Official UK procurement notice
Evaluation of Cancer Strategy for Scotland
Authority: Scottish Government (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Scottish Government has a requirement to place a contract with an external service provider for the provision of the Evaluation of Cancer Strategy for Scotland.
CPV: Administrative healthcare services · Health and safety services · Research and development consultancy services · Research services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1CancelledRenewalPublished value£180,000
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 sub-criteria (10)
- Understanding the Requirement: 5
- Evaluation Design and Methodology: 30
- Staff: 25
- Project Management and Risk: 15
- Cyber and Data Security: 5
- Climate Emergency: 5
- Community Benefits: 5
- Fair Work: 5
- Business Security and Disaster Recovery: 5
- price: 30
Published award criteria (10)
- Understanding the Requirement: 5
- Evaluation Design and Methodology: 30
- Staff: 25
- Project Management and Risk: 15
- Cyber and Data Security: 5
- Climate Emergency: 5
- Community Benefits: 5
- Fair Work: 5
- Business Security and Disaster Recovery: 5
- Price: 30
- Condition of participationno text publishedMinimum: SPD 4B.4 Bidders must demonstrate a Current Ratio of no less than 1.0. Current Ratio will be calculated as follows: net current assets divided by net current liabilities. There must be no qualification or contra-indication from any evidence provided in support of the bidders econ…
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 30 of 130 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
- Cancelled
- 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
- 11 Jan 2024, 08:39 GMT
- Last source update
- 14 Mar 2024, 11:43 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 15 Feb 2024 – …
- Authority reference
685267- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-008153- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-042c34Find a Tender
- Performance terms
It shall be a condition of the Contract that, if required by the Scottish Government, the appointed Service Provider shall deliver a validly
executed Parent Company Guarantee in the form set out in the tender documents.
Publisher note: SPD will be scored on a pass/fail basis. The contract award criteria will be Price 30%/Quality 70 %. Question Scoring Methodology for Award Criteria outlined in invitation to tender: 0 — Unacceptable. Nil or inadequate response. Fails to demonstrate an ability to meet the requirement. 1 — Poor. Response is partially relevant but generally poor. The response addresses some elements of the requirement but contains insufficient/limited detail or explanation to demonstrate how the requirement will be fulfilled. 2 — Acceptable. Response is relevant and acceptable. The response addresses a broad understanding of the requirement but may lack details on how the requirement will be fulfilled in certain areas. 3 — Good. Response is relevant and good. The response is sufficiently detailed to demonstrate a good understanding and provides details on how the requirements will be fulfilled. 4 — Excellent. Response is completely relevant and excellent overall. Bidders must complete the SPD (Scotland) to demonstrate adherence to the Exclusion and Selection Criteria for this procurement. Bidders must confirm that they will include the standard clause in all contracts used in the delivery of the requirements, ensuring payment of subcontractors at all stages of the supply chain within 30 days and include a point of contact for subcontractors to refer to in the case of payment difficulties. This will require active monitoring of payment performance and provision of evidence and reporting to the Scottish Government on a regular basis. Bidders who fail to answer “Yes” to this question will not have their tender considered further. (SC Ref:761053)
How it was run
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- Submission deadline
- 15 Feb 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 15 Feb 2024, 14:00 GMT
Timeline
15 Feb 2024 → 14 Mar 2024 · 3 dates- Submission deadline15 Feb 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened15 Feb 2024, 14:00 GMT
- Notice published14 Mar 2024, 11:43 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to unsuccessful14 Mar 2024, 11:43 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 further award records carry no date or value.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Sherrif Court HouseReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.