Official UK procurement notice
USA Export Plan · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Scottish Government (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Scottish Government published a Trading Nation: A plan for Growing Scottish exports on 1 May 2019. The plan aims to increase the value of exports from 20% to 25% of Scotland’s GDP over the next 10 years. This could add around 3.5 billion GBP to GDP and create 17,500 more jobs.
A Trading Nation was developed using data driven analysis and market intelligence to identify the priority sectors, markets and types of businesses that are most likely to drive growth in exports.
The end goal of the USA Export Plan is to produce an export focused report that seeks to identify the US states that offer the best match and opportunity for Scottish export strengths and our ambitions as set out in A Trading Nation and the National Strategy for Economic Transformation.
CPV: Business analysis consultancy services · Business and management consultancy and related services · Development consultancy services · Financial consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The export plan will help us better understand the longer term trends within these…CancelledRenewalPublished value£75,000
The export plan will help us better understand the longer term trends within these huge markets and focus our resources to better drive export success in these continental sized economies. Whilst broader in-market commercial opportunities should be understood the main thrust of this plan is to boost exports from Scottish based companies to the USA, and to understand the best ways for the Scottish Government and its agencies to facilitate this outcome. Information gleaned from this study could also help inform the Scottish Government’s broader trade policy priorities within the UK-led state level MoU programme, and should the UK-USA free trade negotiations restart.
The end goal of the USA Export Plan is to produce an export focused report that seeks to identify the US states that offer the best match and opportunity for Scottish export strengths and our ambitions as set out in A Trading Nation and the National Strategy for Economic Transformation.
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 (7)
- Methodology: 40
- Staffing & Capability: 25
- Timetable & Delivery: 20
- Community Benefits: 5
- Fair Work First: 5
- Business Continuity And Disaster Recovery (BCDR): 5
- price: 30
Published award criteria (7)
- Methodology: 40
- Staffing & Capability: 25
- Timetable & Delivery: 20
- Community Benefits: 5
- Fair Work First: 5
- Business Continuity And Disaster Recovery (BCDR): 5
- Price: 30
- Economic & financial standing
Minimum level(s) of standards required:
Bidders must demonstrate a Current Ratio of no less than 1.0. Current Ratio will be calculated as follows: Net current assets divided by net current liabilities.
There must be no qualification or contra-indication from any evidence provided in support of the bidders economic and financial standing.
Bidders who do not comply with the above financial requirements but are part of a Group, can provide a Parent Guarantee if the Parent
company satisfies the financial requirements stipulated above.
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 of insurance indicated below.
Employer's (Compulsory) Liability Insurance = 5 000 000 GBP.
Public Liability Insurance = 1 000 000 GBP.
Professional Indemnity Insurance = 1 000 000 GBP.
- Price carries 30 of 130 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
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
- Cancelled
- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 3 Jun 2024, 10:34 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Nov 2024, 12:47 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 3 Jul 2024 – …
- Authority reference
CASE/700677- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-037817- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-046ce6Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: Question Scoring Methodology for Award Criteria outlined in Invitation to Tender. 0 Unacceptable Nil or inadequate response. Fails to demonstrate an ability to meet the requirement. 1 Poor Response is partially relevant but generally poor. The response addresses some elements of the requirement but contains insufficient/limited detail or explanation to demonstrate how the requirement will be fulfilled. 2 Acceptable Response is relevant and acceptable. The response addresses a broad understanding of the requirement but may lack details on how the requirement will be fulfilled in certain areas. 3 Good Response is relevant and good. The response is sufficiently detailed to demonstrate a good understanding and provides details on how the requirements will be fulfilled. 4 Excellent Response is completely relevant and excellent overall. The response is comprehensive, unambiguous and demonstrates a thorough understanding of the requirement and provides details of how the requirement will be met in full. Tenderers are also asked to confirm that they will pay staff that are involved in the delivery of services under the contract, at least the real Living Wage. Bidders must complete the SPD (Scotland) to demonstrate adherence to the Exclusion and Selection Criteria for this procurement. If there are named subcontractors/technicians upon which the bidder will rely to meet the selection criteria, these named parties must complete and reattach the SPD Supplier Response Form attached to SPD. The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 26816 and the ITT code is 55059. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/ A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: The tenderer must provide a Community Benefits proposal that is relevant to the subject matter of this contract and supports the Scottish Ministers’ commitment to contributing to the social, economic & environmental well-being of the people of Scotland, as described in the specification. targeted employment support, recruitment and work-related training for priority groups within the community (for example long-term unemployed and young people) as part of your proposed workforce for this project; support for existing Charity and Third Sector Organisations that deliver benefits to the communities Use of SMEs or supported businesses as part of your supply chain up-skilling the existing workforce; equality and diversity initiatives; educational support initiatives. The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 26816. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 (SC Ref:784031)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 3 Jul 2024, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 3 Jul 2024, 12:00 BST
Timeline
3 Jul 2024 → 22 Nov 2024 · 3 dates- Submission deadline3 Jul 2024, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened3 Jul 2024, 12:00 BST
- Notice published22 Nov 2024, 12:47 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to cancelled22 Nov 2024, 12:47 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 further award records carry no date or value.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria