Transport Scotland Communications Support Services Framework - 2022-2026

Economic Operators shall be required to satisfy minimum standards of economic and financial standing. To determine these standards, Economic Operators 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 4B6 provide the name, range and score of nine financial criteria for each year for the last two years of trading, or for the period which is available if trading for less than two years; and

(c) in response to SPD, Question Ref. 4B5a, 4B5b and 4B5c confirm they already have or can commit to obtain, prior to commencement of the contract the required levels of insurance.

In addition to the information requested under (a) to (c), Economic Operators must provide a link/ copies of the associated annual accounts as filed at Companies House (or equivalent if not a UK registered company). For the avoidance of doubt, if an Economic Operator fails to provide accounts relating to its last two full years of trading that are due to have been filed, that Economic Operator will be excluded from this procurement competition.

Where Economic Operators have not yet been trading for a full two year period, such that filed accounts are not yet due and available, and limited only to that circumstance, the required information to support (a) to (c) above may take the form of appropriate third party / statements setting o…

For 4C1.2 Economic Operators shall be required to insert suitable responses to Statements (a) to (e) set out below, demonstrating that they have the required minimum standards of eligibility and technical and professional ability. Answers to these statements shall be provided by single Economic Operators and by groups of Economic Operators (group members should not respond individually). Response to Statement (a) shall be assessed on the basis of PASS or FAIL. Economic Operators who fail to satisfy this minimum standard (either they answer ‘No’ or fail to provide an acceptable answer) shall be excluded from the procurement competition. Statement (b) is not scored but is required to be completed in order to answer Statements (c) to (e) inclusive. The responses to Statements (c), (d), (e) shall be assessed on the basis of a score with a minimum threshold, using the following scoring mechanism: The responses to (c), (d) and (e) shall be assessed on the basis of a score from 0 – 5, with a minimum threshold. The scoring criteria can be downloaded via the Additional Documents, located within the Additional Notice Options of the Public Contracts Scotland portal (www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗). A submission shall be marked as FAIL and will not be considered further if the score achieved for any statement is less than 2. Where a response scores an average of 2 or greater it shall be weighted in accordance with the following weightings: Statement (c) = 40%; Statement (d) = 40%; St…

The Scottish Ministers shall require staff at management and senior grades to hold appropriate qualifications and experience. These include an academic qualification (BA/BSc Degree) and be able to demonstrate substantial experience relevant to the provision and performance of the Services.