Official UK procurement notice
Vehicle Telematics & Related Services Framework
Authority: The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS) (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNHS National Services Scotland has procured a national framework for vehicle telematics and its related services. It takes the form of a single supplier framework agreement.
CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Software package and information systems · Telematics system
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 1 suppliers · 2 bids received (2.0 per place) · 1 appointed (full)
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1NHS National Services Scotland has procured a national framework agreement for vehicle…AwardedPublished value£1,125,000
NHS National Services Scotland has procured a national framework agreement for vehicle telematics and related services.
NSS is awarding a framework agreement to a single supplier for the supply of an electronic data capturing solution for commercial and pool vehicles within the NHSS Fleet.
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 award criteria (2)
- Quality: 70
- Price: 30
- Economic & financial standing
SPD Q4B.1.1: Bidders are required to provide statements of accounts or extracts relating to their business for the previous 3 years. Where any are risks identified by NSS as part of the due diligence carried out on the above information NSS may require Bidders to provide additional information to demonstrate financial standing.
Additional information can include but not be limited to:
- parent company accounts (if applicable)
- deeds of guarantee
- bankers statements and references
- accountants’ references
- management accounts
- financial projections, including cash flow forecasts
- details and evidence of previous contracts, including contract values
- capital availability
Bidders who cannot provide suitable evidence of a secure financial standing may be excluded from the procurement.
SPD Q4B.5.1 and Q4B.5.2: It is a requirement of this Agreement that Bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commence of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:
Employers liability insurance: 5 000 000 GBP;
Public liability insurance: 1 000 000 GBP;
Professional indemnity insurance: 1 000 000 GBP.
- Technical & professional ability
SPD Q4C.1.2: The Bidder must provide details of three relevant examples of services carried out during the last three years.
SPD Q4C.2: Bidders are required to confirm compliance with standards, such as ISO or equivalent, set by technical bodies, especially those responsible for quality control. Please provide examples such as the following:
- Cyber Essentials
- ISO 9001 - Quality Management Systems
- ISO 27001 - Information Security Management
- ISO 27017 - Code of practice for information security controls
- ISO 27018 - Code of practice for protection of personally identifiable information (PII) in public clouds acting as PII processors
- UK Government 14 Cloud Security Principles
Please state the relevance of any such educational and professional qualifications.
SPD Q4C.6 & Q4C.6.1:
4C.6: Bidders will be required to confirm that they and/or the service provider have relevant educational and professional qualifications such as the following:
ISO27001 or equivalent ITIL qualifications [Helpdesk, etc] or equivalent other professional qualifications relevant to the Services outlined in the Contract Notice.
Please state the relevance of any such educational and professional qualifications.
4C.6.1: Bidders will be required to confirm that they and/or the service provider's managerial staff have relevant educational and professional qualifications such as the following:
ISO27001 or equivalent ITIL qualifications [Helpdesk, etc] or equivalent other professional qualifications rele…
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Vehicle Telematics & Related Services Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 1 suppliers, not a single contract.
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
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 22 Dec 2023, 09:30 GMT
- Last source update
- 8 Oct 2024, 09:57 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 2 Feb 2024 – …
- Authority reference
NP506724- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-032173- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04296cFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Review procedure
Economic operators should approach the contracting authority in the first instance. However, the only formal remedy is to apply to the courts: An economic operator that suffers, or is at risk of suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 or the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014, may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session.
Publisher note: (SC Ref:778209)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 2 Feb 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 2 Feb 2024, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
2 Feb 2024 → 8 Oct 2024 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown2 Feb 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened2 Feb 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published8 Oct 2024, 09:57 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete8 Oct 2024, 09:57 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 032173-2024-NP506724-1
- Signed
- 5 Sept 2024
- Value
- £2,200,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff Court HouseReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- EDC Systems Ltd t/a QuestarFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.