Social Enterprise Business Accelerator

An Open Tendering Procedure was published on PCS-T on 14th June 2023 with a closing date of 26th July 2023 at 12 noon. Tenders were invited on a Price / Quality basis. The mechanism for assessing tenders was comprehensively detailed within the ‘Evaluation of Tenders’ document contained within the tender process but can be summarised as follows: Stage 1 - Qualification Response Stage 2 - Technical Response Stage 3 - Commercial Response Stage 1 - Bidders were required to complete a Single Procurement Document (SPD) as part of the Qualification envelope self-declaring that they meet the criteria requirements. The SPD (Scotland) submitted by each bidder was accepted as preliminary evidence, in the form of a declaration, to confirm that: - none of the mandatory or discretionary exclusion grounds apply - if any of the mandatory or discretionary grounds apply the self-cleansing measures that have been taken; and - the bidder meets the relevant selection criteria All mandatory and discretionary exclusions grounds were assessed on a PASS/FAIL basis. SPD (Scotland) selection questions 4B.4, 4B.5 and 4C.1.2 were also assessed on a PASS/FAIL basis. The Council’s minimum requirements for each of these criteria were described within the Contract Notice. Stage 2 - Bidders were required to complete a Technical response on the following technical criteria: 2.1.2 Project Approach 2.1.3 Recruitment Process 2.1.4 Delivery / Key Milestones 2.2.2 Community Benefits 2.3.1 Fair Work First Stage 3 - Bidders were required to complete a Commercial response. The successful Bidder was the one which achieved the highest combined quality / price score provided that all of the selection criteria contained within the Qualification Envelope, as detailed within the Contract Notice, was provided, and verified by the Council as being compliant.