Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Assessment and Certification Services to the QMS Whole Chain Assurance Programme
Authority: Quality Meat Scotland
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of Assessment and Certification Services to the QMS Whole Chain Assurance Programme
- Recurrence: Subject to the authority's discretion as to whether or not to exercise either break option in 2025 or 2026. The latest date for re-procuring this contract will be 2027.
CPV: Agricultural services · Certification services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1QMS seeks to appoint a third party Certification Body (CB) contractor, to provide…AwardedPublished value£6,500,000
QMS seeks to appoint a third party Certification Body (CB) contractor, to provide independent assessment and certification services to its
whole chain assurance programme. The programme provides reassurance to consumers that meat has been produced under stringent
standards of food safety, animal welfare, environmental protection and good farming practice.
The QMS Assurance Scheme Standards (available here www.qmscotland.co.uk/whole-chain-assurance ↗) must be strictly and consistently
enforced and certified by an independent CB contractor. The scope of this contract includes all relevant activities related to the assessment
and certification of the schemes including assessment of any new and existing assurance scheme members and continuous development of
the six quality assurance schemes within the whole chain assurance programme, all as more specifically set out in the Specification of
Requirements and the Terms and Conditions of Contract.
The schemes relevant for these services are:
- Cattle & Sheep Assurance Scheme
- Pigs Assurance Scheme
- Feeds Assurance Scheme
- Haulage Assurance Scheme
- Auction Market and Collection Centres Assurance Scheme
- Processor Assurance Scheme
The contract will not be split into lots for reasons of operational and management efficiency.
The contract is for a period of 5 years commencing 1 April 2022 and has the ability to break after year 3 and year 4. Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any one of the situations referred to in regulation 58 (1) 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
- Suitability
This section refers to SPD Section 4 Part A. Statement for 4A.2 of the SPD: Where it is required, within a bidder's country of
establishment they must confirm which authorisation or memberships of the relevant organisation(s) are required in order to perform this
service. Bidders must confirm if they hold the particular authorisation or memberships.
- Economic & financial standing
This section refers to SPD Section 4 Part B. Statement for 4B.2.1 of the SPD
Bidders will be required to have a minimum yearly ("specific") turnover of 1,000,000 the last 3 years in the business area covered by the
contract (ie the provision of certification and assessment services).
This section refers to SPD Section 4 Part B. Statement for 4B.3 of the SPD
Where turnover information is not available for the time period requested, the bidder will be required to state the date which they were set
up or started trading.
This section refers to SPD Section 4 Part B. Statement for 4B.5.1 of the SPD
Minimum: It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:- Employer's (Compulsory) Liability Insurance - 5,000,000 Public Liability Insurance -… - Technical & professional ability
This section refers to SPD Section 4 Part D. Statement for 4D.1 of the SPD
The bidder must hold or be in the application process of a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third party certificate of compliance in accordance with ISO/IEC 17065, the international standard for product conformity certification, or equivalent. This accreditation status must be maintained
throughout the duration of the contract.
Please provide details of the application status.
- 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
- 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
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
Yes · Subject to the authority's discretion as to whether or not to exercise either break option in 2025 or 2026. The latest date for re-procuring this contract will be 2027.
- First published
- 28 Sept 2021, 09:05 BST
- Last source update
- 10 Jan 2022, 09:05 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 29 Oct 2021 – …
- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-000584- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02e53cFind a Tender
- Performance terms
The contract will be subject to performance review with KPIs linked to contractual penalties. The authority will have the right to terminate
the contract if the services are performed to an unsatisfactory standard.
The contract will also include regular contract review meetings.
Please see the Invitation to Tender for more details.
Publisher note: (SC Ref:678953)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 29 Oct 2021, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 29 Oct 2021, 12:00 BST
Timeline
29 Oct 2021 → 1 Apr 2022 · 5 dates- Submission deadline29 Oct 2021, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened29 Oct 2021, 12:00 BST
- Bids must remain valid until28 Dec 2021, 23:59 GMT
- Notice published10 Jan 2022, 09:05 GMT
- Contract starts1 Apr 2022, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete10 Jan 2022, 09:05 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAOS LtdSME | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 000584-2022-SEP428808-1 · SAOS LtdSME
- Signed
- 6 Jan 2022
- Value
- —
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2027
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QMS seeks to appoint a third party Certification Body (CB) contractor, to provide… | 3bids · 3 electronic | 1 | — | £7,769,335 – £8,458,170 |
| Whole notice | — | — | — | £7,769,335 – £8,458,170 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburght Sheriff CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- SAOS LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.