core Projects & Programmes will be delivered (the Prime Contract).
The Council may require the ESCP (or special purpose vehicles which may be established by the ESCP) to deliver Partnering Services relating to a range of projects for new assets and/or specific facilities management service contracts entered into by the Council with third parties.
Partnering Services to be provided by the ESCP will include:
- Strategic Services — providing a range of professional services to support the Council to develop strategy and policy, develop business cases, conduct feasibility studies, source finance and external funding, develop procurement strategy, and manage social impact to support the delivery of Core Services, Core Projects & Programmes, and support the management of Council Funded Projects and Programmes and Strategic Projects and Programmes.
- Delivery Management Services — providing a range of professional services to support the Council to conduct procurement exercises, provide project management and programme management services, and commercial management services in respect of Core Services, Core Projects & Programmes, and management of Council Funded Projects and Programmes and Strategic Projects and Programmes.
- Integrator / Operator Services – providing a range of professional services to the Council to develop, and manage a supply chain for Partnering Services, Core Services, Core Projects & Programmes, and deliver and manage Partnering Services, Core Services, and Core Projects and Programmes.
Core Services to be provided by the ESCP will include delivery of services including but not limited to delivery of housing maintenance services, corporate maintenance services and roads maintenance and winter services.
Core Projects & Programmes to be provided by the ESCP will include life cycle replacements of components of assets at scale (including but not limited to replacement of kitchens, bathrooms, flooring, roofs, render, cladding, mechanical and electrical installations, heating installations, windows, doors, decoration works, drainage works, communal area works, energy efficiency improvements, tower block works, demolition and other refurbishment works).
The estimated contract value is 5.737bn GBP over the full contract term (including all extensions) based on the Council’s budgets for the Partnering Services, Core Services and Core Projects and Programmes. There is no guarantee of this level of business.
Further details of this opportunity are set out in the procurement documents. Please see Section VI.3 for details relating to the SPD and other procurement documents being released at this stage.
Candidates should note that the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/246) (“TUPE”) may apply to this contract. Further details will be provided in the ITPD issued to the Candidates invited to participate in dialogue. Additional information: Candidates should read and refer to the Instructions to Candidates document (ITC). Failure to comply with the ITC may result in a Candidate's SPD submission being rejected.
Candidates 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.
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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 80%
- Price: 20%
- Economic & financial standing
Candidates shall be required to satisfy minimum standards and to provide proof of economic and financial standing.
(a) in response to SPD Question Ref 4B.4 provide a value and self assess the risk rating for each of the nine financial ratios. Candidates do not need to provide a value for Test 10 as the Council will independently carry out a credit check for Test 10. Financial tests will be applied on the most recent audited accounts; and
(b) in response to SPD Question Ref 4B5.1 and 4B5.2 confirm they already have or can commit to obtain, prior to commencement of the contract the required levels of insurance; and
(c) in response to SPD Question Ref 4B.6 explicitly state if the Candidate is reliant upon another organisation to satisfy the Financial Tests and provide a commitment to obtain a guarantee.
Where the Prime Contractor (or Lead Organisation, Other Consortium Member or Key Sub-Contractor) is seeking to rely on the economic and financial standing of a parent company (or other organisation) to satisfy the Financial Tests then the Candidate should satisfy points i to iii:
(i) state this explicitly;
(ii) provide a letter of commitment from the parent company (or other organisation) to provide a guarantee; and
(iii) provide the financial information related to Financial Tests 1-9 in respect of the guarantor by completing Q4B.4 of the SPD.
Where the Prime Contractor is itself a Joint Venture Company (JVC)/ Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV), the Council shall seek ‘joint and seve…
Minimum: Candidates are required to satisfy minimum standards of economic and financial standing. These are described below: Insurances In response to SPD Question Ref 4B.5 Candidates must confirm they already have or can commit to obtain prior to commencement of the contract to obtaining… - Technical & professional ability
In response to SPD: Question Ref 4C.1.2 Candidates are required to provide examples that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the services as described in section II.2.4 of the Contract Notice.
Candidates are asked to provide suitable responses to questions set out in the ITC (Appendix 3), demonstrating that they have the required minimum standards of eligibility and technical and professional ability.
These questions shall be answered by single Candidates and by consortiums (consortium members should not respond individually. Where a Candidate is a consortium or relying on Key-Subcontractors, a single composite response should be submitted by the Lead Organisation).
Question 4C.1.2 carries an overall weighting of 100%. This question is divided into four (4) separate questions listed below. Candidates are required to provide a response to each of the questions. Candidates must achieve an overall combined minimum (unweighted) score requirement of twelve (12) for question one (1), ten (10) for question two (2) and eight (8) for question three (3) below. There is no minimum score requirement for question four (4).
