Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Storage & Removal Services
Authority: Fife Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis Contract is primarily to provide a removal and storage service for Fife Council. This will include office/building moves, moving furniture and equipment from either one area of the same building to another or to a completely different location within Fife. There may be a need for storage depending on the circumstances prevailing at the time. Removal and storage services for the Housing Service when housing or moving clients and homeless customers, and many of the requirements of the Contract are sensitive and/or urgent, the successful supplier must take this into consideration and maintain confidentiality at all times, including after the contract end period.
The Contract will also provide for planned and emergency removal and delivery of items within, and from one location to another within the boundary of Fife and storage at the Contractor’s facility if required. Tenderers will be advised that they must be able to respond to emergency moves within 2 hours of notification.
- Recurrence: March 2026
CPV: Relocation services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 1 suppliers
- Electronic auction
- yes
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1We are looking for a provider who is able to cover the following requirements but are…RenewalPublished value£332,650
We are looking for a provider who is able to cover the following requirements but are not limited to:
Internal asset moves and removals across all Council Services.
The storage requirement for our homeless clients – this framework offers a signposting service only, these clients are able to make their own arrangements as they choose.
Older people and mental health patients – to relocate/store their belongings when our patients are moved into residential/supported care establishments
Office Rationalisation Programme (ORP) - An ongoing programme of work to make the best use of the Council’s office estate, started in 2018 and is likely to continue well into 2023 as there is still some work required in the Dunfermline area.
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: 40
- Price: 60
- Economic & financial standing
4B.4 - The Current Ratio will be applied. Tenderers are to provide their current assets and current liabilities in relation to their audited published accounts for the last two years and to divide the current assets by the current liabilities figure. If the resultant ratio is 1 or greater then no further analysis by Finance is required, however, verification of the figures provided may be necessary prior to award. Where a Tenderer does not meet this requirement, the tenderer will be asked to provide further details to confirm why they don’t meet this requirement and the Council may undertake additional financial checks and a qualitative judgement shall be made as to the financial capacity of the tenderer. If a company does not have 2 years of audited published accounts an explanation should be given.
Tenderers are required to provide their annual turnover for their last two financial set of accounts.
4B.5.1B & 4B.5.2 The successful Tenderer will be required to provide evidence of appropriate insurance policies prior to commencement of the Framework. The values of the policies must be as follows:
Employer’s Liability - GBP 10 million
Public Liability (including Product Liability where appropriate) – GBP 5 million
Professional Negligence - GBP 250,000.00 The Contractor will be required to have the specified sum of Professional Negligence insurance in place for a period of up to 2 years after the end of the Framework period (including any extension(s)).
Vehicle Insurance – evid…
Minimum: 4B.4 - The Current Ratio will be applied. Tenderers are to provide their current assets and current liabilities in relation to their audited published accounts for the last two years and to divide the current assets by the current liabilities figure. If the resultant ratio is 1 o… - Technical & professional ability
Tenderers must hold or commit to obtaining CPC (Certificate of Professional Competencies) in addition to holding the
Operator’s Licence necessary);
Tenderers must use a Gas Safe engineer is required for the disconnection and reconnection of any gas cooker.
Tenderers must hold HASAWA(Health & Safety Accreditation;
Tenderers must have a minimum of 3 years of experience in delivering the same service or they have to provide relevant a minimum of 2 examples of service carried out in
the past 3 years
Minimum: Tenderers must hold or commit to obtaining CPC (Certificate of Professional Competencies) in addition to holding the Operator’s Licence necessary); Tenderers must use a Gas Safe engineer is required for the disconnection and reconnection of any gas cooker. Tenderers must hold HAS…
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “Provision of Storage & Removal 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
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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 · March 2026
- First published
- 25 May 2022, 11:46 BST
- Last source update
- 25 May 2022, 11:46 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 27 Jun 2022 – …
- Authority reference
CFM0063- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-014615- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-033fbdFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
The Key Performance Indicator targets shall be agreed upon between the Provider and Fife Council at the commencement of the Contract; however, it is considered that they will be based around the following
Key Performance Indicators:
Response Time: Emergency response within 2 hours as detailed in the requirement.
Management Information: Management information is required as outlined in the framework document.
Issue Resolution: Professional and efficient handling of any complaints
Lead Time/Delivery Time: Consistently provides the information required in the agreed format and within the agreed timeline.
Ownership/Involvement: Does the suppliers’ management structure interface effectively with the customers' organisational structure? i.e., does the supplier demonstrate involvement/ownership at the appropriate level e.g., Account Manager when many touchpoints within the supplier, MD for supplier for key strategic suppliers owning relationship?
- Review procedure
Economic operators should approach the contracting authority in the first instance. However, the only formal remedy is to apply to the courts:
An economic operator that suffers, or is at risk of suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 or the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014, may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session
Publisher note: The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 21433. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/ A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: Tenderers should detail how they can establish community benefits through servicing this Contract for Fife Council. (SC Ref:694243)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 27 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 27 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST
Timeline
25 May 2022 → 27 Jun 2022 · 3 dates- Notice published25 May 2022, 11:46 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown27 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened27 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court and Justice of Peace CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.