Official UK procurement notice
Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry (SCI) Transcription Services
Authority: Scottish Government (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry (“SCI” or the “Inquiry”) requires real-time legal transcription services (the “Services”). The Inquiry will hold public hearings at its hearing venue which ordinarily will be broadcast via its website and YouTube channel. At such public hearings, the Inquiry requires real-time, legal transcription services to be performed on its behalf. The appointed Service Provider must have the necessary experience, ability, capacity, and resilience to perform the services described in this specification.
CPV: Interpretation services · Law-courts-related administrative services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry (“SCI” or the “Inquiry”) requires real-time legal…AwardedRenewal
The Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry (“SCI” or the “Inquiry”) requires real-time legal transcription services (the “Services”). The Service Provider will provide real-time verbatim legal transcription of the proceedings. Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
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 sub-criteria (8)
- Staffing and Capability: 30
- Methodology: 35
- Cyber Security: 10
- Climate Emergency: 5
- Community Benefits: 5
- Fair Work First: 5
- Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery: 10
- price: 70
Published award criteria (8)
- Staffing and Capability: 30
- Methodology: 35
- Cyber Security: 10
- Climate Emergency: 5
- Community Benefits: 5
- Fair Work First: 5
- Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery: 10
- Price: 70
- Economic & financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria:
Financial Ratios (ESPD 4B6) - Bidders must demonstrate a Current Ratio of 1.0 or more.
Current Ratio will be calculated as follows: Total Current Assets divided by Total Current Liabilities.
Minimum: Minimum level(s) of standards required: - Public Liability Insurance (In the sum not less) - 1,000,000 GBP; - Professional Indemnity Insurance (In the sum not less) - 2,000,000 GBP; - Employer’s Liability Insurance - employer’s liability insurance in accordance with any legal obl…
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 70 of 170 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 points. Quality carries 100 of 170: the paper moves it further than the discount.
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
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 14 Apr 2023, 08:49 BST
- Last source update
- 21 Jul 2023, 09:21 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 17 May 2023 – …
- Authority reference
CASE/656204- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-021036- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03be99Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: (SC Ref:739455)
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ ↗
- Submission deadline
- 17 May 2023, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 17 May 2023, 12:00 BST
Timeline
17 May 2023 → 21 Jul 2023 · 3 dates- Submission deadline17 May 2023, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened17 May 2023, 12:00 BST
- Notice published21 Jul 2023, 09:21 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete21 Jul 2023, 09:21 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| OPUS 2 INTERNATIONAL LIMITED | £1,071,050 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 021036-2023-Case/656204-1 · OPUS 2 INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
- Signed
- 27 Jun 2023
- Value
- £1,071,050
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad | 2 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Opus 2 InternationalAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.