Candidates unable to meet the minimum score requirements for 4C.1.2 will be assessed as a FAIL and will be excluded from the competition:
- Partnering Services - Strategic (weighting = 30%);
- Partnering Services – Delivery Management (weighting = 25%);
- Partnering Services – Integrator / Operator (weighting = 25%);
- Social Impact (weight…
Minimum: Please refer to the ITC (Appendices 1 and 3). Each of these questions should be answered using the documents attached to each question within the PCS-T system.
- Successive reduction
- Candidates will be reduced successively across stages
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
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
- Competitive dialogue
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Cancelled
- 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
Yes · The Council currently envisages deciding whether to invoke the available options to extend the contract or to procure a new contract approximately eighteen (18) months prior to the expiry of the initial contract term.
- First published
- 23 Apr 2021, 15:25 BST
- Last source update
- 16 Jun 2021, 11:15 BST
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-013584- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02a9b2Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
Where bidders are bidding as part of a group (e.g a consortium), the Council reserves the right to require bidders to assume a specific legal form for the purpose of the award of the contract (e.g. establishing a special purpose vehicle (‘SPV’) to act as the PSP member of the ESCP entity). Furthermore, where a Candidate relies upon the capacities of other entities with regard to criteria relating to economic and financial standing, the Council reserves the right to require that the Candidate and those entities to be jointly and severally liable.
- Review procedure
An economic operator that suffers, or risks suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session. In accordance with the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015, the Council will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period from the date information on the award of the contract is communicated to bidders.
Publisher note: Section I.2 – Council bodies which can use the Contracts to access the services are the Council and the Council's arms' length external organisations, which include, but may not be limited to: Routes to Work Ltd, Fusion Assets Ltd, North Lanarkshire Properties LLP, NL Property Investments Ltd and North Lanarkshire Municipal Bank Ltd. Section I.3 - Access to the Data Room and procurement documents: The Instructions to Candidates (ITC) and the other procurement documents being released at this stage can be accessed via PCS-T Supplier Attachment Area. The draft Invitation to Participate in Dialogue (ITPD) and draft Invitation to Submit Outline Solutions (ISOS) are being released at this stage to explain the proposed approach to the procurement process and do not amount to an invitation to participate in dialogue and/or to submit an outline solution. Additional information on the project is contained in the Data Room. To access the Data Room, Candidates must sign and return via the Messaging Area the Confidentiality Agreement located in the PCS-T Supplier Attachment Area. It is in each Candidate’s interest to complete this activity as soon as possible. The services described in II.2.4 will be delivered to the following asset types including but not limited to: housing for mid market rent, housing for social rent, special needs housing, care homes, social care facilities, other residential and social care housing, all adopted non trunk roads, other roads infrastructure, wellbeing facilities, libraries, museums, town halls, community halls, education facilities, sports and leisure facilities, swimming pools, arts and culture facilities, retirement housing, sheltered housing, office and administrative facilities, serviced facilities, tourism facilities, cemeteries, retail, industrial / commercial, energy infrastructure, depots, cemeteries, workshop facilities. Part II – Information Concerning the Bidder A: Information About the Bidder; B: Information About Representatives of the Bidder; C: Information About Reliance on the Capacities of Other Entities; and D: Information Concerning Sub-contractors on Whose Capacity the Bidder Does Not Rely. Minimum level(s) of standards required: The information required in Part II of the SPD is for information only and therefore will not be assessed however the Council may choose not to select Candidates that cannot provide basic company information. Candidates must ensure that they submit appropriate SPDs completed by other members of the group, if they are submitting a SPD as part of a group and others on whose capacity they rely, to satisfy any aspect of the SPD. Part VI – Concluding statements Minimum level(s) of standards required: Candidates unable to complete this part of the SPD may be excluded from the Procurement. Disclaimer The Council is not liable for any costs incurred, including in respect of expressing an interest, participating in dialogue or in tendering for this opportunity. The Council reserves the right to terminate the procurement (or any part of it) at its own discretion. (SC Ref:657510)
How it was run
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- Submission deadline
- 4 Jun 2021, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
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- Accepted languages
- en
- Participation fee
- document
- Bid validity
- 360 days from the deadline
Timeline
4 Jun 2021 → 6 Aug 2021 · 3 dates- Submission deadline4 Jun 2021, 12:00 BST
- Notice published16 Jun 2021, 11:15 BST
- Invitations to tender expected6 Aug 2021, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to cancelled16 Jun 2021, 11:15 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 further award records carry no date or value.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Court of SessionReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.