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Section I: Contracting authority

I.1) Name and addresses

Inverclyde Council

Procurement, Municipal Buildings, Clyde Square

Greenock

PA15 1LX

Email

procurement [at] inverclyde.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 1475712634

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKM83 - Inverclyde, East Renfrewshire and Renfrewshire

Internet address(es)

Main address

Buyer's address

I.2) Information about joint procurement

The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body

I.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via

I.4) Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

I.5) Main activity

General public services

Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement

II.1.1) Title

Operation and Maintenance of Biomass Boiler at Port Glasgow Community Campus

Reference number

CP0562/PRO

II.1.2) Main CPV code

• 03413000 - Fuel wood

II.1.3) Type of contract

Supplies

II.1.4) Short description

Operation and maintenance of the Herz Energietechnik Biocontrol 600kW wood pellet boiler at the Port Glasgow Community Campus.

II.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: 拢900,000

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

II.2) Description

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

• 03413000 - Fuel wood
• 09111400 - Wood fuels
• 50000000 - Repair and maintenance services

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes

• UKM83 - Inverclyde, East Renfrewshire and Renfrewshire

Main site or place of performance

Port Glasgow, Inverclyde

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

The Port Glasgow Community Campus comprises three schools; two secondary schools and one assisted special needs school. The primary heating system for the school is biomass through a Herz Energietechnik Biocontrol 600kW wood pellet boiler.

This contract is for a Service Provider to maintain the Biomass Equipment under a planned service regime and supply enough suitable biomass fuel to meet a defined renewable heat target, delivering metered heat.

The Service Provider shall design and install remote monitoring equipment suitable to monitor the Biomass Equipment and its role in providing renewable heat.

The Service Provider will provide a reactive call out service - undertaking repairs to the Biomass Equipment.

II.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Approach to tender / Weighting: 13.00

Quality criterion - Name: Skills and experience / Weighting: 7.00

Quality criterion - Name: Social Value Outcomes Menu / Weighting: 3.00

Quality criterion - Name: Social Value Supporting Methodology / Weighting: 2.00

Quality criterion - Name: Fair Work First / Weighting: 5.00

Price - Weighting: 70

II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months

36

This contract is subject to renewal

Yes

Description of renewals

The Council may, at its sole discretion and subject always to satisfactory performance, extend the contract for a further period of up to 12 months on 3 separate occasions (3+1+1+1) beyond the Initial Contract Period subject to satisfactory performance and available budget.

II.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: No

II.2.11) Information about options

Options: Yes

Description of options

Tenderers are asked to provide a monthly cost for ash collection and disposal. The Council reserve the right to omit this part of the service from the tender award depending upon whether it represents value for money.

II.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

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.

Section III. Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1) Conditions for participation

III.1.2) Economic and financial standing

List and brief description of selection criteria

4B.1.2

Inverclyde Council will check the financial status of applicants by means of a Dun and Bradstreet assessment. In order to be considered, applicants must achieve one of the following:

(a) Where the tenderers Dun & Bradstreet risk indicator is 3, the annual contract value should also be less than 50% of the tenderers average turnover over the preceding 2 years (with audited accounts dated within 24 months of the date of the financial check).

OR

(b) Where the tenderers Dun & Bradstreet risk indicator is 2 or better, the annual contract value should also be less than 75% of the tenderers average turnover over the preceding 2 years (with audited accounts dated within 21 months of the date of the financial check).

PLEASE NOTE THE IMPORTANT GUIDANCE TO BIDDERS BELOW:

APPLICANTS ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO SATISFY THEMSELVES THAT THEY MEET THESE CRITERIA AS FAILURE OF THE FINANCIAL CHECK WILL MEAN THAT THEIR APPLICATION WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED FURTHER. APPLICANTS SHOULD ALSO SATISFY THEMSELVES THAT THEIR DUN AND BRADSTREET RATINGS ARE CORRECT AND IT IS THE APPLICANT鈥橲 RESPONSIBILITY TO RAISE ANY QUERIES WITH DUN AND BRADSTREET IF THEY FEEL A CORRECTION IS REQUIRED. THE COUNCIL WILL RELY ON THE RISK RATING IT OBTAINS AT THE TIME IT PERFORMS THE D&B FINANCIAL CHECK.

