Supply and Delivery of Electrical Materials to Scotland Excel
It is anticipated that the scope of the supplies covered under the framework will include, but not be limited to, cable and cable management, wiring accessories, circuit protection.
United Kingdom-Paisley: Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting
2019/S 230-563691
Contract notice
Supplies
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name and addresses
Postal address: Renfrewshire House, Cotton Street
Town: Paisley
NUTS code: UKM83
Postal code: PA1 1AR
Country: United Kingdom
E-mail: construction@scotland-excel.org.uk
Telephone: +44 3003001200
Fax: +44 1416187423
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA10383
I.2)Information about joint procurement
I.3)Communication
I.4)Type of the contracting authority
I.5)Main activity
Section II: Object
II.1.1)Title:
Supply and Delivery of Electrical Materials
II.1.2)Main CPV code
II.1.3)Type of contract
II.1.4)Short description:
This notice is for a proposed renewal framework for the supply and delivery of electrical materials. It is anticipated that the scope of the supplies covered under the framework will include, but not be limited to, cable and cable management, wiring accessories, circuit protection, heating and water heating, ventilation, safety detectors and thermostats, lamps and light fittings and accessories.
II.1.5)Estimated total value
II.1.6)Information about lots
II.2.1)Title:
Heating and Water Heating
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
II.2.3)Place of performance
Various locations throughout the geographical boundaries of the participating Councils and associate members within Scotland.
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
The goods under this lot will include, but not be limited to supply of heating and water heating products.
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.6)Estimated value
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The framework period is for 2 years with the option to extend for up to 24 months subject to satisfactory operation and performance. Any period of extension will be at the sole discretion of Scotland Excel.
II.2.10)Information about variants
II.2.11)Information about options
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
II.2.14)Additional information
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. Please see the Invitation to tender contained on the PCS-Tender project relevant to this procurement and the other procurement documents for further information.
II.2.1)Title:
Cable and Cable Management
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
II.2.3)Place of performance
Various locations throughout the geographical boundaries of the participating Councils and associate members within Scotland.
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
The services under this lot will include, but not be limited to, supply of cable and cable management products.
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.6)Estimated value
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The framework period is for 2 years with the option to extend for up to 24 months subject to satisfactory operation and performance. Any period of extension will be at the sole discretion of Scotland Excel.
II.2.10)Information about variants
II.2.11)Information about options
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
II.2.14)Additional information
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. Please see the invitation to tender contained on the PCS-Tender project relevant to this procurement and the other procurement documents for further information.
II.2.1)Title:
Ventilation
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
II.2.3)Place of performance
Various locations throughout the geographical boundaries of the participating Councils and associate members within Scotland.
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
The goods under this lot will include, but not be limited to, supply of ventilation products.
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.6)Estimated value
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The framework period is for 2 years with the option to extend for up to 24 months subject to satisfactory operation and performance. Any period of extension will be at the sole discretion of Scotland Excel.
II.2.10)Information about variants
II.2.11)Information about options
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
II.2.14)Additional information
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. Please see the invitation to tender contained on the PCS-Tender project relevant to this procurement and the other procurement documents for further information.
II.2.1)Title:
Lamps
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
II.2.3)Place of performance
Various locations throughout the geographical boundaries of the participating Councils and associate members within Scotland.
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
The goods under this lot will include, but not be limited to supply of lamps.
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.6)Estimated value
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The framework period is for 2 years with the option to extend for up to 24 months subject to satisfactory operation and performance. Any period of extension will be at the sole discretion of Scotland Excel.
II.2.10)Information about variants
II.2.11)Information about options
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
II.2.14)Additional information
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. Please see the invitation to tender contained on the PCS-Tender project relevant to this procurement and the other procurement documents for further information.
II.2.1)Title:
Light Fittings and Accessories
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
II.2.3)Place of performance
Various locations throughout the geographical boundaries of the participating Councils and associate members within Scotland.
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
The goods under this lot will include, but not be limited to supply of light fittings and accessories.
