Official UK procurement notice
Assistive Technology Installation · UK public procurement notice
Authority: South Lanarkshire Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSouth Lanarkshire Council is seeking to engage with the market regarding the installation, repair and removal of assistive technology and linked community alarms/pagers in service users’ homes.
South Lanarkshire community alarm service supports around 9000 social work service users to live safely and well within their own homes with approximately 7300 of these service users having dispersed community alarms within their homes.
Assistive technology is a range of sensors and devices provided to the most vulnerable of our community alarm service users as part of the arrangements to monitor their welfare, and enhance their support, care, and independence.
Assistive technology is usually linked to either dispersed community alarms or to a stand-alone pager in service users’ homes. These devices automatically alert carers or the community alarm receiving centre of an event or incident.
All installers will need to be PVG approved.
CPV: Alarm-monitoring services · Information technology services · Installation services (except software) · Technical assistance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1South Lanarkshire community alarm service supports around 9000 social work service…RenewalPublished value£200,000
South Lanarkshire community alarm service supports around 9000 social work service users to live safely and well within their own homes with approximately 7300 of these service users having dispersed community alarms within their homes.
Assistive technology is usually linked to either dispersed community alarms or to a stand-alone pager in service users’ homes. These devices automatically alert carers or the community alarm receiving centre of an event or incident.
The contract will be procured via the open tendering procedure which is available to all suppliers.
The contract will be awarded for a period of 1 year with optional extension of a further 1 year subject to satisfactory performance, financial standing and availability of funding. Additional information: If you are interested in responding to the tender opportunity when it becomes available, please ensure that you are registered with PCS-T.
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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
- Suitability
SPD Question 4A.1 Trade Registers
It is a requirement of this tender that if the bidder is UK based they must hold a valid registration with Companies House. Where the bidder is UK based but not registered at Companies House they must be able to verify to the Councils satisfaction that they are trading from the address provided in the tender and under the company name given.
If the bidder is based out-with the UK they must be enrolled in the relevant professional or trade register appropriate to their country as described in Schedule 5 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
SPD Question 4A.2 Authorisation/Membership
Where it is required, within a bidder’s country of establishment they must confirm which authorisation or memberships of the relevant organisation(s) are required in order to perform this service.
Bidders must confirm if they hold the particular authorisation or memberships.
- Economic & financial standing
SPD Question 4B.4 Economic and Financial Standing
The Council will use the following ratios to evaluate a bidders financial status:
Profitability – this is taken as profit after tax but before dividends and minority interests. If a company makes a profit then it is a pass for this ratio;
Liquidity – this is calculated as current assets less stock and work in progress, divided by current liabilities. If the answer is greater than or equal to one then it is a pass for this ratio
Gearing – this is calculated as the total external secured borrowing (short term and long term) divided by shareholder funds expressed as a percentage. If the answer is less than or equal to 100% it is considered a pass for this ratio.
Bidders must provide the name and value of each of the 3 ratios within their response to SPD question 4B.4.
The Council requires bidders to pass 2 out of the 3 financial ratios above.
Where 2 out of the 3 ratios cannot be met, the Council may take the undernoted into consideration when assessing financial viability and the risk to the Council, providing that the Bidder can supply evidence to substantiate any of the mitigating criteria when requested to do so. The following list is not exhaustive and other criteria may be considered where proposed by a bidder as mitigating factors:
Would the bidder have passed the checks if prior year accounts had been used?
Were any of the poor appraisal outcomes "marginal"?
Does the bidder operate in a market which, traditionally, requir…
Minimum: The Council will apply the following levels to the ratios to evaluate a Bidders financial status: Profitability - if a company makes a profit then it is a pass for this ratio; Liquidity - if greater than or equal to one then it is a pass for this ratio; Gearing - if less than or … - Technical & professional ability
SPD Question 4C.1.2 Technical and Professional Ability
It is a requirement of this tender that the Bidder can demonstrate in their response to question 4C.1.2 that they have held contracts of similar nature, size and value to those mentioned in Specification, within the last three years. A minimum of 3 examples and a maximum of 5 examples should be provided.
