Official UK procurement notice
Scottish Manufacturing Advisory Service (SMAS) Consultancy Framework
Authority: Scottish Enterprise
What is being bought7 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionScottish Manufacturing Advisory Service (SMAS) are a nationally delivered programme across Scottish Enterprise (SE), Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) and South of Scotland Enterprise (SOSE) whose purpose is to offer advice, best practice business diagnostics and practical productivity implementation support via Business Improvement Projects. 3rd Party support has historically been offered via procured frameworks to provide additional capacity and capability across a variety of business improvement topics.
SMAS helps deliver a high-profile programme that helps manufacturing business across Scotland improve their competitiveness. This programme has an excellent market reputation and SE are keen to continue delivery in a sector that is important to exports and economic growth.
This consultancy framework will be used to appoint consultants to deliver Operational Management, Lean consultancy and Six Sigma expertise to supplement and enhance the offering to manufacturing businesses from SMAS
Scottish Enterprise are seeking to put in place a multi-lot, multi-supplier framework to deliver productivity support to the Scottish Manufacturing Community and wish to appoint associates to 7 different lots to deliver support for the next three years, with an anticipated start of November 2020, with the option to extend for up to 1 further year.
CPV: Business and management consultancy and related services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 13 bids on the busiest of 7 lots · 6 suppliers appointed
Lots and requirements (7)Procurement structure
7 lots · no lot values published · evaluation weights differ by lotLot #1Lean ManufacturingAwarded
It is anticipated up to 2 SMAS associates will be appointed to this lot, and the total estimated number of support days per year for the Lean Manufacturing lot is 100 days.
Tools and techniques that you should be familiar with include: 5S, Customer Value, Flow, Lean Awareness, Team Building, Pull, layout, Measuring Performance.
Bidders should note that the value quoted is for the full 4 years of the framework
Lot #2Six SigmaAwarded
Projects will be delivered within a 6 Sigma structure and green belt. The associate appointed should be able to train candidates up to a minimum of Green Belt standard and to a recognised accreditation process.
The total estimated number of support days per year for the Lean Six Sigma lot is 120 days. It is anticipated up to 2 SMAS associates will be appointed to this lot.
The specific experience is required in: 6 Sigma training, 6 Sigma project delivery, DMAIC approach, Statistical techniques and analysis, Mini-TAB or (equivalent) software, Lean six sigma approach.
Bidders should note that the value quoted below is for the full 4 year duration of the framework.
Lot #3QualityAwarded
It is anticipated up to 2 SMAS associates will be appointed to this lot. The total estimated number of support days per year for the Quality lot is 50 days.
Tools and techniques that should be familiar include: Gap Analysis, FMEA, Problem solving tools, TQM, Quality Management Systems, SPC, VOC, Quality Function Deployment
Bidders should note that the value quoted below is for the full 4 year duration of the framework.
Lot #4Process Mapping/VSMAwarded
It is anticipated up to 2 SMAS associates will be appointed to this lot.
The total estimated number of support days per year for the Process Mapping/VSM lot is 80 days.
Tools and techniques that you should be familiar with are: process mapping, lean manufacture, change management, value stream mapping, future state modelling, benefits analysis.
Bidders should note that the value quoted below is for the full 4 year duration of the framework.
Lot #5Manufacturing Engineering SupportAwarded
It is anticipated up to 2 SMAS associates will be appointed to this lot.The total estimated number of support days per year for the Manufacturing Engineering Support lot is 50 days.
Tools and techniques that you should be familiar with include : new product development, process re-engineering, Modelling, Design and Alaysis, Asset care, New product introduction, Change management, Total Productive maintenance.
Bidders should note that the value quoted below is for the full 4 year duration of the framework.
Lot #6Strategic Supply Chain DevelopmentAwarded
It is anticipated up to 2 SMAS associates will be appointed to this lot.
The total estimated number of support days per year for the Strategic Supply Chain Development lot is 50 days.
Tools and techniques that should be familiar are listed below, not all are required but a sound understanding of concepts of these would be useful:
- contractual management
- demand management
- inventory management
- sales and operations planning
- supplier value enhancement
- supply chain management
- supply chain mapping with FMEA
- supply chain risk and opportunity assessment
Bidders should note that the value quoted below is for the full 4 year duration of the framework.
Lot #7ERP/MRPAwarded
It is anticipated one single SMAS associate will be appointed to this lot.
The total estimated number of support days per year for the ERP/MRP lot is 30 days. It is anticipated one single SMAS associate will be appointed to this lot.
Tools and techniques that you should be familiar with are listed below:
- implementing MRP/ERP systems
- business management processes
- tailoring systems to business needs
- dashboard
- selecting appropriate systems
- developing business interfaces
- exception reporting
Bidders should note that the value quoted below is for the full 4 year duration of the framework.
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).
Lots publish different evaluation splits; there is no single procedure weighting.
| Lot | Quality | Price | Split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Lean Manufacturing | 100 | 40 | |
| 2 · Six Sigma | 100 | 40 | |
| 3 · Quality | 110 | 40 | |
| 4 · Process Mapping/VSM | 100 | 40 | |
| 5 · Manufacturing Engineering Support | 100 | 40 | |
| 6 · Strategic Supply Chain Development | 100 | 40 | |
| 7 · ERP/MRP | 100 | 40 |
- Price carries 40 points on every lot: a 10% discount moves about 4 points.
- “Scottish Manufacturing Advisory Service (SMAS) Consultancy Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, 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
- Awarded
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 23 Mar 2021, 15:08 GMT
- Last source update
- 23 Mar 2021, 15:08 GMT
- Authority reference
P21-0003- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-005876- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-029e65Find a Tender
- Review procedure
In the first instance, contact the Senior Director of Facilities Management and Procurement at Scottish Enterprise, with any concerns or enquiries. Email: www.scottish-enterprise.com/help/contact-us ↗.
An economic operator that suffers, or risks suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015, may bring proceedings that will be started in the High Court.
Publisher note: (SC Ref:647977)
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast7 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 4 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £80,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Lean Manufacturing
- Signed
- 12 Mar 2021
- Value
- £160,000
- Status
- active
Six Sigma
- Signed
- 12 Mar 2021
- Value
- £20,000
- Status
- active
Quality
- Signed
- 12 Mar 2021
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Process Mapping/VSM
- Signed
- 12 Mar 2021
- Value
- £120,000
- Status
- active
Manufacturing Engineering Support
- Signed
- 12 Mar 2021
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Strategic Supply Chain Development
- Signed
- 12 Mar 2021
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
ERP/MRP
- Signed
- 12 Mar 2021
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Lean Manufacturing | 13bids · 0 electronic | 13 | — | — |
| 2 · Six Sigma | 8bids · 0 electronic | 7 | — | — |
| 3 · Quality | 9bids · 0 electronic | 9 | — | — |
| 4 · Process Mapping/VSM | 10bids · 0 electronic | 10 | — | — |
| 5 · Manufacturing Engineering Support | 8bids · 0 electronic | 8 | — | — |
| 6 · Strategic Supply Chain Development | 8bids · 0 electronic | 7 | — | — |
| 7 · ERP/MRP | 6bids · 0 electronic | 6 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Glasgow Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court Sheriff Clerk’s Office,Review body
- Scottish GovernmentMediation bodyReview contact point
Framework contractors & participating bidders
6 commercial parties on the notice- Colin Barr Associates LtdFramework contractor
- Improvement Architecture LtdFramework contractor
- Lighthouse Business Consultants LtdFramework contractor
- Pragmatique LtdFramework contractor
- Viable Ventures LtdFramework contractor
- WaterstonsFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.