Official UK procurement notice
Investment in Charitable Bonds
Authority: Scottish Government (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Scottish Government (SG) is committed to supporting the third sector in Scotland. The third sector has a direct impact on the growth of Scotland's economy, the wellbeing of its citizens and the improvement of its public services.
The supply of affordable housing as set out in the Housing to 2040 Strategy is a high priority for the SG and Charitable Bonds contribute to the Affordable Housing Supply Programme through both the provision of loan finance to Regional Social Landlords (RSLs) and the distribution of Charitable Donations.
CPV: Administration services · Financial markets administration services · Loan brokerage services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The successful Contractor will issue and promote limited recourse bonds open for…Published value£3,500,000
The successful Contractor will issue and promote limited recourse bonds open for investment by Scottish Ministers., Upon the Bonds’ maturing (following a fixed term of between five and fifteen years), Subscribers will receive back their full investment plus a rate of return.
The Bonds will allow Subscribers to receive a rate of return on the amount they invest in the Bonds, the rate of return being expressed as total gross interest to be paid on maturity of the Bonds. .
A proportion of the money which the SG Invests in the Bonds will be used by the Contractor to fund one or more loans, at a commercial fixed rate of interest (and subject to a single repayment with compound interest over a period matching the term of the bond), to eligible Registered Social Landlords for the purposes of supporting the development of affordable housing in Scotland.
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)
- Service Delivery and Approach: 30
- Skills and Experience: 25
- Robustness of Organisation and Investment: 15
- Contract Management: 5
- Climate Emergency: 5
- Community Benefits: 5
- Fair Work First: 5
- Cyber and Data Security: 5
- Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery: 5
- price: 30
Published award criteria (10)
- Service Delivery and Approach: 30
- Skills and Experience: 25
- Robustness of Organisation and Investment: 15
- Contract Management: 5
- Climate Emergency: 5
- Community Benefits: 5
- Fair Work First: 5
- Cyber and Data Security: 5
- Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery: 5
- Price: 30
- Suitability
suppliers must be authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority
- Economic & financial standing
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 economic and financial standing.
4B5 - The bidder confirms they already have or can commit to obtain, prior to the commencement of the contract, the levels of insurance cover indicated below:
Professional Risk Indemnity: 1000,000 GBP
Employer's (Compulsory) Liability: 5,000,000 GBP
Public Liability: 1,000,000 GBP
Insurances must be kept for a minimum of 5 years after contract expiry date
- 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
- 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
- 25 Jul 2022, 09:48 BST
- Last source update
- 25 Jul 2022, 09:48 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 2 Sept 2022 – …
- Authority reference
Case 593564- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-020093- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-035525Find a Tender
Publisher note: Statement for 4B.5 It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any contract, the insurances indicated below: Employer's (Compulsory) Liability Insurance = 5 million GBP Public Liability Insurance = 1 million GBP Professional Indemnity Insurance = 1 million GBP 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. The Evaluation Criteria for Data and Cyber Security will have a minimum pass mark of 2 suppliers who do not meet the minimum score of 2 will not proceed to commercial evaluation. Bidders must complete the SPD (Scotland) to demonstrate adherence to the Exclusion and Selection Criteria for this procurement. If there are named subcontractors/technicians upon which the bidder will rely to meet the selection criteria,these named parties must complete and reattach the SPD Supplier Response Form attached to SPD questions 2C.1.1 (Technicians) and 2D.1.2 (Subcontractors) on PCS-T. These parties must complete the first three sections of the SPD form, as well as any part of the section 4 selection criteria that the main bidder will rely upon the parties to fulfil. If parties have not yet been identified, this information may be required at a later date. Scottish Government reserves the right to request this information from relevant parties upon whom the main bidder will not rely to fulfil selection criteria. 4C.10 Bidders will be required to confirm whether they intend to sub-contract and if so, for what proportion of the contract. The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 21492. 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 will be a scored Evaluation Criteria SGPT Community Benefits Guidance - June 2021 The tenderer must provide a Community Benefits proposal that is relevant to the subject matter of this contract and supports the Scottish Ministers’ commitment to contributing to the social, economic & environmental well-being of the people of Scotland, as described in the specification. Tenderers should not provide details of any existing initiatives they already undertake as part of their day-to-day business and the community benefits proposed must be generated specifically for and as a result of this contract. Good answers will demonstrate to evaluators that the tenderer has a comprehensive understanding of the subject matter of this contract and how the proposed benefits will reflect the national outcomes described in the Specification. Proposals can be innovative but must be tangible and measurable, so that they can be monitored and reported throughout the contract. (SC Ref:695107)
How it was run
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- Submission deadline
- 2 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
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- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 2 Sept 2022, 14:00 BST
Timeline
25 Jul 2022 → 2 Sept 2022 · 3 dates- Notice published25 Jul 2022, 09:48 BST
- Submission deadline2 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened2 Sept 2022, 14:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Sheriff Court HouseReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.