Trend building energy management system (BEMS) Maintenance - Central Area

Part IV: Selection criteria - A:

Suitability – Question 4A.2

Technical Minimum Standards:

Designated operatives directly involved in the provision of services must include:

i) A minimum of three (3)Trend Expert Engineers accredited in Trend 963 and IQ Vision Building Management Systems.

ii) Operatives capable of carrying out LV and ELV Control panel modifications and component replacements.

The Contractor must have:

i) 963/IQVision and SET software licence agreements from the installed systems manufacturer.

SPD 4B.1.1 Statement - Bidders will be required to have a minimum “general” yearly turnover of 150,000 GBP for the last 3 years.

SPD 4B.3 Statement - 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/started trading.

SPD 4B.5.1a and 4B.5.1b and 4B.5.2 Statement

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 = 10,000,000 GBP

Public Liability Insurance = 10,000,000 GBP

Professional Risk Indemnity Insurance = 5,000,000 GBP

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SPD 4B.6 Statements

Bidders 4B.6 Statement 1: Where the bidder is providing a submission on behalf of a subsidiary company, upon request, the bidder must obtain a Parent Company Guarantee prior to commencement of any subsequently awarded contract.

4B.6 Statement 2: Bidders will be required to provide adequate assurance of financial strength to successfully complete their contractual obligations.

Bidders must be able to provide upon request, their 3 most recent sets of annual audited accounts, including profit and loss information, and the following ratios:

• Current Ratio
• Quick Ratio
• Debtors Turnover Ratio
• Return on Assets
• Working Capital
• Debt to Equity Ratio
• Gross Profit Ratio

A review of your ratios and audited accounts may be u…

SPD ref. 4C1.2 Question 1

Bidders will be required to provide three relevant examples of services carried out during the past three years that demonstrate you have the relevant experience to deliver the services as described in part II.2.4 of the Find a Tender Service Contract Notice or the relevant section of the Site Notice.

Bidder’s examples should include but are not limited to the following details in their service provision examples:

• Detailed description of the service provided
• Value of the contract/service
• Contract period
• Complexity and controller count of the BEMS systems maintained (Data Centres, Energy Centres, Research Facilities, Clean Rooms, Museums)
• Details of multi/complex stakeholder engagement

Examples from both public and/or private sector customers and clients may be provided

Examples are not limited to Higher Education contracts only.

Examples of work carried out for the University of Edinburgh are permissible.

The assessment and awarding of marks will be based solely on your written submission. The University will not take into account any previous knowledge or experience of having worked with the bidder into consideration.

Your answer should be limited to no more than 3 sides of A4 (1 side of A4 per example).

In order to ensure that newer or start-up companies have a chance to demonstrate any experience relevant to the current requirement, examples may be provided from:

• Within their organisation (bidders may rely on the experience of person…