Official UK procurement notice
Gritters Hire · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Dumfries and Galloway Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDumfries and Galloway Council is seeking offers from suitable organisations for hire of sixteen 26 tonners and two 7.5 tonner gritting vehicles from October – Mid April 2022/23 and 2023/24. This will include full refurbishment of all vehicles between winter seasons with a full service and breakdown cover available during the operating period, and operator and mechanical trainings provided at five Council's depots.
CPV: Gritter vehicles · Special-purpose motor vehicles · Winter-maintenance vehicles
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedWhat 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 award criteria (2)
- Quality: 60%
- Price: 40%
- Suitability
Tenderers will be required to confirm details of the technicians or technical bodies who they can call upon, especially those responsible for quality control.
- Economic & financial standing
SPD 4B.2.1 The following criteria needs to be met:
- a minimum score of 1 would be expected for solvency ratios while profitability ratios should demonstrate a positive result.
- the Bidder’s annual turnover in relation to the contract value should not exceed 50%.
SPD 4B.5 It is a requirement of this framework that Bidder hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the start date of the framework, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:
Employers Liability – in accord with Regulation 5 of the Employers' Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Regulations 1998 (as amended) to a minimum indemnity limit of 5 million GBP for each and every claim.
All other Insurances:
Products or Public Liability Insurance: minimum 5 million GBP each and every claim
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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
- Goods
- 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
- 15 Jun 2022, 11:55 BST
- Last source update
- 15 Jun 2022, 11:55 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 18 Jul 2022 – …
- Authority reference
DGCC-00253- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-016391- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0346acFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Reserved execution
- delivery reserved to a designated type of organisation
Publisher note: The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 21625. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 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: Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see procurement document for this ITT. (SC Ref:697060)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 18 Jul 2022, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
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- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 120 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 18 Jul 2022, 12:00 BST
Timeline
15 Jun 2022 → 18 Jul 2022 · 3 dates- Notice published15 Jun 2022, 11:55 BST
- Submission deadline18 Jul 2022, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened18 Jul 2022, 12:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Dumfries Sheriff CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.