Official UK procurement notice
Place Making Consultancy Services Framework
Authority: Scottish Borders Council (Local council)
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe ‘Place Principle’ was adopted by the Scottish Government and COSLA in February 2018 as part of a long-term plan in Scotland for the development and infrastructure needed to support sustainable and inclusive local growth.
‘Place Plans’ and ‘Town Investment Plans’ are community-led development projects that are being undertaken as part of the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019, and the National Planning Framework 4 (NPF4).
Scottish Borders Council intends to create a Framework Agreement for the provision of 'Place Making Consultancy Services’.
Within the contract the successful consultants would be required to resource, facilitate and support the place making initiatives of the Council, and deliver documentation to support and evidence the consultative work.
The proposed services make up two lots:
Lot 1: Local Place Plan Consultant
Lot 2: Town Investment Plan Consultant
- Recurrence: October 2024 if extension not used. October 2026 if extension used.
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How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 9 bids on the busiest of 2 lots · 11 suppliers appointed
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · no lot values published · evaluation weights differ by lotLot #1Local Place Plan ConsultantAwardedRenewal
Lot 1 is for the provision of community facilitation for collaboration between community groups to form a steering group to develop a Local Place Plan. This will encompass the ideas and aspirations of the contributors and will be a foundational document for change within the commissioning community. This will include provision for engagement with the Local Authority planning department on proposals being adopted in to planning legislation.
The development of the Local Place Plan itself seeks to create a scaffold around which the ambitions of a community can be formed into a holistic plan that takes into account past and present work streams, and builds on the local skills, aspirations and lived experience of residents to enact change.
The role of the Consultant is to encourage the community to take ownership, and develop their own plan, bringing in voices from all demographics, and use the lived experience of residents as the foundations for all engagement and presentation of information.
The development of a Local Place Plan will require support from a multi skilled Consultant to provide structure and expertise at various stages of a plan’s development. Consultants may be commissioned to support the coproduction of a community plan for all, or some of the stages. Additional information: Scotland Excel is acting on behalf of Dumfries & Galloway Council in the execution of this tender but will not be party to the contract or the management of the contract throughout its lifetime.
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.
Lot #2Town Investment Plan ConsultantAwardedRenewal
Lot 2 is for the formation of Town or Community Investment Plan to support the delivery of the objectives outlined within the Local Place Plans. This will include economic strategy and business planning to drive investment into community proposed projects and initiatives.
Town Investment Plan (TIP) is a term that has appeared against a number of recent funds as the blanket term for the socio-economic strategy for investment within the community it references. Like much of Place Making terminology, it considers a community as a town, and given the rural nature of Scottish Borders, we are reframing this as a Town or Community Investment Plan to recognise the diversity of our community groups and the opportunity for plans to be developed by clusters of smaller settlements when this makes economic sense, or is the will of the community.
The intention for the purposes of this framework is that TIP or Community Investment Plans (CIP) follow the development of a Local Place Plan (through means of Lot 1, or by other arrangements).
The TIP / CIP is a working document which moves the community’s aspirations, ideas and objectives into a light touch business case, aligned to the Treasury Green Book five case model. Additional information: Scotland Excel is acting on behalf of Dumfries & Galloway Council in the execution of this tender but will not be party to the contract or the management of the contract throughout its lifetime.
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.
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.
| Lot | Quality | Price | Split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Local Place Plan Consultant | 100 | 20 | |
| 2 · Town Investment Plan Consultant | 100 | 20 |
- Economic & financial standing
SPD Part 4B.5 - Insurance Requirements
SPD Part 4B.6 – Other economic or financial requirements
Minimum: SPD Part 4B.5 - Insurance Requirements (Pass/Fail) The bidder confirms they already have or can commit to obtain, prior to the commencement of the contract, the levels of insurance cover indicated below: Professional Risk Indemnity: 100,000 GBP Employer's (Compulsory) Liability: … - Technical & professional ability
SPD Part 4C.1 – Previous relevant experience
SPD Part 4C.4 – Supply Chain Management
SPD Part 4C.6 – Qualifications
SPD Part 4C.8 – Manpower
SPD Part 4C.10 – Subcontracting
SPD Part 4C.12 – Quality Control
SPD Part 4D.1 – Quality Assurance
SPD Part 4D.2 – Environmental Management Standards
Minimum: SPD Part 4C.1 – Previous relevant experience (Pass/Fail) Lot 1 – We understand that Local Place Plans as defined in this tender process are a relatively new type of document, and do not expect consultants to have necessarily have supported the development of one before. Please pr…
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 20 points on every lot: a 10% discount moves about 2 points.
- “Place Making Consultancy Services Framework” 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
- Yes · October 2024 if extension not used. October 2026 if extension used.
- First published
- 26 Oct 2022, 16:58 BST
- Last source update
- 2 Mar 2023, 11:14 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 14 Nov 2022 – …
- Authority reference
1000962- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-006115- Accelerated
- Prior Information Notice has been published for over 31 days.
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-037c7dFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: Scotland Excel is acting on behalf of Scottish Borders Council in the execution of this tender but will not be party to the contract or the management of the contract throughout its lifetime. (SC Ref:724437)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 14 Nov 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
- document
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 14 Nov 2022, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
14 Nov 2022 → 2 Mar 2023 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown14 Nov 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened14 Nov 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published2 Mar 2023, 11:14 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete2 Mar 2023, 11:14 GMT
Published amendments (1)
Notice Section: (II.2.14) Additional information Please note that "Section: (II.2.14) Additional information" of the Notice the text should read: Scotland Excel is acting on behalf of Scottish Borders Council in the execution of this tender but will not be party to the contract or the management of the contract throughout its lifetime.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast2 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 2 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £1,300,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Local Place Plan Consultant
- Signed
- 27 Feb 2023
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Town Investment Plan Consultant
- Signed
- 27 Feb 2023
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Local Place Plan Consultant | 9bids · 9 electronic · 9 from abroad | 7 | — | — |
| 2 · Town Investment Plan Consultant | 8bids · 8 electronic · 8 from abroad | 3 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Jedburgh Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
11 commercial parties on the notice- ArupFramework contractor
- AtkinsFramework contractor
- Community Enterprise (CEL Trading)Framework contractor
- EkosgenFramework contractor
- Ironside FarrarFramework contractor
- Mickledore LtdFramework contractor
- Mott MacDonaldFramework contractor
- New Practice LimitedFramework contractor
- PASFramework contractor
- StantecFramework contractor
- The Paul Hogarth Company LtdFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.