You must provide your average yearly turnover for the last 2 years.

Turnover must be provided from your audited accounts. Turnover from unaudited accounts or part year turnover will not be accepted.

If you are unable to provide the turnover information required due to being exempt from submission of full audited accounts, please provide an explanation on why you are exempt in response to this question.

If you have responded that you are exempt from submitting full audited accounts, please confirm that you will be prepared to submit alternative information and documentation on your financial position should this be required at any point. This information could be required at selection or in the event that the bidder is identified as the preferred bidder.

For the avoidance of doubt, the annual contract value is 150,000 GBP and will be the figure used within section 4B.1.2. financial assessment.

4B.5.1a/4B.5.1b/4B.5.2 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:

Employers Liability Insurance - 5M GBP

Public Liability Insurance - 10M GBP

Products Liability Insurance - 5M GBP

Professional Indemnity Insurance - 5M GBP

III.1.3) Technical and professional ability

List and brief description of selection criteria

4C.1.2 Bidders will be required to provide minimum of two examples of similar contracts they have held during the last three years that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the services/supplies as described in part II.2.4 of the Find a Tender Service Contract Notice or the relevant section of the Site Notice. Examples should be of similar size and scope to this contract opportunity.

4C.10 Bidders will be required to confirm whether they intend to subcontract and, if so, for what proportion of the contract.

4D.1 QUALITY MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES

The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS EN ISO 9001 (or equivalent),

OR

The bidder must have the following:

a. A documented policy regarding quality management. The policy must set out responsibilities for quality management demonstrating that the bidder has, and continues to implement, a quality management policy that is authorised by their Chief Executive, or equivalent, which is periodically reviewed at a senior management level. The policy must be relevant to the nature and scale of the work to be undertaken and set out responsibilities for quality management throughout the organisation.

AND

4D.1 HEALTH & SAFETY

The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent), accredited independent third party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS OHSAS 18001 (or equivalent) or have, within the last 12 months, successfully met the assessment requirements of a construction-related scheme in registered membership of the Safety Schemes in Procurement (SSIP) forum

OR

hold the information contained in the file Contract Notice Additional Information contained within the Supplier Attachment area.

4D.2 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

The Bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third party certificate of compliance with BS EN ISO 14001 (or equivalent) or a valid EMAS (or equivalent) certificate,

OR

The bidder must have the following:

a. A regularly reviewed documented policy regarding environmental management, authorised by the Chief Executive, or equivalent. This policy must include and describe the bidder鈥檚 environmental emergency response procedures, including the preparedness and response procedures for potential accidents and emergency response situations that give rise to significant environmental impacts (for example hazardous substances spill control).

III.2) Conditions related to the contract

III.2.3) Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract

Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract

Section IV. Procedure

IV.1) Description

IV.1.1) Type of procedure

Open procedure

IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

IV.2) Administrative information

IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date

22 July 2024

Local time

12:00pm

IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

English

IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders

Date

22 July 2024

Local time

12:00pm

Place

Tenders will be opened remotely using the PCS-T Opening Committee feature.

Section VI. Complementary information

VI.1) Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: No

VI.2) Information about electronic workflows

Electronic ordering will be used

Electronic invoicing will be accepted

Electronic payment will be used

VI.3) Additional information

Bidders must be registered under the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) Biomass Suppliers List or equivalent in order for the biomass heating system to comply with the sustainability requirements under the RHI. The bidder must provide their BSL approved registration number and BSL fuel authorisation number and date or equivalent.

Bidders will be required to return with their submission a completed Data Protection Certificate, FOI Certificate, No Collusion Certificate, S1 Equalities Questionnaire, S2 Equalities Declaration, Prompt Payment Certificate and Tender Declaration Certificate.

The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 26927. For more information see:

Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see:

A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows:

Bidders will be asked to detail the Social Value Outcomes they will deliver if they are successful in this contract opportunity. It will be a requirement of the contract that the Social Value Outcomes offered are delivered.

(SC Ref:769512)

VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.4.1) Review body

Greenock Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court

Sheriff Court House,1 Nelson Street

Greenock

PA15 1TR

Country

United Kingdom