Official UK procurement notice
Supply and Delivery of Bulk CO2 Gas and Associated Equipment
Authority: Glasgow Life (Culture & Sport Glasgow)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSupply and Delivery of CO2 Gas and Associated Equipment
- Recurrence: 2030
CPV: Other community, social and personal services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Supply and Delivery of Bulk CO2 Gas and Associated EquipmentCancelledRenewal
Supply and Delivery of Bulk CO2 Gas and Associated Equipment. 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 award criteria (2)
- Quality: 40
- Price: 60
- Economic & financial standing
Bidders must comply with the undernoted financial requirements to participate in the tendering process: -
There is a minimum financial requirement that affects trading performance, and balance sheet strength.
Financial requirements for trading performance and balance sheet strength should be calculated on latest filed accounts with Companies House.
Trading Performance
An overall positive outcome on pre-tax profits over a 3-year period.
Exceptional items can be excluded from the calculation.
The above would be expressed in the ratio Pre-Tax Profit/Turnover.
Balance Sheet Strength
Net worth of the applicant must be positive at the time of evaluation and applicant must not be subject to an insolvency process.
Intangibles can be included for purposes of the Total Assets figure.
The above would be expressed in the ratio Total Assets/Total Liabilities.
Applicants that are only required to file abbreviated accounts, must submit full sets of accounts for the last two individual years filed, in order for the three-year profitability requirement to be verified.
An applicant should have no outstanding issues, with regard to statutory filing requirements with Companies House.
Applicants who have been trading for less than the 3 years noted above must provide evidence that they are complying with the above minimum financial requirements for the period in which they have been trading.
Applicants who do not comply with the above financial requirements but are part of a Group, can provide a …
Minimum: Insurance Requirements Employer’s (Compulsory) Liability Insurance: GBP 10million Public Liability Insurance: GBP 5million Product Liability Insurance: GBP 5million Professional Indemnity Insurance: GBP 1million Third Party Motor Liability Insurance: GBP 20million
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
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
- Cancelled
- 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 · 2030
- First published
- 8 Apr 2025, 09:59 BST
- Last source update
- 5 Jun 2025, 08:50 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 8 May 2025 – …
- Authority reference
CSG006069- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-030073- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04fe7cFind a Tender
Publisher note: SPD Questions 4D.1, 4D1.1, 4D1.2, 4D2, 4D2.1 and 4D2.2 bidders must hold the certificates or comply with the questions noted in SPD 4D attached at https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=19621 Freedom of Information Act - Information on the FOI Act is contained in Appendix A of the ITT. Applicants must note the implications of this legislation and ensure that any information they wish Glasgow Life to consider withholding is specifically indicated on the FOI Certificate contained in the buyers attachments area within the PCS Tender portal (NB Glasgow Life does not bind itself to withhold this information). Tenderers Amendments - The tenderer must enter any clause, condition, amendment to specification or any other qualification he may wish to make conditional to this offer. Buyers will be required to complete the tenderers amendment certificate contained in the buyers attachment area within PCS Tender portal. Prompt Payment - The successful tenderer shall, as a condition of being awarded the tender, be required to demonstrate to Glasgow Life’s satisfaction that all funds due to the tenderer's permitted sub-contractors in respect of these works are paid timeously and that as a minimum invoices rendered by subcontractors shall (unless formally disputed by the tenderer) be paid within 30 days of receipt. The successful tenderer shall also impose this condition on its subcontractors in respect of payments due to any sub-sub-contractors, if any. Buyers will be required to complete the prompt payment certificate contained in the buyers attachment area within PCS Tender portal. Bidders will be required to complete the Non-Collusion certificate contained in the buyers attachments area within the PCS Tender portal Terms and Conditions are located within Section 3 of the ITT document. https://www.sdpscotland.co.uk/ (SC Ref:800758)
How it was run
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- Submission deadline
- 8 May 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
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- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 120 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 8 May 2025, 12:00 BST
Timeline
8 May 2025 → 5 Jun 2025 · 3 dates- Submission deadline8 May 2025, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened8 May 2025, 12:00 BST
- Notice published5 Jun 2025, 08:50 BST
Notice history
1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to unsuccessful5 Jun 2025, 08:50 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast2 further award records carry no date or value.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Glasgow Sheriff Court and Justice of The PeaceReview body
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria