Regenerative Schools Pilot - Innovation Lead

Financial standing:

Potential Suppliers must complete and submit a Financial Viability Risk Assessment Tool (FVRAT) and provide the supporting information requested in the tender documents.

The Department will assess the completed FVRAT, supporting evidence and any explanatory narrative to determine whether it has sufficient confidence in the Potential Supplier’s financial standing and capacity to deliver the contract.

Where the FVRAT identifies any amber or red financial risk indicators, the Potential Supplier must provide sufficient justification and mitigation to demonstrate its financial capacity to deliver the contract. Amber or red financial risk indicators will not automatically result in rejection, but the Department reserves the right to reject a tender where it does not have sufficient confidence in the Potential Supplier’s financial standing or capacity to deliver the contract.

Where the Potential Supplier is relying on the financial standing of a parent company, consortium member, associated company or other third party, the Department may request further information and/or require an appropriate guarantee or other financial assurance.

Insurance:

Potential Suppliers are not required to hold the required insurances at the point of tender submission. The successful Potential Supplier will be required to put in place and maintain the required insurances as a contractual obligation.

The required minimum insurance levels are:

• Employer’s Liability Insurance: £10,000,000
• Public Liability Insurance: £10,000,000
• Professional Indemnity Insurance: £10,000,000

Data protection / UK GDPR:

Potential Suppliers must demonstrate that they have, or will have by contract commencement, the human and technical resources, systems and processes necessary to comply with UK GDPR and applicable data protection legislation.

Other legal/compliance requirements:

Potential Suppliers must satisfy the pass/fail requirements relating to health and safety, tackling modern slavery in supply chains, conflicts of interest and skills & apprenticeships, as set out in the tender documents.

Technical ability:

Potential Suppliers must confirm that they have, either internally or through their proposed supply chain, the technical capability required to deliver the Innovation Lead services set out in the tender documents.

This includes the capability to deliver technical leadership, nature-based retrofit advice, ultra-low carbon building design and delivery support, technical assurance, project management support, contract administration support, stakeholder coordination, and support to the Department in relation to the future procurement and delivery of the construction contractor role.

Cyber Essentials / security:

The successful Potential Supplier must hold, or commit to obtain and maintain, Cyber Essentials or equivalent independently verified controls as set out in the tender documents. Equivalent qualifications, certifications, standards or controls will be accepted where the Potential Supplier can demonstrate that they meet the relevant security requirements.