PROC 21 1088 - Estates Professional Services (Framework Agreement)

SPD Question 4A.1 Trade Registers

It is a requirement of this tender that if the Tenderer is UK based they must hold a valid registration with Companies House. Where the Tenderer is UK based but not registered at Companies House they must be able to verify to the SPA’s satisfaction that they are trading from the address provided in the tender and under the company name given.

Tenderers within the UK must confirm if they are registered under Companies House within this question.

If the Tenderer is based out-with the UK they must be enrolled in the relevant professional or trade register appropriate to their country as described in Schedule 5 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

SPD Question 4A.2 Authorisation/Membership

Bidders should refer to the published Contract Notice Document and ITT which can be found within Public Contract Scotland Tender which details the required authorisation or memberships required for each Lot. Due to the character limit this cannot be added to the published Contract Notice on Public Contract Scotland.

SPD Question 4B5 Insurances

It is a requirement of this Framework that Tenderers hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commence of any subsequently awarded Framework, indicated below:

The Tenderer should include with its tender insurance certificates confirming that the Tenderer maintains insurance policies which meet or exceed the below requirements. The selected Supplier must maintain these levels of insurance throughout the period of the framework (subject in the case of professional indemnity insurance to such insurance remaining available at commercially reasonable rates and upon commercially reasonable terms).

(a) Professional Indemnity insurance: FIVE MILLION POUNDS (5,000,000 GBP) in respect of each occurrence and in the annual aggregate, with a minimum of 2 automatic reinstatements of the full annual limit of Five Million Pounds (5,000,000 GBP);

(b) Employer’s Liability insurance: FIVE MILLION POUNDS (5,000,000 GBP) for any one occurrence or series of occurrences arising out of any one event; and

(c) Public Liability insurance: TEN MILLION POUNDS (10,000,000 GBP) for any one occurrence or series of occurrences arising out of any one event.

SPD Question 4B6 Financial Standing:

The Authority will access a Credit safe report for a Tenderers organisation and use the information contained within to assist with the assessment of the Tenderer’s economic and financial standing. Tenders are asked to provide their company number within the ESPD to allow the Authority to…

SPD Question 4C.1.2 Technical and Professional Ability

With reference to the nature and details of the services that are the subject matter of this tender, relevant examples are to be provided of the services undertaken by the Tenderer in the last 3 years and must be similar value to the contract being procured.

FOR EACH LOT - Tenderer`s will be required to provide evidence of having the necessary capacity and capability to deliver the requirements for the lots they are bidding for.

Two (2) examples of the provision of similar services for each individual Lot (should bidders bid for more than 1 lot) will be requested and must be from within the last 3 years for goods and services.

If Tenderers are unable to provide two (2) examples the tenderer may be required to explain why examples cannot be provided.

If available, copies of completion certificates or customers' written declaration which validates the examples you have provided.

Guidance

If you cannot provide certificates or customer declarations the Authority may choose to contact customers cited directly in order to validate the experience examples you have provided without any further reference to you.