Supply, Delivery and Installation of Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs), AED Cabinets and Associated Equipment

If required, bidders are required to be enrolled in the relevant professional or trade registers within the country in which they are established.

Bidders will be required to have a minimum “general” yearly turnover of 128,000 GBP per year for the last 3 years.

Bidders who cannot meet the required level of turnover will be excluded from this tender.

Where turnover information is not available for the time period requested, the bidder will be required to state the date which they were set up or started trading.

North Ayrshire Council reserve the right to review the bidder's financial information using company watch financial analytics at tender stage and throughout the life of the contract. If the bidder’s financial health score (H-Score) is 25 or less further information/clarifications will be requested to ensure the equivalent economic and financial standing is adhered too. If this information or the clarifications are not satisfactory, the bidder will be excluded from the tender process.

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:

Employer’s (Compulsory) Liability Insurance = 5 million GBP in respect of any one event

Public Liability Insurance = 5 million GBP in respect of any one event

Product Liability Insurance - 5 million GBP in the aggregate

3rd Party Motor Vehicle Insurance - A valid motor vehicle certificate must be held in the company name or (where there is no fleet but rather the company permits its employees to use their personal vehicles for business purpose…

Bidders must provide two examples that demonstrates they have the relevant experience to deliver the contract. Examples must be of a similar scope, size, and value and be from within the last three years. Unsatisfactory experience will result in a fail and exclusion from the tender process. If you submit more than two examples, NAC will only evaluate the first two examples provided.

Bidders must also provide two satisfactory references for the same two contracts. References must be fully completed and signed by previous customers and must be of a similar scope, size, and value and be from within the last three years. If any of the referees score less than two, the bidder will be excluded from the tender process. If you submit more than two references, NAC will only evaluate the first two references provided.

Bidders must complete a separate experience / reference template for each experience example. Bidders must complete Section 1 Experience and then forward to the relevant customer/client to complete Section 2 Reference Proforma. The customer/client must return the completed template to the bidder and the bidder in turn will upload the fully completed template.

The completed templates for both examples must be zipped and uploaded at question 4C.1.2 of the qualification envelope.

Bidders are required to confirm whether they intend to subcontract and, if so, for what proportion of the contract.

Bidders who intend to subcontract more than 25% to any individual organisation mus…