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.6)Estimated value
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The framework period is for 2 years with the option to extend for up to 24 months subject to satisfactory operation and performance. Any period of extension will be at the sole discretion of Scotland Excel.
II.2.10)Information about variants
II.2.11)Information about options
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
II.2.14)Additional information
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. Please see the invitation to tender contained on the PCS-Tender project relevant to this procurement and the other procurement documents for further information.
II.2.1)Title:
Safety Detectors and Thermostats
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
II.2.3)Place of performance
Various locations throughout the geographical boundaries of the participating Councils and associate members within Scotland.
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
The services under this lot will include, but not be limited to supply of safety detectors and thermostats.
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.6)Estimated value
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The framework period is for 2 years with the option to extend for up to 24 months subject to satisfactory operation and performance. Any period of extension will be at the sole discretion of Scotland Excel.
II.2.10)Information about variants
II.2.11)Information about options
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
II.2.14)Additional information
Full details of the final lotting structure will be in the tender documents.
II.2.1)Title:
Wiring Accessories and Circuit Protection
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
II.2.3)Place of performance
Various locations throughout the geographical boundaries of the participating Councils and associate members within Scotland.
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
The goods under this lot will include, but not be limited to, supply of wiring accessory and circuit protection products.
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.6)Estimated value
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The framework period is for 2 years with the option to extend for up to 24 months subject to satisfactory operation and performance. Any period of extension will be at the sole discretion of Scotland Excel.
II.2.10)Information about variants
II.2.11)Information about options
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
II.2.14)Additional information
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. Please see the Invitation to tender contained on the PCS-Tender project relevant to this procurement and the other procurement documents for further Information.
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1.2)Economic and financial standing
In accordance with Regulation 59(12), as this proposed framework agreement is divided into lots, these economic and financial standing selection criteria apply separately in relation to each lot.
1) ESPD (Scotland) Question 4B.5: Insurance Requirements
2) ESPD (Scotland) Question 4B.6: Other Economic and Financial Requirements
1) ESPD (Scotland)Question 4B.5
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:
ESPD (Scotland) Question 4B.5.1b
Employer’s (compulsory) liability insurance – maintain a minimum indemnity limit of 10 000 000 GBP in respect of each claim, and without limit to the number of claims.
Public/product liability insurance – maintain a minimum indemnity limit of 5 000 000 GBP in respect of each and every occurrence and in the aggregate in respect of products.
Motor vehicle insurance – maintain a minimum indemnity limit of 5 000 000 GBP for property damage, and unlimited in respect of third-party injury.
For bidders who will sub contract parts of the business, the bidder will provide a letter signed by a person of appropriate authority confirming that the bidder has ongoing arrangements in place to ensure that sub-contractors are appropriately insured.
2) ESPD (Scotland) Question 4B:6 Other Economic and Financial Requirements
A search of the bidder against Equifax’s Protect must not return a ‘Warning’ or ‘Caution’ returnable code or any neutral code, unless the bidder confirms that it can provide any other document which Scotland Excel considers appropriate to prove to Scotland Excel (acting within its permitted discretion under the applicable public procurement rules) that the bidder does/would not represent an unmanageable risk should it be appointed on to the proposed framework agreement.
III.1.3)Technical and professional ability
1) ESPD (Scotland) Question 4C.10: Subcontracting
2) ESPD (Scotland) Question 4D.1: Quality Assurance Schemes
3) ESPD (Scotland) Question 4D.1: Health and Safety Procedures
4) ESPD (Scotland) Question 4D.2: Environmental Management Standards
Further to the identified selection criteria outlined above, full guidance and the minimum levels of standards required are outlined in the ‘0919 Supply and Delivery of Electrical Materials_III.1.3 Technical and Professional Ability’ document, which can be found in the ‘Information and Instructions’ folder in the ‘Buyer Attachment’ area, within ITT 32993 of project 14710.
