Provision of Gas and Electrical Audit Services

If required, bidders are required to be enrolled in the relevant professional or trade registers within the country in which they are established.

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.

Bidders will be required to have a minimum “general” yearly turnover of 80,000 GBP per year for the last 3 years. Bidders who cannot meet the required level of turnover will be excluded from this tender.

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.

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 million GBP in respect of any one event

Public Liability Insurance = 5 million GBP in respect of any one event

Professional Risk Indemnity Insurance = 1 million GBP in the aggregate

3rd Party Motor Vehicle Insurance - A valid motor vehicle certificate must be held in the company name or (where there is no fleet but rather the company permits its employees to use their personal vehicles for business purposes), a letter signed by a person of appropriate authority - confirming that the company has ongoing arrangements in place to ensure their employees' vehicles are appropriately insured and maintained.

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North Ayrshire Council reserve the right to review the bidder's financial information using company watch financial analytics at tender stage and throughout the life of the contract. If the bidder’s financial health score (H-Score) is 25 or l…

Bidders must provide four examples (two for gas audit services and two for electrical audit services) that demonstrates they have the relevant experience to deliver the contract. Examples must be of a similar scope, size, and value and be from within the last three years. Unsatisfactory experience will result in a fail and exclusion from the tender process. If you submit more than four examples, NAC will only evaluate the first four examples provided.

Bidders must also provide four satisfactory references for the same four contracts. References must be fully completed and signed by previous customers and must be of a similar scope, size, and value and be from within the last three years. If any of the referees score less than two, the bidder will be excluded from the tender process. If you submit more than four references, NAC will only evaluate the first four references provided.

Completed experience and reference templates must be zipped and uploaded at question 4C.1.2 of the qualification envelope.

Bidders will be required to confirm that they / their staff have the following relevant educational and professional qualifications:

• Enrolled on Gas Safe Register for gas engineers.
• Membership of IGEM (Institute of Gas Engineers and managers).
• Constructionline Silver membership
• UKAS-accredited certification for all inspection and audit activities covered under this contract.

Bidders will be required to confirm whether they intend to subcontract and, if so, for what propo…