Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Commercial Diving Services
Authority: CalMac Ferries Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCalMac Ferries Limited (CFL), operator of the Clyde & Hebrides Ferry Service, is a multi-award-winning ferry and port operator and ship management specialist, providing essential lifeline services and logistical support to island and remote communities.
CFL is seeking to establish a Framework Agreement for the supply of Commercial Diving Services. On successful conclusion of the procurement, the Framework Agreement shall have a single participant.
- Recurrence: The Framework shall be in place for a period of 4 years from the Framework commencement date, at which point the service shall be re-tendered.
CPV: Diving services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 1 suppliers · 4 bids received (4.0 per place) · 1 appointed (full)
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1There are two distinct areas where CFL requires Commercial Diving Services, these…AwardedRenewalPublished value£227,874
There are two distinct areas where CFL requires Commercial Diving Services, these areas are summarised below. Full detail of the requirement can be found within the “CSSD20-026 Commercial Diving Specification” available for download along with this Contract Notice.
PLANNED ATTENDANCE (INCLUDING REGULATORY INSPECTION)
Ports & Harbours (Operational) Requirement: CFL utilises Commercial Diving Services to assist with the regulatory inspection and repair of certain port infrastructure assets
Asset Management (Marine) Requirement: Services are required to carry out inspection, repair and maintenance work on CFL operated Vessels.
Attendance is deemed to be “Planned” where CFL provides a minimum of 72 hours’ notice of the requirement.
URGENT REACTIVE RESPONSE
Ports & Harbours (Operational) Requirement: CFL may require services in the event of an emergency at a harbour requiring prompt attendance. Urgent Reactive Response may be required on an emergency basis to deal with a safety issue and/or allow remedial action to be executed and services (if disrupted) resumed in the shortest possible time.
Asset Management (Marine) Requirement: CFL may require services in areas including but not limited to assistance with the removal of ropes, lines, fishing nets and creels from propellers, Voith and similar propulsion units. Urgent Reactive Response is typically required on an emergency basis to allow remedial action to be executed and services (if disrupted) resumed in the shortest possible time.
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: 60
- Price: 40
- Suitability
Economic Operators will be evaluated in accordance with the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 on the basis of information provided within the SPD.
- Economic & financial standing
Please refer to these statements when completing SPD Part 4.
Tenderers should note that a response to the following questions is mandatory:
[4B1a] General Yearly Turnover
[4B3] Set up of economic operator
[4B5a] Insurance - Professional Risk Indemnity
[4B5b] Insurance - Employer's (Compulsory) Liability
[4B5c] Insurance - Public Liability
Tenderers shall be required to satisfy minimum standards of economic and financial standing. To determine these standards, Tenderers shall:
(a) in response to Question Ref. 4B.1.a - The Tenderer should provide it's (general) yearly turnover for the previous 3 financial years, and also provide annual accounts as filed at Companies House (or equivalent if not UK registered company) for the last three years of trading, or
for the period which is available if trading for less than three. Recent accounts are preferred. Subsequently draft accounts would be preferred for the most recent trading period if filed accounts are unavailable.
CFL shall take the following ratios into account when reviewing the latest set of accounts, whether they be draft or published:
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1- Return on Capital Employed
Ratio will be calculated as follows;
Net profit after Tax divided by Net Assets (Total assets less Current Liabilities)
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2- Acid Test (Current Ratio)
Ratio will be calculated as follows; Net Current Assets divided by Net Current Liabilities
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3- Gearing
Ratio will be calculated as total debt/total equity
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4- Interest Coverage
Ratio will be ca…
Minimum: [4B1a] General Yearly Turnover Tenderers shall be required to satisfy minimum standards of economic and financial standing. These are described below: ----- 1- Return on Capital Employed: must be at a ratio greater than “0” 2- Acid Test (Current Ratio): Current Ratio must be grea… - Technical & professional ability
Technical and Professional Ability Part 4 & Qualification Attachment
The SPD and Qualification Attachment are designed to allow CFL to review evidence of Tenderer's experience in delivering similar services to the service being tendered.
The SPD and appropriate Tender responses should not make forward looking statements.
CFL will use the information provided in Tenderers responses to establish that each Tenderer has in the past provided a safe, responsive, compliant and innovative service in relation to the supply of Commercial Diving Services
SPD: Technical and Professional Ability Part 4
A response is mandatory for the following questions:
[4C1.1/4C1.2] Relevant Examples
In response to the above question. Tenderers must also fully complete and return the Qualification Attachment. Responses to each of the (9) questions in the Qualification Attachment shall be weighted as follows:
Q1-25% - Case Study 1
Q2-25% - Case Study 2
Q3- Pass/Fail
Q4- Pass/Fail
Q5-10% - Safety Management Systems
Q6-10% - Quality Control
Q7-10% - Risk Assessment
Q8-10% - Health & Safety Reporting
Q9-10% - Maintenance of Equipment
The following responses must also be completed by the Tenderer in completing Technical and Professional Ability Part 4:
[4C8.1] Average annual manpower
[4C8.2] Number of managerial staff
[4C10] Subcontracting proportion
Minimum: If any question subject to ‘pass/fail’ scoring is scored ‘fail’ the entire submission may be set aside and take no further part in the competition. Technical and Professional Ability Part 4 & Qualification Attachment SPD: Technical and Professional Ability Part 4 A response is ma…
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Successive reduction
- Candidates will be reduced successively across stages
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Provision of Commercial Diving Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 1 suppliers, 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
- Competitive procedure with negotiation
- 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 · The Framework shall be in place for a period of 4 years from the Framework commencement date, at which point the service shall be
re-tendered.
- First published
- 14 Jan 2021, 09:16 GMT
- Last source update
- 10 Jun 2021, 16:35 BST
- Authority reference
CSSD20-026- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-013097- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-028a2dFind a Tender
- Performance terms
KPIs and Reporting Requirements shall be published along with the ITT during Stage 2 of this Procurement.
Publisher note: (SC Ref:656974)
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗
- Appointment period ends
- 17 Feb 2021, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
Timeline
17 Feb 2021 → 10 Jun 2021 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown17 Feb 2021, 12:00 GMT
- Invitations to tender expected24 Feb 2021
- Notice published10 Jun 2021, 16:35 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete10 Jun 2021, 16:35 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 013097-2021-CSSD20-026-1
- Signed
- 10 Jun 2021
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| There are two distinct areas where CFL requires Commercial Diving Services, these… | 4bids · 4 electronic | 2 | — | £267,446 – £495,176 |
| Whole notice | — | — | — | £267,446 – £495,176 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Greenock Sheriff CourtReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- Shearwater Marine ServiceFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.