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Published 24 Aug 2023, 10:26 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Signage Production and Maintenance

Official notice

Authority: Historic Environment Scotland

GoodsOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£475,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 16 Oct 2023awarded 12 Dec 2023
Awarded to LEACH COLOUR LIMITED

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Signage Production and Maintenance

  • Recurrence: 56 months from publication

CPV: Bespoke printed matter · Miscellaneous repair and maintenance services · Printed matter and related products · Repair and maintenance services · Signage

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Historic Environment Scotland requires a supplier to produce and deliver various types…AwardedRenewalPublished value£475,000

Historic Environment Scotland requires a supplier to produce and deliver various types of high-quality, external-grade graphics and signage for Properties in Care across Scotland, including the Islands. Requirements include interpretive graphics, as well as other types of signage that may include e.g. visitor information & behavioural signage; health & safety signage; direction & wayfinding signage; arrival & welcome signage. Specifications may include e.g. lecterns; wall-mounted signs; existing stone cairn/plinth-mounted signs; rail-mounted signs; and post-mounted signs. In some cases, the contract may include graphics and signage for interior exhibitions.

Delivery: Scotland
Extensions: The Contracting Authority reserves the right to request additional deliveries by the successful Tenderer, either intended as partial replacement of supplies or installations or as extensions of existing supplies and installations. The Contracting Authority may at its sole discretion exercise this option. · The initial contract period shall be for twenty four (24) months, with the option to extend the contract by a further 20-month period, followed by a possible further 12-month period. These extensions may be activated at the sole discretion of HES.Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 60%Price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 60
  • Price: 40
Conditions of participation2
  • Economic & financial standing

    HES use Scotbis, an independent provider of business credit reports, to assess the financial standing of tenderers. The overall aim of this assessment is to ensure, as far as possible, that any potential Supplier will not have financial difficulties that endanger their ability to perform the Contract. If financial information cannot be gained from that source Historic Environment Scotland will request that you

    provide full audited accounts for the last full financial year. If Suppliers cannot provide any of the assurances as detailed above, and it is determined by HES that your financial strength is not adequate, then your company may not pass the financial evaluation. If you can provide the assurances as detailed above, HES may explore these options with you before determining whether your company can be taken

    forward in this procurement exercise. Bank details may also be sought to support the above.

    Minimum: With reference to SPD question 4B.5, it is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain, prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below: Public Liability Insurance - 1 million GBP Prof…
  • Technical & professional ability

    With reference to SPD question 4C1.2 - Bidders will be required to provide 3 examples that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the services as described in the contract notice and tender documents.

Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not 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
Goods
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
Yes · 56 months from publication
First published
24 Aug 2023, 10:26 BST
Last source update
20 Dec 2023, 12:48 GMT
Award evaluation window
16 Oct 2023 – …
Authority reference
HES/C/4222
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-037464
Classification (CPV)
Bespoke printed matterMiscellaneous repair and maintenance servicesPrinted matter and related productsRepair and maintenance servicesSignage
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03f687 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: (SC Ref:753799)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding
Submission deadline
16 Oct 2023, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
150 days from the deadline
Bids opened
16 Oct 2023, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

16 Oct 2023 → 20 Dec 2023 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    16 Oct 2023, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    16 Oct 2023, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    20 Dec 2023, 12:48 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    20 Dec 2023, 12:48 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £75,6341 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 55 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 12 Dec 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
LEACH COLOUR LIMITED£75,634 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
5bids · 5 electronic · 5 from abroad5——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Historic Environment Scotland

Contracting authorityNon-Departmental Public Body Heritage, Conservation, Built Environment , Tourism Longmore House, Salisbury Place, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH9 1SHContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Edinburgh Sheriff CourtReview body Edinburgh

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Leach Colour LtdAwarded supplier Dyson Wood Way, Bradley Business Park, Huddersfield, Yorkshire & Humber, HD2 1GN

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.