Provision of public electric vehicle charging services and supply and installation of associated electricity vehicle charging services for local authority (including fleet charging)

Please refer to the SPD documentation.

Bidders are required to provide their General yearly turnover for the previous THREE years. The minimum turnover required per year is GBP 2.5million.In addition, The Council shall commission an independent third party business credit report from Creditsafe Business Solutions Ltd using the Company Registration number supplied by the Tenderer. Any Tenderer who does not meet the minimum threshold of a Credit Score of 30 out of 100 will have their submission regarded as a “Fail” and will not be considered further. Where a Tenderer receives a Credit Score of between 30-50 out of 100, the Council reserves the right to request further financial information to determine the risk to the Council. In the event that such additional measures are requested, the Council shall, in its sole discretion, determine the terms of those measures that it deems as acceptable. If Tenderers cannot provide measures to the satisfaction of the Council then their submission may be rejected.

Risk or Credit reports from other agencies will not be considered.

It is the Tenderers responsibility to ensure that all information held by Creditsafe Business Solutions Ltd is current and accurate when submitting their Tender. The Council will not enter into discussions with Tenderers who fail to ensure that their Creditsafe Business Solutions Ltd scores are accurate by the due submission date.

In order to ensure that newer or start-up companies have a chance to demonstrate any experience relevant to the current requirement, examples may be provided from:

-Within their organisation (bidders may rely on the experience of personnel that they intend to use to carry out the current requirement, even if that experience was gained whilst working for a different organisation)

-Other consortium members (where a consortium bid is being proposed)

-Named entities upon whose capacity and capability the bidder is relying in order to meet the selection criteria

Bidders should be aware that they may be asked to confirm at the Invitation to Tender stage that there has been no material change to the skills, experience and resources available to them since submitting their SPD response.

The bidder should only provide information where the selection criteria have been specified by the public body in the relevant Contract Notice.

Question 4C.1 and 4C.1.2 Experience Examples for Works and Services are SCORED questions and are weighted as follows:

4C.1. Works Experience (30%)

4C.1.2 Services Experience (70%)

Bidders will be required to provide 2 example of Works carried out in the past five years that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the Works as described in part II.2.4 of this Contract Notice. The Works should be of a similar value, size and scope.

Bidders will be required to provide 2 example of Services carried out in the past five years that demonstrate…