Traffic Scotland Systems Contract (TSSC)

An Economic Operator participating on its own and which does not rely on the capacities of other entities in order to meet the selection criteria, must fill out one SPD.

An Economic Operator participating on its own but relying on the capacities of one or more other entities must submit to the contracting authority an SPD on its behalf together with a separate SPD on behalf of each of the entities being relied upon and setting out the relevant information.

Finally, where a group of Economic Operators, including temporary associations, participate together in the procurement procedure, a separate SPD setting out the information required under Parts 2 to 4 must be given for each of the participating Economic Operators (excluding 4C.1 / 4.C.2).

Economic Operators shall be required to satisfy minimum standards and to provide proof of economic and financial standing. To determine these standards each Economic Operator Parent Company shall:

(a) in response to SPD Question Ref. 4B.1.a provide the specified annual turnover for the last two years of trading, or for the period which is available if trading for less than two years;

(b) in response to SPD Question Ref 4B.5a, 4B.5b and 4B.5c confirm they already have or can commit to obtain, prior to commencement of the contract the required levels of insurance;

(c) in response to SPD Question Ref 4B.6 provide the name, range and score of nine financial criteria for each year for the last two (2) years of trading, or for the period which is available if trading for less than two (2) years. As a Parent Company Guarantee is required, the information requested should be provided for the Parent Company for each Economic Operator who will be evaluated as a requirement for this contract. In the case of a consortium bid, the parent company guarantee of each Economic Operator is required to provide copies of its annual accounts;

(d) in response to SPD Question Ref 4B.6 confirm that not later than 30 days prior to the commencement of service date, a validly executed Bond and Undertaking by an insurance company or bank will be provided, which shall be jointly and severally bound with the Economic Operator in the sum of GBP 500,000 for the due performance of this Contract under the term…

In response to SPD: Question Ref. 4C.1 Economic Operators are required to insert suitable responses as follows.

Provide suitable responses to statements (E), (F), (G), (H), (I), (J), and (K) set out in the attached supplementary document “TSSC - SPD Technical & Professional Ability Statements” providing the individual statements and relative weightings demonstrating that they have the required minimum standards of eligibility and technical and professional ability to meet the specified requirements.

Note that statements (B), (C), and (D) require Economic Operators to demonstrate that they have in place appropriate quality, environmental and health and safety management systems. Economic Operators should specify their recognised accredited system which shall be adopted if awarded the contract. Economic Operators are required to confirm their compliance and be able to provide the appropriate certification in relation to quality, environmental and health and safety management systems.

These statements shall be answered by single Economic Operators and by groups of Economic Operators (group members should not respond individually).

A "group of Economic Operators" is defined as an unincorporated consortium or joint venture.

Responses to Statements (A) – (D) shall be assessed on the basis of PASS or FAIL. Economic Operators who fail to satisfy these minimum mandatory standards (either they answer ‘No’ or fail to provide an acceptable answer) shall be excluded from the procurement c…