Timber Preservation and Dampness Remedial Works

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• Suitability

  It is a requirement of this tender that if the Bidder is UK based they must hold a valid registration with Companies House. Where the Bidder is UK based but not registered at Companies House they must be able to verify to the Council’s satisfaction that they are trading from the address provided in the tender and under the Company name given.

• Economic & financial standing

  The Selection Criteria is outlined in the online PCS Qualification Envelope (SPD):

  Bidders will be required to state the annual turnover of the bidding entity for the last 3 years.

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

  A Creditsafe credit scoring check will be ran on registered Company Name and Company Number provided by the bidder. Where the resulting Credit Rating score is less than 30/100, the Bidder may be excluded from the tender process unless suitable financial information is provided that give satisfactory assurances to the Council regarding financial risk in appointing the bidder to the proposed Framework.

  Minimum: Public Contracts Regulations 2015 state that before awarding the contract, the Contracting Authority shall require the tenderer(s) to submit up to date supporting documents. This includes the insurance requirements stated in the Qualification Envelope (SPD within PCS): Employer’s…
• Technical & professional ability

  Property Care Association Membership

  Participants will provide documentary evidence that you currently hold as a minimum, Provisional membership of the “Property Care Association” and submit this with your tender submission.

  The Contractor will require, by commencement of contract start date, to be a full member of the “Property Care Association”.

  Falkirk Council require Property Care Association membership specifically, rather than any other related membership body, to ensure all contractors carrying out timber preservation works are competent, qualified and subject to independent regulation. The PCA is a recognised professional body for the sector maintaining rigorous standards in surveying, diagnosis and remedial treatment of dampness and timber defects. Membership provides assurance that contractors operate under approved codes of practice, maintain appropriate training and insurance and are subject to regular technical audits.

  The Participant / Bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent), accredited independent third party certificate of compliance in accordance with ISO 45001:2018 (or equivalent) or have, within the last 12 months, successfully met the assessment requirements of a construction-related scheme in registered membership of the Safety Schemes in Procurement (SSIP) forum. As outlined in PCS Qualification Envelope (SPD) section 1.74.1

  OR

  The Participant / Bidder must provide responses in relation to 4D.1.4 A through to M in the document SPD (Scotland) Standard S…

  Minimum: Any recorded fail shall result in your submission being non compliant and excluded from the process. For details of any relevant weighted scoring methodology elements for online SPD PCS module Section / Part 4D, and for ITT Award Criteria, including how each individual element is…