III.2.2)Contract performance conditions:
For full details of the conditions relevant to the proposed framework agreement and contracts to be called off there under (to the extent known or settled at this stage), please see the procurement documents (details of how to access these being set out in section ‘1.3 Communication’ of this contract notice). Scotland Excel will require the members of any tendering group of entities (including, but not limited to consortium members, members of a group of economic operators and/or sub-contractors) to be jointly and severally liable for the performance of the contract (no matter the legal form taken by those entities in order to enter into the contract).
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
IV.1.6)Information about electronic auction
Whilst an electronic auction will not be used in the procurement process to award onto this framework agreement, tenderers should be aware that e-auctions may be used to call-off under the framework in accordance with Regulation 36 of The Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
IV.1.8)Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
IV.2.1)Previous publication concerning this procedure
IV.2.2)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
IV.2.4)Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:
IV.2.6)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
IV.2.7)Conditions for opening of tenders
Scotland Excel, Renfrewshire House, Cotton Street, Paisley, PA1 1AR.
Scotland Excel Officers and Members.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
VI.2)Information about electronic workflows
VI.3)Additional information:
Scotland Excel as a central purchasing body, may procure this framework on behalf of the following contracting authorities (and successor bodies):
— the 32 local authorities in Scotland listed at http://www.scotland-excel.org.uk/home/aboutus/Ourmembers/Local-authorities.aspx
— Scotland Excel Associate Members listed on http://www.scotland-excel.org.uk/home/Aboutus/Ourmembers/Associate-members.aspx
— Tayside Contracts,
— Scottish Prison Service and all establishments owned and managed by the Scottish Ministers through the Scottish Prison Service; and,
— Scottish National Health Service Authorities and Trusts,
— any Scottish Registered Social Landlords listed on the public register of the Scottish Housing regulator https://directory.scottishhousingregulator.gov.uk/Documents/Landlord%20Register.pdf
— any integration authority, or other body, established pursuant to the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014.
The above is subject to each contracting authority entering into and maintaining a relevant membership agreement or other access
Agreement with Scotland Excel.
Tenderers are advised that the envisaged maximum number of participants that might be appointed to the proposed framework agreement set out in Section IV.1.3) of this contract notice is purely indicative. Scotland Excel reserves the right to appoint more or less bidders than the envisaged number to the proposed framework agreement.
Tenderers are advised that whether electronic ordering, invoicing and payment will be used or accepted is at the discretion of each
contracting authority entitled to use this proposed framework agreement. This will be settled by them during call-off of a contract under this proposed framework agreement.
Further information regarding the operation of the framework can be found within the tender documentation which is available in the
Relevant PCS-T project for this procurement exercise.
Scotland Excel have provided a webinar link providing tendering guidance for suppliers in relation to all Scotland Excel Frameworks that are advertised on the PCS-T portal. The below link will highlight features of the system in order to assist in your navigation of the Tendering portal.
This webinar will support the 0919 Supply and Delivery of Electrical Materials framework (ITT: 32993 Project Code: 14710) Link:(http://www.scotland-excel.org.uk/home/Suppliers/Tendering-process.aspx)
In line with Regulation 72 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015, contract and framework agreements may be modified
without a new procurement procedure in accordance with this Part in some cases. Further details of the cases this is permitted can be found in the document ‘0919 Regulation 72’, within the ‘Information and Instructions’ folder in the ‘Buyer Attachments’ area of the PCS-T project for this procurement.
Variant offers will be considered at Scotland Excel’s discretion where the offer complies with the conditions for participation referred to herein at III.1.
The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 14710. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343
A sub-contract clause has been included in this contract. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2363
Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2361
A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows:
Community benefits will be assessed under the technical section. Full guidance on the scoring of community benefits is contained in the ‘Information and Instructions’ folder which can be found in the ‘Buyer Attachment’ area of ITT_32993 and project_14710, 0919 supply and delivery of electrical materials.
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VI.4.1)Review body
Town: Please see guidance at VI.4.3 below
Country: United Kingdom
VI.4.3)Review procedure
An economic operator that suffers, or risks suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (SSI2015/446) (as amended) may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session.
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