The Council reserves the right to verify any information supplied with the relevant Company / Authority.
SPD Question 4C.6 Technical and Professional Ability (Qualifications)
The bidding company (or individual if a sole trader) and any subcontractor used by them to deliver services as part of the contract must hold PVG declaration; all individuals who will be engaged in the delivery of the contract must be appropriately vetted in accordance with the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007.
SPD Question 4C.10 Technical and Professional Ability (Sub-Contracting)
Bidders will be required to confirm whether they intend to subcontract and, if so, for what proportion of the contract.
- Price carries 30 of 100 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
- Closed
- 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
- 19 Jul 2022, 15:55 BST
- Last source update
- 19 Jul 2022, 15:55 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 25 Aug 2022 – …
- Authority reference
SLC/PS/SW/21/081- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-019676- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-035384Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: SPD Question 2.C.1 Reliance on the capacities of other entities Bidders are required to complete a full SPD for each of the entities whose capacity they rely upon SPD Question 2.D.1 Subcontractors on whose capacity the bidder does not rely Bidders to complete a shortened version of the SPD for each Subcontractor on whose capacity the bidder does not rely on Exclusion Criteria 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. SPD Questions 3A – 3C have been identified as mandatory exclusion grounds. SPD Questions 3D have been identified as discretionary exclusion grounds. All exclusion grounds will be assessed on a PASS/FAIL basis. For mandatory exclusion grounds a bid will be excluded where the bidder fails to provide either a positive response or to provide details to the satisfaction of the Council of the self cleansing measures undertaken. For discretionary exclusion grounds a bid may be excluded where the bidder fails to provide either a positive response or if the Council is not satisfied as to the self cleansing measures undertaken. Declarations and Certificates In an open tendering procedure prior to any award being made the successful bidder will provide the undernoted certificates, declarations and/or completed questionnaires to evidence their compliance with the relevant questions within the Qualification Envelope. All certificates, declarations and questionnaires can be found within the Attachment area of PCS-T. SPD Question 2D.1 Prompt Payment Certificate SPD Question 3D.3 Human Rights Act Declaration Declaration Section *Form of Tender SPD Question 3D.11 Non-Collusion Certificate SPD Question 4B.5.1 Insurance Certificates SPD Questions 3A.1 to 3A.8 Serious and Organised Crime Declaration SPD Question 4C.6 Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 Declaration SPD Question 3A.6 Modern Slavery Act 2015 Declaration Declaration Section Health and Safety Questionnaire Declaration Section Equalities *The ‘Form of Offer to Tender’ must be completed and uploaded within the relevant question in the Commercial Envelope. In the case of an open tender, the other Declarations listed above are not required to be uploaded and submitted with the bid, but will be requested by the Council following the conclusion of evaluation of Qualification, Technical and Commercial Envelopes and prior to award of the tender. Failure to provide this information or in the event that the information provided does not support or evidence the statements made within the SPD will invalidate the bid. In this scenario the Council will seek to obtain the relevant information and evidence from the second highest scoring bidder and so on until a fully compliant bidder is identified. Contract Notice Review Bodies Following instruction from Scottish Government and agreement from SLC Legal Services, please detail the review bodies on the Notice pages as follows: VI.3) Additional Information Please note, the alternative review body to the local Sheriff Court detailed in VI.4.1 is: Court of Session Parliament House Parliament Square Edinburgh EH1 1RQ +44 1312252595 supreme.courts@scotcourts.gov.uk The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 21837. 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: 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 Council is committed to securing Community Benefits through its contracts. Bidders are required to detail any Community Benefits you wish to offer the Council as part of your bid. (SC Ref:700522)
How it was run
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- Submission deadline
- 25 Aug 2022, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
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- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 25 Aug 2022, 12:00 BST
Timeline
19 Jul 2022 → 25 Aug 2022 · 3 dates- Notice published19 Jul 2022, 15:55 BST
- Submission deadline25 Aug 2022, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened25 Aug 2022, 12:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Hamilton Sheriff CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.