Official UK procurement notice
Transport and Storage of Rock Salt
Authority: Glasgow City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe transport and storage of rock salt.
- Recurrence: November/December 2028
CPV: Storage and warehousing services · Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Glasgow City Council (Neighbourhoods, Regeneration and Sustainability Department)…AwardedRenewalPublished value£300,000
Glasgow City Council (Neighbourhoods, Regeneration and Sustainability Department) requires the successful supplier to accept articulated lorry deliveries of rock salt from the King George V Dock, provide covered storage for 4,000 Tonnes of untreated and 6,000 Tonnes of treated rock salt (per year). The successful supplier will also be responsible for stacking and shaping the rock salt in two distinct piles (treated and untreated) and the transportation of the rock salt to various depots within the Glasgow City Council boundaries adhering to the agreed schedule.
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 sub-criteria (4)
- Process: 15%
- Fair Work First: 5%
- price: 75%
- Sustainability: 5%
Published award criteria (4)
- Process: 15
- Sustainability: 5
- Fair Work First: 5
- Price: 75
- Economic & financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria:
In order to pass the Financial Check section of the contract, it is mandatory for companies to attain the undernoted:-
Bidders must comply with the undernoted financial requirements in order 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 organisation must be positive at the time of evaluation and organisation 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.
- Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio - Current Assets/Current Liabilities
Leverage Ratio - Long-term Bank Debt/Net Worth
Applicants must achieve a score of 5 and above from a combination of above two liquidity ratios.
Scoring Method
Current Ratio
Range Score
0.00 to 0.80 0
0.81 to 0.90 1
0.91 to 1.00 2
1.01 to 1.10 3
1.11 to 1.20 4
1.21 and above 5
Leverage Ratio
0.01 to 19.99 5
20.00 to 39.99 4
40.00 to 59.99 3
60.00 to 79.99 2
80.00 to 100.00 1
Intangibles…
Minimum: https://Glasgow City Council’s Insurance Requirements are: Bidder shall take out and maintain, throughout the period of the contract, Employer’s Liability insurance to the value of at least TEN MILLION POUNDS STERLING (10,000,000 GBP) in respect of any one event and unlimited in … - Technical & professional ability
Please provide 2 relevant examples of supplies and/or services carried out during the last three years as specified in the Contract Notice:
(Examples from both public and/or private sector customers and clients may be provided)
Responses should not exceed 2 X A4 sided of paper for each example and should be submitted in Ariel font 11. Where a submission exceeds the maximum number of sides of A4 paper requested, no account will be taken of the content of the contents beyond the maximum.
The weighting will be 50% for each example with 100% attributed to two examples for this contract.
Minimum: Bidders must score in total a minimum of 60% for SPD question 4C1.2. Any Bidder who fails to achieve the minimum points score will be excluded at this stage.
- Price carries 75 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7.5 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
- Awarded
- 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 · November/December 2028
- First published
- 4 Aug 2023, 14:37 BST
- Last source update
- 19 Dec 2023, 15:21 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 4 Sept 2023 – …
- Authority reference
GCC005822CPU- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-037333- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03ed34Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
The invoices received from the successful supplier as referred to in Section 4.4.6 Complaints Procedure of the Invitation to Tender should be received in an accurate and timely manner. Should a target of 98% not be met, corrective action will be required.
The supplier is required to produce quarterly reports in accordance with Section 10.3. – Management Information of the Invitation to Tender. If the supplier fails to meet the timescales below on 3 or more occasions in any 12 month period, corrective action will be required. The timescales are as follows:-
0-2 hours (during business hours) for issues classified as High priority.
Within 48 hours for issues classified as Medium priority.
Within 5 working days for issues classified as Low priority
- Review procedure
Glasgow City council ("the council") must, by notice in writing as soon as possible after the decision has been made, inform all tenderers and candidates concerned of its decision to award the contract, conclude the framework agreement or establish a dynamic purchasing system. The Council must allow a period of at least the relevant standstill period (where the notice is sent by facsimile or electronic means the period is 10 days ending at midnight at the end of the 10th day after that on which the last notice is sent. When sent by other means the period is 15 days) to elapse between the date of despatch of the notice referred to in Regulation 85(1) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 ("The Regulations"). The Council is obliged to comply with the regulations and any eligible economic operator can bring an action in the Sherriff Court of the Court of Session where a consequence of a breach by the Council, suffers or risks suffering loss or damage.
The bringing of court proceedings during the standstill period means that the council must not enter into the contract, conclude the framework agreement or establish the dynamic purchasing system unless the proceedings are determined, discontinued or disposed of: or
the court, by interim order, brings to an end the prohibition. The bringing of court proceedings after the standstill period has elapsed and the remedies that are available to the courts are detailed in the Regulations. Economic operators can write to the Council seeking further clarification on the notice, to which the Council must respond within 15 days. Economic Operators should be mindful to seek their own independent legal advice when they consider appropriate to do so.
Publisher note: (SC Ref:753095)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 4 Sept 2023, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
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- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 4 Sept 2023, 12:00 BST
Timeline
4 Sept 2023 → 19 Dec 2023 · 3 dates- Submission deadline4 Sept 2023, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened4 Sept 2023, 12:00 BST
- Notice published19 Dec 2023, 15:21 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete19 Dec 2023, 15:21 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillhouse Quarry Group LtdSME | £660,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 037333-2023-GCC005822CPU-1 · Hillhouse Quarry Group LtdSME
- Signed
- 12 Dec 2023
- Value
- £660,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad | 3 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Glasgow Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Hillhouse Quarry Group LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.