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Published 20 Jun 2024, 09:15 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Operation and Maintenance of Biomass Boiler at Port Glasgow Community Campus

Official notice

Authority: Inverclyde Council (Local council)

GoodsOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£900,000exc. VAT27.2% below published estimate
Submissions closed 22 Jul 2024awarded 20 Aug 2024
Awarded to Alternative Heat Ltd.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Operation and maintenance of the Herz Energietechnik Biocontrol 600kW wood pellet boiler at the Port Glasgow Community Campus.

CPV: Fuel wood · Repair and maintenance services · Wood fuels

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1The Port Glasgow Community Campus comprises three schools; two secondary schools and…AwardedRenewal

The Port Glasgow Community Campus comprises three schools; two secondary schools and one assisted special needs school. The primary heating system for the school is biomass through a Herz Energietechnik Biocontrol 600kW wood pellet boiler.

This contract is for a Service Provider to maintain the Biomass Equipment under a planned service regime and supply enough suitable biomass fuel to meet a defined renewable heat target, delivering metered heat.

The Service Provider shall design and install remote monitoring equipment suitable to monitor the Biomass Equipment and its role in providing renewable heat.

The Service Provider will provide a reactive call out service - undertaking repairs to the Biomass Equipment. Additional information: Economic operators 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.

Delivery: Scotland · Port Glasgow, Inverclyde
Extensions: Tenderers are asked to provide a monthly cost for ash collection and disposal. The Council reserve the right to omit this part of the service from the tender award depending upon whether it represents value for money. · The Council may, at its sole discretion and subject always to satisfactory performance, extend the contract for a further period of up to 12 months on 3 separate occasions (3+1+1+1) beyond the Initial Contract Period subject to satisfactory performance and available budget.Variant 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
Quality: 27%Price: 70%Social value: 3%
Published sub-criteria (6)
  • Approach to tender: 13%
  • Skills and experience: 7%
  • Social Value Supporting Methodology: 2%
  • Fair Work First: 5%
  • price: 70%
  • Social Value Outcomes Menu: 3%
Published award criteria (6)
  • Approach to tender: 13.00
  • Skills and experience: 7.00
  • Social Value Outcomes Menu: 3.00
  • Social Value Supporting Methodology: 2.00
  • Fair Work First: 5.00
  • Price: 70
Conditions of participation2
  • Economic & financial standing

    4B.1.2

    Inverclyde Council will check the financial status of applicants by means of a Dun and Bradstreet assessment. In order to be considered, applicants must achieve one of the following:

    (a) Where the tenderers Dun & Bradstreet risk indicator is 3, the annual contract value should also be less than 50% of the tenderers average turnover over the preceding 2 years (with audited accounts dated within 24 months of the date of the financial check).

    OR

    (b) Where the tenderers Dun & Bradstreet risk indicator is 2 or better, the annual contract value should also be less than 75% of the tenderers average turnover over the preceding 2 years (with audited accounts dated within 21 months of the date of the financial check).

    PLEASE NOTE THE IMPORTANT GUIDANCE TO BIDDERS BELOW:

    APPLICANTS ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO SATISFY THEMSELVES THAT THEY MEET THESE CRITERIA AS FAILURE OF THE FINANCIAL CHECK WILL MEAN THAT THEIR APPLICATION WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED FURTHER. APPLICANTS SHOULD ALSO SATISFY THEMSELVES THAT THEIR DUN AND BRADSTREET RATINGS ARE CORRECT AND IT IS THE APPLICANT’S RESPONSIBILITY TO RAISE ANY QUERIES WITH DUN AND BRADSTREET IF THEY FEEL A CORRECTION IS REQUIRED. THE COUNCIL WILL RELY ON THE RISK RATING IT OBTAINS AT THE TIME IT PERFORMS THE D&B FINANCIAL CHECK.

    You must provide your average yearly turnover for the last 2 years.

    Turnover must be provided from your audited accounts. Turnover from unaudited accounts or part year turnover will not be accepted.

    If you are unable to p…

  • Technical & professional ability

    4C.1.2 Bidders will be required to provide minimum of two examples of similar contracts they have held during the last three years that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the services/supplies as described in part II.2.4 of the Find a Tender Service Contract Notice or the relevant section of the Site Notice. Examples should be of similar size and scope to this contract opportunity.

    4C.10 Bidders will be required to confirm whether they intend to subcontract and, if so, for what proportion of the contract.

    4D.1 QUALITY MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES

    The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS EN ISO 9001 (or equivalent),

    OR

    The bidder must have the following:

    a. A documented policy regarding quality management. The policy must set out responsibilities for quality management demonstrating that the bidder has, and continues to implement, a quality management policy that is authorised by their Chief Executive, or equivalent, which is periodically reviewed at a senior management level. The policy must be relevant to the nature and scale of the work to be undertaken and set out responsibilities for quality management throughout the organisation.

    AND

    4D.1 HEALTH & SAFETY

    The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent), accredited independent third party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS OHSAS 18001 (or equivalent) or have, within the last 12 months, successfully met the ass…

Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 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
Goods
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
20 Jun 2024, 09:15 BST
Last source update
27 Aug 2024, 09:16 BST
Award evaluation window
22 Jul 2024 – …
Authority reference
CP0562/PRO
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-027215
Classification (CPV)
Fuel woodRepair and maintenance servicesWood fuels
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM83)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04715a Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: The value inserted at section II.1.7 Total Value of the Procurement and V.2.4 Information on value of the contract/lot is an estimated total value based on the rates submitted over the full contract duration. Bidders must be registered under the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) Biomass Suppliers List or equivalent in order for the biomass heating system to comply with the sustainability requirements under the RHI. The bidder must provide their BSL approved registration number and BSL fuel authorisation number and date or equivalent. Bidders will be required to return with their submission a completed Data Protection Certificate, FOI Certificate, No Collusion Certificate, S1 Equalities Questionnaire, S2 Equalities Declaration, Prompt Payment Certificate and Tender Declaration Certificate. (SC Ref:776266)

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
Submission deadline
22 Jul 2024, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
22 Jul 2024, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

22 Jul 2024 → 27 Aug 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    22 Jul 2024, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    22 Jul 2024, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    27 Aug 2024, 09:16 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    27 Aug 2024, 09:16 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £654,9771 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 43 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 20 Aug 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Alternative Heat Ltd.SME£654,977 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
4bids · 4 electronic3——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Inverclyde Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Procurement, Municipal Buildings, Clyde Square, Greenock, Scotland, PA15 1LXContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

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

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Alternative Heat Ltd.Awarded supplier Unit 18-19 Scarva Road Industrial Estate, Banbridge, UK, BT32 3QDContact phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.