Weed Control for the Borough of Kirklees

In accordance with: (i) Article 57 to 60 of Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the European Council; and (ii) Regulations 57 to 60 of the Public Contracts 2015 (SI 2015/102) (the 'Regulations'),which require or permit the contracting authority not to select or to treat as ineligible, economic operators, the contracting authority reserves the right to exclude any economic operator whom they deem to not satisfy any criteria outlined within the scoring matrices contained within the standard selection questionnaire ('SQ') within the Tenderers' Submission Document, which is available to download at: www.yortender.co.uk/procontract/supplier… ↗ or is available at the address set out in Sections I.1) and I.3) of this Notice above.

See Section 4 of the SQ (available to download at: www.yortender.co.uk/procontract/supplier… ↗).

Economic operators must be able to submit either a copy of the audited accounts for the most recent two (2) years if requested. If it cannot, then it must provide either:

a) a statement of the turnover, Profit and Loss Account/ Income Statement, Balance Sheet/ Statement of Financial Position and Statement of Cash Flow for the most recent year of trading for this organisation;

b) a statement of the cash flow forecast for the current year and a bank letter outlining the current cash and credit position; or

c) alternative means of demonstrating financial status if any of the above are not available (e.g. forecast of turnover for the current year and a statement of funding provided by the owners and/or the bank, charity accruals accounts or an alternative means of demonstrating financial status).

Economic operators must also confirm whether or not they are part of a wider group (e.g. a subsidiary of a holding/parent company), and if so must provide confirmation of:

a) the name of the organisation;

b) the relationship to the economic operator completing the SQ; the organisation's company accounts (if available); and confirmation on whether or not this organisation would be willing to provide a guarantee if necessary, and if not would the economic operator be able to obtain a guarantee elsewhere (e.g. from a bank)

Insurance -

See Section 8.1 of the SQ (available to download at:…

Relevant experience -

Economic operators are asked to provide examples of relevant experience for each Lot they are applying against in accordance with the requirements set out within Section 6 of the SQ (available to download at: www.yortender.co.uk/procontract/supplier… ↗).